Inside: • Kuchma: Ukraine’s political system is dysfunctional – page 3. • Ukraine sends 47 athletes to Vancouver Olympics – page 5. • UCRDC oral history archives to be digitized – page 8.

ThePublished U by thekra Ukrainian Nationali Association n i a Inc., a n fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXVIII No.6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 $1/$2 in Ukraine Voters in Lviv disenchanted Last-minute changes to law Many say they will vote against both candidates threaten legitimacy of runoff by Zenon Zawada In justifying the changes, Party of Kyiv Press Bureau Regions national deputies alleged that commissioners representing the Yulia KYIV – Ukraine’s biggest political Tymoshenko Bloc had begun to abstain powers rallied together in what they said from participating in local election com- was an attempt to prevent Prime Minister mission meetings in Donetsk and Crimea, Yulia Tymoshenko from disrupting the thereby disrupting preparations by failing elections, while she claimed they had to provide a quorum. ruined legitimacy of the February 7 presi- “The Regions’ motives are understood dential elections runoff and democracy in – a scenario of disrupting the elections at Ukraine as a whole. certain polling stations due to a lack of The Party of Regions of Ukraine led a quorum was truly, seriously considered in February 3 parliamentary vote to approve Tymoshenko’s entourage, I know this for changes to election rules that would allow certain,” Mr. Chernenko said. “I’m not election commissions to hold meetings sure this would have been massive, but and count votes without a two-thirds quo- the threats exist. However, combating this rum and accept same-day replacements of phenomenon with such changes to the members appointed by local authorities. law is like shooting sparrows with a can- The next day, Ms. Tymoshenko threat- non.” Khristina Lew ened mass protests if President Viktor The measure was approved by 233 Supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko gather at a rally in Lviv on January 22. Yushchenko signed the bill into law. He deputies, including 172 lawmakers from did just that, defying her threat and con- the Party of Regions, 29 loyalists of the by Khristina Lew now, because in two years’ time they will firming his suspected alliance with the president and Viktor Baloha from the Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense bloc, 27 Special to The Ukrainian Weekly change the Constitution and hold new pro-Russian Party of Regions aimed at Communists and one castaway from the elections anyway,” she said. preventing Ms. Tymoshenko’s election as Tymoshenko Bloc. LVIV – Iryna Podolyak sits at a table president. Disillusionment with the promises of In their attempt to block the law’s pas- in her apartment in Lviv wearing a hat The sanctity and stability of the elction the Orange Revolution and the sage, Tymoshenko Bloc deputies intro- and gloves. The electricity in her building on the eve of the February 7 vote was cast Yushchenko presidency is apparent. “We duced more than 200 amendments to the near the Opera House has been cut off into doubt when Committee of Voters of and there is no heat in her home. She has have survived the last five years, we can bill, all of which required a vote. survive another two,” added Iryna Ukraine (CVU) Chair Oleksander Parliament rejected each of them during a been assured by the head of the Lviv Chernenko assured “total chaos and dis- Oblast electric company that the electrici- (Continued on page 21) order at commissions.” (Continued on page 5) ty will be quickly restored, but 24 hours later there still is no heat. “We live in an exotic place, where you pay your bills on time but get no service,” she said. Sergey Tigipko: Ukraine’s rising star Ms. Podolyak has worked for the Office of the Mayor of Lviv for eight by Zenon Zawada Ukrainian politics, his athletic build years, and in 2004 – when people Kyiv Press Bureau gracing the covers of Ukrainian maga- throughout Ukraine began traveling to the zines following his surprise finish. capital to participate in what later became KYIV – Sergey Tigipko was just Seeking to borrow some of his the Orange Revolution – she left her job another face in a sea of candidates when momentum, Prime Minister Yulia in Lviv to volunteer for the Yushchenko he launched his presidential campaign Tymoshenko told the public she wanted campaign in Kyiv. She remained there for last spring, commanding only a tiny frac- Mr. Tigipko to become her prime minis- over three months and helped elect Viktor tion of the 13 percent support held by ter should she become president, regard- Yushchenko president. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, his former colleague less of whether he’d endorse her cam- On January 17 of this year Ms. at the National Bank of Ukraine who paign. Podolyak voted for Mr. Yushchenko in was comfortably in third place. “I proposed to Tigipko not only unit- the first round of Ukraine’s presidential With his own multi-million-dollar war ing programs and our view of develop- election. In the second round of elections chest, however, Mr. Tigipko turned the ing Ukraine, not only being his depend- taking place on February 7, Ms. Podolyak tables on his younger colleague in just able partner in this difficult but reward- said she will go to the polls and vote for seven months and rocked Ukraine’s ing work, I offered him the position of neither candidate. She says she cannot political establishment, earning third prime minister as well,” she said on bring herself to vote for either Yulia place in the January 17 presidential vote January 20. Tymoshenko or Viktor Yanukovych, with 13 percent support. Mr. Tigipko said he would accept any despite the fact that in western Ukraine – “Tigipko played the role of the accep- offer to become prime minister but on where Ms. Tymoshenko won overwhelm- tor of those not wanting to vote for certain conditions, such as a clear anti- ingly – a vote against both candidates is, Yanukovych and Tymoshenko,” said crisis program, as well as the laws and in reality, a vote for Mr. Yanukovych. Mykhailo Pohrebinskyi, director of the personnel necessary for its execution. The idea of a protest vote is popular in Center for Political Research and The new president will also need to form a new parliamentary coalition in western Ukraine, and in particular among Conflict Studies in Kyiv. “At first they order for him to become prime minister, 30- and 40-something year-olds. Luba were oriented towards Yatsenyuk, but he said. (Currently a de facto coalition Sorokina, 32, a journalist at Talan produc- then realized he was an empty shell and tion studio, scoffs at the notion that vot- exists that doesn’t meet legal require- went over to him.” ments.) ing against both candidates will endanger Official Website of Sergey Tigipko Mr. Tigipko, who will turn 50 on a democratic Ukraine’s future. “It makes Sergey Tigipko February 13, is now the new star in (Continued on page 18) little difference who is elected president 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Russia backs Yanukovych Rada amends presidential election law of the presidential election, which, under the law, should be announced no later KYIV – The Ukrainian Parliament on than February 17. (Ukrinform) in Ukraine’s 2010 elections February 3 adopted a bill amending the by Taras Kuzio itician. It positively portrayed her pragma- Ukrainian law on presidential elections Tribute to Battle of Kruty heroes (regarding the organization of the work of Eurasia Daily Monitor tism in seeking to work with Moscow on election commissions). The passed KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko energy issues – a welcome development in and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Russian media coverage of the 2010 Russia and the EU after two winter gas cri- amendments to the law were proposed by Ukrainian elections from the outset por- Party of Regions National Deputy and January 29 laid flowers to the Kruty ses in 2006 and 2009. On November 22, Heroes Memorial in Kyiv. The event par- trayed it as a two-horse race between Viktor 2009, Rossiya 1 described her in positive Verkhovna Rada First Vice-Chairman Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko. In the Oleksander Lavrynovych. The document ticipants held a moment of silence for the terms, as cultivating a breakthrough in victims of the battle. In his address first phase of the election campaign Russian-Ukrainian energy relations and Mr. excludes a requirement from the law that (October-November 2009), the Russian there should be a quorum of two-thirds of President Yushchenko emphasized the Putin’s relationship with Ms. Tymoshenko feat of patriots who defended Ukrainian media did not express a preference. But, as a step forward compared to President election commission members, who since the first round of the vote, the media should sign protocols on the results of statehood on January 29, 1918. “At the Viktor Yushchenko. cost of their lives, they showed that love and ruling Unified Russia party have The obvious hatred that Moscow has dis- voting in the second round of the presi- endorsed Mr. Yanukovych (Rossiya 1, NTV, dential election on February 7. The law for the homeland is a powerful force that played toward President Yushchenko is dis- is much higher than weapons and any October 19, 24, 27, November 12, 16, 22). ingenuous in that it has downplayed the fact has yet to be signed by President Viktor A recent poll by the Russian Public Yushchenko. Central Election internal or external threats. These are liv- that Ms. Tymoshenko was a key player in ing values that should consolidate all of Opinion Foundation found that 53 percent the 2004 Orange Revolution, which Russia Commission Deputy Chairman Andrii of Russians believe that Mr. Yanukovych Mahera earlier slammed amendments to us and indicate our common path – the sought to halt. Ms. Tymoshenko uses path of independence, unity and democ- will be elected as Ukraine’s next president Orange rhetoric in the 2010 elections and the law on presidential elections, because and only 14 percent expect that Ms. the cancellation of a compulsory quorum racy,” he underscored. “I am sure we won has drawn on the support of pop stars to the Battle of Kruty. If the fight had not Tymoshenko will triumph (Kyiv Post, revive the image of the 2004 “maidan,” of two-thirds of election commission members could result in the “appearance taken place, if we had lost it, we would January 28). where music and carnival sustained protest- of two commissions” at some polling sta- not have stayed today under the Ukrainian While 47 percent consider that relations ers for 17 days in wintry weather. tions. He said that the withdrawal of the flag, we would not have spoken Ukrainian with Ukraine will improve if Mr. In the second phase of the election cam- quorum in election commissions would and we would not have represented a sov- Yanukovych is elected, only 8 percent paign, the Russian media moved toward a cause conflicts at district election com- ereign independent state. This is the price expect the same under Ms. Tymoshenko. far more favorable endorsement of Mr. missions. Before the adoption of amend- – unfortunately, it’s too high a price – that In the first phase of the campaign, the Yanukovych, becoming Moscow’s favorite ments, the staff of territorial and district the Ukrainian nation paid to have a free Russian media remained neutral towards as a “pro-Russian.” His support for Russian election commissions for the February 7 and independent state,” Mr. Yushchenko Ms. Tymoshenko, but also ridiculed her foreign policy included supporting the inde- presidential runoff vote was formed on a said. On January 27-29, 1918, some 300 because of her alleged obsession with her pendence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, parity basis from the representatives of students and young soldiers died in an image and preference for spectacle. The and Ukraine’s membership institutions of frontrunners in the election – Viktor unequal fight near the Kruty train station gender bias was evident when the Russian the Commonwealth of Independent States Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko. Mr. trying to stop the advance of Russian media mocked her tendency to pick on what (CIS), such as the Collective Security Treaty it considered as trivial matters that are pre- Yanukovych said these amendments to Bolshevik forces headed by Mikhail Organization (CSTO) and Single Economic the law would help prevent the possibility Muraviov to Kyiv. They defended the sumably only of interest to women (with Space Customs Union. Ms. Tymoshenko, men presumably taking care of more sub- of disrupting the election, because even if government of the Central Rada and the on the other hand, was increasingly por- commission members from the Yulia independence of Ukraine. The volunteers stantial issues). trayed in negative terms or simply ignored During the flu crisis and gas negotiations Tymoshenko Bloc were not present at succeeded in stopping the enemy’s offen- by the Russian media. commission meetings, the results of the sive for two days, but paid for this with with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russian Mr. Yanukovych emerged as the favorite media coverage shifted its emphasis on Ms. vote would be declared valid. The parlia- their lives. In March 1918 the bodies of Tymoshenko towards that of a dynamic pol- (Continued on page 17) mentary faction of the Tymoshenko Bloc 30 Kruty heroes were buried at Askold’s described the amendments as a way of Mound. (Ukrinform) legalizing vote-rigging, and said there was a possibility that commission mem- Yushchenko recognizes OUN and UPA bers could be bribed. The Tymoshenko KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko, Yanukovych, Tymoshenko hold Bloc said it is planning to challenge the speaking on January 29 at ceremonies law in the courts, if it is signed by the commemorating the heroes of the Battle opposite views on Russian gas president. However, it is clear that a court of Kruty in the Chernihiv region, reported ruling will be passed after the February 7 that he had signed a decree on January 28 by Pavel Korduban (Ukrayinska Pravda, January 12). Speaking vote. As a result, it is expected that to pay tribute to the fighters for Ukraine’s Eurasia Daily Monitor in the western Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi, Ukraine will most likely face the long- Mr. Yanukovych said he would be ready to lasting process of announcing the results (Continued on page 14) Both Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko negotiate a revision of the contracts with and her opponent in the February 7 presi- Moscow immediately after his election as dential election runoff, the former Prime president (Interfax-Ukraine, January 19). Minister Viktor Yanukovych, have sought Kommersant-Ukraine daily reported on THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 Moscow’s support for their campaigns. 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(Continued on page 16) No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 3 Kuchma says Ukraine’s political system is dysfunctional RFE/RL dent from 1994 to 2005 and is credited “Russia does not exist for us” and that with implementing reforms that stabilized “there is only the West.” Mr. Kuchma said As the second round of Ukraine’s presi- the country’s post-Soviet economy. But his this naturally elicited a negative response dential election approaches, former administration has also been accused of from Moscow. He added that regardless of President Leonid Kuchma says the coun- widespread corruption and stifling the how close Kyiv’s relations become with try’s political system has become deeply nascent free press. Critics allege that he Moscow, there is little risk that it will imi- dysfunctional and needs an infusion of was complicit in the disappearance and tate Russia’s authoritarian political model. fresh talent. killing of opposition journalist Heorhii “I’m absolutely confident that such Speaking to Dmitry Volcheck of RFE/ Gongadze. fears are groundless. Ukraine is really not RL’s Russian Service, Mr. Kuchma said He left office in disgrace following the Russia and we have a different mentality,” regardless of who wins the February 7 2004 Orange Revolution when Mr. Mr. Kuchma said. “There are three bosses runoff between Prime Minister Yulia for every two Ukrainians, that’s true, and Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, his chosen successor, was accused of massive vote-rigging. Mr. there is always some struggle at every Yanukovych, Ukraine’s political institu- level. So, I don’t think such a threat exists. tions will remain incapable of dealing with Yushchenko won a revote following weeks of street protests. Moreover, our parliamentary-presidential the country’s pressing problems. model protects the country from dictator- “What is clear is that we need new Accented divisions ship.” faces,” Mr. Kuchma said. “It is also as RFE/RL But while the Orange Revolution briefly clear as day that whatever the outcome [of Former President Leonid Kuchma. Copyright 2010, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted the runoff election], it will not bring politi- ushered in an era of hope that Ukraine would enact the reforms necessary to join with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ cal stability or resolve any economic prob- what he calls a “multi-vector” foreign pol- European institutions like NATO and the Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, lems in the country.” icy, which sought to maintain good rela- European Union, it also accented the divi- Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org. See Mr. Kuchma said the promise of the tions with both Russia and the West. http://www.rferl.org/content/Former_ 2004 Orange Revolution – which saw sions between the Ukrainian-speaking western regions and the largely Russian- He criticized Mr. Yushchenko for Ukrainian_President_Says_Political_ massive public protests carry Ukraine’s changing that course and for acting as if System_Dysfunctional/1945385.html. first pro-democracy leader, Viktor speaking east. Yushchenko, to the presidency – has not Mr. Kuchma claimed that during his been fulfilled, and that the country suffers presidency, those divisions were not so from a deficit of public trust. He chided acute. Mr. Yushchenko and Ms. Tymoshenko, the “[When I was president], I did not feel Tymoshenko smells fear, Orange allies who have since become bit- that Ukraine was divided into the west and ter rivals, for “bickering over who had the east. On the contrary, I thought we Yanukovych smells victory more authority in the country instead of were beginning to understand each other,” doing their work” over the past five years. he said. “But that [2004] presidential elec- by Tammy Lynch Earlier, his representative had suggested that “Ukrainians should be ashamed of this tion once again split the country in two. Jamestown Foundation Blog Mr. Yanukovych wouldn’t compete “in a situation in the country where none of the And I don’t think that has changed since February 2 contest of beautiful lies.” branches of power – neither the president, then. It is clear today that Ms. Tymoshenko The former prime minister provided a nor the government, nor Parliament – has more support in the west and Mr. As debates go, the Ukraine presidential different – if somewhat confusing –– reason enjoys the respect of the people,” he said. Yanukovych has more support in the east.” debate on February 1 was lacking fireworks for skipping the debate one month earlier, Mr. Kuchma served as Ukrainian presi- As president, Mr. Kuchma followed or drama. Of course, it’s hard to have fire- comparing Ms. Tymoshenko to a simple works and drama when only one candidate entertainer. He “wasn’t trained as an artist,” shows up. Mr. Yanukovych said, so he would not par- Presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych ticipate “as a matter of principle.” Moreover, NATO lauds Ukraine’s contribution, previously declared his intention to skip the “it’s not my profession.” debate – and he was a man of his word. The rancor between the two candidates resumes military links with Russia Instead, his opponent, Prime Minister Yulia isn’t confined to debate-centered rhetoric. In Tymoshenko, attacked, joked and generally recent days, tensions appear to have risen as by Ahto Lobjakas one year, you don’t go full speed, you campaigned for the full 100 minutes of both sides accuse the other of planning to start [by] switching [it] on, turning the national airtime. (The “debate” may be use violence to steal the election. RFE/RL On Sunday, Ms. Tymoshenko suggested key, heating up, and then you keep mov- viewed on the Tymoshenko campaign’s offi- that Mr. Yanukovych had filled Kyiv’s BRUSSELS – Ukraine made history ing,” he said. “That’s where we are.” cial website, http://vybory.tymoshenko.ua/.) downtown hotels with “fighters who are this week by becoming the first non- An agreement on military-to-military Ms. Tymoshenko, who is known for her ready to take power using any means.” She NATO-member state to contribute forces cooperation was signed. A “work plan” biting remarks, didn’t disappoint. During continued, “As in 2004, we are going to put to the alliance’s flagship NATO Response for concrete military cooperation will fol- breaks from what amounted to her basic Force (NRF). campaign stump speech, she branded Mr. [Yanukovych] in his place in a severe man- low in May 2010. ner and he will never get power in Ukraine, The Ukrainian contribution to the force Yanukovych a “coward” and a “marionette,” Above all, what brings NATO and whatever the circumstances.” reflects the strains operations in and when looking at his empty podium, Russia together is Afghanistan. Russia In turn, Mr. Yanukovych claimed that Afghanistan and the Balkans have put on said, “I believe an empty spot is what he is.” already plays a role in the air and over- Ms. Tymoshenko was bringing hostile Poles, NATO budgets and manpower. It does not land transit of NATO goods to the coun- But mostly, she dripped contempt. “And represent a real advance towards formal Georgians and Lithuanians to Ukraine to try. NATO is also looking for Russian although he is absent from here, I can feel “destabilize” the election. “It is clear they alliance membership. help in maintaining Afghanistan’s size- his smell,” she said. “This is the smell of The chairman of NATO’s military are militants,” he said, and demanded “the able fleet of Soviet-built helicopters and fear.” committee, Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola, on current authorities” take action, “otherwise, fighter planes. Mr. Yanukovych, for his part, called her January 27 said Ukraine would be provid- there will be a call to arms to show them NATO officials quoted Gen. Makarov election campaign promises “dirt and evil” ing useful niche capabilities. what the Ukrainian people are.” as saying Russia had a greater interest in and was interviewed on a competing televi- “Kyiv is the first – but not the only – Ukrainians have expressed alarm at these Afghanistan’s stability than the alliance sion network. Protecting his roughly partner which has made an offer for the statements, although most understand them 10-point lead by avoiding major debate NRF. [It is] a very [significant] offer itself. as only rhetoric. It is no secret that both Ms. gaffes seemed to be his mode of operation. because [it is] a very [specialized] offer, Adm. Di Paola said only a “compre- Tymoshenko and Mr. Yanukovych do not what we call an ‘enabler,’ like a CBRN hensive” approach combining capable shy away from confrontation, but neither [chemical, biological, radiological and Afghan security forces with a competent Tammy Lynch is a senior research fel- has acted on similar statements they’ve nuclear] unit, like transport,” Adm. Di government in Kabul could turn the coun- low at Boston University’s Institute for made in the past. Still, given their current Paola said. “Strategic transport has try around. The international conference the Study of Conflict, Ideology and inability to communicate verbally, the ten- always been a critical capacity. We are in London on January 28 is expected to Policy. sions and heated rhetoric are a concern. welcoming very much that contribution.” provide guidelines for this. The Ukrainian units will form part of But Adm. Di Paola said the five-hour the response force in 2010 and 2011. discussion of Afghanistan on the morning They will remain on standby in Ukraine. of January 27 ended on an optimistic Quotable notes note. “There was a feeling in the room we Adm. Di Paola said the force would be “…it is patently clear from his own words that [Viktor] Yanukovich [sic] does capable of carrying out NATO’s mutual are getting it right,” he said. “The mood has changed, the tide has changed: we not accept the legitimacy of the Orange Revolution, which means that he does defense commitment without recourse to not accept the bedrock principle of democracy that you cannot cheat your way to the Ukrainian contribution. will succeed, we are convinced we will succeed.” power. … NATO also revived military ties with “It is mind-boggling that an unrepentant, twice-convicted violent felon, a man Russia. Russian Chief of Staff General who had sought to steal a presidential election – and who advocated a violent Copyright 2010, RFE/RL Inc. Nikolai Makarov attended the first top- crackdown on the men and women peacefully protesting against his electoral Reprinted with the permission of Radio level NATO-Russia military meeting fraud – should be a candidate for any office, let alone the presidency of a country Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 since mid-2008. of nearly 50 million people. …” Adm. Di Paola said NATO wanted to Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC “press the practical reset button,” while 20036; www.rferl.org. (See http://www. – Nina L. Khrushcheva, in her article titled “Ukrainian Democracy and Its warning that a full resumption of ties rferl.org/content/NATO_Lauds_Ukraine_ Cynics,” published on February 2 on the website of Project Syndicate (www. would take time. “If you go to switch on Contribution_Resumes_Military_Links_ project-syndicate.org). your car after it’s been in your garage for With_Russia/1941499.html.) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6

Yanukovych, Tymoshenko speak in video link-up with Davos Ukrinform economy is living through a crisis with difficulties. Our major task is to create a KYIV – Viktor Yanukovych has said middle class in Ukraine,” she said. he is planning to seek a significant The luncheon was sponsored by the increase in trade volumes between Ukraine and Russia if he wins the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the Ukraine’s presidential election. EastOne investment advisory group. It is “We will build all our relations on the held annually during the World Economic principles of the World Trade Forum in Davos. Organization,” he said in a video link-up Mr. Yanukovych, leader of the Party of with Davos, Switzerland, where the sixth Regions of Ukraine, also said, “Ukraine Ukrainian lunch “Quo Vadis, Ukraine?” is ready to be a reliable partner in build- was held on January 29. Mr. Yanukovych ing a common economic space with said the current decline in trade with Europe,” he said, adding that Russia, Russia was linked to incorrect policies Belarus and Kazakhstan had made signif- pursued in the last few years. icant progress in creating a similar com- Yulia Tymoshenko, the other candidate mon economic space. in the presidential runoff scheduled for Speaking about the operation of February 7, said in the video link-up that Ukraine’s gas transportation system, Mr. her main task is to create a middle class Yanukovych said that if he becomes in the country. Ukraine’s president, he would immedi- Victor Pinchuk Foundation “We saw that Ukraine’s unstructured ately start talks with Russia and the Boxer Vitali Klitschko with former President Aleksander Kwasniewski (right) of Poland during the Ukrainian lunch at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. European Union on the possible creation In her opinion, the political reform of of a gas transportation consortium in 2004 and the absence of aspirations order to increase the reliability of Russian among the country’s leaders are Ukraine’s gas transit to Europe. main problems of the last few years. “My point of view has not changed “The political reform [of 2004] had since 2004. I supported the creation of the knocked the executive branch of power gas transportation consortium, with out of balance, while the absence of polit- Russia as a supplier, Europe as a consum- ical aspirations among the country’s lead- er, and Ukraine as a transit country... I ers prevented [Ukraine] from overcoming have not changed my intentions,” he said. old traditions and rules, and consolidating Mr. Yanukovych also said that the past the teams,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. five years had shown that a lack of confi- She also said that if she wins the elec- dence in relations between Ukraine, Russia tion, she would be against the creation of and the European Union had become a a coalition government. “A new govern- major reason that construction of gas pipe- ment should be formed on a professional lines bypassing Ukraine has begun. basis,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. Prime Minister Tymoshenko under- The Ukrainian lunch was addressed also scored in her presentation that “Ukraine by Sergey Tigipko and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, A view of the setting for the Ukrainian lunch held during the World Economic needs modernization, starting from the two other candidates for Ukraine’s presi- Forum. Presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko is seen on the screens address- strengthening of freedom of speech. We dency who competed in the first round of ing lunch participants. still have to do a great deal of work.” the election on January 17. CAMPAIGN WATCH Frequent changes to election rules UWC addresses Ukraine’s voters Tymoshenko on ‘against all’ votes present obstacles on election day TORONTO – The Ukrainian World KYIV – Presidential candidate Yulia Congress has called on all of Ukraine’s vot- Tymoshenko said that calls by some politi- by Zenon Zawada off vote between Viktor Yanukovych and ers, whether living in Ukraine or abroad, Yulia Tymoshenko. cians for voters to go to the polls on Kyiv Press Bureau “to feel individual responsibility and take Additionally, local authorities can February 7 and vote in the second round of an active part in the second round of the IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Ukraine – appoint replacements for absent commis- the presidential election “against all” candi- presidential election.” An appeal dated Nadiya Matafanova, 78, of Ivano- sioners. dates could result in further conflicts and February 1 and signed by UWC President Frankivsk slowly limped up two flights of Those who supported the measure – split the country. She said during her work- Eugene Czolij, urged Ukrainian citizens to stairs with the help of a cane, and her passed just four days before election day ing visit to Ternopil on February 2 that calls cast their votes “for the candidate who will daughter by her side, to vote in the – said they received reports that commis- to vote “against all” had been dictated by serve the interests of Ukraine and the January 17 first round of Ukraine’s presi- sioners representing the Yulia the ambitions of those politicians who still Ukrainian nation, strengthen Ukraine’s dential election. She also braved the ice- Tymoshenko Bloc refused to participate hope to remain in power. She also described independence, support confirmation of the caked sidewalks that authorities neglected in local election commission meetings in as “nonsense” claims by some participants status of the Ukrainian language as the sole to clean. Donetsk and Crimea, thereby disrupting in the first round of the presidential election state language, and choose the course of “Who’ll come to me to vote at home? preparations. that there is a “complete similarity” between continued democratization Ukrainianization Who’ll come to register me?” she asked, “The Regions’ motives are understood the remaining two presidential candidates; and integration into European society.” when told she could have written a state- – a scenario of disrupting the elections at she said that it is on this basis that they (Ukrainian World Congress) ment to request a mobile ballot box be certain polling stations due to a lack of urged a vote against both. (Ukrinform) brought to her home. quorum was truly, seriously considered in PM calls for democratic unity Justice minister: no third round Frequent changes to election rules, Tymoshenko’s entourage, I know this for which aren’t adequately publicized and certain,” said Oleksander Chernenko, KYIV – Prime Minister Yulia KYIV – Ukrainian Justice Minister are done both annually and at the last chair of the Committee of Voters in Tymoshenko, a presidential candidate, tried Mykola Onishchuk said there would be no minute, remain among the biggest prob- Ukraine, the nation’s leading election to persuade President Viktor Yushchenko at third round of the presidential election in lems in Ukrainian elections, affecting the monitoring organization. a flower-laying ceremony near the monu- Ukraine. In a February 2 interview with the ability of local and district commissions “I’m not sure this would have been ment to the heroes of Kruty on January 29 online publication Glavred, he said the law to conduct them properly. massive, but the threats exist. However that there is currently a risk that “an anti- on presidential elections does not foresee a European Union (EU) standards combating this phenomenon with such Ukrainian mafia” could rise to power in third round. “A rerun of the vote, which was require that lawmakers make significant changes to the law is like shooting spar- Ukraine. According to Ms. Tymoshenko’s registered in 2004, won’t be repeated,” Mr. changes to election laws and procedures rows with a cannon,” he said. official website, she also stressed the need Onishchuk said. The minister said that the at less than a year before the vote, said Without a doubt, the changes will lead to unite all democratic and patriotic forces law does not stipulate a voter turnout Ivan Lozowy, a Kyiv lawyer who special- to “total chaos and disorder in commis- in Ukraine ahead of the second round of the threshold, and even if less than 50 percent ized in international law at the University sions,” Mr. Chernenko said, urging the country’s presidential election. “Democratic of voters participate in the election, the sec- of Paris. president to veto the law. Ms. forces and all forces who love and protect ond round would be declared legal. The Yet, on February 3, Ukraine’s Tymoshenko said the legislation will ruin Ukraine should currently be on the same candidate who receives a simple majority of Parliament led by the Party of Regions any chance of free and fair elections that side of the fence. If there’s unity, the state the vote will become Ukraine’s president, passed a law no longer requiring a two- the international community recognized has a future, but if there’s no unity, the state he said. Mr. Onishchuk said he did not rule thirds quorum at district and local elec- in the first round. always loses [everything],” she said. Asked out the possibility that there would be tion commissions in order to hold meet- “Until the introduction of such unac- what Mr. Yushchenko told her, she said: “It attempts to challenge the result of the presi- ings, make decisions and, most impor- seems to me that he agreed with me.” tantly, count votes in the February 7 run- (Continued on page 17) (Ukrinform) (Continued on page 10) No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 5 Team Ukraine selects 47 athletes for XXI Winter Olympics by Ihor N. Stelmach Freestyle Skiing: Enver Ablayev The executive board of the National Oleksandr Abramenko Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOCU) Nadiya Didenko has approved the official list of Team Stanislav Kravchuk Ukraine for participation in the 2010 Olha Polyuk Winter Olympic Games to take place in Olha Volkova Vancouver, British Columbia, on February 12-28. The names of 41 athletes Luge: were announced on January 21; six more Yuriy Hayduk were added to the team on January 26. Andriy Kis The Ukrainian team will be composed Ludan Liliya of 47 athletes who will compete in nine Taras Senkiv out of 15 winter sports. They are listed Nataliya Yakushenko below by sport. (Spellings of athletes’ Roman Zakharkiv names used are those provided by the NOCU.) Nordic combined: Volodymyr Trachuk Alpine skiing: Rostyslav Feshchuk Ski jumping: Bogdana Matsotska Volodymyr Boshchuk Anastasiya Skryabina Oleksandr Lazarovych Tetyana Voloszhar and Stanislav NOCU Vitaliy Shumbarets Morozov Oksana Khvostenko Biathlon: Oleksandr Bilanenko Snowboarding: that any of them can shine at the Olympics.” where they placed a very respectable fourth. Vyacheslav Derkach Annamari Chundak The head of Ukraine’s delegation to the Pairs figure skating in 2006 saw Elena Andriy Deryzemiya Yosyp Penyak 2010 Games, Nina Umanets, said skier Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov, the 2005 Oksana Khvostenko Valentyna Shevchenko was among Team World Championship bronze medalists, Olena Pidhrushna NOC chairman Sergey Bubka said in late Ukraine’s medal favorites, adding that achieve the same in Turin, rallying back Lyudmyla Pysarenko January he is hoping for some medals at the Ukraine has medal aspirations in luge and from a rough start to end up third over all. Serhiy Sednev Winter Games in Vancouver. He added that freestyle skiing. A dark-horse medal candidate in cross- Serhiy Semenov although Ukraine’s athletes have traditional- Three of Ukraine’s five Olympic Winter country skiing is Valentyna Shevchenko. Valentyna Semerenko ly looked much stronger at the Summer Games medal wins have been in the biath- Although her best Olympics finish was fifth Vita Semerenko Games, they still have chances to win med- lon, the other two in figure skating. Look for place in 2002’s 30 km, she showed more Lilia Vayhina-Yefremova als in winter sports. potential medal performances in these two consistent performances in the 2006-2007 “In Lillehammer we won gold and bronze sports once again in Vancouver. and 2007-2008 World Cup seasons, ranking Cross-country skiing: medals, at Nagano we could only earn one Oksana Khvostenko was one of the top seventh and sixth overall respectively. In Maryna Antsybor silver, while at Salt Lake City we failed to biathletes at the 2008 World Championships, 2006 Shevchenko had the fastest time at the Kateryna Hryhorenko grab any,” Mr. Bubka said, according to an winning a silver medal in the 4 x 6-km relay 20 km mark, but fell off the pace to finish in Agence France-Press report from Kyiv. and two individual bronze medals in the 7.5 seventh place. Roman Leybyuk “Four years ago in Turin we managed to km and 15 km. At the 2006 Winter Ukraine House will be the official home Lada Nesterenko clinch two bronze medals, and I hope we Olympics in Turin, Italy, Lilia Efremova, of Team Ukraine for the 2010 Winter Oleksandr Putsko increase our medal count in Vancouver. who had failed to finish in the top 30 in any Olympics. Under the patronage of the Valentyna Shevchenko Looking at the situation impartially, I believe event at the 2005 World Championships, Embassy of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Vita Yakymchuk we have chances to win at least one medal shot perfectly and survived a relatively slow Canadian Congress and Canadian Friends Tetyana Zavaliy in biathlon.” finish to earn a bronze medal in the wom- of the Ukrainian National Olympic In a competition earlier in January, en’s sprint. Committee, Ukraine House will be open to Figure skating: Ukrainian biathlete Sergei Sednev won a Pairs skaters Tetyana Volosozhar and the public from February 12 to February 28. Anton Kovalevskiy men’s World Cup race at Anterselva, Italy. It Stanislav Morozov are a duo that is wowing Ukrainian athletes, special guests, Ukrainian Kateryna Kostenko was his first career triumph. audiences and judges in competitions. After youth groups from the Americas and Stanislav Morozov Mr. Bubka refused to predict any specific an impressive fourth place showing at the Europe, Ukrainian Americans and Roman Talan Ukrainian medalists, saying a medal in any 2007 World Championships, they dropped Ukrainian Canadians will be on hand in Sergiy Verbilo Olympic discipline would be most welcome. to ninth in 2008. They won two medals dur- Vancouver to make these Olympic Games Tetyana Volosozhar “We decided to send 47 athletes to com- ing the fall 2008 Grand Prix season, qualify- one of the biggest Ukrainian sports and cul- Anna Zadorozhnyuk pete in nine events in Vancouver. We hope ing them for their first Grand Prix Final tural events in history.

this instance. “These are bandit methods between the Tymoshenko Last-minute changes... that are worth thwarting.” and Yanukovych cam- (Continued from page 1) The law allows a commission domi- paigns on who is Ukraine’s five-hour span, approving the legislation nated by Party of Regions representatives police chief. in the evening. to dismiss election commission members Internal Affairs Minister The law will “help us prevent the pos- without any formal investigation or court Yurii Lutsenko was dis- sibility of falsifications in the elections or ruling, Ms. Tymoshenko said in her missed from his post by a their disruption,” Mr. Yanukovych told February 3 statement, in which she January 28 parliamentary reporters before the vote. “There won’t be declared she would resort to extraordi- vote. Party of Regions any chances of disrupting the work of nary measures in reaction. Assistant Chair Hanna election missions anywhere – not in the She said she will inform the entire dip- Herman said her campaign west, the east or the center of Ukraine.” lomatic community in Kyiv that the elec- believes the current police He dismissed Ms. Tymoshenko’s threat tions are off once the president signed the chief is First Vice-Minister to lead mass protests. law, adding that she will also turn to Mykhailo Kliuyev. “Lovers of those same things which ambassadors of the Group of Eight coun- Yet the Tymoshenko Tymoshenko loves to eat – dirt, lies, slan- tries to ask for their support. campaign insists that Mr. der and deceit – are the type of people Renate Wohlwend, co-rapporteur of Lutsenko is still police chief that will go,” Mr. Yanukovych told a the monitoring committee of the because, within hours of his February 4 press conference in Kryvyi Parliamentary Assembly of the Council dismissal, the Cabinet of Rih, as reported by Interfax. “Normal of Europe (PACE), said on February 7 Ministers voted to re- people won’t go.” that the new law shouldn’t be applied to appoint him as first vice- Some observers said the legislation is the February 7 vote. minister and acting Minister designed precisely to enable the Party of She said she will try to explain to the of Internal Affairs. Regions to commit election fraud in the Central Election Commission (CEC) that Mr. Lutsenko’s dismissal oblasts where it enjoys a political monop- it’s too late in the elections to apply the and the vote to eliminate oly, such as Donetsk and Luhansk, and drastic new rules. commission quorums are Zenon Zawada possibly others. The CEC is dominated by commission- part of a grand scheme by The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc began pitching its cam- “You can’t change the rules of the ers loyal to the Party of Regions, while the the Party of Regions to com- paign tents this week on St. Sophia Square in Kyiv to game before the final contest at the majority of the courts are believed to be mit election fraud, particu- prepare for a February 5 prayer meeting. whims of the sides for whom it’s conve- under the influence of the Tymoshenko larly in the Donbas region, nient,” said Dr. Oleh Soskin, director of Bloc, particularly the Supreme Court of Dr. Soskin said. them, and neither will acknowledge the the Institute of Society Transformation in Ukraine led by Vasyl Onopenko. “Neither Tymoshenko nor Yanukovych other’s victory,” he said. “As a result, the Kyiv, who is typically very critical of Ms. Another factor that could further desta- will definitively triumph, as much as post-election situation will be uncertain Tymoshenko but defended her position in bilize the election is disagreement there will be a very small gap between and exceptionally acute.” 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6

Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y Ukraine matters It seems the West has washed its hands of Ukraine. Indeed, many Western leaders and politicians seem to think that it really doesn’t matter who is elected president. In fact, it does matter as a look at the policies espoused by the two candidates demon- strates. The campaign’s final days Speaking with RFE/RL, Volodymyr Fesenko of the Penta center for political stud- The state-owned First National Patriarch Filaret offered more direct ies said that, although both candidates say they would seek to balance Western and Television network didn’t let Viktor words two days later. “The realization Russian interests, Viktor Yanukovych will be far more “mentally and politically Yanukovych’s refusal to debate spoil its that everything is in God’s hands isn’t dependent” on Moscow. Yulia Tymoshenko, he said, “is more interested in being a live event scheduled for February 1. European princess than a Russian one. She’s more interested in being in Brussels, sit- supposed to become a pretense for inac- Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko ting at a table with Berlusconi, Sarkozy, Merkel and other European leaders. With tive contemplation,” the patriarch said. arrived more than willing to make the [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] Putin, she’ll tackle only economic problems.” “Truly God leads man to what’s better most of the 90-minute timeslot allocated Thus, Ukraine’s orientation is at stake in this election, and with it the stability of the in this life and to salvation in eternal life. for the debate that was supposed to occur, region. But He leads not without man’s partici- speaking without any texts or teleprompt- But, with Ukraine holding the presidential runoff election this Sunday, it matters lit- pation. We’re supposed to cooperate with ers for much of that time as the modera- tle at this point how Western leaders feel about the two candidates. What matters most God both in spiritual and life matters – tor silently stood by and watched. is that they care about Ukraine. choose good and discard evil.” She outlined her five priorities for As noted by Matthew Kaminski, writing in the January 27 issue of The Wall Street Ukraine, the first to radically change the * * * Journal, the West’s disillusionment with Ukraine – “Ukraine fatigue” – is dangerous. path of Ukraine’s development, remove Citing the Ukrainian public’s disenchantment with the Orange Revolution, he adds: Viktor Yanukovych has a certain way the oligarchs and build a just and demo- “Before anyone rushes to declare the Orange Revolution dead and Kiev [sic] destined with words. cratic country that will become a part of to return to Moscow’s embrace, a distinction needs to be made. Disappointment with The Ukrayinska Pravda website on the European community. politicians doesn’t mean Ukrainians have soured on political freedom.” January 28 published a list of 26 Ukraine needs to achieve a higher ind- Mr. Kaminski argues that Ukraine is “a genuine, if still shallow, democracy” that “Yanukisms,” or verbal gaffes and over- human development index, energy inde- sits in the “inhospitable terrain” of an “authoritarian wilderness” of the east, from all blunders the opposition leader has pendence and “the most contemporary Belarus to the Caucasus and Central Asia. The author, a member of the Journal’s edi- committed during the last five years. torial board, continues: “It remains strategically critical. A stable, prosperous and free systems of medicine, science and educa- tion in Europe and the world.” Among his greatest “hits” are confus- Ukraine ensures Russia can’t rebuild its regional empire; it’d also be a teachable coun- ing Slovenia with Slovakia, Stockholm terexample to the deadening hand of Putinism for their Slavic cousins up north. The Finally, she said Ukraine’s member- ship in the European Union is a top prior- with Helsinki and Kosovo with press is free and diverse and political parties vibrant. ...” Montenegro. So, no matter who wins the February 7 presidential runoff, Brussels and ity. That same evening, Mr. Yanukovych Yet Mr. Yanukovych demonstrated he Washington need to refocus on Ukraine. also has a way with women that is just as Because of last-minute changes in Ukraine’s law on presidential elections passed appeared on the ICTV television network and took questions from journalists, lacking in eloquence and sophistication. on February 3 by the Verkhovna Rada – due to opposing parties vying for an electoral “I’m told that it’s useless to argue with advantage not a desire to improve the conduct of elections – the vote results, no matter experts and celebrities loyal to the Party of Regions of Ukraine. a woman,” Mr. Yanukovych said during a who wins, are sure to be contested and certification could face extensive delays. January 20 visit to Kharkiv. “That’s not Renate Wohlwend, co-rapporteur of the monitoring committee of the Parliamentary * * * right. I don’t agree with that. Firstly, I Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said that the new law shouldn’t be applied believe that she’s the prime minister and to the February 7 vote. Some members of the European Parliament have called on the So whom do the also-rans in the first should carry responsibility for every one European Union to react to these developments. round of the election endorse in the of her words. And if she’s a woman, then Although Mr. Kaminski’s commentary, “Ukraine needs the West,” appeared before February 7 runoff? President Viktor these latest pre-election day developments, his message now becomes all the more Yushchenko and National Deputy Arseniy she ought to go to the kitchen and show important: Ukraine needs Washington and Brussels to “press the reset button.” Yatsenyuk said they’ll place their check- her fancies there.” “The message of this election is that Ukrainians – like their immediate western marks next to, “don’t support any candi- The Yanukisms can be viewed at: neighbors before them – want their politicians to stop their bickering and build a prop- date.” http://www.pravda.com.ua/arti- erly functioning democratic state integrated with the West. We should be there to help Third-place winner Sergey Tigipko cles/2010/01/28/4676043/ left it up to his supporters to decide for them,” Mr. Kaminski underscores. * * * Let’s hope the West is listening. themselves, while Communist Party of Ukraine Chair Petro Symonenko said the Ukrainian nationalist Oleh Tiahnybok Bloc of Leftist and Left-Centrist Forces believes he fared poorly in the January is asking its voters to vote for Viktor 17 vote because his potential voters gave Yanukovych. their votes to President Viktor Feb. Turning the pages back... As usual, the Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc Yushchenko in the first round. is hedging its bets and not endorsing nei- “In the last moment, the ‘unwinnable ther Mr. Yanukovych nor Prime Minister complex’ played out in Halychyna, which 8 Yulia Tymoshenko. believed Yushchenko,” he told The Three years ago, on February 8, 2007, President Viktor The political council of the Svoboda Weekly during a break in a January 22 2007 Yushchenko met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in nationalist party, led by Oleh Tiahnybok, political council meeting held by the Berlin to discuss Ukraine’s Euro-integration and energy secu- issued a January 22 statement condition- Svoboda party. “People wanted to fulfill rity issues. ally supporting “the lesser of two evils,” their responsibility before the president, Ms. Merkel said Ukraine and the European Union must first create conditions to Ms. Tymoshenko. Yet it’s unlikely she whom they supported earlier.” liberalize visa procedures, launch scientific and cultural exchange programs, and sign would fulfill Svoboda’s demands, such as Furthermore, President Yushchenko a free-trade agreement. disclosing the entire text of the January conducted much of his campaign in the The two leaders agreed to formulate new energy policies to ensure that European 2009 natural gas agreement reached with Halychyna region, while Mr. Tiahnybok customers get oil and gas transparently and on time. Mr. Yushchenko said Ukraine Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, said he traveled throughout Ukraine. excluding millionaire oligarchs from her would adhere to the European Energy Charter to fulfill its obligations. Almost half of Svoboda’s votes were political bloc and denying pensions to “Ukraine understands its important role in the formation of Europe’s energy security gained in Ukraine’s eastern and southern NKVD agents, instead awarding them to policy and is conscious of its responsibility. I know that last year’s story perhaps oblasts, tripling its results from the 2007 Ukrainian liberation veterans and politi- wasn’t always presented [in the media] with complete objectivity, but I want to stress parliamentary elections. “No one can say cal prisoners. that Ukraine fully complies with its obligations under the Energy Charter,” Mr. anymore that we’re only a regional Yushchenko said at a joint press conference with Ms. Merkel. * * * party,” Mr. Tiahnybok said. “We’re a Ms. Merkel said her meeting with the Ukrainian president reassured her that national party.” “Ukraine is ready to take responsibility for transporting energy to Europe.” Ukrainian Catholic Church Archbishop Russia’s Parliament had yet to ratify the European Energy Charter and had agreed Lubomyr Husar and Ukrainian Orthodox * * * to apply the provisions of the agreement to the extent that they are consistent with Church Patriarch Filaret urged their Russia’s Constitution, laws and regulations. In December 2006 Russia indicated that respective followers to vote in the second Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko the ratification of the Energy Charter was unlikely due to the provisions requiring round runoff scheduled for February 7. earned her candidate of sciences degree third-party access to Russia’s pipelines. Moreover they both told their respec- in economics from the Kyiv National Mr. Yushchenko was accompanied by National Security and Defense Council tive flocks to avoid selecting, “don’t sup- Economics University of Ukraine, The Secretary Vitalii Haiduk, National Bank of Ukraine Chairman Volodymyr Stelmakh, port any candidate.” Weekly confirmed this week with her Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Volodymyr Khandogiy and Presidential Secretariat “We want to see that everyone who campaign staff. Deputy Chief of Staff Oleksander Chalyi. votes truly makes a choice,” Archbishop Ms. Tymoshenko’s official biography, On February 9, 2007, Mr. Yushchenko visited the Flossenburg concentration camp, Husar said in January 28 press confer- as well as numerous unofficial biogra- where his father, Andrii, was held during the second world war. ence, explaining the decision reached by phies on the Internet, neglects to mention Mr. Yushchenko concluded his visit to Germany on February 10, 2007, with his his Synod of Bishops. “It seems to us that where the presidential candidate earned attendance at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy. not voting, or voting ‘against all’ is not a her degree. choice intrinsically. It’s flight in a certain She successfully defended her thesis, Source: “Yushchenko meets with Merkel during three-day visit to Germany,” (RFE/ way, which is why we don’t approve of “State Management with a Taxation RL), The Ukrainian Weekly, February 18, 2007. such things.” System,” on July 2, 1999. No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 7

Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas

The future of the past Detroit deteriorating It would be trite to begin this column do vary over time. And our conduct var- I love Detroit. It’s in Michigan, my ing to The Week, “rioters fanned out over with Mae West’s famous dictum that nos- ies accordingly. favorite state. I have pleasant memories the city setting hundreds of fires and loot- talgia isn’t what it used to be. So instead, Thus, for example, 18th century licen- of time spent in this once great American ing black and white businesses. When it we will point out that in fact, longing for tiousness gave way to the renewed moral city. was all over, 43 people were dead, 1,300 the past has a bright future. With our rectitude of the Victorians. Fluctuations My dad was a supreme auditor of the buildings were destroyed, and more than aging population, nostalgia is likely to in social morality can be documented, for Ukrainian National Association and, as a 7,000 people had been arrested. The riots become more and more popular. example by records of illegitimate births, kid, I often accompanied him to Detroit were a blow from which Detroit never In its original meaning as a form of or by the nature and frequency of record- as he participated in various UNA func- recovered... When the Detroit Tigers won homesickness, and in its contemporary ed crimes. Perhaps, then, the longing for tions in what was once a vibrant the 1984 World Series, fans celebrated sense as a longing for a faraway time and a better past is sometimes justified. But Ukrainian community. with a frenzy of mindless destruction, place, nostalgia has been a common ail- can it ever be satisfied? I have fond memories of Dr. Ambrose burning cars and breaking windows.” On ment of political exiles. After their failed Typically, nostalgics are also tradition- Kibzey, a UNA auditor first elected to the Halloween eve, two weeks later, “Devil’s revolutions of 1830 and 1863, Poles alists. They believe that a return to tradi- UNA Supreme Assembly in 1937 along Night” brought more riots and 810 fires. pined for home in the dismal garrets of tion will bring back the virtues of the with my father. They were part of the Politicians were another problem. Paris and London. Whether stranded in past. And what is tradition? In a narrow ODVU (Organization for the Rebirth of Democratic Coleman Young, Detroit’s first Belgrade or Berlin, Shanghai or Monte sense, it is an account that has been Ukraine) team that moved the UNA black mayor, was elected in 1973 and, Carlo, White Russian émigrés dreamed passed down from generation to genera- toward a more nationalistic posture dur- according to Time, “spent much of his 20 of the long winters in their dear, dreary tion. In a wider sense, it is the preserva- ing the late 1930s. This ODVU involve- years in office devoting his talents to the homeland. The 20th century saw the mas- tion of past social, cultural or religious ment was later condemned as a Nazi- politics of revenge. He called himself the sive displacement of millions through practices. Most broadly, tradition is the inspired move by Michael Tkach, editor ‘MFIC,’ the IC stood for ‘in charge’ the war, famine and revolution. Ukrainians, organic development of a system of of The Ukrainian Daily News, a Soviet- MF exactly what you think.” He alienated of course, have been no exception. ideas, values and beliefs. supported Ukrainian newspaper in the what few whites remained in Detroit with Nostalgia has inspired such varied poets The fallacies of nostalgia lead to two United States. Mr. Tkach was exposed as an attitude “that could have been summed of exile as Ovid, Dante, Mickiewicz and, errors regarding tradition. a Soviet agent by Elizabeth Bentley up in the phrase ‘Now it’s our turn.’” of course, Taras Shevchenko. On the one hand, we expect too much before the House Un-American Activities Democratic Congressman John D. Dingell, But it also distorts our sense of reality. of it, for we believe that preserving past Committee on May 13, 1949. the longest serving member of the House First, nostalgia is often based on our practices will bring back a lost ideal. If Also elected as part of the ODVU in history, resisted all efforts by Congress earliest memories, which record a child’s only we could make that perfect “Sviat “nationalist 11” was advisor Walter Didyk, to compel Detroit automakers to accept naive perceptions. A child can joyfully Vechir,” we would recover the magic of a another Detroit resident who was not only tougher safety and mileage standards and experience conditions of life that adults childhood Christmas and pass it on to our active in Detroit, but across the river in “virtually any other measure that might find onerous and depressing. Besides, children. Windsor, where he helped establish the have forced the American automobile children are usually shielded from life’s But on the other hand, nostalgia induc- second Canadian UNA branch in 1937. industry to make cars that could stand up sinister aspects, or simply do not compre- es us to do too little. For by seeking to It is significant to note that UNA mem- to foreign competition.” hend them. Thus, we have the phenome- “preserve” tradition, we neglect its bership soared from 30,335 in 1937 to If Detroit’s automobile tycoons were non of the offspring of political exiles growth. Church architecture is one exam- 38,167 in 1941, due in no small measure, guilty, then so was the United Auto cherishing their earliest memories of ple: attempting to replicate the Kozak I believe, to the dynamic infusion of Workers (UAW) which pressed manage- Siberia. Baroque on a smaller scale with cheap nationalist ideals. UNA growth continued ment to increase wages and benefits that Second, memories of childhood or materials in an alien setting deadens a until 1974, when it peaked at 89,119. eventually became unsustainable. youth are often recalled in old age, when tradition instead of reviving it. Thus nos- I will never forget Volodymyr Hirniak, American taxpayers helped bail out GM in cumulative misfortunes and deepened talgia, while inspiring the occasional a Windsor businessman elected UNA 2009, and the auto-maker is still teetering. understanding have darkened our view of writer or artist, can actually retard cultur- auditor in 1946. As a UNA organizer, he Detroit schools are also in shambles. the world. That augments the distortion. al development. was one of the best, personally organiz- The current budget deficit is $219 mil- And third, memory is selective. It fil- How, then, can we foster the organic ing 59 new members in 1966 and 71 lion. According to the National ters out our terrors and anxieties, enhanc- growth of tradition, understood as a sys- members in 1969. He was often invited to Assessment of Educational Progress, 69 ing what remains. tem of practices or a complex of ideas, Chicago by our local UNA district com- percent of the district’s fourth graders and Nostalgia sells. Popular films, novels values and beliefs? How can it develop, mittee to motivate branch secretaries to 77 percent of the eighth graders scored and television evoke the days of their tar- yet remain essentially the same? enroll new members. He received leads below basic levels. Detroit’s student get audiences’ youth. Thus, affluent baby Constitutional law offers an analogy: in from UNA secretaries and accompanied scores are among the lowest on statewide boomers respond to 1950s, 1960s, or order to safeguard its underlying princi- them to sign up prospective new mem- tests as well. Two of every three inner- 1970s nostalgia. There is a perennial ples, one must constantly devise and bers. Mr. Hirniak was a big part of the city students fail to graduate high school. market for antique automobiles, retro apply new rules expressing those princi- UNA growth spurt. School corruption is rampant, according fashion and classic rock. ples in changing social circumstances. Once I became a UNA advisor and to The Wall Street Journal. Some Debunking the cherished past is popu- Thus in our church architecture, the key later, a UNA vice-president, I was often $600,000 in computer equipment went lar too. The award-winning television is not to replicate old forms with new invited to UNA functions in Detroit – pic- missing in 2009, for example. Teacher series “Madmen,” for example, some- materials, but to create new forms which, nics, banquets, rallies, the like. Ukrainians strikes and an attitude of “us first” hasn’t times resembles a checklist of common in the given context, express a church’s in Detroit were a very active segment of helped either. Six years ago the teachers’ 1950s attitudes and practices now con- fundamental sacred meaning. The work our community, not only within the UNA union forced the school district to reject a demned as vices, from liquor and ciga- of Radoslav Zuk exemplifies this but in our wider community as well. In philanthropist’s offer of $200 million to rettes to racism and sexism. But it approach. time, however, the city began to change build 15 small, independent charter appears to be a meticulously authentic Yet some traditional practices remain and the center of Ukrainian community schools. view of Madison Avenue executive life changeless, regardless of how society life shifted to Warren, Mich. Is there any hope for Detroit? Former circa 1960. may understand them. Liturgy is a prime Today, Detroit is a wasteland with Detroit Pistons legend and business entre- Yet it is all too easy to pass judgment example. Bread and wine may be regard- thousands of abandoned buildings. Huge preneur Dave Bing has replaced the dis- on the past. For all our retrospective self- ed differently by different societies at dif- swatches of land are urban prairie, sur- graced Kwame Kilpatrick as mayor. righteousness we, too, may someday ferent times, and some societies may not rounded by barbed wire. Articles in The Praised by The Wall Street Journal for his incur the harsh verdict of posterity. Can know them at all. Yet as the center of the Wall Street Journal (September 26-27, “tough love” approach towards Detroit’s we know for certain which will prove to Eucharistic rite they cannot be replaced. December 19-20 and 22) Time (October “entitlement culture,” Mr. Bing hopes to be the sins of our age? Driving fossil-fuel Other practices remain unchanged despite 5, November 9), and The Week (October change the city. Current Detroit-area resi- vehicles, or developing nuclear energy? having lost their original meaning: we 15) have focused on the city’s deteriora- dents and UNA luminaries Anatole Eating meat, creating genetically modi- offer our sword-arms in greeting, though tion. “Once the fourth largest city, with a Doroshenko and Alexander Serafin are fied crops, or keeping animals in zoos? we no longer wear swords. Yet we have population of 1.85 million in 1950,” The cautiously optimistic. Hoarding our wealth in a hungry world? largely abandoned some traditional prac- Week reported, “only 770,000 remain There is a lesson in all of this. No city Perhaps we should not be so hard on our tices that remain both outwardly compre- with an estimated 1,000 residents leaving is too big to fail when political checks forebears. hensible and inwardly significant: fasts every month.” Once a multicultural city and balances don’t exist, and blind ideol- While the nostalgic idealizes the past, and pilgrimages are but two examples. with beautifully maintained ethnic neigh- ogy, race-baiting, corporate mismanage- he demonizes the present. To him, things Which traditions do we keep intact, borhoods, Detroit today is 83 percent ment and union intransigence dominate are always getting worse. Is this a mis- which do we discard, and which do we black. Unemployment is 29 percent. The the landscape. perception? Both human imperfection, modify? How well we answer these ques- median home price was $7,100 last July. You know the maxim, so complete the and the ideals against which we measure tions is a good predictor of our cultural What went wrong? sentence: “Power corrupts and absolute it, are constant. One would thus expect survival. Riots are part of the answer. power______.” human conduct to perennially fall short, Segregation and decreasing job opportu- with no appreciable improvement or Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at nities for blacks led to an explosion in Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is decline. But social and cultural standards [email protected]. 1967. During a five-day period, accord- [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6 UCRDC’s oral history archive to be digitized thanks to Jacyk program by Oksana Zakydalsky ever, are identical to the original, and thus digitization provides a better method for TORONTO – A major treasure of the preservation of recordings. Ukrainian Canadian Research and At the end of last year, Oksana Dmyterko, Documentation Center (UCRDC) is its oral a historical research scholar from the Lviv history archive – audio and video recordings Institute of Historical Research, came to of interviews, collected over more than 25 Toronto to work on the first stage of the years, with people who took part in some of archival project. Her assignment was to digi- the most significant events in contemporary tize its audio recordings. Ms. Dmyterko Ukrainian history. transferred to digital media almost 220 hours Thanks to an agreement to organize and of recordings – about one-half of the audio analyze the UCRDC oral history archive archive. made between the Canadian Institute of The work had to proceed at its own pace Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the University because the recordings have to be trans- of Alberta, the Institute of Historical ferred from tape to computer in real time. Research of Ivan Franko National University The software program used was Garage of Lviv and the Ukrainian Catholic Band, which transferred the sound into University (UCU), the archival project will MP3. The transfer was done using a profes- take place over the next five-years. This is sional recorder (Tasscam 122mkII) and a the first project of the newly established new iMac. Technical assistance was provid- Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of ed by Andrij Holowatyj. Oksana Zakydalsky Modern Ukrainian History and Society. The recordings covered a wide variety of Oksana Dmyterko at work at the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation CIUS has agreed to provide a grant through categories of interviews: members of the Center. the John Kolasky Memorial Endowment Galicia Divison; people who had gone Fund, while the University of Lviv and through displaced persons (DP) camps; aims. Therefore, it is particularly important Ukrainians.” UCU will provide the specialized personnel ostarbeiters and who were forcibly taken to to preserve valuable testimony without the It is expected that, thanks to the above- who will implement the project. work in Germany; members of the interference of political influence into per- mentioned agreement, in the fall of 2010 the Today most libraries, archives and muse- Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA); sonal testimonies. A historical researcher UCRDC will be able to engage another spe- ums are digitizing their collections with the Ukrainians who saved Jews; and women should stand in defence of memory, truthful- cialist from Lviv to work on its archives. aim of providing wider access to them, par- who had lived through the occupations of ly investigate life histories, demonstrate The UCRDC spokespersons expressed grat- ticularly through the Internet. This is partic- Ukraine during World War II. inconsistencies and try to understand them.” itude to the CIUS and the John Kolasky ularly important for collections recorded on Ms. Dmyterko gave the following evalu- She explained that “it is difficult to over- scholarship fund, the Ukrainian Canadian magnetic tapes – audio and video – because, ation of the UCRDC oral history archive: estimate the value of the UCRDC archive’s Foundation of Taras Shevchenko, SUS unlike paper records, which have a longer “In an atmosphere of doubt and the dan- oral history collection, which can become an Foundation and the Homenko Foundation lifespan, analog sound and image recording ger of the loss of historical memory of some inexhaustible source for research and inter- (Maria Halkewycz) from Winnipeg, for media are subject to deterioration within a events, their various interpretations and judg- pretation of the history of Ukraine and making the archival project possible. few decades. Until recently, audio and video ments by witnesses, the question of their archivists handled this situation by periodi- preservation has become a critical problem. cally re-recording on fresh tapes. However, “Historical memory, unfortunately, is also when analog recordings are copied, there is a field of dispute for politicians who favor CIUS supports award-winning book always a loss of quality. Digital copies, how- particular interpretations which suit their EDMONTON, Alberta – A book whose al, such as Arpad, Vytovt, Diomed, Irynei publication was partly subsidized by the and Orikh. The compilers comment on the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, dynamics of word use among younger, mid- CIUS launches fi rst project “Leksykon Lvivskyi: Povazhno i Na dle-aged and older speakers, taking note of Zhart” (Lviv Lexicon: Seriously and street language, synonyms and archaisms Frivolously) was awarded the grand prize that have disappeared from the contempo- of new Petro Jacyk program at the 16th annual international book festi- rary language. Reproductions of prewar val in Lviv. advertisements and unique local dish recipes be discussed openly during the Soviet peri- EDMONTON, Alberta – The Canadian The compilers are Natalia Khobzei, appear throughout the dictionary. od: the Holodomor, exile to Siberia, arrests Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the Ksenia Simovych, Tetiana Yastremska and This is no mere linguistic study but a cap- of nationally conscious and politically active University of Alberta has launched the first Hanna Dydyk-Meush. They are all senior tivating text that acquaints readers with the Ukrainians, prisons and the gulag, deporta- project of the newly established Petro Jacyk researchers at the Ivan Krypiakevych customs, traditions, memorable events and tion for forced labor in Germany during Program for the Study of Modern Ukrainian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, National everyday life of Lviv and tells stories about World War II, and flight to the West in order History and Society. Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Lviv). local people. to escape Soviet rule. The new CIUS project is being imple- While working on this project, Ms. “Leksykon Lvivskyi” (ISBN In Toronto, similar work has been going mented in cooperation with Ivan Franko Khobzei, its initiator and managing editor, 978-966-02-5342-1) was published by the National University of Lviv (IFNU) and the on at the UCRDC since the 1980s, thanks to received a grant from the Wolodymyr Krypiakevych Institute in the “Treasury of Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU). the efforts of Iroida Wynnyckyj and volun- Dylynsky Memorial Endowment Fund at Dialectology” series, which seeks to popu- Between October and December 2009, teers from Canada and Ukraine. The oral CIUS, University of Alberta. Established by larize the heritage of folk speech. The com- Oksana Dmyterko of the IFNU began to history archive at the UCRDC consists of Myron Dylynsky of Toronto in December pilers hope that more publications of this digitize the audio recordings of the oral his- audio and video materials and related docu- 1991 and matched by Xerox Canada, the kind will contribute to a comprehensive dic- tory archive at the Ukrainian Canadian mentation. The audio collection of tapes and fund provides research or publication grants tionary of Ukrainian dialects. The book can Research and Documentation Center CDs totals approximately 430 items. in Ukrainian studies to scholars affiliated be obtained through the German retailer (UCRDC) in Toronto, preparing the ground The intent is to make these materials with academic, cultural, and educational Kubon & Sagner ([email protected]) for future research. She came to Canada as a available to a broad variety of researchers: institutions in Lviv. or from the Lviv Politekhnika Press (vmr@ recipient of a grant from the John Kolasky historians, sociologists, lawyers, philologists The success of the publication is due in vlp.com.ua). Memorial Endowment Fund, which sup- and religious studies specialists. The Jacyk part to the compilers’ unusual scholarly ports Ukrainian scholars and professionals Program has therefore begun to create digi- approach: as they explain, the book is not engaged in scholarly work, research and tized copies of oral history records and only a standard dictionary but also “a codifi- professional development in Canada. undertaken to produce a catalogue of the cation of speech particular to 20th century This project came into being in response digitized audio files over a three-year period. Lviv” that conjures up the city’s unique to a growing interest in oral history among Digitized material can easily be accessed via image and special atmosphere. The diction- scholars in the social sciences and humani- the Internet and conforms to present-day ary is based on literary publications and ties. Oral history helps preserve aspects of world standards of document processing. memoirs of local authors, as well as on the historical memory and details the experience More information about the oral history Lviv press, and features a wealth of observa- of a variety of social groups. Both Lviv archive at the UCRDC can be accessed on tions by the compilers. institutions have been working in this field the Internet at http://www.youtube.com/ “Leksykon” includes words little known since the 1990s, focusing on personal recol- watch?v=S5h1W_488_U or not used in standard Ukrainian (e.g., dzia- lections of important social and historical Ms. Dmyterko is working on the first ma, boidyk, dupak, habal, lobuz) and words events of the 20th century, such as the stage of the project to digitize the UCRDC’s with distinct characteristics (such as unusual Holodomor of 1932-1933, Ukraine during oral history archives. She is also preparing a stresses in trámvai and advókat). It contains World War II, the suppression of the book and a CD under the working title more than 12,000 entries, idiomatic phrases, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the “Women during World War II” for publica- proverbs and sayings that convey the inimi- dissident movement in Soviet Ukraine. This tion toward the end of 2010. table linguistic flavor of Lviv (e.g., pan na material has given rise to new publications The Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of tsilu hubu, propasty za shtyry greitsary). that reveal previously unresearched attitudes Modern Ukrainian History and Society, Many entries are accompanied by illustra- to historical events, making possible a criti- established at CIUS in 2008, will also con- tive citations. cal evaluation of the treatment of those centrate on the training of a new generation Toponyms specific to Lviv are also fea- events in Soviet historiography. of professional scholars. tured, and the appendix includes an index of The Lviv researchers gathered invaluable personal names, some of them quite unusu- eyewitness accounts of events that could not – Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Cover of “Leksykon Lvivskyi.” No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 9 BOOK REVIEW: Eyewitness account of western Ukraine, 1918-1923 “Western Ukraine in Conflict with An especially helpful feature in this new Poland and Bolshevism, 1918-1923,” by edition is a series of invaluable four-color What happened Vasyl Kuchabsky. (Translated from the maps (re-drawn from original black-and- German by Gus Fagan.) Edmonton- white maps) that provide a visual guide to to the Ukrainian Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian the military campaigns. These maps, Studies Press, 2009. 361 pp. $34.95 along with the trenchant analysis of movement then (paper), $59.95 (cloth). Kuchabsky’s background and organiza- tion of the book in an introduction by was something by Peter Bejger Oleksandr Pavlyuk, help make this vol- ume an essential reference guide to an like a natural Our story begins on the night of exceeding complex period of Ukrainian catastrophe October 31-November 1, 1918, when a history. small group of Galician Ukrainian troops And what of Kuchabsky himself? In against which under the command of Maj. Dmytro 1922 he emigrated to Germany where he Vitovsky deftly took control of the city of obtained a doctorate in history and Slavic man is powerless. Lviv from Imperial Austrian authorities. philology from the University of Berlin in This elegant overture announced the 1930, got married in 1932, and had a son – Vasyl Kuchabsky debut of Western Ukraine as an indepen- named Leo. He pursued a scholarly career dent actor on the European stage. Five while working as a reference librarian at years later the international community, the Institute of World Economy in Kiel. in the form of the Council of Allied under Polish occupation had fallen into During World War II he served as director disarray and despair. Ambassadors in Paris representing the of the Lublin state library in German- victorious powers of the first world war, In tracing the causes of the disaster, occupied Poland until the arrival of the Kuchabsky laments, “What happened to dropped the curtain on what had become Red Army in 1944. Kuchabsky was the Ukrainian movement then was some- a blood-spattered drama and shattered all believed to have disappeared without a Kuchabsky is cynical about the thing like a natural catastrophe against Western Ukrainian aspirations when they trace after the war. Americans and notes, “the Western which man is powerless, for reason, will, finally recognized the incorporation of Kuchabsky’s son, Dr. Leo Kutschabsky, Galicia into the new and triumphant Ukrainians had placed all their hopes of prudence and ingenuity are of no avail.” obtaining justice from President revealed hitherto unavailable information Polish state. to the publishers of this translation that However, with a chilling prescience Vasyl Kuchabsky, a Lviv University [Woodrow] Wilson, the prophet of Kuchabsky categorized the Polish tri- ‘national self-determination.’” Kuchasky Vasyl Kuchabsky made a quiet life for law student who became an officer of the himself in the Soviet-occupied zone of umph over Western Ukraine as a “curse Ukrainian Sich Riflemen during World considers these hopes foolish and naïve for the victor.” The “deadly poison” of because, as he points out in great detail, Germany. Kuchabsky worked as an inter- War I, was an eyewitness and participant preter and statistician and eventually Polish-Ukrainian animosity was slowly to the chaotic events during these five Wilson and leading U.S. government offi- killing Poland itself. His words proved cials were already in thrall to masterful became a teacher of Russian, history and years. His book – originally published in Latin at a secondary school in the town of prophetic when a few years later a resent- German in Berlin in 1934 and now avail- Polish lobbying and the black arts of pro- ful Western Ukraine greeted the confla- paganda. He caustically noted the under- Blankenburg in the Harz Mountains, able in a remarkably fluid English trans- where he died in 1971. gration to come in 1939. lation by Gus Fagan, a senior lecturer in lining PR problem the Ukrainian cause The book is available at www.cius- faced in western political and military Kuchabsky published his book when international relations at London press.com, by calling 780-492-2973, or circles. “The Poles were masters of the Ukrainian fortunes reached their very Metropolitan University – is a fascinating by writing to: CIUS Press, 430 Pembina dashing parade. Among the Western nadir. Communist-ruled eastern Ukraine and lively account of the military and had been ravaged by famine and purges Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Ukrainians, however, one saw only hulk- diplomatic struggles for independence in while Western Ukrainian national life AB, T6G 2H8, Canada. both western and eastern Ukraine. This a ing great barbarians.” crucial point, for Kuchabsky outlines in Kuchabsky also dismisses Ukrainian vivid detail how the often conflicting hopes on President Wilson in terms of interests of these two very different parts Realpolitik. “Powerful nations exploit of the country ultimately doomed the weak ones because they consider it profit- Ukrainian Revolution. able to do so, not because they think the Kuchabsky’s book is invaluable weak nation enjoys the experience. The because it places these struggles within relationship between nations has never the broader context of European develop- been based on moral considerations, it has ments: the shifting play of forces between always been based on the use of various Poland and Russia, which in reality repre- forms of power to gain an advantage.” sented the emerging struggle between In both the diplomatic and military world capitalism and communism; the arena, Kuchabsky blames the Ukrainian geopolitical considerations behind the elite for being cautious and unimagina- Paris Peace Conference and the future tive. He writes, “The leadership of role of Germany; and the individual East Western Ukraine lacked that greatness of European policies of major Western pow- mind without which really creative ers, specifically France, the British actions are impossible.” This he blamed Empire, and the United States. on the ossified culture of the former Why did Ukraine fail to establish state- Habsburg Empire that produced “a stra- hood when so many of its neighbors suc- tum of small-minded pacifist philistines ceeded? Kuchabsky eschews the dire who understood nothing of war.” sentimentality and apologetics of many Yet within this withering litany of émigré memoirs and offers a ruthless complaints Kuchabsky reminds us the analysis. short-lived independent Western Ukraine After a horrific world war, France was did occasionally rise to the challenge. determined to keep Germany down and a Amidst conditions of rampant post-war threatening Bolshevik Russia out of an chaos, a functioning state administration exhausted Europe reeling from social tur- was created that successfully mobilized moil. A strong Poland was essential to an army, imposed law and order, and fulfill these plans, and ambitious Polish guaranteed a free press and fractious leaders – confident of the full support of democratic political discourse. There Paris – energetically pursued a policy were even astonishing military victories where, as Kuchabsky writes, “Ukraine when a Russian general, Aleksandr had to be destroyed if Poland were to be Grekov, joined the Western Ukrainian great.” military service and launched a brilliant The British were more sympathetic, counteroffensive that temporarily especially when the newly proclaimed repulsed superior Polish forces. Western Ukrainian People’s (National) Kuchabsky writes, “the revival gave evi- Republic still controlled the oil fields of dence of what this peasant nation could Boryslav and Drohobych. Once those have achieved if it had intelligent and facilities fell into Polish hands, London’s energetic leadership.” calculations changed, although half-heart- And yet failure was inevitable. There ed efforts continued for some form of were simply no resources to keep the Western Ukrainian “autonomy.” fight going in face of an international blockade. The book offers an agonizing San Francisco-based author and film- blow-by-blow account of how the maker Peter Bejger wrote the recently Ukrainian Galician Army was finally released documentary “A Kingdom Reborn: destroyed through incessant battle, the Treasures from Ukrainian Galicia.” lack of arms and supplies, and disease. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6

this issue, particularly the absence of provides for favorable conditions of eco- port – presidential or parliamentary. She Campaign watch... reviewed electoral legislation. In his opin- nomic growth, when every region has its also there is no need to dissolve the (Continued from page 4) ion, before dissolving the Verkhovna Rada, regional program, when social problems are Parliament after the presidential election. dential election in the courts. (Ukrinform) it is necessary to clarify what electoral laws solved. According to the opposition leader, She said a “stable democratic majority” will be used to elect a new staff of one more crucial task is overcoming pover- would be formed in the Verkhovna Rada Yanukovych sees possible snap elections Parliament. He also called on national dep- ty. Yanukovych says it is necessary to right after the election that will be able to uties to adopt a new law on elections on a reduce poverty and promote middle class. implement the program of the Yulia KYIV – Party of Regions presidential majority basis and under open lists. Then, “A model of Ukraine’s modernization Tymoshenko Bloc and its leader. nominee Viktor Yanukovych said he is not in his opinion, “the desire to hold elections should be innovative investment. This also (Ukrinform) ruling out pre-term parliamentary elections will disappear.” (Ukrinform) means that our partners worldwide – poten- in Ukraine. “I don’t rule out early parlia- tial investors – must have confidence in us. Yushchenko not giving up politics mentary elections in Ukraine even this May Yanukovych ties win to turnout And we, in turn, should create favorable if it is unable to work effectively,” Mr. KYIV – Viktor Yushchenko, who came KYIV – Viktor Yanukovych says his big- conditions for them,” Mr. Yanukovych said. in fifth in the first round of Ukraine’s Yanukovych said on Crimea State (Ukrinform) Television Company on January 28. gest danger in the runoff of the presidential presidential election, is not going to give Political scientists believe that the Party of election is low turnout. He expressed this Tymoshenko cites priorities up politics and will not support any of the Regions, which has the largest representa- fear during a press conference in his native runoff candidates, it was reported on tion in the Verkhovna Rada with 172 town of Yenakieve in the Donetsk region on KYIV – Presidential contender Yulia January 20. “The second round of the national deputies, theoretically does not February 2. The turnout in the first round of Tymoshenko on February 2 named her pri- election is ahead. An election without need pre-term elections. However, Mr. the presidential elections on January 17 was orities if she wins the presidential election. choice is waiting for us. For both candi- Yanukovych will face the problem of creat- 66.72 percent. “I believe our biggest risk is Her first priority, she said, is “a transfer to dates national, democratic, European val- ing a new coalition if he wins the presiden- if our voters decide we have already won,” a way of creating a new state.” She said ues are alien, distant,” he said. At the tial race, since the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc he noted. Mr. Yanukovych called on all of she wants Ukraine to move up from 85th same time Mr. Yushchenko noted that has 153 mandates, the Our Ukraine- his supporters to come to the polls on place on the human development index national and state commitments do not People’s Self-Defense bloc has 71 and the February 7 and guarantee the victory of the developed by the United Nations allow him to give up politics. “Only Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc has 20. The opposition. The Party of Regions leader Development Program to the top 30. “We democracy has a future prospect. I remain Communist Party, with 27 national depu- also said that his parliamentary faction was are among the 30 world countries having a guarantor of the Constitution and prom- ties, has already decided to support Mr. demanding an extraordinary meeting of the the best intellectual and educational level,” ise the runoff will be held fairly and Yanukovych in the runoff election. Verkhovna Rada on February 3 to adopt she has said. Her second priority is to transparently,” the president emphasized. (Ukrinform) final amendments to the law on presidential secure Ukraine’s first place among East He also said he accepts the choice of the elections and thus prevent vote rigging and European countries in the development of Ukrainian people. “The main point is that Lytvyn: no grounds for Rada dissolution frustration. (Ukrinform) education, medicine and high technolo- the election was held at a high level that gies. Speaking about the development of was proved by international observers. KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman Yanukovych discloses first steps if elected small and medium-sized business, Ms. We showed a positive example for the Volodymyr Lytvyn said on February 1 that Tymoshenko noted that, in order to pro- entire post-Soviet space,” Mr. Yushchenko there would be no legal grounds to dissolve KYIV – Viktor Yanukovych said that, if vide business with credits, it is necessary underscored. (Ukrinform) the Ukrainian Parliament after the country’s he is elected president of Ukraine, he will to replace the property or money security presidential election. “I see no chance [of first take steps to overcome the economic with insurance. It is also necessary to Yanukovych blames Yushchenko dissolving the Parliament after the election]. crisis. Speaking live for ICTV on February change the monetary and credit policy There’s no legal mechanism for this. The 1, he said the economic downturn could be KYIV – Presidential candidate and according to world standards. Ms. Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych coalition formally exists, and it’s unclear overcome soon if a powerful team is creat- Tymoshenko emphasized that it is neces- why the Verkhovna Rada could be dis- ed to work in sync – the Cabinet of said during his visit to Kherson on January sary to “systemically and deeply examine 22 that Unity Day is currently extremely solved,” he said, while commenting on Ministers, the Verkhovna Rada and the the value-added tax,” which “does not Party of Regions leader Viktor president. The second and the most impor- important. The front-runner in the presi- work in Ukraine.” Development of a dential election said that one of his major Yanukovych’s statement that the Rada tant thing to do is to finally elaborate the scheme for purchase of housing by young could be disbanded if he is elected country’s development strategy through the tasks is the unification of various families is also possible, she added. “We Ukrainian regions. In this connection, he Ukraine’s president. Mr. Lytvyn also year 2020. Mr. Yanukovych said the devel- will pass laws on a system of extending focused attention on the political aspect of opment will proceed when the tax system blamed President Viktor Yushchenko for credits without the first payment. The State conferring the title Hero of Ukraine on Mortgage Institution will extend credits Stepan Bandera, the leader of the for housing for 30 years, and a system for Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists making credits cheaper will be set on this (OUN). A statement posted on the Party of basis,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. (Ukrinform) Regions website says that conferring the CEC registers international observers title to Bandera on Unity Day “will not help unite Ukraine.” It noted: “This is a KIV – As of February 1, the Central step to a greater split in the country. The Election Commission had registered 3,780 Party of Regions demands that the award international observers for the presidential policy of the Ukrainian president be election. Among them are observers from changed.” (Ukrinform) Moldova, the United States, Canada, the International Institute for Democracy and Candidates’ spending on polls Electoral Assistance and the Organization KYIV – In the course of the election of Security and Cooperation in Europe. campaign, presidential candidates ordered (Ukrinform) over 50 public opinion polls, which cost No numbers on home voting them $1 million to $2 million (U.S.), the newspaper Delo calculated. Over the KYIV – The Central Election active phase of the election campaign, Commission is not able to determine the September 1, 2009, through January 20, number of voters who actually cast their 2010, sociological services published the ballots at home during the first round of results of 35 studies with data about presi- the presidential election on January 17, dential candidates’ ratings. As for closed CEC Deputy Chairman Andrii Mahera monitoring, conducted by several known told the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper. He sociology companies but not divulged at explained that the existing law on presi- customers’ wishes, the total number of dential elections does not provide for polls may be 50 or even 100, it was report- determining this figure in the commission ed on January 20. (Ukrinform) reports. He said that, unlike the parliamen- tary elections law, the presidential elec- Court extends ban on rallies tions law does not envisage a separate col- KYIV – The Kyiv District umn in the report for the number of elec- Administrative Court has extended until tors who vote at home. (Ukrinform) March 1 the effect of its previous ruling Tymoshenko on constitutional reform banning the holding of mass events on Kyiv’s Independence Square, the main KYIV – Presidential candidate and domestic policy department of Kyiv City Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko insists State Administration reported on February on amending the Constitution immediately. 1. The court had banned the holding of Speaking at a news conference on January mass events on the city’s main square from 20, she emphasized that amendments made January 9 to February 5, at the city admin- in 2004 to the Constitution have destroyed istration’s request. The city administration the system of state administration. “The said that the request to the court was trig- country is traveling without a rudder and gered by the need to avoid clashes between sails due to amendments hastily made to the supporters of different parties and please [President Leonid] Kuchma,” the blocs that submitted to the city administra- prime minister noted. She says it is expedi- tion applications for holding mass events ent to conduct a poll or referendum on on Independence Square (known as the what form of government the citizens sup- “maidan”). (Ukrinform) No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 11 GENERATION UKE

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas and Yarema Belej Hammer and sickle T-shirt choice Klun receives Grammy nomination draws criticism from Ukrainian student for Best Engineered Album PARSIPPANY, N.J. – A T-shirt design for The previous year, Mr. Schur’s class PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Roman Klun, a juniors at Irvington High School in picked up on the Communist connection as producer, mix engineer and songwriter, Irvington, N.Y., that featured a hammer and well, but the idea was immediately rejected. was nominated for a 2010 Grammy sickle on the front and the phrase “Isn’t it Mr. Schur’s family escaped from Ukraine Award for the “Best Engineered Album” time you joined the party?” on the back, was in the 1930s during Stalin’s forced collectiv- for his collaborative work on “Swan originally chosen for the school’s annual ization policies that resulted in the mass Feathers,” featuring singer Leslie Color Wars in February, which mark the end starvation of millions of Ukrainians, known Mendelson, available on Rykodisc of mid-term exams. But the decision was as the Holodomor. Records. rescinded. In speaking with LoHud.com’s Noreen The 52nd annual Grammy Awards cer- “I just thought it was very inappropriate O’Donnell, Ms. Schur asked, would Jews emony was held on Sunday, January 31, and offensive,” said Michael Schur, a senior at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. find anything about a swastika to be funny? at the school, whose relatives died in Other songs nominated in the same cate- “If it’s disrespectful to people in the com- Ukraine under Stalin’s rule and whose moth- gory included “Gossip in The Grain,” er, Sonya, complained to the school’s princi- munity, that’s a much bigger issue than some “My One And Only Thrill,” “Safe Trip pal, Scott Mosenthal. kids not liking the idea,” Ms. Garcia said. Home” and “Ellipse” (the winner). As a replacement, the students chose the Mr. Schur challenged the trend that This was Mr. Klun’s first nomination video game character Mario, the musta- Communist images including red stars, and for a Grammy. The nomination was chioed plumber. images of Mao and Che Guevara should be shared by engineers Richard Alderson, Isabel Garcia, the class president, who viewed as chic, radical or otherwise, but in Chris Allen, Lanwrence Manchester, Rob came up with the idea, explained, “We want- their historical context. “In the end I really Mounsey, Jay Newland, Gene Paul, Jamie ed to do something that was a little bit witty, don’t think I made my point,” he told Polanski and Gordie Sampson. Mr. Klun smart humor. We thought we were being LoHud.com. “I just aggravated a bunch of is also the recipient of a Genie Award, original.” people.” (the Canadian version of the Academy Awards), has worked on several Juno Roman Klun award-winning albums and was honored by the Audio Engineering Society for his at Paramount Parks Wonderland. work in 5.1 surround sound. Mr. Klun lives with his wife, Maria, in Mr. Klun has produced and engineered New York City and maintains a home- many records with the Ukrainian based recording studio in Union Square Canadian Capella, bass-baritone Pavlo with Aaron Comess of the band “Spin Hunka, the Ukrainian Vanguard Band, Doctors.” For more information about Ron Cahute and Burya, and was also the Roman Klun and his work, readers may director and producer of “Fest Ukraine” visit www.romanklun.com.

The proposed T-shirt design for Irvington High School juniors.

VIII World Druzhynnyk Zlet attracts international participants for Olympics by Matthew Dubas for the future development of the Druzhynnyky – both worldwide and by PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Fifty-six members country. of the Ukrainian Youth Association (UYA) This year’s Zlet was proposed and from Canada, the United States, Australia approved during a meeting of the World and Germany, will converge in Vancouver, UYA Executive in Kyiv in August 2008. An British Columbia, on February 12-21 for the organizing committee was formed from the VIII World Druzhynnyk Zlet at the 2010 members of the World UYA Executive, the Winter Olympic Games. World Druzhynnyk Committee and the The itinerary of events will include view- National UYA Executive in Canada. ing the opening ceremonies, tourism out- Other World Dryzhynnyk Zlet locations ings, attending Olympic sporting events have included: Atlanta, Ga. (1996); Sydney, (hockey, skeleton and freestyle skiing), com- Australia (2000); and Salt Lake City, Utah munity gatherings and group discussions. (2002). Scheduled tourism destinations include Druzhynnyky comprise UYA members downtown Vancouver, Whistler Mountain, between the ages of 18 and 50, and are rep- the Olympic Village’s Ukraine House, resented in their respective countries on Grandville Island and Cypress Mountain. national executive boards and worldwide. The group discussions will provide an For more information, readers may contact opportunity for members from other coun- UYA Druzhynnyk representatives by visit- tries to meet and offer an exchange of ideas ing www.cym.org.

Attention, Students! Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activities. The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian commu- nity know about upcoming events. The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be glad to print timely news stories about events that have already taken place. Photos also will be accepted. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6 No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 13 Hamtramck parish celebrates its 95th anniversary by Father Superior Daniel Schaicoski HAMTRAMCK, Mich. – Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Parish celebrated its 95th anniversary on December 6, 2009. Ninety-five years ago, new Ukrainian immigrants in America felt a spiritual need. They understood and were aware that as immigrants who desired to pre- serve their national identity and faith it is essential to have their own parish, church and school. In order to fulfill this spiritual longing, in 1914 under the leadership of Pastor Eugene Bartosh, the community founded the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Parish. Over the course of nearly a century, many of the pastors and co-workers were exemplary representatives of the Church. Imbued with spiritual conviction and evangelical enthusiasm, they were faith- ful sons of their Ukrainian Catholic Church and nation. Among them are: the Rev. S. Kociszko (who later became a bishop of the Carpathian-Ukrainian Church), the Rev. Jaroslav Gabro (who later became bishop of the Chicago Eparchy), the Rev. Joseph Schmondiuk (who later became metropolitan for the Ukrainian Catholics in America), the Rev. Myroslav Ivan Lubachivskyj (who later became Cardinal Lubachivskyj, the head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church), A view of the interior of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hamtramck, Mich. and the Rev. Innocent Lotocky OSBM (who later became bishop of the St the Rev. Schaicoski concelebrated a spe- Nicholas Eparchy of Chicago). cial liturgy with the Revs. Roman It is specifically due to their tireless Hykavy, OSBM, and Andriy Burda. In his efforts, dedication and sacrifices that homily, the Rev. Schaicoski stressed the parishioners today are able to celebrate importance of the parish and its mission this 95th anniversary. Over the course of that it is carrying out in the life of each many years, the parish has maintained its Christian. In recalling the exemplary ser- educational ministry – the Immaculate vice of the late Maria Derkacz, he also Conception Ukrainian Catholic Schools. expressed his deep gratitude to all parish- In these schools, many generation were ioners for their loyalty to the church and able to develop their Ukrainian identity, IC schools, and for staying true to love for their Church and traditions, lan- Ukrainian religious traditions. guage and culture, and to learn the nation- In addition, the pastor acknowledged al history of Ukraine. the Rev. Hykavy, on the 15th anniversary The parish has a wonderful choir, the of his pastoral service. prayer group Youth for Christ and the Following the liturgy, the parishioners Ladies’ Sodality of the Blessed Virgin gathered at the church banquet. Master of Mary as well as an active Parish ceremonies Zenon Chornij made clear Committee, Executive Council and finan- how the Immaculate Conception Parish cial-stewardship team. and schools are “a stronghold and the Concelebrating the liturgy (from left) are: the Revs. Andriy Burda, Daniel In 1962 the Basilian Fathers estab- cornerstones of our Ukrainian communi- Schaicoski and Roman Hykavy. lished the “Ukrainian Catholic Radio ty, and are the means by which we are Hour” that continues to operate its weekly able to preserve our unique Ukrainian broadcasts every Monday under the direc- culture and traditions.” tion of the Very Rev. Daniel Schaicoski, These are not merely flattering words OSBM. as the parish and its Immaculate In observance of the parish anniversary Conception Schools raised and educated many of the children of the community. It was here, for example, that Bishop Hlib Lonchyna of Great Britain began his jour- ney towards the priesthood. Students of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Schools greeted the Rev. Hykavy on the 15th anniversary of his pastoral service that he began and continues in the Ukrainian community of Michigan. The Rev. Mario Dachyshyn, OSBM, pastor of the St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic parish in Warren, Mich., also greeted the Rev. Hykavy, referring to his calling as a priest and monk: “God. God calls, the person listens, accepts, answers, dedicates, promises and fulfills. Thus, the calling to the priesthood is a gift from Artist’s rendering of the church complex. God and an obligation before the Church, the order and the nation, to which Father Roman has dedicated his life to serve.” In closing, the superior of the Monastery May we help you? of the Basilian Fathers in Hamtramck, the Father Superior Daniel Schaicoski, Rev. Schaicoski thanked everyone for their To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, OSBM, addresses the anniversary support, generosity and heartfelt dedication and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). gathering. to God and the Virgin Mary. Editorial – 3049, 3088 • Production – 3063, 3069 Administration – 3041 • Advertising – 3040 Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com Subscriptions – 3042 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6

NEWSBRIEFS Cabinet reappoints Lutsenko KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers on CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) January 28 reappointed Yurii Lutsenko as independence in the 20th century. The Ukraine’s internal affairs minister, there- TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 decree recognizes the members of the by making him the acting first vice-min- or e-mail [email protected] Ukrainian Central Rada, Ukrainian ister. Earlier that day the Verkhovna Rada, National Republic, Western Ukrainian gathered at a special session, had voted to SERVICES National Republic, Ukrainian Hetman dismiss Minister Lutsenko. The dismissal State, Ukrainian Military Organization, was the initiative of the Party of Regions Carpathian Sich, Organization of and was backed by the Communists, the Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), Ukrainian Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc and the pro-pres- Insurgent Army (UPA), Ukrainian idential Our Ukraine-People’s Self- Supreme Liberation Council and other Defense bloc. Mr. Lutsenko stressed at a military formations as fighters for news conference that he accepts his dis- Ukraine’s independence. The president missal by the Parliament, but that he also said he has ordered the Cabinet of accepts the Cabinet’s decision to intro- Ministers to work out and submit to the duce the post of acting first vice-minister. Parliament a bill defining the legal status “I am a caretaker minister and I will do my best to secure law and order in a run- of the participants in the liberation move- ment. (Ukrinform) (Continued on page 15)

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National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, NEWSBRIEFS Sergey Bubka, said. According to media (Continued from page 14) reports of February 2, Ukrainian athletes off,” he stated. (Ukrinform) would get $100,000 (U.S.) for gold med- als, $70,000 for silver medals and Bonuses for Olympic medals increased $50,000 for bronze medals. Mr. Bubka KYIV – Bonuses for the 2010 Winter noted that the amount of bonuses for Olympics medals have been increased for coaches who trained Olympic medalists Ukrainian athletes, the president of the had yet to be determined. (Ukrinform)

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of the network at “hundreds of billions of Yanukovych... dollars,” which was probably an exaggera- (Continued from page 2) tion. Ms. Tymoshenko said that when she Ms. Tymoshenko does not want to spoil her replaced Mr. Yanukovych as prime minister good relations with Russian Prime Minister in 2007, she thwarted his plans to lease Vladimir Putin, so she defends the contracts Ukraine’s gas transit network to Russia according to which Ukraine pays a higher (UNIAN, January 23). price for gas than most of its neighbors. Mr. Yanukovych also suggested that However, while the contracts brokered by Ukraine should participate in the Russian Ms. Tymoshenko and Mr. Putin were based Nord Stream and South Stream gas pipeline on market principles, Mr. Yanukovych projects, which are aimed at decreasing Russia’s dependence on the Ukrainian tran- essentially suggests returning to the era of sit route. Mr. Yanukovych suggested this former President Leonid Kuchma could compensate Ukraine for losses from a (1994-2004), when Russia sold cheap gas to decrease in gas transit due to the imminent Ukraine in exchange for political and other launch of the two pipelines (Ukrainski concessions. Novyny, January 20). In this case, Mr. One concession Mr. Yanukovych is ready Yanukovych apparently lobbies for the inter- to make is establishing a consortium with ests of his crony, the steel tycoon Rinat Russia to run Ukraine’s gas transit network. Akhmetov, whose Khartsyzk Pipe Plant Mr. Yanukovych announced that if he won could supply large-diameter pipes for the the election he would initiate setting up an Russian projects. international consortium to manage It is interesting that the former chairman Ukraine’s gas pipelines. He said this should of the National Bank of Ukraine, Sergey help increase their throughput capacity. In Tigipko, to whom Ms. Tymoshenko prom- exchange for the consortium, Ukraine ised the post of prime minister if she were should receive a “just” price for its gas from elected president, is on Mr. Yanukovych’s Russia, Mr. Yanukovych said. side as far as the gas trade is concerned. Mr. Gazprom reportedly hailed Mr. Tigipko, like Messrs. Yanukovych and Yanukovych’s initiative, saying that the Yushchenko, believes that the gas contracts “Belarusian option” may be applied to should be revised and that Russia should Ukraine. Belarus sold 50 percent of its gas obtain a share in Ukraine’s gas pipelines transit network to Gazprom in 2006 in (Ukraina TV, January 13). exchange for cheap gas. However, discounts Speaking after the first round of the presi- for Belarus are only temporary dential election in which he came in third (Kommersant-Ukraine, January 22). with 13 percent after Mr. Yanukovych and Ms. Tymoshenko lambasted Mr. Ms. Tymoshenko, Mr. Tigipko suggested Yanukovych for his statements on the con- that 25 percent of the shares in a consortium sortium. Addressing local officials in the to manage the pipelines should belong to Kyiv region, which is her stronghold, she Gazprom, 25 percent to investors from the said that the consortium’s creation would be European Union, and the rest to Ukraine tantamount to “stealing the gas pipeline (1+1 TV, January 17). from Ukraine and full liquidation of the transit network.” Ms. Tymoshenko said that The article above is reprinted from she would not allow such a consortium, add- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from ing that the gas transit network would its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, remain state-owned. She estimated the value www.jamestown.org. No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 17

rules were amended to prevent the falsi- Frequent changes... fied home-voting and massive fraud con- (Continued from page 4) ducted by the Yanukovych campaign in ceptable changes, all commissions were the first two rounds, Mr. Chernenko said. formed equally – half by Yanukovych, This requirement remained in place for half by me,” Ms. Tymoshenko said in a the parliamentary elections of 2006 and February 3 statement, adding, “This 2007, but was dropped in the election equality in controlling the elections is rules legislation approved by the fully ruined. Now an election commission Verkhovna Rada in the summer of 2009, member can be thrown out without a which renewed most of the election rules that prevailed in the first two rounds of court ruling or investigation on the basis the 2004 presidential elections. of this law, and an election commission The rules for home voting were unclear can be formed solely on the basis of the even before the medical records confu- representatives of a single candidate.” sion. The first round didn’t have as big a The Weekly visited 10 polling stations controversy, but confusion erupted after in Ivano-Frankivsk on January 17, dis- last-minute court rulings, allegedly covering that half of them required all obtained on order from Tymoshenko Bloc home voters to submit handwritten officials, suddenly required home voters requests in the weeks prior to election to submit medical records to prove their day, while the other half allowed as many disability. as 30 home voters to cast ballots without Zenon Zawada A Kyiv district court issued a ruling the handwritten notice. Maria Andreychuk, 76, casts her ballot in a mobile box at her Ivano-Frankivsk late Saturday night, on the eve of the The local election commissions based January 17 vote, which blocked a single apartment on January 17. Last-minute attempts to change election rules caused their decision on voter registers received confusion regarding home-voting in the first round of the presidential election. voter from voting without proving dis- from their district election commission, ability with medical records. (In Ukraine’s which designated certain voters under the it hadn’t become law, Mr. Chernenko when contacted by The Weekly in Kyiv Byzantine legal system, a court ruling in category, “Incapable of Independent said, hence some commissions required on February 4. a single district court has been applied as Mobility.” Those with the designation new handwritten statements, while others Elma Sehalic, the media analyst for the law to the entire nation.) didn’t need to submit handwritten notices, did not. Organization for Security and Ms. Tymoshenko’s campaigners then they told The Weekly. “That’s why every commission decid- Cooperation in Europe, declined to com- tried to apply that ruling to all of Ukraine, Submitting a hardwritten statement to ed for itself whether to require these state- ment as well. which failed once the Central Election vote at home has always been the rule in ments, or simply visiting these voters Ukraine’s progress towards improving Commission (CEC), controlled by the Ukraine’s elections, one election commis- with mobile ballot boxes automatically election conditions is moving at a glacial- Party of Regions, told voters on the morn- sioner said. Once voters were on the reg- on the basis that they were listed as inca- like pace, Mr. Lozowy said. Laws are ing of the election to ignore the instruc- isters, they didn’t need to write a new pable of mobility,” he said. often poorly written and hastily passed, tions to adhere to the district court deci- statement for each new election. “The problem is not with [election] com- causing much of the confusion. The men- sion. However, the CEC ruled in December missions, but the [election] law which does tality of the Soviet Union, in which the The requirement of medical evidence that new statements were necessary. not clearly answer questions on problems Communist Party ruled the country with- is a flashback from the third round of the Yet, for the January 17 first round, the with the resolutions of the CEC, which very out a rule of law that was equally applied, presidential election in 2004, when the CEC resolution was not binding because often exceeds its authority by replacing the remains embedded in society, particularly law with its resolutions,” he said. among the ruling oligarchs. The Ukrainian observation mission of “The election commission usually isn’t Tymoshenko was depicted as “unpredict- the European Network of Election the problem,” he said. “The problem is Russia backs... able” (Rossiya 1, January 21). Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) candidates vying for power who are try- (Continued from page 2) The “Judge for Yourself” talk show on declined to comment on the state of ing to come up with illegal ways to steal candidate on the eve of the first round on the Rossiya 1, in which Russian and Ukrainian Ukraine’s election laws and regulations, the results.” Rossiya 1 channel, where he was featured in politicians and experts participate, quoted 11 of the 13 reports and shown speaking on the Russian political scientist Vyacheslav 10 programs. In all cases he was identified Nikonov as supporting Yanuovych because, as the frontrunner and the likely winner of “There are certain preferences: Prime Ukraine’s presidential election. Minister Vladimir Putin said that the Unified This move to endorse Mr. Yanukovych Russia party has enjoyed closer cooperation was accompanied by the growing portrayal with the Party of Regions,” and therefore of the Party of Regions of Ukraine as a posi- cooperation with its leader would be more straightforward (Rossiya 1, January 21). tive political force and Mr. Yanukovych as a Mr. Nikonov observed, “They have the decisive leader who would “take the situa- same mindset. They are capable of reaching tion in hand and bring order to the country” agreements. There is readiness to resolve the (Rossiya 1, December 30). issue of the status of the Russian language, These reports also showed lengthy clips for instance.” In addition, Mr. Yanukovych of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kiril’s July has close ties to big business which have 2009 visit to Ukraine where he was escorted strong links with Russia. Other Russian pol- by Mr. Yanukovych. Russian media cover- iticians in the television program empha- age presented a glowing picture of Mr. sized Mr. Yanukovych’s support for Russian Yanukovych’s support for Russian President to become a second state language. Dmitry Medvedev’s proposal for a new Ms. Tymoshenko was described on the European security architecture and Ukraine’s program as likely to follow Mr. Yushchenko membership in the Single Economic Space as a “puppet of the West.” It was noted that customs union. she opposed elevating the Russian language The media also endorsed Mr. Yanukovych and her anti-Russian credentials were prov- as better placed to implement policies that en by her 2007 Foreign Affairs article titled are favorable to Russian interests on NATO, “Containing Russia.” Unified Russia mem- the Black Sea Fleet and the Russian lan- ber and Kremlin spin doctor Sergei Markov guage (Rossiya 1, January 10, 12). However, said, “There is a fear that Ms. Tymoshenko its coverage largely ignored Ms. would not express the people’s will, but Tymoshenko during the last phase of the become a marionette of the external forces first-round campaign, focusing instead on that use Ukraine as a tool to do harm to Mr. Yanukovych and Sergey Tigipko, who Russia” (Rossiya 1, January 21). were shown more favorably. Ms. By the first round, Russian politicians Tymoshenko was also contrasted with these and media had endorsed Mr. Yanukovych as candidates by her support for the 2004 someone who would do Moscow’s bidding. Orange Revolution (Rossiya 1, NTV, In contrast, Ms. Tymoshenko was not January 10, 12). viewed in such a manner. This conclusion In the run up to the first round the undermines Mr. Yushchenko’s claim that Russian media characterized Messrs. Ms. Tymoshenko and Mr. Yanukovych are Yanukovych and Tigipko as the “pro-Rus- the same, as both are “Moscow projects.” sian” candidates who were most favorable This claim shows the degree to which Mr. to Russian interests. Ms. Tymoshenko was Yushchenko’s presidency has elevated per- either ignored or mocked with the only sonal issues above politics. favorable coverage being her pragmatism on energy relations. Mr. Yanukovych, in con- Copyright 2010, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted trast to Ms. Tymoshenko, was seen as some- with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ body who would be a better partner for Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Russia and more reliable, while Ms. Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6

2000. He invested those millions to buy bit.” his luxurious amenities such as a personal Sergey Tigipko... numerous banks, insurance companies and Observers agree that Mr. Tigipko effec- gym with more than a dozen treadmills (Continued from page 1) industrial assets, including steel factories. tively targeted the protest vote through his and exercise machines. Following in the footsteps of Ms. Mr. Kuchma tapped Mr. Tigipko as a image as a strong, pragmatic technocrat, “He’s a mirror of the current state of Tymoshenko, Mr. Tigipko is the latest monetary policy advisor in 1994, after conveyed through magazine ads, bill- mass political thought of Ukrainian society mega-millionaire who successfully engi- which he served in various government boards, street posters and television ads. that wants renewal but isn’t ready to back neered an image makeover. Rather than posts. He became chair of the National He credits French public relations guru away from the same old politicians,” Mr. Ms. Tymoshenko’s image of a patriotic Bank of Ukraine in 2002. Jacques Seguela with helping to devise the Fesenko said. “He’s not absolutely new, Ukrainian revolutionary, he cast himself as As his biggest deal, Mr. Tigipko sold successful strategy. because people weren’t quite ready to vote a pragmatic, technocrat reformer. TAS-InvestBank and TAS-KomertsBank His team employed simple slogans that for new figures. Our electorate is a little Prior to his own election success, Mr. in 2007 to the Swedish SwedBank for drew upon his image of a confident leader fearful of them. Tigipko is a well-known Tigipko was most known for being the $735 million, when their equity was an – “Strong President, Strong Country” – politician and has significant government campaign manager of Viktor Yanukovych’s estimated $161 million. and used the simple, appealing colors of experience.” 2004 election debacle and for calling for Mr. Tigipko’s business empire was esti- red, white and blue, in contrast to the Mr. Tigipko estimated that he spent $12 his inauguration as quick as possible. mated at $345 million following the finan- bizarre juxtaposition of neon colors against million of his own money, which account- He jumped ship once protesters filled cial crash of 2008, according to the annual army camouflage used in Mr. Yatsenyuk’s ed for 90 percent of the campaign expens- the streets of Kyiv after the second-round Dragon Capital survey of Ukraine’s campaign. es, yet presidential campaigns typically fraud, claiming to have taken a 10-day ski- wealthiest businessmen published in 2009 In June, Mr. Tigipko bared his muscular cost more and he’s likely underestimating, ing vacation in the Carpathian Mountains by Korrespondent magazine, the Russian- chest when doing pull-ups, push-ups and observers said. while the Orange Revolution was roaring. language weekly based in Kyiv. dips at Odesa’s Health Alley, a public park His success has created numerous polit- He denied rumors that he left the country. He declared only 20 million hrv ($2.5 on the seafront where athletes train. The ical opportunities. “He did a vanishing act and was million) gross income in 2008 for his cam- photographs of his training session spread Mr. Tigipko is planning for his party, nowhere to be seen when things got hot, paign declarations, mentioning no automo- through the Internet. He developed this Strong Ukraine, to compete in the May certainly after November 21,” said Ivan biles or industrial assets. His income was 3.8 virile image by appearing on the cover of elections for oblast and city councils, and Lozowy, president of the Institute of million hrv ($474,000) and savings totaled the December issue of Men’s Health. his colleagues are urging him to consider Statehood and Democracy in Kyiv. “It 4.3 million hrv ($531,000). He declared Mr. Tigipko’s ads accurately reflected competing for the Kyiv mayoral seat, as conforms to his character – he’s been float- ownership of 406,000 square feet (9.3 acres) the candidate’s image, unlike those of his many Ukrainians are desperate to unseat ing like a butterfly above the fray, and it’s of land, a 13,476-square-foot residence, and competitors, observers said. the current mayor, Leonid Chernovetskyi, helped him.” a 4,510-square-foot apartment. For example, Mr. Yatsenyuk’s ads por- who is widely viewed as incompetent. Mr. Yanukovych doesn’t hold a grudge, He reappeared on the political scene trayed him as an aggressive, militaristic Mr. Tigipko also expects his party to at least in public. only in March 2008 to become an internal leader “going to the front of changes” to qualify for a parliamentary faction should “Regarding Tigipko, I respect this per- advisor to the Tymoshenko government “save the country” (as the slogans the new Ukrainian president call pre-term son and know him well,” Mr. Yanukovych and co-chair of the Cabinet’s Investors declared), in sharp contrast to his previous elections. said on January 20. “That he wasn’t in Council. image as a sensible, reasonable pragmatist. Yet observers said he’s unlikely to politics for the last five years and left He resigned the following spring to pur- “Tigipko’s ads worked totally,” Mr. become prime minister under Mr. immediately after the elections in 2004 sue his presidential campaign, leading Mr. Fesenko said. “There wasn’t any disso- Yanukovych, whose decision not to offer and we didn’t see him, that was his per- Lozowy, a Kyiv political insider, to believe nance of images in the ads and voters’ Mr. Tigipko the post hints at the Donbas sonal matter and my relations with him his campaign involved some coordination expectations that was evident in other can- leader’s true opinion of his former staffer haven’t changed.” with the Tymoshenko team. didates. And to realistically compete for a who abandoned him in 2004. Mr. Tigipko responded similarly, stating If that was their strategy, it was effec- high post in elections, you need to conduct Ms. Tymoshenko’s offer is equally he met with Mr. Yanukovych two or three tive. a wide-scale advertising campaign, with- unlikely to materialize, observers said. times in recent months and their relations Mr. Yanukovych fared worse in almost out which you won’t be among the favor- “He worked as her advisor and they’re are “absolutely normal.” He didn’t address all the oblasts he won in the first round of ites.” both from Dnipropetrovsk, so he knows what happened during the 2004 campaign. 2010, compared with 2004. He earned 51 By December, Mr. Tigipko built his Ms. Tymoshenko well and knows that she “To the end nobody understands what hap- percent in the Odesa Oblast, compared support to about 10 percent, yet he suc- always lies,” said Dr. Oleh Soskin, direc- pened in 2004 and we kept silent,” he said with 53 percent in 2004; 50 percent in ceeded in attracting a significant number tor of the Institute of Society about his meeting with Mr. Yanukovych in Kharkiv compared with 57 percent in of undecided voters during the campaign’s Transformation in Kyiv. a January 30 interview with a Russian 2004; 76 percent in Donetsk compared final weeks, he said. “Tymoshenko can’t guarantee him any radio station. with 87 percent; 71 percent in Luhansk He gained the additional 3 percent in posts as much as she doesn’t have a Mr. Tigipko was born in a Moldovan compared with 80 percent; 42 percent in the campaign’s final weeks when voters in majority in the Verkhovna Rada and isn’t village, which his website stresses was Dnipropetrovsk, compared with 50 per- large cities such as Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa a legitimate prime minister herself. She populated by Ukrainians, indicating that cent. and Kyiv cast their ballots for Mr. Tigipko wouldn’t be in her position, if not for her Mr. Tigipko claims Ukrainian ethnicity. He Mr. Tigipko was a significant factor in instead of the leading candidates, Mr. ‘doormat’ Yushchenko,” Dr. Soskin graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk these declines, observers said. The bulk of Fesenko said. added. Metallurgical Institute in 1982. his electorate was composed of young, Many of these voters could have Unlike Mr. Yatsenyuk, who instructed Mr. Tigipko owes much of his success educated Ukrainians who reside in the remained with the 35-year-old Mr. his supporters to cast their ballots for in business to his relations within the nation’s Russian-speaking “milyonyky” Yatsenyuk, or swung towards him, Mr. “don’t support anyone” in the second Communist nomenklatura of (cities with populations of a million and Pohrebinskyi said, but he began behaving round, Mr. Tigipko advised his electorate Dnipropetrovsk, earned through his ser- more) who couldn’t bring themselves to “absolutely inadequately” during the cam- to decide for themselves. vice as the first secretary of the vote for Mr. Yanukovych or Ms. paign. No matter who wins, he will be an Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Committee of the Tymoshenko. “He was young with a boorish tone,” he influential voice of pragmatism in Communist Youth League (Komsomol) “This is an electorate that’s looking for said. “People were already fed up with a Ukrainian politics, observers said. In for- between 1989 and 1991. an alternative to today’s political leaders,” similar tone from [President Viktor] eign policy, he’s adopted a neutral, multi- As Komsomol leader, he worked with said Volodymyr Fesenko, board chairman Yushchenko, who spent the last five years vector approach of former President Oleksander Turchynov, the current first of the Penta Center for Applied Political teaching us. And here came another young Kuchma. Domestically, he said Ukraine’s vice-prime minister and righthand man to Research in Kyiv. “He’s not tied to the man who’s also teaching everyone. He’s regions should be free to determine lan- Ms. Tymoshenko. He said he frequently conflict of the last five years, between the so wise and will teach everyone what to guage policy. met with former President Leonid Orangists and anti-Orangists. He doesn’t do. He had a chance and lost it.” “He’s a pragmatic, non-ideological Kuchma, who led the YuzhMash factory in carry with him the problems which Throughout the campaign, Mr. Tigipko alternative,” said Mr. Fesenko. “There’s a the late 1980s and supported the Ukrainian voters saw the last five years. A never hid the fact that his roots are in the tendency of the centrist niche expanding Komsomol’s youth projects. portion of Ukrainian voters simply want to Communist nomenklatura, and became within the Ukrainian electorate that wants By the early 1990s, Mr. Tigipko had avoid the conflict of the last five years.” fabulously wealthy as a result. He invited to avoid this conflict between two close relations with Dnipropetrovsk’s most It was in Dnipropetrovsk that Mr. television crews into his home, revealing Ukraines and two ideological camps.” influential people, including soon-to-be Tigipko posted the best result, finishing in billionaire Victor Pinchuk and Privat second place with 22 percent, or 412,000 Group billionaires Igor Kolomoisky and votes. He also placed second in the Odesa, Gennady Bogolyubov. Zaporizhia, Luhansk, Donetsk and Kharkiv UCCA to monitor Ukraine’s He was among the founders of Privat oblasts in Russophile eastern and southern Bank in 1992 and became wealthy after Ukraine, as well as the Volyn Oblast on the his partners, including Messrs. Kolomoisky Polish border, demonstrating his wide- presidential election and Bogolyubov, bought out his shares in spread appeal. He almost finished second in the Kyiv Oblast. NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Zhytomyr and Zakarpattia oblasts, as well After the vote, Mr. Tigipko explained Congress Committee of America (UCCA) as Crimea. Additionally, UCCA observers A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION: the secret to his success: devoting his cam- will once again be actively participating will monitor the elections in polling sites paign almost entirely to economic issues, in Ukraine’s electoral process by hosting within the United States, specifically Although his name in Ukrainian is and avoiding divisive cultural issues and a delegation of international election Ukraine’s Embassy in Washington and Serhii Tihipko (and therefore that was the foreign policy. observers to monitor the February 7 pres- Ukraine’s Consulates in New York City, transliterated spelling that was widely “I believe that society is ready for idential runoff. Chicago and San Francisco. used in the English language), the spell- changes and wants changes, and that pre- Having registered 115 observers with the The UCCA observer mission, led by its ing that appears on his official website vails over other problems – the east-west Central Election Commission, the UCCA President Tamara Olexy, will coordinate and in English-language materials in his divide, language problems and so forth,” team held a pre-election briefing before its activities with several other election press kit is Sergey Tigipko. Therefore, he said in a January 24 interview with deploying monitors to various regions observer groups, including the Canada The Ukrainian Weekly will now use the Ukrainian television journalist Mustafa throughout Ukraine. The observer mission Ukraine Foundation, in partnership with official spelling of the former presidential Nayem. “And it seems to me I recognized will be monitoring the runoff in Chernihiv, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the candidate’s first and last names. this wave and people believed in me a Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Luhansk, Ukrainian World Congress. No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 19 Oral history is focus of scholarly conference in Kharkiv EDMONTON, Alberta – An international interviewing but also in the course of subse- scholarly conference titled “In Search of quent analysis and the writing and publica- One’s Own Voice: Oral History as Theory, tion of papers. Method and Source,” was held in Kharkiv A session on “Oral and Historical Projects: on December 11-12, 2009. It was jointly Organizational Experience and organized by the Kowalsky Eastern Institute Implementation” examined various aspects of Ukrainian Studies, the Ukrainian Oral of large-scale research projects, from seeking History Association, the Prairie Center for institutional and financial support and devel- the Study of Ukrainian Heritage at St. oping research methodology to the presenta- Thomas More College (University of tion of results. Saskatchewan), and the Vasyl Karazin The first day of the conference ended with National University of Kharkiv. a roundtable devoted to oral history as a Specialists in various fields of social stud- method and source of research. The most ies and humanities from Ukraine, Russia, intense debates concerned the interdisciplin- Belarus, Canada, Germany, Belgium, arity of oral history, its advantages and Finland and Poland, who actively apply the implicit drawbacks. Most participants accept- oral history method in their research work ed interdisciplinarity as a desired and even Volodymyr Kravchenko took part in the conference. inevitable aspect of oral history, but many Issues pertaining to oral history as a questions about the forms and methods of its Participants of the conference on oral history held in Kharkiv, Ukraine. research method, the analysis and interpreta- implementation remained open. Kowalsky Program for the Study of Eastern arly projects concerned with reviving tion of interviews and the use of oral sources These questions were further discussed on Ukraine at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian studies in russified regions of east- were discussed, and results of scholarly proj- the second day of the conference at sessions Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. ern and southern Ukraine. The most signifi- ects were presented. A session on devoted to “Institutionalization of Oral and The Zaporizhia branch of the Kowalsky cant of these is the Baturyn Project for the “Relationships and Convergences: Oral Historical Research” and “Overcoming Institute, directed by Anatolii Boiko, came reconstruction of the historic capital of the History and Its Subject” addressed the prob- Barriers: Oral History at the Crossroads of into being soon thereafter to focus on the Kozak Hetmanate, which has won interna- lem of identifying the creators of oral narra- Research Practice.” Presentations and dis- study of southern Ukraine. tional recognition and received state support tives, which involves individuals, society and cussions concentrated on the comparatively The program also undertakes other schol- in Ukraine. its metanarratives. Some participants in this weak institutional basis for oral history in session discussed practical aspects of oral post-Soviet countries, as well as on regional history in post-totalitarian countries, where aspects of its development. BRANCHES 37 AND 214 UNA ANNUAL MEETING the problem of subject and subjectivity is Relations between the individual and the complicated by specific conditions. collective (especially when applying the cat- Saturday, February 13, 2010 The session on “Aspects and Dichotomies: egory of “memory”) were a major concern at Oral History and Power Relationships” the session on “The Issue of Memory in Branches 37 and 214 of the UNA Inc. will hold their annual meeting on focused on power relationships at the micro- Historical Research.” The conference ended Saturday, February 13, 2010, at 12:00 noon at the Ukrainian-American Cultural level and in everyday interactions. There was with presentations by young scholars at a Center in the Chornomorska Sitch room, 60-C North Jefferson Rd., Whippany, NJ. particularly heated debate with regard to the session on “Interview, Interpretation and On the agenda: 1) election of delegates to the 37th UNA Convention, 2) gender issue and prospects of integrating History – Research Practice and the Branch business. gender studies with oral history. Aside from Responsibility of Scholars.” the question of power hierarchies in society, The Kowalsky Eastern Ukrainian For more information please call Oksana Stanko, Branch Secretary, at participants considered the problem of hier- Institute, directed by Volodymyr Kravchenko, 908-766-9644 or 800-253-9862 ext. 3039. archies in the researcher’s attitude to his sub- was established at the Karazin National ject. This problem may arise not only during University in 2000 under the aegis of the

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Bohdan Samokyszyn, Secretary. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6 Contemporary Ukraine is focus of spring semester at Columbia University NEW YORK – The spring semester at Ukrainian women. a.m.), Intermediate Ukrainian (Mondays Columbia University will feature six At Columbia, Dr. Kis will be teaching and Wednesdays, 10:35-11:50 a.m.) and courses in Ukrainian studies and a series the new course “Women in Post-Socialist Advanced Ukrainian (Mondays and of stimulating events on Ukrainian topics. Transformations: Ukraine, Russia, Wednesday, 1:10 a.m.-2:25 p.m.). The courses and events to be offered for Poland” (Tuesdays and Thursdays, Courses at Columbia are open to stu- this semester focus on contemporary 10:30-11:50 a.m.). The course examines dents from other universities in the New Ukraine, providing analyses of different the complex impact of radical political, York metropolitan area seeking credit, as aspects of the country’s existence today. social, economic and cultural changes on well as to outside individuals interested in Continuing its tradition of attracting women’s lives. Exploring challenges non-credit continuing studies. the world’s top scholars studying Ukraine, women faced in transition from state Additionally, through the Lifelong the Ukrainian Studies Program at socialism to market economy and democ- Learners program, individuals over 65 Columbia’s Harriman Institute will be racy, women will be analyzed as both tar- years of age who are interested in audit- hosting historian and anthropologist Dr. gets and agents of change. Special atten- ing courses may enroll at a discount rate. Oksana Kis for this upcoming semester. tion will be given to the problems of Many events have already been Dr. Kis is a senior research fellow at female migrant workers and the traffick- planned for the Spring semester. Among the Institute of Ethnology, National ing of women from Ukraine. them are the following February events, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv. Later in the semester, Dr. Kis will pres- all of which are free and open to the pub- She graduated in 1992 from Lviv State ent a special lecture open to the public lic. University and completed her Ph.D. in titled “Beauty Will Save the World! On February 10 Dr. Volodymyr 2002 at the Ivan Krypyakevich Institute Normative Femininity as a Political Mezentsev will deliver a presentation of Ukrainian Studies, National Academy Strategy: The Case of Yulia Tymoshenko,” titled “Archeological and Historical of Sciences of Ukraine. a most timely topic coinciding with the Research of Baturyn, the Capital of the She is currently the director of the 2010 presidential election in Ukraine. Oksana Kis, visiting scholar at Ukrainian Kozak State.” The presentation research center Woman and Society, an Another course presented for the first Columbia University. will be based on Canada-Ukraine excava- NGO based in Lviv. Since 1994 Dr. Kis time at Columbia will be “Brand NEW: tions that were conducted in Baturyn has been studying women’s and gender Creating Identity in Contemporary The current political situation in 2001-2009, which unearthed much new issues in the history and anthropology of Ukrainian Culture.” Taught at the Ukraine will be addressed in a course archaeological materials for the study of Ukrainians; she has published over 50 Department of Slavic Languages and titled “Today’s Ukraine: Power, Politics, hitherto little-known history and culture academic articles on related topics and Literatures by Dr. Mark Andryczyk, the Diplomacy” (Tuesdays, 11a.m.-12:30 of the Kozak capital as well as its destruc- has presented her research at numerous course presents and examines post-Soviet p.m.). Delivered by a career diplomat, tion and massacre of the population by forums in Ukraine and abroad. Her mono- Ukrainian culture. Students will learn Ambassador Valeriy Kuchynsky, this new the Russian army in 1708. graph “Women in Ukrainian Traditional about the significant achievements, course will examine the evolution of February 16 will feature the latest Culture in the Second Half of the 19th names, events, scandals and polemics in Ukraine’s politics since independence and installment in the three-year old and Early 20th Centuries” was published contemporary Ukrainian culture and will will analyze the causes of current domes- Contemporary Ukrainian Literature in Lviv in 2008. see how they have contributed to tic problems. The results of the 2010 Series. On that day, one of Ukraine’s top In the capacity of a visiting professor, Ukraine’s post-Soviet identity. Centered presidential election and Ukraine’s rela- writers, Taras Prokhasko, will read and she teaches gender studies and oral histo- on the most important successes in litera- tions with its major partners will also discuss his works and meet with his fans. ry. She also lectures at Ivan Franko ture, the course will also explore the key thoroughly be discussed. The event will also feature the premier of National University and at the Ukrainian developments in music and visual art in Dr. Yuri Shevchuk of the Department new, English-language translations of Catholic University, both in Lviv. this period. Students will look at what of Slavic Languages and Literatures will essays from Mr. Prokhasko book “FM Presently, she is leading the research proj- images have come to represent Ukraine continue to teach three levels of Ukrainian Halychyna.” The series is cosponsored by ect “20th Century Ukraine in Women’s and how they were created. This course language at Columbia this spring: the Kennan Institute in Washington where Memories” based upon the recording and will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays, Elementary Ukrainian (Mondays, analysis of oral autobiographies of 1:10-2:25 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:10-10:25 (Continued on page 21) No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 21 Ukraine’s interns meet in Washington WASHINGTON – On February 12-13 close to 40 graduates of the House of Commons Internship program will meet at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University in Washington in the first of three confer- ences, called “Washington Model Ukraine Conference.” Group members will map out a new model of governance for Ukraine based on their experience in the House of Commons and their studies and obser- vance of civil society in the West. The Washington Conference will focus on the individual citizen, his rights and responsi- bilities in a new model of governance. The Ottawa Model Ukraine Conference will take place in October and will focus on the state. One of the topics of discus- sion will be the return to the first-past- the-post method of parliamentary election to overcome the crippling effects of the election by slate or list currently in use. A third conference, th Kyiv Model Ukraine Conference, will take place in 2011 in Kyiv. The first conference in Washington will bring together 40 House of Commons interns who are doing graduate work at U.S. universities courtesy of Fulbright and Muskie scholarships. They will come from universities on both coasts, from the University of Southern Maine to the University of California (Berkeley) and places in between, such as Brandeis, Harvard, Boston, George Washington, Georgetown, Kansas, Old Dominion, Ohio, Michigan, Arkansas and Texas uni- versities. Canadian-based interns will come from the universities of Calgary, Western Ontario, Ottawa and Toronto.

Voters in Lviv... (Continued from page 1) Sandulyak, 34, the owner of a new radio station in Lviv. She, too, says she will go to the polls and vote for neither candi- date. In the first round of the election, 2.2 percent of voters voted against all candi- dates. If the disenchanted truly go to the polls and vote for neither candidate on February 7, that number will be signifi- cantly higher. When she cast her vote for President Yushchenko in the first round, Ms. Podolyak said she voted for the only can- didate who could build a Ukraine with a Ukrainian spirit. Despite the bravado of her initial intent – to vote for neither can- didate in the second round – she concedes that she will choose between Ms. Tymoshenko and Mr. Yanukovych. “I will decide in the polling booth. They are both bad, but I will ask myself who is the better one,” she said.

Contemporary... (Continued from page 20) Mr. Prokhasko will appear on February 18. This semester’s subsequent event in the series is scheduled for April. The Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University will continue screening new films from its growing collection. All films will have English subtitles. Screenings will take place at least once a month, and are free and open to the pub- lic. For more information about courses, events and the Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University, readers may con- tact Dr. Mark Andryczyk at ukrainian- [email protected] or 212-854-4697. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6 Husar, Kulyk-Keefer to launch book at New York’s Ukrainian Museum NEW YORK – Rodovid Press of Kyiv is a “Siamese twin”: two books joined at and The Ukrainian Museum of New York the spine soldered together by the cover will present “Blood in the Borshch,” an image of that indispensable item of illustrated talk on contemporary Ukraine Soviet-era automobile travel: a white- by Natalka Husar and Janice Kulyk- plastic first-aid kit (aptechka) stamped Keefer, at The Ukrainian Museum on with a crimson cross. Friday, February 19, at 7 p.m. Ms. Husar is a prominent Canadian art- In 2005, Ms. Kulyk-Keefer, a writer, ist who has exhibited extensively across and Ms. Husar, an artist, were awarded a Canada and is represented in major public prestigious grant from the Social Sciences collections including the National Gallery and Research Council of Canada to work of Canada. Her exhibition “Burden of on a project exploring the reality of post- Innocence,” currently at the Macdonald Orange Revolution Ukraine. Stewart Art Center in Guelph is on a six- The “road trip” led to the creation of venue national tour through 2011. the book they will be launching at The Ms. Kulyk-Keefer, a professor of Ukrainian Museum, “Burden of English at the University of Guelph, is an Innocence/Foreign Relations,” which award-winning author of some 15 works offers a bridge between Ukraine and of poetry, prose and literary criticism. In North America, between problematic 2008 she won the Kobzar Literary Award homeland and diasporic home, and for her novel “The Ladies Lending between the arts of painting and poetry, Library.” Writer Janice Kulyk-Keefer Artist Natalka Husar as well. For futher information about the pre- Impassioned and irreverent, this one- sentation readers may log on to www. Admission (includes reception) is $15, ed; RSVP by calling the museum or of-a-kind volume, which won best design ukrainianmuseum.org or call The $10 for members and seniors, and for stu- e-mailing [email protected]. award at the 2009 Lviv publishers forum, Ukrainian Museum at 212-228-0110. dents: $5. Reservations are recommend- The museum is located at 222 E. Sixth St.

To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, Replica of Shroud of Turin call 973-292-9800, ext. 3042 to be on view in Philadelphia by Msgr. Peter D. Waslo ment, paint or dye or other artistic sub- stances on the cloth. Other discoveries PHILADELPHIA – The Ukrainian have defied explanation, such as why the Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate image shows up as a positive image in a onception will host an exhibition of a rep- photographic negative. The image also lica of the Shroud of Turin. This is the contains 3-D or distance information indi- ninth replica of the Turin Shroud sanc- cating the cloth must have wrapped a tioned by the Vatican. human form at the time the image was Archbishop Stefan Soroka of the created. The blood is AB positive with Archeparchy of Philadelphia for human DNA. Ukrainians Catholics has been able to Skeptics have mounted numerous procure this relic for exhibition on attempts to show how a medieval artist February 21 through June 29, at the could have produced the image but all Ukrainian Catholic cathedral in have been inadequate to fully explain Philadelphia. how the mysterious image was formed. The official beginning of the exhibit The image is so superficial it only pene- will be celebrated at a vespers prayer ser- trates the top micro-fibers to the depth of vice on February 21, at 5 p.m. with a single bacterium. In addition there is no Archbishop Soroka and dignitaries pre- image under the blood, meaning the blood siding. was on the cloth before the image. No The Shroud of Turin is the most ana- attempt at replicating the image has lyzed artifact in the world, yet remains a resolved these two key attributes. If the mystery. The 14-foot-long linen cloth that cloth indeed wrapped a corpse, there are has been in Turin, Italy, for over 400 no stains of decomposition. years and bears the faint front and back On April 9-10, The Shroud of Turin image of a 5-foot-10 bearded, crucified Mystery Tour will be coming to the man with apparent wounds and blood- Ukrainian Catholic cathedral at 7 p.m. stains that match the crucifixion account This highly acclaimed multi-media pre- as recorded in the Bible. Millions of peo- sentation is a production of Shroud of ple over the centuries have believed it to Turin Education Project Inc. and will be be the actual burial shroud of Jesus of presented by Russ Breault of Peachtree Nazareth. City, Ga., president and founder. The pre- The historical trail of the shroud trails sentation is a 90-minute, fast-moving, big back through Italy, France and Asia screen experience using over 150 images Minor (modern-day Turkey), and may covering all aspects of research. There is have originated in the Middle East limited seating, and readers are advised to according to botanical evidence. contact Archpriest Daniel Troyan at the A team of 24 scientists in 1981 con- shroud office at 215-922-2917 for more cluded that it was not the work of an art- information; or to visit the website www. ist. They found no visible trace of pig- philashroud.org. No. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 23 OUT AND ABOUT

February 11 Presentation by Volodymyr Mezentsev, Branch 56, Plantation Country Club, 941-445-5746 New York “Archeological and Historical Research of Baturyn, the Capital of the Ukrainian Kozak State,” February 14 Film screening, “Bereza Kartuzka” by Yurij Luhovy, Columbia University, 212-854-4697 Oshawa, Ontario Ukrainian Cultural Center Dnipro, www.yluhovy.com

February 12 Concert, “Night Songs from a Neighboring Village,” February 16 Literary evening with Taras Prokhasko, “FM New York Bandura Downtown, The Ukrainian Museum, New York Galicia,” Columbia University, 212-854-4697 212-228-0110 or 212-571-1555 ext. 35 February 19 Presentation by Natalka Husar and Janice Kulyk- February 13 Debutante Ball, The Washington Group and the New York Keefer, “Blood in the Borshch,” The Ukrainian Washington Washington School of Ukrainian Studies, L’Enfant Museum, 212-228-0110 Plaza Hotel, [email protected] or 800-635-5056 February 20 Kaktus Kolomiyka Zabava, featuring music by February 13 Conference, “Ukrainian Presidency – Post-Election Phoenix, AZ Svitanok, Ukrainian National Women’s League of Washington Review,” The Washington Group, L’Enfant Plaza America, Country Inn and Suites, 480-991-4656 Hotel, [email protected] or [email protected]

February 13 Debutante Ball, “Chervona Kalyna,” Hilton Hotel, February 20 Wild West Ukie Fest, featuring the Zorianka Pearl River, NY 718-291-4166 Phoenix, AZ Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Edmonton, Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Pinnacle High February 13 Winterfest ice skating, Bobrivka, 860-883-1391 or School Auditorium, 480-991-4656 Colebrook, CT 203-932-4376 or www.bobriwka.org or [email protected]

February 13 Debutante Ball, Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of February 21 Concert, “Ukraine Rain,” featuring Julian Kytasty, Warren, MI America – Detroit Branch, Ukrainian Cultural New York poet Bob Holman, and the Radio Banduristan Song Center, 734-717-0695 and Dance Ensemble, Bowery Poetry Club, 212-614-0505 February 13 Debutante Ball and Silent Auction, featuring music by Marina Del Rey, CA Zakhid, California Association to Aid Ukraine, February 25 Lecture by Taras Prokhasko, “FM Galicia” Marriott Hotel, 800-228-9290 Washington Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 202-691-4000 February 13 Winter Dance, featuring music by Chervona Kalyna Pittsburgh, PA and Ostap Stakhiv Ensemble, Ukrainian Community February 25 Concert, featuring baritone Oleksandr Pushniak of Western Pennsylvania, Best Western Parkway Washington and pianist Oksana Skidan, Embassy of Ukraine, Center Inn, 412-481-1865 or www.ucowpa.org 202-364-3888

February 13 Valentine’s Day Dance, featuring Klooch, Kavalery Toronto and Bajda, Trident Banquet Hall, 416-566-2664 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome sub- February 14 Dinner and dance, featuring music by Melodia, missions from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the Venice, FL Ukrainian National Women’s League of America – editors and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 No. 6

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Attention Debutante Ball Thursday, February 11 illustrated talk on contemporary Ukraine by Natalka Husar and Janice Kulyk- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University will host a Keefer, and the book launch of their dou- Organizers! presentation by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev ble album: “Burden of Innocence,” illus- titled “Archaeological and Historical trated with works by Ms. Husar, and “Foreign Relations,” poetry by Ms. Kulyk- As in the past, Research of Baturyn, the Capital of the Ukrainian Kozak State.” Dr. Mezentsev is a Keefer (2009, Rodovid, Ukraine) will take The Ukrainian Weekly specialist in medieval and modern place at 7 p.m. at The Ukrainian Museum, Ukrainian and Byzantine archaeology, his- 222 E. Sixth St. Admission (includes will publish a special section tory, architecture and art. Presently, he is a reception): $15; members, seniors, $10; devoted to the Ukrainian Research Fellow of the Canadian Institute students, $5. RSVP by calling of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), Edmonton 212-228-0110 or e-mailing info@ukraini- community’s debutantes. and Toronto, and Executive Director of the anmuseum.org. Reservations are recom- The 2010 debutante ball section Canada-Ukraine Baturyn Archaeological mended. Project, sponsored by CIUS (2001-present). Thursday, February 25 will be published on March 21. The lecture will be held at 12PM in Rm. The deadline for submission of #1219, International Affairs Building, 420 WASHINGTON: The Embassy of W. 118th St. The event is free and open to Ukraine and The Washington Group stories and photos is March 8. the public. For additional information, Cultural Fund will present a unique con- please call 212-854-4697. cert featuring Oleksandr Pushniak, bari- Friday, February 12 tone, and Oksana Skidan, piano. Mr. Pushniak was a 2007 semi-finalist in the NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum, Placido Domingo “Operalia” competition Center for Traditional Music and Dance, in Paris. He is presently in his second sea- and New York Bandura Ensemble/Bandura son as a Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Presents Downtown present “Night Songs from a with the Washington National Opera. Mr. Neighboring Village,” an evening of East Pushniak will perform selections from The Vienna Piano Trio European Jewish and Ukrainian music and international classical operas, as well as from Austria song, presented comparatively by Yiddish singer/klezmer multi-instrumentalist Ukrainian opera arias and folk songs. The in an All-Schumann program Michael Alpert and Ukrainian-American concert is at 6:30 p.m. at the Embassy of singer/bandurist Julian Kytasty. The con- Ukraine, 3350 M St. NW. Ticket price is cert takes place at 7 p.m. at The Ukrainian $30; please mail checks to: Rosalie Norair, Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 8 pm Museum, 222 E. Sixth St. (between 9311 Persimmon Tree Road, Potomac, at the Ukrainian Institute of America Second and Third avenues). Tickets: $15; MD 20854-4327. Seats will be confirmed senior/member discounts available. For upon receipt of check. Please include 2 East 79th Street, corner of 5th Avenue further information call 212-571-1555, e-mail address for confirmation of reserva- New York City ext. 35. tion. No tickets will be sold at the door. For information call 202-364-3888. Saturday, February 13 Admission: $30, UIA members and seniors $25, students $20. Saturday, February 27 A reception will follow the concert. NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all to a presentation by WEST ORANGE, N.J.: The Children of Advance tickets may be purchased by sending a check made to Oksana Dray-Khmara Asher of her book Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund “My Diary” (New York, 2009). The pre- in conjunction with the Ukrainian UIA-MATI sentation will take place at the society’s American Cultural Center of New Jersey or by calling 212-288-8660 building, 63 Fourth Avenue (between will host a New Jersey Devils Alumni vs. Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For addi- NY Ukrainian Kozaks hockey fund-raiser tional information call 212-254-5130. game at 2 p.m. at the Richard J. Codey Arena, Northfield Avenue, West Orange, YONKERS, N.Y.: Branch 2 of N.J. The fun begins with an open skate for Organization for the Defense of Lemko all ticket holders at 12:30 p.m. Come meet Western Ukraine invites All to a Valentine’s The New Jersey Devil, bid on autographed Dance at 9 p.m. at the Ukrainian Youth Being Ukrainian means: memorabilia from your favorite athletes Center 301 Palisade Ave., Yonkers, NY and purchase commemorative pucks. 10703. Music will be by Na Zdorov’ya. Tickets are $50 for gold seating, which o “Malanka” in January. Tickets: $25 for adults; free for children up to age 14 (accompanied by parents). Buffet- includes a meet and greet with all players; o Deb in February. style food and bar drinks will be available $25 for silver reserved seating; and $20 for bronze general admission seats. PayPal is o for cash purchase. Coffee and home-baked Two Easters in springtime. pastries will be provided free. There will be accepted for online ticket orders. For more o “Zlet” and “Sviato Vesny” in May. a raffle and surprises. For table reservations information call 973-867-8855 or visit the call Steven Howansky, 203-762-5912; website at www.hockeyfundraiser.org. A o Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festival in July. Darko Dzwonczyk, 914-424-4583; or Mark portion of the proceeds will benefit the Gazda, 914-760-0815. Eugene Kinasewich Fund, which provides o “Uke Week” at Wildwood in August. financial assistance to needy and worthy Friday, February 19 students from Ukraine, Canada, the United o Back to Ukrainian school in September. NEW YORK: “Blood in the Borsch,” an States and elsewhere. o “Morskyi Bal” in New Jersey in November. o “Koliada” in December. PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES o A subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a ALL YEAR ROUND. service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, fill out the form below, clip it and mail it to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in English, 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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