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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXII No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 $2.00 UKRAINE’S CRISIS Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Poroshenko’s first lesson awarded to Dzhemilev, Marynovych by Yaro Bihun WASHINGTON – Two prominent Ukrainian civil and human rights activists – and Myroslav Marynovych – were the recipients of the 2014 Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom awarded by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. As noted at the presentation cere- mony on June 11 in front of the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, Mr. Dzhemilev is a “hero- ic example of bravery throughout his Official website of Ukraine’s president life,” having spent decades defending President at the June 16 meeting the political rights of Crimean Tatars of the National Security and Defense Council. from Soviet aggression. And now, as a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, by Oleksandr Gavrylyuk he is leading an offensive against Eurasia Daily Monitor Embassy of Ukraine Russian President ’s Ukrainian human rights activist Myroslav Marynovych describes the effects On May 27, Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister aggression and annexation of Crimea. of the aggression of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime on Ukraine Vitaliy Yarema promised journalists that the Anti- Mr. Dzhemilev, who came to and other post-Soviet countries after receiving this year’s Truman-Reagan Terrorist Operation (ATO) being conducted in the Washington back in March to discuss Medal of Freedom in front of the Victims of Communism Memorial in country’s eastern and regions the Russian threat to that territory of Washington. () would be greatly intensified shortly follow- Ukraine with U.S. officials, was unable ing Petro Poroshenko’s inauguration (Interfax- to come to Washington this time and and spent seven years in a Soviet hard- Ukrainian chapter of Amnesty Ukraine, May 27). received his Medal of Freedom in labor camp and five years in exile. He International. However, during his inauguration speech on June 7, absentia. helped organize the Ukrainian Now the vice rector of the Ukrainian Mr. Poroshenko, the fifth , Mr. Marynovych has also been Helsinki Group, which monitored the Catholic University in , where he revealed a peace plan to resolve the situation in defending his countrymen’s human Soviet government’s compliance with has worked since 2000, Myroslav the Donbas region. The plan proposes the disarma- and civil rights for decades. In the those 1975 human rights accords, and ment of everyone who took up a weapon against the 1970s, he was arrested as an agitator in 1991 he founded and chaired the (Continued on page 10) central government, an amnesty for all fighters willing to give up their arms, the arrangement of a corridor for the withdrawal of Russian mercenaries, broad peaceful dialogue and early local elections in the Donbas, and a package of economic reforms for east- Kolomoisky emerges as key leader in defending Ukraine ern Ukraine (president.gov.ua, June 7) The ATO, which was launched in mid-April of this by Zenon Zawada oligarch who spent most of his time man, with whom he clashed for con- year, from the very beginning lacked everything, from abroad into a fighter for Ukraine. trol of a Dnipropetrovsk market. funding and ammunition to preparation time and for- – Never having planned for a “Kolomoisky oriented himself He even admitted to Ukrayinska ward planning. According to , Ukraine’s Russian invasion and with its coffers quickly. He understood that it wasn’t Pravda reporter Serhii Leshchenko in acting defense minister, the national armed forces had empty, the interim Ukrainian govern- worth waiting for help from the state 2008 that he spent much of his time in suffered from extreme degeneration under former ment froze in its tracks when the first and began to form his own army,” said Switzerland, despite being Ukraine’s President ’s regime (5.ua, June 1). unidentified “green men” with auto- Andriy Zolotariov, an expert on poli- third richest citizen at the time, own- But – perhaps even more importantly – Ukrainian matic rifles cropped up in the Donetsk tics in Dnipropetrovsk. ing an enormous asset portfolio. He troops and law enforcement personnel were not pre- Oblast in mid-April. “He drew the right conclusions from admitted to having Israeli citizenship, pared psychologically to fight against their country- Among the first leaders to combat 2005 and, instead of hiding in despite Ukraine’s laws forbidding dual men or even Russian mercenaries. There remained, them was Igor Kolomoisky, 51, who Switzerland, he demonstrated initiative. citizenship. according to National Security and Defense Council had been appointed to lead the He took under control a key region and Yet Mr. Kolomoisky has performed (NSDC) Secretary , a lot of people in . is actively implementing his policies not a radical image makeover in the last both the army and the police, who were sure that First he helped form the only there, but all over the country.” few months. Mr. Zolotariov described was not Ukraine’s enemy and therefore would battalion, even reportedly consulting Mr. Kolomoisky had a lackluster him as “a more influential figure than never attack it (radiosvoboda.org, May 30). However, a with nationalist paramilitary leader image for most of his career as a bil- the top presidential contenders.” series of particularly bloody assaults by the secession- Dmytro Yarosh. lionaire oligarch. Criminal charges Experts have cited the critical role ists (for example the May 21 attack in which 17 sol- Being a banker, his next approach were filed against him in 2005 for his of Western sanctions and Ukrainian diers were shot dead in an ambush in , came naturally. He declared a $10,000 alleged role in the attempted murder law enforcement and army in prevent- , then the deadliest day for Ukraine’s reward for each captured Russian of a Dnipropetrovsk lawyer. The charg- ing a Crimea-style Russian invasion military), hardened many into a more res- fighter, $2,000 per grenade launcher es were dropped within three weeks and election sabotage in May. Yet few olute fighting stance. and $1,500 per machine gun. Within while he took refuge in Switzerland. leaders have earned as much praise as Having modified their tactics toward greater use of two days, on April 19, a $40,000 pay- Mr. Kolomoisky is also suspected Mr. Kolomoisky, who took over as the air support, the ATO forces struck back heavily against ment was made to a group of soldiers. by political experts, but was never state oblast administration chair, or (Continued on page 10) And thus Mr. Kolomoisky trans- charged, in playing a possible role in formed his image as a gangster-style the 2007 killing of a Russian business- (Continued on page 22) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 No. 25

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Russian ultra-nationalists Ukraine observes day of mourning guished. A sign carried by protesters in the crowd declared “Russia is a killer.” (RFE/RL, KYIV – June 15 was a day of mourning in with reporting by Reuters and ITAR-TASS) involved in Donbas conflict Ukraine for the 49 soldiers killed when pro- Russian separatists shot down a military Poroshenko promises unilateral ceasefire prospect of working with other elements – transport plane. President Petro by Richard Arnold KYIV – President Petro Poroshenko has Eurasia Daily Monitor especially the Chechens – in the fight for Poroshenko declared the day of mourning eastern Ukraine. On DPNI leader Mr. and has vowed a firm response against announced plans for a unilateral ceasefire in Several cities in the Donbas, the eastern Belov’s Facebook page, for instance, there those who shot down the aircraft early on eastern Ukraine, where government forces portion of Ukraine comprising the regions of were comments, presumably from other June 14 as it approached the airport in are fighting pro-Russian separatists. Mr. Donetsk and Luhansk, have been embroiled neo-Nazis, deriding the involvement of the Luhansk. “Ukraine is in sorrow, but we Poroshenko told reporters in Kyiv on June 18 that he would soon order a “very brief” in Russian-sponsored secessionist violence Chechens. Indeed, Mr. Belov himself posted strongly continue the struggle for peace,” unilateral ceasefire as part of a broader plan against Ukrainian authorities since early commentary on the DPNI website com- Mr. Poroshenko said. In Washington, the to end the 10-week-long separatist insur- April. And while Russia has no officially iden- plaining that Chechens were in Donbas White House condemned the shooting gency. The Kremlin earlier said that tified uniformed troops in the region, there “with [Chechen leader Ramzan] Kadyrov’s down of the plane, saying that it is a “fact” President Poroshenko and Russian are claims that it has been involved in the blessing and for money” and not out of rea- that pro-Russian separatists in eastern President Vladimir Putin had discussed a fighting through the deployment of irregu- sons of patriotism or ethnic belonging Ukraine have received heavy weapons from possible ceasefire in eastern Ukraine in a lars, like the Chechen Vostok battalion (see (http://www.dpni.org/articles/novostna- Russia, including tanks and rocket launch- telephone conversation on June 17. Eurasia Daily Monitor, May 30). Other ya/39200/). This was despite the denials ers. Meanwhile, NATO has released satellite According to the Kremlin, Messrs. irregular forces have also been involved, from Mr. Kadyrov, the Chechen president imagery that gives added weight to claims Poroshenko and Putin also discussed the such as hardline Russian nationalists. and a Kremlin appointee, that he had by Kyiv that the separatists in eastern deaths announced earlier in the day of two Now it appears there are connections to directed any Chechens to go to Donbas. Ukraine are using tanks supplied by Russia Russian state television journalists. the most extreme nationalists, Russia’s Ethnic-Russian nationalists question the in recent days. The imagery shows three According to Russian media, sound engineer neo-Nazi movement. Posting on Facebook, commitment of the Chechens and other Russian tanks loaded onto transporters in a Anton Voloshin and correspondent Igor Alexander Belov, the leader of the banned North Caucasians to the cause of military convoy close to the Ukrainian bor- Kornelyuk were killed after they came Movement Against Illegal Immigration “” (“New Russia,” a vision der on June 11 in the Russian region of under fire while covering fighting near the (known by its Russian acronym DPNI), declared by Vladimir Putin on April 17 call- Rostov. NATO officials say they have no eastern city of Luhansk. The Russian Foreign announced the death in Donetsk of Sergei ing for bringing southeastern Ukraine under doubt it is the same military convoy that Affairs Ministry said the deaths demonstrat- Vorotsev. Mr. Vorotsev was a former orga- some form of Russian control – see EDM, crossed the border into Ukraine later on ed the “criminal nature” of Ukraine’s mili- nizer for the DPNI in the Moscow region May 1). Rather, many ethnic Russians per- June 11. A senior NATO official has told the tary operation against pro-Russian rebels town of Korolev (Official Facebook page of ceive people from the Caucasus as foreign at BBC that the satellite images “raise signifi- and urged authorities in Kyiv to investigate. DPNI, June 4). According to the same post- best and all too often as hostile aliens. cant questions concerning Russia’s role in (RFE/RL, with reporting by Agence France- ing, Mr. Vorotsev was killed in the battle for Indeed, there has been a spate of race riots facilitating instability in eastern Ukraine. Presse, Reuters and ITAR-TASS) the Donetsk airport. against people from the Caucasus in Russia (RFE/RL, with reporting by Reuters, the The presence of a former member of the in recent times (see EDM, March 5), which Associated Press, BBC and ITAR-TASS) Kerry calls Yatsenyuk, Lavrov DPNI in eastern Ukraine is not entirely sur- presumably was something the organizers prising, but it does suggest a merging of the of the May 18 rally were trying to provoke. Protest at Russian Embassy in Kyiv WASHINGTON – During a phone call with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy goals of such movements and of the It is tempting to conclude that the irreg- KYIV – Shortly after President Petro Russian regime. ular Russian juggernaut now fighting in Yatsenyuk on the morning of June 14, U.S. Poroshenko’s speech on June 14 in which he Secretary of State expressed Similarly, other neo-Nazi groups have eastern Ukraine is held together by its declared a day of mourning in the aftermath also tried to become involved in the common goals, but it will have to keep win- condolences for the loss of life when a of the downing of a military transport plane Ukrainian transport plane was shot down , with the group Sputnik and ning future victories or it will dissolve in in Luhansk, a crowd of several hundred peo- Pogrom organizing humanitarian aid for internal squabbling. by Russian-supported separatists over- ple in Kyiv smashed windows in the Russian night. According to a readout of the call those ethnic Russians affected by the fight- The evidence that the Kremlin is work- Embassy and overturned luxury cars ing in the region. A banner bearing the slo- ing with neo-Nazi or ultranationalist forces provided by the State Department: “He belonging to Embassy staff before pulling expressed strong concern about the ongo- gan “Donbas says thank you” was posted on in the Donbas is highly ironic but not sur- down the Russian flag. Russia’s Foreign their site to thank all those who had donated prising. The regime’s allies in the Russian ing flow of heavy weaponry and militants Affairs Ministry on June 15 sent a protest across the border from Russia and the con- financial aid (sputnikipogrom.com). far right make the Kremlin’s warnings of a note to Kyiv demanding that those responsi- On another neo-Nazi website (officially “neo-Nazi” takeover in Kyiv seem even tribution to increasing violence in eastern ble for the attack be caught and punished. Ukraine. He also reiterated the support of banned in Russia but purportedly hosted on more incredulous. Ostensibly, it was con- Russia condemned the failure of Kyiv’s servers in the United States to prevent clo- cerns over the role of the Ukrainian “neo- the United States for Ukraine’s commit- police to stop the angry crowd, calling it “a ment to defending its border and for sure by the Kremlin), that of the skinhead Nazi” group and its leader grave violation of Ukraine’s international President [Petro] Poroshenko’s peace plan. gang Slaviansky Soyuz (Slavic Union), there Dmitri Yarosh in the new government that obligations.” A Molotov cocktail also was He underscored the commitment of the is a call for Russia to start arming the sepa- served as justification for the Russian gov- thrown against a wall of the Russian ratists or even to provide more substantial ernment to annex Crimea. Kremlin propa- Embassy but the fire was quickly extin- (Continued on page 18) aid due to the disproportionate array of ganda from the time told of mass shootings forces deployed against them by the gov- carried out by Right Sector and even broad- ernment in Kyiv (http://www.demushkin. cast what it alleged to be photographs of com/content/news/222/8964.html). corpses lying in freshly dug mass graves FOUNDED 1933 Finally, an individual from the Russkiye (http://antimaydan.info/2014/03/lider_ The Ukrainian Weekly ethno-political movement, which grew out neonacistskoj_gruppirovki_pravyj_sektor_ of the 2011 protests against United Russia dmitrij_yarosh_zayavil__37446.html). An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., and the re-election of President Vladimir While Right Sector has indeed been a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Putin comes to a decision on Ukraine, and falters by Pavel K. Baev Poroshenko and Putin produce no détente: The outgoing president of the European The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Eurasia Daily Monitor the former demands a cessation to Russia’s Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, called terrorists that routed Iraqi forces in Mosul June 16 military support for the rebels, and the latter Mr. Putin on June 13 in order to confirm have deep networks in the Russian North insists on the termination of Ukraine’s “anti- that Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine will be Caucasus, where a low-intensity civil war is For the last month, important engage- terrorist operation” (RIA Novosti, June 12). signing Association Agreements with the raging (Moscow Echo, June 12). Iraqi ments have filled Russian President Mr. Putin has apparently abandoned European Union later this month and to Kurdistan can use the opportunity for gain- Vladimir Putin’s schedule: the official visit to plans for a military intervention in eastern reiterate that “counter-measures” from ing real independence and bankroll it by China, the signing of the treaty on the Ukraine as too risky, but he likely fears that Russia would be highly inappropriate increasing the export of oil and gas to Eurasian Economic Union with Belarus and washing his hands entirely of the separatists (Gazeta.ru, June 14). Turkey (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, June 11). Kazakhstan, the trip to Normandy for the will damage his credibility in the eyes of the The Kremlin has long prepared instru- Iran is set to exploit its capacity for pre- celebration of the 70th anniversary of hyper-excited “patriotic” electorate and pull ments for punishing the three attempted venting state failure in Iraq by possibly D-Day. Each of them required restraint in down his stellar approval ratings (Moscow escapees from its imaginary Eurasia to gaining more concessions in the six-party managing the dangerous Russian-Ukrainian Echo, June 13). At the same time, he proba- Europe; but it will have to be extra cautious talks on its nuclear program and freeing crisis, and Mr. Putin has been backing off bly understands that declarations on “dis- with applying those because the Russian itself from the sanctions regime (Newsru. from his aggressive stance, even acknowl- owning” the evolving civil war depart too far political class is far more concerned about com, June 14). The ISIS offensive could turn edging the legitimacy of the newly elected from the reality on the ground. The Kremlin possible new sanctions than the country’s out to be a unique case when an escalation Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. pins its hopes on the strategic partnership defiantly anti-Western public opinion of instability in the Middle East leads to an Now the deals are done and the photo-ops with China, but Beijing prefers to focus on (Levada.ru, June 11). increase of oil supply and a corresponding taken, so there is no more delaying the deci- the economic matters of bilateral relations Although the stock exchange has recov- fall in prices – and this would deliver a sion on exploiting or putting an end to the and has not uttered a word of support for ered to the pre-Crimea level on the expec- cruel blow to Russia’s petro-economy. smoldering civil war in eastern Ukraine, but the Russian course in Ukraine. tations that no new sanctions would be Moscow likes to pretend it plays a major Mr. Putin remains incapable of making it. The warnings from the United States imposed, Russia’s economy shows no signs role in the Arab world, but it finds itself Hardly any doubt remains that the vio- and key European states are coming in var- of vitality (RBC, June 11). Until now, con- completely marginalized in the Syrian cor- lent unrest in Ukraine’s Donetsk and ious forms every day, clearly holding Mr. cerns about reinforcing the worrisome ner, while potentially having a lot to lose Luhansk regions is being fueled by an Putin responsible for the violent clashes in drive for diversification in the EU energy from the interplay of forces it has few con- influx of “volunteers” and weapons from the two Ukrainian regions (Vedomosti, June policy have dictated Russia’s uncharacteris- nections with. It also cannot hope that the Russia, and the arrival of three Russian 11). U.S. President Barack Obama and tic caution in using the “gas weapon” threat from Islamic extremists will make tanks on June 12 was merely the brashest German Chancellor Angela Merkel have against Ukraine (Kommersant, June 13). the separatists in eastern Ukraine look like recent manifestation of this interference essentially given up trying to have a mean- This cautious approach may finally have freedom fighters, because their aims go no (RIA Novosti, June 12). A few day later, the ingful dialogue with Mr. Putin, who told ended, however, with the June 16 declara- further than spreading violent chaos. rebels positioned anti-aircraft guns around them too many blatant lies during the tion by that it would be turning The dilemma for the European politicians the Luhansk airport and on the night of lengthy telephone conversations in the off the gas to Ukraine for failure to pay for who are committed to resolving the June 14 downed a landing Ukrainian mili- early phase of the crisis. previous deliveries (, June 16). Ukrainian crisis is that it cannot be done tary Il-76 transport aircraft, resulting in a Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Affairs One new development during the hard without Russia – but Mr. Putin cannot be a loss of 49 lives (Newsru.com, June 14). Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is travelling first week of Mr. Poroshenko’s presidency part of the solution. He has caught himself in Meanwhile, the Ukrainian forces cannot non-stop around Europe, finds too few was the severe deterioration of the security the trap of Crimean annexation and can nei- give the rebels respite to consolidate their exploitable divisions among the usually dis- situation in Iraq, which might implicitly ther let Ukraine proceed with its European positions. The country’s military continues to agreeable European Union members help Moscow, even if only by distracting the choice nor execute his own choice of add- shell , which has become the focal (Kommersant, June 11). At the same time, U.S. There is plenty of gloating in the ing new bastions to “Fortress Russia.” point of the uprising, and the army is policing Russia’s military exercises in the Russian media in tune with Mr. Lavrov’s the recaptured on the Azov Sea Kaliningrad region only add urgency to the statement on the “illustration of the failure The article above is reprinted from (Moskovsky Komsomolets, June 13). North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s of adventure launched by the U.S.” But, in Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from In this military deadlock, terse phone (NATO) plans for bolstering containment fact, Russia’s own interests are also in grave its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, conversations between Presidents (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, June 11). peril (RIA Novosti, June 12). www.jamestown.org. Moscow’s dilemma: Finlandization Russia’s unmarked tanks in Ukraine: of Ukraine or occupation? Putin is probing the West’s resolve to destabilize eastern Ukraine did not by Pavel Felgenhauer sive say in the future of rump Ukraine. Atlantic Council Today, Moscow is acting as it did in other cease within 30 days. Mr. Putin under- Eurasia Daily Monitor On June 12, unmarked tanks and anoth- stands that he now has 23 days to stop June 12 post-Soviet conflicts – in Transdniester in Moldova, in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in er armored vehicle – bearing no unit mark- supporting/expanding the insurgency in Russia seems at a crossroads in the Georgia, and in Karabakh in Azerbaijan. ings or other identification, beyond a eastern Ukraine, therefore he will care- Ukrainian crisis, unsure how to proceed: to Specifically, Russia is trying to covertly fan Russian flag – drove from Russia into fully watch the Western reaction. seek some negotiated compromise with internal separatist armed conflicts and southeastern Ukraine, according to the He recalls that in early May, President Kyiv, or intensify its support for pro-Rus- later act as a possible intermediary or Ukrainian government and independent [Barack] Obama, Chancellor [Angela] sian separatists in southeastern Ukraine? peacekeeper. Such “frozen conflicts” tend to news reports. John Herbst, the director of Merkel and President [François] During Russian Foreign Affairs Minister stay unsettled for decades, giving Moscow the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and a Hollande had all promised sectoral sanc- Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Finland on June excellent leverage to control both the sepa- former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, says tions if Russia disrupted the Ukrainian 9-10, a possibility was discussed that ratist self-proclaimed republics and the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s next presidential elections May 25. While Ukraine might follow Cold War-era Finland internationally recognized rump nations steps will be shaped largely by the response Russian surrogates prevented 75 percent in what was then known as “Finlandization” from which they seceded. of the U.S. and its allies. His analysis follows. of the residents of Luhansk and Donetsk – that is, building a neutral democratic On June 12, Mr. Lavrov told journalists: from voting, the Western powers were nation with a market economy, but politi- “The stage has not been reached yet for us By sending three T-72 tanks into satisfied by the Kremlin’s lukewarm statements about the elections and lev- cally under Moscow’s thumb. to consider sending in peacekeeping forces, Donetsk accompanied by an armored vehi- ied no on Moscow. According to Mr. Lavrov, “We have many since there is hope President [Petro] cle flying the Russian flag, Mr. Putin is try- If Mr. Obama and his European coun- times proposed that all of us – Europeans Poroshenko [elected on May 25] will make ing to secure full control of this key terparts do not react strongly and quick- and Ukrainians – come together and find a good on his promise to stop armed violence, Ukrainian city and to test the resolve of Western powers. As Ukraine ramped up its ly to the presence of Russian tanks and way to avoid forcing Ukraine to tear itself and talks will begin.” Mr. Lavrov added, “We counter-insurgency campaign in the past additional fighters in Donetsk, those apart between right and left.” Since last know the volunteer self-defense forces in week, the Russian-supported insurgents forces will remain and receive reinforce- year, Moscow was been pressing Brussels the southeast are ready for a ceasefire, but suffered major casualties, with the remains ments. They may even try a minor offen- to start tri-party talks to decide Ukraine’s the authorities in Kyiv must make the first of over 30 Russian fighters returned to sive action or two, again to gauge the future status. The idea was flatly rejected step after the [June 7] inauguration of their homeland for burial. Sending in the Western reaction. Mr. Putin knows that a by the European Union and by the Poroshenko” (Interfax, June 12). tanks is Moscow’s way of saying that it lobster is cooked gradually. If, however, Ukrainian leaders that emerged after the Mr. Lavrov had previously acknowl- can increase its military presence in the there is a sharp Western reaction, he fall of former President Viktor Yanukovych edged that Russia was sending the armed region to offset any Ukrainian gain. knows that he has until July 5 to reduce (RIA Novosti, June 10). separatists “humanitarian aid” directly This move comes despite the position his latest escalation and to thereby avoid After the annexation of Crimea in March over the Russian-Ukrainian border, large taken June 5 by the Group of Seven sectoral sanctions. He can do a great deal and the de facto secession of parts of the spans of which in the Donetsk and Luhansk industrialized nations that it would levy of damage in that time. This is a cynical, Donetsk and Luhansk regions that have regions have been abandoned by Ukrainian sanctions against whole sectors of the but effective tactic enabled by European proclaimed “independent people’s repub- Russian economy if the Kremlin’s efforts faint-heartedness. lics” last month, the Kremlin wants a deci- (Continued on page 22) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 No. 25 No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 5 Selfreliance UAFCU holds 63rd annual meeting

SUAFCU Marketing/PR Department Hromovytsia Dance Ensemble’s director, Roxana Dykyj-Pylypczak (second from left), President/CEO Bohdan Watral presents the credit union financial report for 2013. Seated presents a photo of the group, as a thank you for the credit union’s support. With her (from left) are: Victor Wojtychiw, Antoniy Kit, Bohdan Wruskyj and John Pawlyk. (from left) are: Michael R. Kos, Oresta Fedyniak and Bohdan Watral. CHICAGO – The 63rd annual meeting of positive note. reviewing loan applications. Bohdan SUAFCU’s branches, the Northwest Office, is the membership of Selfreliance Ukrainian President/CEO Bohdan Watral Wruskyj, Supervisory Committee chair- located – cited the common concern of both American Federal Credit Union (SUAFCU) described the credit union’s 2013 achieve- man, stated that this year’s review focused entities to increase membership for contin- took place Sunday, May 4, at the credit ments, confirming that the financial state- on the credit union’s lending activity, spe- ued growth. He emphasized that it is the union’s home office. The meeting was ments for 2013 validate its viability and cifically compliance and adherence to poli- responsibility of current members to pro- simulcast in New Jersey, at the Ukrainian consistent growth. In 2013, net income sur- cies and procedures. mote the benefits of membership in both American Cultural Center of New Jersey in passed $3.3 million, and equity now Andriy Kolomayets reported for the the parish and the credit union. He stated Whippany. exceeds a record $85 million. SUAFCU is Nominating Committee, whose members that the credit union provides not only In New Jersey, the meeting was called to proud to be included among the most sta- represent the three primary Ukrainian financial, but also moral support. order by SUAFCU Vice-President Yaroslav ble financial institutions in the United youth organizations: committee chair Irene Orysia Burdiak, president of the Zaviysky. He introduced the Rev. Mitred States. With sound fiscal management, the Wruskyj (Ukrainian American Youth Ukrainian National Credit Union Archpriest Roman Mirchuk, pastor of St. credit union succeeded at a time when Association), Taras Konowal (Ukrainian Association, greeted Selfreliance on behalf John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church other institutions stumbled by maintaining Democratic Youth Association) and Andriy of the other Ukrainian American credit in Whippany, for the blessing. Andres its commitment to provide the highest cali- Kolomayets (Plast Ukrainian Scouting unions in the United States. Greetings were Durbak, member of the Supervisory ber financial services in a professional, car- Organization). The Nominating Committee also extended by representatives of Committee attending the meeting in New ing environment, Mr. Watral said. presented a slate of three individuals to Ukrainian cultural institutions, schools, Jersey, greeted the assembly on behalf of With equity now exceeding 19.5 percent serve as directors: Oleh Karawan, Christina youth groups and community organiza- the members residing in Chicago. of assets, SUAFCU has turned its attention Kozij and Victor Wojtychiw; all three were tions. This was followed by greetings to the to the future, he continued. The environ- re-elected unanimously. The board of directors of Selfreliance assembly from community organizations, ment in which he credit union operates is Mr. Watral then presented the budget for Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union including representatives of Ukrainian ever changing, creating new hazards and 2014, which was approved as read. As for 2014 comprises: Mr. Kos, chairman of National Federal Credit Union in New York, greater demands on resources. New non- there were no further questions or com- the board; Mr. Watral, President/CEO; Mr. Ukrainian National Home in Jersey City, traditional Internet competitors, demand- ments from the floor, Mr. Kos ended the Wojtychiw, first vice-chair and secretary; Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, ing new regulations and the continued simulcast, saying farewell to the credit Ihor Laszok, second vice-chair; Oresta Ukrainian National Association, Selfreliance assimilation of the member base are but a union’s members in New Jersey. Fedyniak, third vice-chair; Mr. Karawan, Association, various youth organization few of the hurdles SUAFCU needs to Community greetings followed in fourth vice-chair; Ms. Kozij, John Oharenko, and sports association representatives, address and overcome. Chicago. Pastors and representatives of var- and Roman Yatskovskyy, members; John dance ensembles, cultural organizations SUAFCU Vice-President Zaviysky, report- ious churches approached the microphone Pawlyk, honorary member. and parishes. ing from New Jersey, thanked the credit to thank SUAFCU for its support and com- Photos of the 63rd annual meeting of Once the cameras were turned on in union members in the Jersey City, Newark ment on the benefits of the ongoing part- Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal both locations for the simulcast, the chair- and Whippany branch offices for their sup- nership between the credit union and the Credit Union are available on its website, man of the board of directors, Michael R. port, which is crucial in ensuring the future community. www.selfreliance.com. Also there are links Kos, called the combined meeting to order. success of the credit union. The Rev. Volodymyr Kushnir of St. to the SUAFCU annual report and credit The colors were posted by the Ukrainian Antony Kit, Credit Committee chairman, Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church – on union history. For current information, American Veterans, and renditions of the detailed the work of the committee in whose premises the most active of readers may follow SUAFCU on Facebook. national anthems of the United States and Ukraine followed. Bishop Richard Seminack of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy read the invocation. The annual meeting participants were visited by State of Illinois Comptroller Judy Barr Topinka, a long-time friend of Selfreliance and a supporter of Chicago’s Ukrainian community. The comptroller gave a speech praising the credit union, which she said is “as honest as the day is long,” and the Ukrainian people fighting for their freedom in Ukraine and those who support them here in the U.S. After an introduction of board and com- mittee members, the assembly heard reports from the credit union’s elected leaders. Mr. Kos reported as SUAFCU chairman of the board. He spoke of the challenges the The SUAFCU New Jersey Advisory Committee at the annual meeting (from left): Yaroslav Zaviysky, Ihor Laszok, Andres credit union faced in 2013, and stated that Durbak, Michael Koziupa, Daria Twardowsky-Vincent, Walter Kovbasniuk, Orest Ciapka, Michael Dziman, Dr. Andrew Hrechak Selfreliance was able to end the year on a and Michael Szpyhulsky.

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The Ukrainian Weekly A Shevchenko anniversary 50 years ago Those of us of certain generations who were around in 1964 no doubt remember a historic day in the life of our Ukrainian American community – indeed, of the Ukrainian people worldwide. Fifty years ago, on June 27, 1964, a monument to Taras Shevchenko, the bard of Ukraine hailed worldwide as a fighter for freedom and the rights of the oppressed, was unveiled in Washington with more than 100,000 people Kolomoisky’s ‘Zhydobandera’ alliance in attendance. Among them, we are sure, were many of our dear readers. “Shevchenko Monument – A ‘New Statue Of Liberty’ – Unveiled in Washington by Igor Kolomoisky has shown that being a Ukrnafta. So he stands to lose all his profit General Eisenhower in Solemn Ceremonies” read the banner headline on The devoted Jew doesn’t prevent you from from Ukraine’s natural resources (and Weekly’s front page. (Readers who are interested in reading the reports about the being a Ukrainian patriot. He has emerged more) should the Russians take over the ceremonies are directed to our online archives at www.ukrweekly.com. See our issue as the leader of a Jewish-Ukrainian front, land that he wants to protect with a steel dated July 3, 1964.) the “Zhydobandera” alliance, if you will, to wall. The idea of a monument to Shevchenko was proposed back in 1956 on the pages of quote a T-shirt he wore with a styled Such scepticism is legitimate. Certainly, our sister publication, Svoboda, in an article by Ivan Dubrovsky. It was discussed in as a menorah. it’s disturbing when average Ukrainians are numerous articles in that newspaper, then a daily, and the initiative to transform this Just how tight is the “Zhydobandera” alli- being asked to sacrifice their own meager idea into reality was taken up by the Ukrainian National Association. The UNA suc- ance? resources to support the Ukrainian army, ceeded in having Sen. Jacob Javits of New York introduce a Senate resolution on erect- The Investigation Committee of the particularly when the wealthy don’t seem ing a Shevchenko statue on public land in the District of Columbia; Rep. Alvin Bentley Russian Federation announced in early to be making any sacrifices for their per- of Michigan later introduced a similar resolution in the House. President Dwight D. June it created a specialized administration sonal fortunes (at least they’re not publiciz- Eisenhower signed the bill into law in 1960. Immediately afterwards, the Shevchenko to investigate crimes committed on ing them). Memorial Committee was established; it declared 1961 Shevchenko Year to mark the Ukraine’s territory. I hope the day comes that Ukraine’s 100th anniversary of great bard’s passing and began an intensive fund-raising cam- The current president of the European immense natural resources will be used to paign, whose results were widely and dutifully reported in the Ukrainian press. Council of Jewish Communities is listed as a benefit the Ukrainian people, not just a There were many hurdles along the way, including the opposition of such entities target for investigation alongside Ukraine’s small circle of oligarchs. But the battle as The Washington Post, which called Shevchenko an “idol of Communists” and top nationalist leaders (Dmytro Yarosh, against Ukraine’s oligarchs is not the fight charged that he was an anti-Semite (!), and the disinformation campaign mounted Oleh Tiahnybok, Ihor Mazur-Topolia). to be picking now. And he’s been targeted with criminal by Soviet authorities who said Ukrainian Americans were using Shevchenko for Just as Ukraine’s pro-Western liberals charges before any of them, for allegedly their own purposes and distorting his works. But it was the Soviets who for decades understood during the Euro-Maidan that ordering the kidnapping and planning the had distorted Shevchenko’s message of freedom and national independence. they needed to unite with their enemies murder of Russian journalists in Donbas. Ultimately, Eisenhower unveiled the Shevchenko monument – “Dedicated to the (the nationalists) against the bigger, com- Though Mr. Kolomoisky has demonstrat- liberation, freedom and independence of all Captive Nations,” as the inscription on mon enemy (Vladimir Putin), Ukrainians ed decisive leadership – which Ukraine so its base says – during the 150th anniversary year of the poet’s birth. The Weekly need to embrace the “patriot oligarchs” in desperately needs – since taking over the their fight against Putinist Russia. reported: “June 27, 1964, will ever remain a day of great national and cultural tri- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in early March, what Once the Putinist threat is eliminated, umph of the Ukrainian people no matter where they may live. For on that day a great earned my particular sympathy was his pro- then we can start bugging Messrs. dream came true: the statue in honor of Ukraine’s poet laureate and national hero, posal announced on June 13 to build a steel Kolomoisky and Pinchuk about raping Taras Shevchenko, had been unveiled by one of America’s greatest living heroes and wall, lined with barbed wire, between Ukraine’s natural resources. statesmen – former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Ukraine and Russia. It would be fortified by AN ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION: As this editorial was being written, an ditches wide and deep enough to prevent But there are also signs that Mr. e-mail message dated June 18 arrived from the Ukrainian National Information military vehicles from crossing the border. Kolomoisky is giving more back. I was Service announcing that on June 28 there will be a commemoration of the 50th anni- That’s the best idea I’ve heard since the informed by Prof. Roman Cybriwsky of versary of the Shevchenko monument’s unveiling. The event will take place at the Russian invasion began. And it’s not just Temple University that a Holodomor exhib- monument, located on the corner of 22nd and P streets NW, at 4 p.m. and will fantasy: an architectural draft and cost it would be launched at the Holocaust including a wreath-laying ceremony, religious service, greetings by dignitaries, a analysis has already been submitted to the museum in Dnipropetrovsk, where all the reading by Peter Fedynsky from his English-translation of the “Kobzar” and a perfor- Presidential Administration, reported the exhibits are in the . mance by the Prometheus Men’s Chorus. As noted in the UNIS release, the commem- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Administration. The And Mr. Kolomoisky is making an effort oration is sponsored by the National Shevchenko Commemoration Committee and estimated cost for the 1,193-mile wall is to learn Ukrainian. He even revealed his the Embassy of Ukraine. For more information, readers are advised to contact UNIS $203 million. respect for western Ukrainians during his at 202-547-0018 or [email protected]. “The Mannerheim Line rescued peaceful March 3 press conference. Finland from Stalin,” Mr. Kolomoisky said, “I think there will be another people, also pointing out that “the wall on Israel’s another feeling, another society, a society border enables the effective repulsion of that will be civil, generally speaking, with a terrorist attacks.” character like Poland, the Czech Republic, June Turning the pages back... We can already thank Mr. Kolomoisky Slovakia and western Ukraine,” he said. for returning direct flights between Kyiv “Nonetheless, they were under the Soviet Fifty years ago, on June 27, 1964, former President Dwight D. and New York, which had disappeared dur- Union less and we feel that and see their Eisenhower officially unveiled the Taras Shevchenko monument ing a conflict in which Viktor Yanukovych position and ours. Here [in Ukraine’s east], 27 in Washington as some 100,000 Americans and Canadians of allegedly wanted to take Mr. Kolomoisky’s the genes of resistance were destroyed by 1964 Ukrainian descent, and many Ukrainians from other parts of the airline business. the Holodomors and civil wars.” world cheered and applauded. It was Gen. Eisenhower who, as Of course, many are cynical of Mr. And the genes of patriotism as well. If president, on September 13, 1960, signed the law authorizing Kolomoisky’s newfound patriotism, pointing only Donetsk tycoon had the erection of the Shevchenko monument. out that Mr. Kolomoisky is a partner in thrown his support firmly behind the Prior to the unveiling ceremony, more than 40,000 Ukrainians paraded from the Ukraine’s largest commercial bank, Privat Ukrainian cause as Mr. Kolomoisky had. Washington Monument to the Shevchenko monument; among them were representatives Bank. So he’s practically protecting his assets Had he acted as decisively, the Donbas of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) and the Shevchenko Memorial (his debtors especially) in defending Ukraine. could have avoided all the misery and vio- Committee of America, the Shevchenko Anniversary Honorary Committee, the They also point out that Mr. Kolomoisky’s lence that plagues it currently. Now Mr. Shevchenko Monument Honorary Sponsoring Committee, as well as Ukrainian organiza- $3.5 billion financial empire (which swells Akhmetov is hiding out in a Koncha Zaspa tions from Western Europe and South America. to $7.7 billion if one is to include mansion, unable to return to his native The official ceremony was opened by Dr. Lev. Dobriansky, president of the UCCA, fol- partners Gennadiy Bogolyubov and Aleksey Donetsk, while Mr. Kolomoisky commands lowed by the singing of the U.S. national anthem, an invocation by Archbishop- Martynov) includes a monopoly over the respect of his oblast and beyond. Metropolitan Ambrose Senyshyn of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, and a statement by Ukraine’s extraction of manganese ore. Indeed the chickens have come home to Prof. Roman Smal-Stocki of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Such control enabled the Privat part- roost for Mr. Akhmetov and the other Party Gen. Eisenhower, who spoke for 12 minutes, noted that the erection of the Shevchenko ners, in partnership with billionaire Victor of Regions fools, who spent all their years monument in Washington would help to “rekindle a new world movement in the hearts, Pinchuk, to gain monopoly control of in power promoting Russian chauvinism minds, words and actions of men; a never-ending movement dedicated to the indepen- Ukraine’s ferroalloys production. instead of Ukrainian patriotism. dence and freedom of peoples of all captive nations of the entire world.” [Ferroalloys are key ingredients in produc- Meanwhile, Russian national television “Within the past few decades, the concepts of liberty and human dignity have been ing cast iron and steel products.] These fac- has spent the last few weeks smearing scorned and rejected by powerful men who control great areas of our planet. … When tories even continue to enjoy state subsi- Petro Poroshenko: his Roshen candies are [Shevchenko] spoke out for Ukrainian independence from Russian colonial rule, he endan- dies on electricity consumption. full of carcinogens, that his father was a gered his own liberty. When he joined a society whose aim was to establish a republican Mr. Kolomoisky also has the largest pri- form of government in countries of Eastern Europe, he was jailed – even denied the right vate stake in Ukraine’s largest oil company, (Continued on page 20) to use pencil and paper to record his thoughts about freedom.” Gen. Eisenhower continued: “Of all who inhabit the globe, only a relative few in each of the captive nations – only a handful in Russia itself – form the evil conspiracies that domi- OUR NEXT ISSUE nate their fellow men by force or by fraud. … But lest us not forget this truth, ‘This too shall pass,’ and until it does, we can be sure that this nation will with its allies sustain the Next week’s issue of The Ukrainian Weekly will be a double issue (Nos. 26 and 27) strength – spiritual, economic and military – to foil any ill-advised attempt of dictators to dated June 29-July 6. A single issue will be printed for those weeks due to the Independence Day holiday in the United States. (Continued on page 18) No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 7

OPEN LETTER To Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel

Dear Secretary Hagel: nel. In particular, Ukraine needs humanitari- Several friends of mine who are an assistance and logistical transport sup- American veterans of Ukrainian ethnic port to be able to move personnel with some background have suggested that I write to degree of alacrity, protect them with helmets Lost science assets in Crimea you about tangible non-lethal U.S. military and shields, and provide emergency medical care. Current deficiencies affect not only con- Ukraine’s scientific establishment took a Hydrophysical Institute (MHI) in assistance to Ukraine. As you know Ukraine big body blow to its prestige with the loss of to hold discussions with his ditions in the southeast, but throughout had been decimated militarily, initially many important scientific centers in Crimea. newly acquired staff. The MHI was Ukraine, since economic and constitutional because of economic woes, corruption and Foremost among them were the astrophysi- Ukraine’s premier oceanographic research reforms are delayed until Ukraine is able to neglect, and more deliberately since 2010 cal observatories and oceanographic insti- institute. The main questions from the secure and strengthen its unity. through the joint efforts of the Kremlin and tutes that have been involved in world-class staff, according to witnesses, was whether the Kremlin’s lackey, Ukraine’s former A new and inexpensive opportunity to research for decades. Yet, in a rather surreal- the RAS would automatically grant the sci- President Viktor Yanukovych. The latest help Ukraine will open up shortly for the istic annual report to the National Academy entists of NASU the same professional sta- efforts were part of a conspiracy to make Department of Defense (DOD). Naturally, I of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) on April 3, tus that they hold under the NASU, includ- Ukraine weak and thus susceptible to am referring to non-lethal excess supplies the 95-year-old president of the academy, ing automatic membership in the RAS. No Russian psychological pressure, intimida- which are not weapons, ammunition or Boris Paton, mentioned their loss only in promises were made by Dr. Fortov, other tion and even physical force. material that is designated to inflict serious passing, and lauded the academy’s numer- than to note that membership in the RAS At this point, Ukraine would appreciate bodily injury or death and comply with ous other achievements. His only direct had to be considered individually. greatly any military support. The United Title 10 of the U.S. Code falling within the remark was that “we have to somehow con- Just as Alla Rostopchina, the director of States has been forthcoming somewhat in jurisdiction of the secretary of defense. tinue our connections with them.” the CrAO happily switched over to the this regard with what is considered non- Since they are excess supplies, they would Dr. Paton’s excitement that day, under- Russian side immediately after Crimea’s lethal aid. However, the definition of non- indeed cost us next to nothing. At the same standably, was mostly about his Ukrainian annexation by Russia, so too did Vitaliy lethal is very much subject to interpretation. time, they would help Ukraine significantly scientists’ association with the discovery of Ivanov, the director of the MHI. This was My understanding is that Ukraine has in the area of strengthening Ukraine’s unity the Higgs boson particle. Clearly, this was an done without consulting the staff, though requested excess property from the U.S. cur- and border control as stressed by Vice- important discovery, for this was the mythi- Dr. Ivanov assumed, from informal conver- rently located in Europe and this has stalled President Biden in Ukraine. cal “God particle” that all physicists have sations, that most of the staff was with him, because of Department of State bureaucrat- I am assuming that with the reduction of been searching for since it was theoretically according to a colleague of mine on the ic misinterpretation. There should be no major U.S. engagement in Afghanistan, the postulated in 1964. Ukrainian scientists staff of MHI. Yaroslav Yatskiv, director of ambiguity regarding equipment used to U.S. military will find itself with thousands attached to CERN (Organisation Européenne the Main Astronomical Observatory of protect from harm rather than inflict same. of vehicles and other equipment such as pour la Recherche Nucléaire), located near NASU in Kyiv, pointed out that it “might be Most recently, during the presidential inau- helmets, vests, etc. in Afghanistan in excess , played a big role in that discovery. hard for the [Russian] academy to receive guration events in Ukraine, Vice-President to U.S. military needs. A gradual reduction But, oddly, Dr. Paton did not mention the institutes since it is itself in the midst of reform.” This scientific annexation may Joe Biden announced almost $50 million in process in Afghanistan may start even now that several months earlier, on October 17, well be a Pyrrhic victory for Russia, though new aid to Ukraine for constitutional since major disengagement is scheduled 2013, his astronomers at the Crimean it is undoubtedly a huge loss for Ukraine. reform, strengthening unity and effective for December 2014. The timing coincides Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO) had dis- Crimean scientists may soon regret their border control. with the immediacy of Ukraine’s needs for covered a 400-meter asteroid that may hit surreal situation. Crimea has routinely such humanitarian non-lethal support. the Earth in 2032. The force of such a pos- The situation in southeastern Ukraine experienced Dali-esque time warps and remains in turmoil in several cities and With their cargo planes the Ukrainians sible collision could be the equivalent of setting off about 2,500 megatons of TNT, or inversions throughout its turbulent history. towns and, particularly, on the Ukraine- would be in position to pick up these items Crimea has been invaded and has changed Russia border. In fact several border cross- for transport to Ukraine. roughly 125,000 times the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Not hands countless times. Crimea was settled ing points controlled by the Russian armed Just prior to our entry into World War II, first by the Cimmerians, around 1200 BC, terrorists have enabled several Russian we provided (gave away) to the United only has Ukraine lost substantial scientific assets in Crimea, but the NASU has lost its and later by the Scythians, who were tanks and armored vehicles to enter Kingdom under the Lend-Lease program a voice. There’s no discernible outrage from named the Tauris by the Greeks. The Ukrainian territory. This has occurred in number of U.S. Navy destroyer ships to the Ukrainian scientific community. Greeks settled in Chersoneseus in the 6th the last few days under the watchful super- defend the U.K. from German U-boat sub- Earlier in the year, on February 15, century BC. The entire Crimean peninsula vision of Russian aircraft. Russia’s marines, knowing full well that the “loan” 2013, the meteor, which was was called Taurica by the ancient Greeks. would not be repaid. Similarly, we can lend President Vladimir Putin, as he has done completely undetected by astronomers, Darius the Great invaded the Scythian to Ukraine a number of these vehicles, such many times in the past, has denied Russian entered Earth’s atmosphere over Siberia, steppes of Ukraine and Taurica in 508 BC, complicity, but the evidence against Russia as Humvees, medium trucks and MRAPS where it mostly vaporized. It had the force and subjugated those Greek colonies 20 is overwhelming. It should be clear by now (Mine Resistant/Ambush Protected) vehi- of approximately 50 Hiroshima atomic years before his ambitions were thwarted that Russia has imperialistic designs at the cles under similar lend-lease arrangements. bombs, though it measured only about 20 at the crucial battle at Marathon in 490 BC. very least on Ukraine and, perhaps, even on With their large-capacity cargo planes, the meters across. The CrAO was one of a After the Greeks, came the Celts, our eastern NATO allies, and that its public Ukrainians would be in position to pick up handful of observatories that was part of a Thracians, Sarmatians, Bosporans, pronouncements and international com- these items for transport to Ukraine. worldwide network for tracking asteroids Romans, Goths, Huns, Khazars, Mongols, mitments are meaningless. Ukraine’s newly elected President Petro that threaten the Earth. No doubt they will Kalmyks, Tatars, Genoans and Russians. Each of those civilizations had their astrol- Imminently, Ukraine is very much in need Poroshenko mentioned the U.S. lend-lease continue this work, but now serving ogers who searched the stars, foretelling of assistance/protection for its border Russia’s science establishment. omens for their princely patrons. And there guards, as well as internal security person- (Continued on page 20) It’s a surreal time for many scientists in were countless ominous events throughout Ukraine and Crimea. It recalls Salvador the peninsula’s history, for astronomical Dali’s painting of limpid pocket watches in observations in ancient Crimea began dur- a barren landscape, denoting that time ing the ice ages of the Paleolithic era. Quotable notes itself is fluid and not deterministic, and life Crimean astronomy began in a cave near is not what it appears to be. One day …Russian President Vladimir Putin has not lessened the pressure on Russia’s Symferopol, about 30,000 BC. A large mam- they’re working for Dr. Paton, president of weaker neighbor. The West, which applied modest sanctions in April that seemed to moth shoulder bone was found there, NASU, and the next day their boss is affect Mr. Putin’s calculations for a time, must prepare clear and certain consequenc- among many other artifacts. On it was Vladimir Fortov, president of the Russian es if Russia’s provocations continue. inscribed what archeologists believe to be Academy of Sciences. Over the weekend, NATO released satellite images indicating that Russian tanks the first Paleolithic map of the heavens – Surrealism pervades Crimea’s history. In have entered Ukraine in recent days, backing up reports that Russia has been send- 102 stars and 17 constellations. September 2013, there was a big celebratory ing heavy weaponry and vehicles into Ukraine’s east. On the same day, Russian- Formal astronomy in Crimea began only event in Yalta, hosted by one of Ukraine’s oli- backed separatist rebels downed a Ukrainian military airplane, killing 49 people. On in 1900, when a rich amateur astronomer, garchs, , for 200 of his closest Monday, Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, suspended gas flows into Ukraine, after Nikolai Maltsov, established his private friends, including Hillary and , observatory on Mount Koshka, near the Russia rejected a reasonable offer brokered by the European Union. ‘This is not , , Larry Summers, about gas,’ , Ukraine’s prime minister, said. ‘This is a general plan town of Simiez. Later, in 1908 Maltsov David Petraeus and ’s Mario Monti. It turned over his observatory to the Pulkovo for the destruction of Ukraine.’ was held in the Livadia Palace, where …Mr. Putin may prefer that Ukraine remain divided, backward and dependent on Observatory in St. Petersburg, Russia. From Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill ended World there, the USSR expanded observatories in Russian largess, too unstable to be an attractive partner for Western Europe. He is War II, and immediately started the Cold occupying Ukrainian territory, namely Crimea, and provoking civil conflict in a region Crimea as part of their space missions in the War. The Russian Black Sea Fleet never left late 1950s. Near Simiez-Katsively is now an that had lived peaceably inside Ukraine since the country gained its independence 23 Sevastopol after Ukraine’s independence years ago. If [Ukrainian President Petro] Poroshenko’s generous peace effort does observatory with satellite laser ranging tele- and has been a major contributor to political scopes that are part of an international not elicit a fair response, the United States and its European allies must be ready with destabilization on the peninsula throughout a strategy and a timetable to respond decisively.” space geodynamics and geodesy network. the past 23 years of independence. Some of the equipment was supplied by – Editorial by The Washington Post, “Ukraine’s president could use Western help Six months later, on April 7 of this year, NASA and is used to study minute move- against Russian provocations,” June 17. the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) visited the NASU Marine (Continued on page 8) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 No. 25

with Ukrainian scientists and Dr. Yatskiv. Lost science... Dr. Kostiuk, as head of NASA’s High Resolution Infrared Spectrometry Group, (Continued from page 7) interacted routinely with many of Ukraine’s ments of the Earth’s crust, called continen- leading astrophysicists. NASA has now lim- tal drift, by bouncing signals off a fixed net- ited all scientific collaboration with Russian work of distant stars. scientists, except for the space shuttle pro- The USSR built a large, top-secret radio gram to service the International Space observatory near Yevpatoria, with one of Station and ongoing space missions. And the world’s largest radio telescopes, to Russian and Crimean scientists will no lon- track their sputniks, as well as Western sat- ger receive visas to travel to the U.S. ellites. The 70-meter diameter Yevpatoria What are the implications for Ukrainian RT-70 radio telescope is one of only a few science? Today, Crimea’s numerous scien- in the world that are able to detect radio tific establishments – numbering over 25 signals and communicate with deep space institutes, including archeological, geo- missions. The Yevpatoria site was carefully physical, oceanographic, astrophysical, geo- guarded by the USSR. logic and biological institutes – are lost to Sir Bernard Lovell’s diaries showed how Ukraine. Even before the loss of Crimea, British intelligence services feared he was Ukraine’s scientific establishment had been poisoned to “remove memories” of his trip shrinking dramatically during the past two there in 1963. Lovell, who founded the decades. The Astrophysical Observatory Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, and the Marine Hydrophysical Institute “became mysteriously ill” after the trip, were the crown jewels of an ever-shrinking which British agents said was due to radia- scientific realm. These institutes produced tion exposure. Lovell wrote in a later com- a large percentage of Ukraine’s published mentary about his trip that when his wife and highly regarded international litera- had come to meet him in Moscow shortly ture. Through their collaborative work, after his return from Crimea, “she scarcely they received many European research recognized me as the person she had seen grants, which sustained their work. in England a week earlier.” The researchers studied and published Two prominent Ukrainian American papers on the formation and evolution of astrophysicists who work for NASA, Dr. galaxies and the global characteristics of Theodor Kostiuk and Dr. Michael the Sun and Sun-like stars. They provided Mishchenko, have both worked closely with ground-based support of space missions, scientists at the CrAO and the Yevpatoria delved into observational and theoretical site over the past two decades. In fact, Dr. cosmology, and explored the physics and Mischenko was born in Symferopol and kinematics of solar system bodies and worked for a while at the Astrophysical solar-planetary interactions. The institutes Observatory as part of his graduate student provided some degree of hope for the thou- training. Both are pessimistic about future sands of bright young doctoral candidates prospects for collaborating with their for- in Ukraine who wanted to undertake mer Ukrainian colleagues. research at these respected centers. Dr. Mishchenko, as project scientist for Thousands of potential jobs and research NASA’s Glory Satellite Mission and project opportunities are now lost to them. With manager for the NASA Global Aerosol the annexation of Crimea, Ukrainian sci- Climatology Project, has had many note- ence has suffered a huge loss that will take worthy projects under way in collaboration years, if not decades, to overcome. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 9 Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festival to honor the spirit of Maidan KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Pop star/activist and a guest dance troupe from Winnipeg, , who has been called “ of Manitoba, the Rusalka Ukrainian Dance the Maidan,” will be the special guest at the Ensemble, will enliven the stage program. Ukrainian Cultural Festival at the Soyuzivka As in the past, the festival will showcase Heritage Center, which this year honors many folk art and souvenir vendors, as well Ukraine’s struggle for democracy and as delicious traditional foods. There will be Kyiv’s Euro-Maidan. many activities for guests, including an all- She and her troupe will wow the crowds day film festival dedicated to the Euro- at the biggest Ukrainian festival in the Maidan, feature films about the celebrated United States, which takes place Friday singer Kvitka Cisyk and the world-renowned through Sunday, July 11-13. star Solomiya Krushelnytska, and Ruslana is the recipient of the 2014 exhibits of art, as well as a varenyky-eating Women of the World Award, which was contest. In addition, many community orga- presented by First Lady Michelle Obama in nizations will be on hand to provide infor- recognition of her humanitarian efforts in mation and background materials on Ukraine’s struggle for democracy. Ukraine. Rock sensation and National Artist of The purpose of this festival at the Ukraine Oleh Skrypka and violin virtuoso Soyuzivka Heritage Center is to unite Vasyl Popadiuk with his world-renowned Ukrainians around the world in support of Papa Duke band are headliners at the their ancestral homeland’s struggle for eighth annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival democracy in the spirit of the Maidan and sponsored by the Ukrainian National to increase public. awareness of Ukraine. Foundation, the charitable arm of the For information about the Ukrainian Ukrainian National Association, and held Cultural Festival and Soyuzivka, readers under the patronage of the Embassy of Top performers of the Ukrainian Cultural Festival. may log on to www.soyuzivka.com. Ukraine in the United States. The opening night of the festival will fea- ture a star-studded charity gala fund-raiser and reception at 8 p.m. in support of Ukraine’s heroes and families of the fallen and injured victims of terrorist aggression. Donations through the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC), a 501(c)3 organization that has provided humanitarian aid to Ukrainians around the world since 1944, will be tax deductible to the extent the law allows. Tickets for the charity gala are $200 per person and will include a “meet and greet” with Ruslana, Mr. Skrypka and Mr. Popadiuk. Guests can also expect a lively private show showcas- ing festival performers. The gala event is hosted jointly by UUARC and the Ukrainian National Foundation. That evening, Ruslana will be honored as “the voice of Ukraine’s struggle for dignity and freedom.” In addition to the special guest stars, the weekend festival will feature performers and dancers from around the globe. The all-star line-up will include the six-member Papa Duke band from Toronto, starring Mr. Popadiuk, with its unique style, “world gypsy jazz fusion”; Sofiya Fedyna, folk vocalist and the voice of Lviv’s Euro- Maidan; world-renowned bandurists Victor Mishalow from Australia with Bogdan Shutka; and the celebrated Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York. The festival will include performances on all three days of music, song and dance with other acts to be added. The vibrant dancers of the Roma Pryma- Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Workshop

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Serhii Plokhy’s “Last Empire” examines the ’s collapse

“The Last Empire: The Final Days of was not only the desire to finish the Gulf sinking ship of the Soviet empire. the Soviet Union,” by Serhii Plokhy, New War of 1990-1991 by toppling Saddam Dr. Plokhy explains the Bush administra- York: Basic Books, 2014, 490 pp. ISBN: 978- Hussein’s regime, but also a deep-seated tion’s role in the Soviet collapse as working 0-465-05696-5. $32. belief in the power of the United States as behind the scenes to keep the USSR afloat the country that won the Cold War by wip- for as long as possible. This was due to Serhii Plokhy’s newest book, “The Last ing its main adversary off the world map President Bush’s personal attachment to Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet that informed the decisions of those who Mr. Gorbachev, but also the U.S intention to Union,” examines the events surrounding ordered American forces into Iraq.” extract the maximum concessions from the the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. As the last empire, the Soviet Union lost dying Soviet empire in the areas of arms Based on recently declassified docu- the arms race, experienced economic control and international relations. The U.S. ments and original interviews with key decline, saw democratic resurgence, and was working to avoid the bloodshed that participants, Dr. Plokhy presents a new realized the bankruptcy of communist ide- followed the dissolution of Yugoslavia, and interpretation of the Soviet Union’s final als. However, Dr. Plokhy notes that other Dr. Plokhy credits Mr. Yeltsin’s policies for months, arguing that the key to the col- underlying factors, such as the Soviet the ultimate peaceful nature of the Soviet lapse was not, as President George H. W. Union’s imperial foundations, multi-ethnic dissolution. Bush proclaimed, a triumph of Western composition and pseudo-feudal structure Dr. Pokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevskyi democracy, but the inability of the two were the root causes of its ultimate disinte- Professor of Ukrainian History and director largest Soviet republics, Russia and gration. of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Ukraine, to agree on the continuing exis- Dr. Plokhy presents the transition of Harvard University. He is among the lead- tence of a unified state. power from Mr. Gorbachev to Boris Yeltsin, ing scholars on the Soviet Union and the Dr. Plokhy argues that the U.S. mis- the loosening of Soviet policies that fos- post-Soviet space. Raised in Russia and judged its influence in the Soviet collapse, tered the weakening of Soviet Communist educated in Ukraine, Dr. Plokhy immigrat- attributing the collapse to U.S policies and Party institutions and strengthening the ed to North America in August 1991. brashly claiming the mantle as the sole authority of the Russian Federation. Readers may order copies of the book world superpower. From this stance, Dr. This inaccurate assessment by the U.S., Ukraine’s pivotal calls for independence by ($32 U.S./ $37 CDN) at major booksellers Plokhy suggests that, despite what Dr. Plokhy adds, has led to U.S. global popular referendum under President and online retailers, or by contacting the American policymakers or Mikhail adventurism and foreign policy missteps in and the infighting publisher: Basic Books, 250 W. 57th St., Gorbachev’s advisers might have believed the decades since. between Messrs. Gorbachev and Yeltsin, Dr. 15th Floor, New York, NY 10107; via tele- at the time, the end of the Soviet Union “In many ways, the road to the Iraq War Plokhy continues, left the other Soviet phone, 212-340-8100; or online at www. occurred as much by chance as by design. had begun in 1991,” Dr. Plokhy writes. “It republics no choice but to abandon the basicbooks.com.

the Russian MFA. Most likely, Mr. “Furthermore, in case of such a scenario, and ordinary citizens object to halting the Poroshenko’s... Poroshenko believes his proposal is the best Russia will claim the role of mediator in the ATO. Instead, they argue, the government has possible solution considering Moscow’s negotiating process, the political settle- to impose martial law in the eastern regions, (Continued from page 1) pressure on Kyiv “to listen to the Donbas” as ment’s guarantor and peacemaker, legiti- finally close the border and eliminate the ter- the insurgents and recaptured the Donetsk well as the threat of a Crimea scenario being mizing its peacekeeping troops under this rorists. Furthermore, Ukraine’s defense, law international airport on May 26 (uatoday. repeated in Ukraine’s eastern regions. or that pretext” (pravda.com.ua, June 12). enforcement and all other government agen- info, May 26). Moreover, his decision seemed to be But as Kyiv was waiting for Moscow’s cies need to be radically reformed. Another growing trend has been the for- encouraged by the Kremlin. Russia’s Foreign response to its peace initiative, and as the “Ukraine’s state machine has become mation of mobile volunteer detachments. Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that his Ukrainian Border Guard was preparing to obsolete and cannot withstand foreign The , for example, which country was not going to bring its “peace- seal the border, at least three Russian tanks aggression anymore. It needs to be rebuilt was eventually merged into the Ukrainian keeping contingent” into Ukraine’s east, as and two trucks laden with weapons by resetting all its agencies. And this is the National Guard, was instrumental in free- long as “there is a hope… to stop the vio- crossed into Ukraine from Russia (novosti. only precondition for a final win. Until then, ing four districts in the western Donetsk lence and start talks.” He added, “We know dn.ua, June 12). Furthermore, on the night there will be many months of marking region from the insurgents, and it has that the militia in the southeast are ready to of June 13-14, a Ukrainian IL-76 military time, victims and blood,” believes Donbas become a model of informal support to the cease fire, but it is the Kyiv authorities, who transport plane approaching Luhansk air- Battalion commander Semyon Semenchenko state by patriotic citizens (see Eurasia Daily should, by all the rules, take the first step port was shot down by rebels (mil.gov.ua, (pravda.com.ua, May 30). Monitor, May 15). following the inauguration of Petro June 14), plunging all of Ukraine into “We will not defeat the enemy in the Finally, Ukraine’s troops have enjoyed Poroshenko” (Interfax, June 12). national mourning for the 49 killed para- Donbas, without having cleared the Kyiv rul- ardent support (including food supplies Although the Ukrainian president troopers (Kyiv Post, June 14). ing establishment of [its influence],” agrees and monetary donations) from many com- stressed he would accept only legitimate More recently, Moscow has apparently Ukrainian National Deputy Oleg Lyashko, patriots, as sincere patriotism has surged partners for dialogue and would not talk to resumed concentrating its military along who came in third in the May 25 presiden- all over the country (society.lb.ua, June 16). bandits, his stance attracted criticism the Ukrainian border, despite repeated tial election and has recently been heading a Thus, the ATO seemed to have finally domestically. Alyona Hetmanchuk, the promises to withdraw its troops. “There are volunteer detachment fighting secessionists gathered momentum. And closing the director of the Kyiv-based Institute of now 16,000 Russian soldiers near in Mariupol (rpl.kiev.ua, June 15). extremely porous Russia-Ukraine border in World Policy, warned that any possible Ukraine’s eastern frontier, 22,000 in Crimea Both, these field commanders, as well as order to cut off the continuous infiltration talks between the Ukrainian government and 3,500 in the Transdniester,” NSDC much of the public, believe that the process of armed men and weaponry into the rebel- and secessionists would entail the transfor- Secretary Parubiy stated on June 16 (rnbo. must start with early parliamentary elec- ling regions appeared to be at the top of the mation of the Donbas into a second gov.ua, June 16). tions. But this will open up a whole new set agenda. The Ukrainian military was simply Transdniester. Nonetheless, President Poroshenko reit- of challenges in the country as long as the awaiting their new commander-in-chief’s “As soon as Kyiv enters into negotiations erated his peace initiatives during the June Donbas remains unpacified. order to tighten the ring round the enemy with separatists, it will mean its acceptance 16 meeting of the National Security and and finally crack down. of Russia’s view – that this is an [internal] Defense Council, proposing a ceasefire as The article above is reprinted from Instead, President Poroshenko instructed Ukrainian crisis and that Russia is… not a the beginning to a peace process (presi- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) conflicting party in it,” she wrote in her blog dent.gov.ua, June 16). its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, to hand his newly announced peace plan to on on June 12. Meanwhile, many Ukrainian politicians www.jamestown.org.

front of the Victims of Communism post-Soviet countries show very clearly cratic system that we cannot sacrifice.” Truman-Reagan... Memorial, focusing on the challenges that now that we have reaped the fruits of our Mr. Marynovych remained in Washington Ukraine and other neighboring countries own blindness,” Mr. Marynovych said. And for a week, discussing these issues at a (Continued from page 1) face from the Putin government in Russia. to overcome this “dangerous Soviet handful of gatherings organized by such Marynovych is the recipient of many aca- “Our country is enduring challenges no Communist heritage that is blossoming in groups as the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, the demic and human rights awards, among one had expected for the 21st century,” he the form of Putinism requires nothing less Ukrainian Catholic University and the U.S- them the Ukrainian Order of Liberty, an said. Expecting nothing but the best devel- than the solidarity of the whole world.” Ukraine Business Council. honor granted by the Ukrainian Parliament opments after the break-up of the Soviet He also stressed the point that the He also stopped by the Ukrainian to recognize the extraordinary efforts of citi- Union “was a costly utopian dream,” he Ukrainian Maidan movement was anti- Embassy during a meeting Ambassador zens of Ukraine to strengthen the sovereign- added. “It was equivalent to leaving seeds Putin, not anti-Russian, and added: “To Oleksander Motsyk organized with leaders ty and independence of Ukraine, to develop of weeds in the field and hoping that they overcome the present menace to our val- of Ukrainian American organizations on democracy and constitutional rights. would never germinate.” ues, we need to change our perspective and how they can help Ukraine receive more Accepting the Truman-Reagan Medal of “The aggression of Putin’s regime to develop a stand of solidarity for values U.S. assistance in building a truly democrat- Freedom, he addressed the gathering in against Ukraine and its threats to other and principles which constitute the demo- ic and economically viable future. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 11

CONCERT REVIEW Canadian Bandurist Capella reaches new musical heights by Olena Wawryshyn TORONTO – On May 24, on the eve of the historic presidential Ukrainian election, the Canadian Bandurist Capella presented a concert that was undoubtedly the ensem- ble’s finest to date. It was a benefit, with a special guest appearance by the Zoloti Struny ensemble, for the Ukrainian heroes who suffered on the Maidan – Kyiv’s Independence Square – from November 2013 through February of this year. The concert was being recorded, and despite the request to refrain from applauding until the conclusion, the appre- ciative audience could not hold itself back. After almost every number, there were gasps and audible cries of “wow” or “bravo.” In the minds of the musicians, no doubt, was the critical event that was to take place in Ukraine the next day, and the heightened mood seemed to help concentrate the Sonia Shubeliak ensemble’s focus. Their precision was sus- The Canadian Bandurist Capella and Zoloti Struny together on stage. tained throughout the entire program. Andriy Dmytrovych, the capella’s con- later was the Kishenev Symphony numbers such as “Medley of Ukrainian Oleh Zmiyivsky was a featured soloist in ductor and artistic director, can be credited Orchestra and Chamber Choir’s artistic Songs,” featuring Mr. Dmytrovych’s musical a few numbers, all of them sung superbly. in large part for the outstanding perfor- director. Among his accolades are scholar- arrangement (one of several of his on the Particularly memorable was “The River mance. He demonstrated a very strong ships from Germany’s Musica Mundi program). A program highlight was “In Flows into the Blue Sea” sung with his control over the ensemble. Foundation and the Fulbright Program, Memory of Those Who Died on the niece Vera Zmiyiwska. Mr. Dmytrovych had been the choirmas- which enabled him to train with the Dallas Maidan,” set to the words of a poem by the Both the instrumental numbers, per- ter of the capella for some time, having Symphony Orchestra. same name. formed by the bandurists alone, and those moved to Canada in 2003. He studied at In June 2013, Mr. Dmytrovych was Other notable numbers showcasing the with the choir were performed exception- the Drohobych Musical College in Ukraine, appointed artistic director of the Canadian talents of individual musicians and soloists ally well. and trained as a conductor in Moldova, Bandurist Capella and, since then, has been included the “Chaika Medley” arranged for For the first time, the Vira Zelinska where he gained a master’s degree in working intensively with the all-male the capella by its assistant conductor, Yurij Ukrainian Youth Bandura Capella, Zoloti music and conducted the State Orchestra of ensemble. Evidence of this was heard in Petlura, with music adapted by Ron Cahute the National TV and Radio Network and the robustness and sonority of musical of Burya. (Continued on page 18) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 No. 25

Stefan Slutsky Stefan Slutsky Ukraine leads Dance Parade NEW YORK – The eighth annual Dance Parade and DanceFest stepped off at 21st Street and Broadway on Saturday, May 17. Comprising nearly 10,000 dancers in 142 dance groups showcasing 77 different styles of dance, the parade’s mission is to celebrate the diversi- ty of the many forms of dance and promote dance as a unifying art form. In light of the current situation in Ukraine, parade organizers wanted to honor that country by having a Ukrainian group lead the parade. The Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Andrij Cybyk and based in Whippany N.J., was happy to accept the invitation. Dressed in colorful costumes from the Bukovyna, Hutsulshchyna, Poltava and Zakarpattia regions, dancers performed almost the entire 1.3 mile length of the parade route, showcasing dance combinations from the represented regions and several times breaking into an impromptu kolomyika. Dancers from the senior group of Iskra Ukrainian Dance Academy joined Iskra Ensemble dancers for the parade, which finished in Tompkins Square Park. From there, the Iskra Academy dancers had a short walk to St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in time to perform at the concurrent festival; Iskra Ensemble performed its “Pryvit” on the stage in Tompkins Square Park as part of the afternoon program there. Christine Syzonenko Christine Syzonenko

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Stefan Slutsky St. George’s celebrates 38th annual festival NEW YORK – St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church celebrated its 38th annual Ukrainian Festival May 16-18. Held on Seventh Street between Second and Third Avenues, the festival featured over 100 dancers, singers and musicians, along with numerous vendors selling traditional Ukrainian food, folk arts and a variety of Ukraine-themed merchandise. Although Friday evening’s stage show was moved inside due to rain, bright and sunny weather for the remainder of the weekend brought thousands of visitors to the festival. Shown on this page are dance schools under the direction of Andrij Cybyk, Natalia Lemeshko and Hryhoriy Momot, along with mistress of ceremonies Olha Zhurakivska. Among other performers featured at the festival were Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, the Oros Sisters, Kristina Shafranski, Iryna Lonchyna and the St. George Academy Girls Choir. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 No. 25

it. He took a physical beating in the game, larly renowned for his solid hip checks. Boychuk blossoming on Bruins’ Blueline but didn’t miss any time and continued “Especially in this building [Boston’s TD blasting slappers while also blocking shots. Garden], any time our team comes up with When he lines up a puck and smacks it 110 mph. Chara has won the hardest shot Confidence influences decision making, a big, clean hit, it really gets the crowd into with all of his 6-foot-2, 225-pounds of competition at the All-Star Game the past and Boychuk is no longer afraid to jump in on the game,” coach Julien said in describing a power and torque, Boston Bruins television few years, but Boychuk has never had the the rush or pinch at the line when he has the Boychuk hit on Vancouver’s David Booth in play-by-play man Jack Edwards calls it a opportunity to compete. His shot is heavy. chance. Since he’s been so reliable, the Bruins an early February 2014 interview with The “Boychuk blast.” If the ferocious slap shot During the regular season, Boychuk did forwards have made it a point to get him the Boston Globe. “It really picks up your team. finds the twine, Edwards will accentuate not utilize his shooting skills much. At the puck on the blue line. When the forwards see That’s for anybody. That’s the way we play the as a “Johnny Rocket.” start of the , coach Claude Julien him setting up for a wrist shot, they go to the the game. We like to play a heavy game. To In the 2013 playoffs, defenseman Johnny instructed him to shoot more often and front of the net. When they see him teeing up me, Johnny was at his best.” Boychuk saw six of his “Boychuk bombs” more on target. He has a great shot and for a slap shot, they have a tendency to step Marching into the 2013-2014 post-sea- explode into the opposition’s net, tying him puts a lot behind it, shooting to score aside, not wanting to get bruised. It’s all son, Boychuk was a critical piece of a with the Kings’ Slava Voynov for most goals instead of just blasting away. A couple of his about being on the same page. defense corps once again missing a critical by a defenseman in the post season. This goals were quick wrist shots from the point Boychuk also took on the role of mentor contributor, Dennis Seidenberg. Most times after only one measly goal scored in the that found their way through traffic in front for youngsters Krug, Hamilton and he was the right-side strongman on the 48-game regular campaign. Was this a case of the net and past opposition goalies. Bartkowski, showing them the sacrifices second defense pairing. Boychuk lends the of surprising offensive production from a Boychuk has developed into a very reli- defensemen need to make at this level, second duo experience, toughness and a pseudo-journeyman defender or a late- able defenseman since joining Boston’s especially during the playoffs. shutdown presence. The club prefers not to developing prospect that finally got the blue line full-time in the 2009-2010 cam- Perhaps Torey Krug said it best.“He’s an pair top defenseman Chara with Boychuk opportunity to play in the show? paign. Having improved his hockey sense, outstanding player and he’s one of the guys in the post-season. This would create a top- Back to last season’s playoffs. During the he’s now playing like a veteran student of who never stops talking out there,” Krug heavy defense with too much of a drop off Bruins’ run to the finals, much the game. There is no doubt he has learned said in a June interview with ESPN.com. into the second and third pairs. was made of the team’s young defensemen from his experience – Boychuk paid his “He’s always going to be talking to you so The Bruins did, however, utilize Chara that made significant contributions to the dues in the minor leagues, gained tons of you know your options, some of the things with Boychuk when absolutely needed, team’s success. Rookies Dougie Hamilton, confidence and has gotten lots of ice time. you can and can’t get away with. He’s great.” such as late with the game on the line. The Matt Bartkowski and Torey Krug all earned His growth as a two-way defenseman opposing coach throws out his top forward accolades for stepping up in times of need. continues – he was solid defensively in Physicality is solid unit only to have coach Julien neutralize the Of course, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara 2011 when the Bruins won the Cup, but in Fast forward almost a full year and effort with a defense pairing of Chara and always logs major minutes and is expected 2012-2013 he gained extra confidence, Boychuk continued to step up for the Boychuk. Based on Boston’s tremendous to carry the load in the post season. Yet contributing more with his shot and his Bruins. One of the league leaders in plus- record in the regular season, the strategy arguably the biggest contribution (espe- decision-making in the offensive zone. minus (+30, almost unheard of for a defen- was quite successful. cially offensively) from the Bruins’ defense His presence was huge in the first game seman) is not scoring as many goals (3) or Yes, Johnny Boychuk’s game has come a corps in the playoffs came from the of the Rangers series when the club was registering many assists (17), but is getting long way. Ukrainian Boychuk. without defensemen Dennis Seidenberg, his share of hits and blocks. Ukrainian Utterings: Jordin Tootoo His playoff goal production proved he Wade Redden and Andrew Ference. The new dad had his sleep and nap should have stayed in Nashville. His second owns one of the hardest slap shots in the Boychuk played well at both ends of the ice schedules shortened by the arrival of twin season in Detroit got so bad he was shut- league, one comparable to Chara’s, reaching and had the bumps and bruises to show for girls last January. The frustration of his tled out to Grand Rapids (AHL) after 11 shortened sleep therapy was often inflicted games in Motown. His grinding enforcer on Bruins opponents, the black-and-blue style never meshed with the Red Wings’ wreckage in Boychuk’s wake evident in almost all Boston match-ups. He’s particu- (Continued on page 15)

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by Mark Temnycky He currently plays at Ukrainian club Liverpool’s funds did not arrive on time. Konoplyanka would not be the only new Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, which finished Regardless of the reasoning, Konoplyanka player who would arrive to the club. Who is more athletic: a football (soccer) second in the remained at Dnipro. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk: Should a club player or someone who has a black belt in 2013-2014 season. Dnipro also qualified In April, Ukrainian News Network 2+2 fail to bid for the player during the summer, karate? What if he is both? Since the age of for its first ever Champions League, beating interviewed Konoplyanka, and he revealed Konoplyanka will be more than happy to 7, Ukrainian winger out rivals Metalist and Dynamo that he was still in talks with the Liverpool sign a new contract with his club. has been active in karate, quickly rising to Kyiv. Club. Liverpool qualified for the Champions Konoplyanka has been with Dnipro since the rank of blackbelt. He is also referred to Konoplyanka’s achievements have been League following its superb second-place 2007; with its first-ever Champions League as the “Ukrainian Lionel Messi” or the brought to the attention of major Western finish in the Barclays Premier League qualification, it is all the more reason for “Ukrainian Arjen Robben.” Here’s why. European Clubs, and with his expired con- 2013-2014 season. With the Champions the player to stay. With the club under new Konoplyanka is a skilled footballer who tract with Dnipro, many of these clubs wish League nearing, it is possible that Liverpool management, there is a high possibility has superior passing and dribbling skills. to purchase him during the Summer will try to make another bid for the player. that Konoplyanka will stay. He is also fast and makes creative plays. Transfer Window (June 1–September 1). Tottenham Hotspurs FC: Unlike Paris Saint-Germain FC, Shalke 04 and His skills certainly have not gone unno- Clubs interested Liverpool, Tottenham will be competing in Bayer Leverkusen: There have also been ticed. Throughout Ukraine’s qualification the Europa League next season. During the rumors that other clubs in Europe are inter- campaign for the 2014 World Cup, scouts Liverpool FC: In January, Konoplyanka 2013-2014 Europa League campaign, ested in Konoplyanka. Parisian club PSG has from Western European clubs traveled to missed out on a last-minute deal with Dnipro and Tottenham were drawn against stated an interest, and so have German clubs watch the young Ukrainian. Unfortunately, Liverpool. English Club Liverpool reported- one another, and the club instantly fell in Shalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen. PSG and Ukraine failed to qualify for the 2014 ly made a £16 million bid to purchase the love with Konoplyanka. Tottenham finished Shalke have already assured Champions World Cup after losing to France 3-2 on player, but the deal fell through. Western sixth in the Barclays Premier League 2013- League places while Leverkusen, like aggregate in the second round of qualifica- media reports that Dnipro President Ihor 2014 season, and will be looking to Dnipro, still have to go through the tions. However, this has not prevented top Kolomoisky refused to sign off on the deal, improve its selection of players for the Champions League qualifications. clubs from pursuing Konoplyanka. while eastern media reports that upcoming year. Though Tottenham will not The verdict be competing in the Champions League, the Club does have a certain edge Throughout numerous interviews and over the Liverpool Club: there is a large twitter posts by both Konoplyanka and his Ukraine may not be in World Cup, Ukrainian community in London. Should agent, Konoplyanka has stated that he is in Konoplyanka choose to move to London, he contact with Liverpool and interested in could engage with this population, making new talks. Konoplyanka would also be but look for its club players the transition from Dnipropetrovsk to happy to remain at Dnipro because it will Although Ukraine did not qualify for the FC Zorya Luhansk is represented by Toni London much smoother. be under new management and the club 2014 World Cup in Brazil, some of the play- Sunjic, a defender who plays for Bosnia and Manchester United FC: For the first has qualified for the Champions League. ers participating in this year’s tournament Herzegovina. time in nearly two decades, Manchester One thing is for certain. Though come from Ukraine’s soccer clubs. FC Volyn ’s Michael Babatunde is a United will not be competing in a European Konoplyanka can express interest in any From Dynamo Kyiv’s team: Jeremain forward for Nigeria. competition. But this could be all the better club he likes, he is currently a free agent, Lens is a forward for the Netherlands; The World Cup tournament is held reason for Konoplyanka to join the club. meaning anyone can buy him. Therefore, defender and midfielder across Brazil on June 12 through July 13, Although he would miss out on both the according to Mr. Kolomoisky, if a club Ognjen Vukojvic both play for Croatia; and with venues in Manaus, Fortaleza, Cuiaba, Champions League and the Europa League, chooses to bid for the player at £15 million Miguel Veloso, a midfielder for Portugal. Brasilia, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Konoplyanka could certainly make an or higher, there is nothing he can do to pre- Shakhtar Donetsk has three players in the Salvador, Natal, Belo Horizonte and Porto impact for the club, which could be a seri- vent the deal. With the transfer window tournament: , a defender, and Alegre, as well as in Curitiba, which has a ous title contender for the Barclays still in its early stages, it will be interesting Eduardo Alves da Silva, a forward, both playing large Ukrainian population. Premier League 2014-2015 season. With a to see where Konoplyanka will end up by for Croatia; and Bernard, a forward for Brazil. – Matthew Dubas new management and staff in place, the end of the window.

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“Hope looking back is a sweet, satisfying part of the celebration today, and the road ahead holds that same feeling of joy and adventure you knew when you were starting out!”

Congratulations with Great Love! Borys L. and Olena Pawluk with children Sofia and Lucas Ihor and Talia Pawluk with daughters Kateryna and Alexandra Markian and Melanie Pawluk with daughter Liana 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 No. 25

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE UCCA Boston donates to fund for Crimean Tatar refugees

by Peter T. Woloschuk BOSTON – On the occasion of the visit to Boston of Mustafa Dzhemilev, leader of the Crimean Tatars of Ukraine and national deputy of the , along with members of his staff, the greater Boston Ukrainian American community presented a check for $500 to aid Crimean Tatar refugees who have been forced to flee to mainland Ukraine in the aftermath of Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The donation was presented on May 20 at the Harvard Faculty Club by Vsevolod Petriv, president, and Vasyl Matveychuk, treasurer, of the Boston branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. As the check was presented, Mr. Dzhemilev was also thanked by the pastors of Boston’s Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox churches for the fact that Crimean Tatar Seen with Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev during his visit to Boston (from left) are: Aslan Omer Kirimli, mosques are playing host to both Ukrainian Catholic and vice-chairman, Crimean Mejlis; Vsevolod Petriv, president, UCCA Boston; the Very Rev. Roman Tarnavsky, pas- Ukrainian Orthodox parishes that are not recognized in the tor, St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church; Vasyl Matveychuk, treasurer, UCCA Boston; Dr. Lubomyr Hajda, Russian Federation and which have had their churches and associate director, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute; Mr. Dzhemilev; Andrew Grigorenko, president of the Gen. Petro Grigorenko Fund; Prof. Serhii Plokhy, director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and parish property seized. Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Professor of Ukrainian History; Huseyin Oylupinar, University of Alberta doctoral candi- The Crimean Tatar community is allowing both confes- date; Ostap Nalysnyk, social media coordinator, UCCA Boston; and the Very Rev. Dr. Yaroslav Nalysnyk, pastor, sions to hold their liturgies in various mosques in Crimea Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church and Dean of the Boston Deanery. on Sundays. Veterans remember war heroes CLIFTON, N.J. – Ukrainian American Veterans Post 17 remembered its war heroes and deceased members on Sunday, June 1, during the yearly commemoration services here at Cedar Lawn cemetery. Father Yaroslav Yarish from St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church led the veterans and their guests in prayer, and a panakhyda service was offered for all Ukrainian American veterans. Post commander James Fedorko led the post with its colors to the post monument, where the members formed in two columns on both sides of the monument for the ser- vices. Commander Fedorko spoke few well-chosen words, underscoring the meaning of defending freedom and democracy. Post adjutant Zenko Halkowycz read the names of the post’s deceased members. After the services, post members and guests gathered at the Portuguese Tavern for lunch. All present spent an enjoyable two hours in an informal setting. Post member Lt. Col. Michael Hrycak shared some of his experiences from Iraq and his observation of the Ukrainian military contingent serving in Iraq. He noted that they are well- trained and dedicated, and he felt proud that these young Ukrainian solders are professionals. Members of Ukrainian American Veterans Post 17 during their annual commemoration of war heroes and deceased members. Children receive Parma parish remembers Holodomor First Holy Communion

Youth and parish clergy of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma, Ohio, following the annual Holodomor commemoration. NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Children of St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, New Haven, Conn., received PARMA, Ohio – Started over 20 years ago with the con- program presented by the youth from the Sunday School, their First Holy Communion on Sunday, May 25. struction of the Famine monument here on the grounds of Taras Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies and Junior Seen above are: (front row, from left) Jacob Ushchak, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, the annual Ukrainian Orthodox League chapter describing, in both Melania Korenovsky, Mischa Stacy, Pavlo Melnyk, commemoration of the victims of the Holodomor this year English and Ukrainian, the horrific events that led to the Matthew Iwaniw, (back row) catechist/teacher Halia was held on Sunday, May 25. deaths by starvation of 7 million to 10 million Ukrainians. Lodynsky, Stefan Yukash, the Rev. Stepan Yanovski, The commemoration began with a memorial service in The program concluded with the children placing flow- Charlie Ushchak, Serhiy Sokhan, Vadim Sokhan, Aedan front of the monument for those who perished in the man- ers at the base of the Monument and the singing of the reli- Lodynsky and the Rev. Iura Godenciuc. made Famine of 1932-1933. This was followed with a brief gious hymn “Bozhe Velykyi” by the parish choir. – Halia Jurczak-Lodynsky No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 17 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 No. 25

also expressed concern about that day’s 10 news reports. (Ukrinform) ident appointed Yuriy Onishchenko, who NEWSBRIEFS attack on the Embassy of the Russian had served as ambassador to Norway, as his Federation in Kyiv and called on the Russia restricts gas supply to Ukraine first assistant. (Ukrinform) (Continued from page 2) Ukrainian authorities to take all necessary MOSCOW – Russia said on June 16 that it Poland on terrorists in Ukraine United States and G-7 partners to raise the measures to provide adequate security for has restricted gas supplies to Ukraine after costs for Russia if it does not end the flow of all diplomatic missions. (OSCE) a payment deadline passed, but that sup- KYIV – “If Russia wants to prove that it weapons across the border and break with plies to Europe should not be affected. supports the de-escalation of the situation Biden twice phones Poroshenko separatists. Prime Minister Yatsenyuk also Sergei Kupriyanov, a spokesman for the in Ukraine, the best way to do this is to stop provided an update on the ongoing negotia- WASHINGTON – According to the White state-controlled Russian energy giant the influx of separatists and weapons tions over gas prices.” The State Department House, Office of the Vice-President, Joe Gazprom, said that – since Ukraine had paid across the Russian-Ukrainian border,” reported that Secretary Kerry also spoke Biden spoke on June 10 and 11 with nothing toward its overdue gas bill within a Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Radoslaw with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko set deadline on June 16 (9 a.m. Kyiv time) – Sikorski said in St. Petersburg, Russia, on and said Mr. Kerry “regarding the security situation in eastern Moscow had no legal obligation to supply June 10 after a trilateral meeting with the “expressed strong concern about events Ukraine, where militants coming from gas to Kyiv. Mr. Kupriyanov said the talks in foreign affairs ministers of Russia and over the last few days including the trans- Russian territory have taken control of Kyiv, brokered by the European Union, Germany. Mr. Sikorski also denied Russian port of heavy weaponry and militants parts of the Russian-Ukrainian border.” A failed just hours before Moscow’s deadline. media reports that Poland allegedly trained Mr. Kupriyanov also said that Ukraine now across the border and the shooting down of readout of the phone calls also said: ”The fighters for the Maidan and sent mercenar- has a duty to ensure that gas intended for a Ukrainian transport flight overnight.” As vice-president applauded President ies to eastern Ukraine. “Anticipating ques- European customers flows unimpeded. well, “he pressed Foreign Minister Lavrov to Poroshenko’s commitment to implement- tions from the media, I want to deny Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan make clear Russia’s commitment to de- ing the peace plan he presented in his inau- reports of the training of Maidan fighters in said on June 16 that Ukraine would both Poland, and the sending by our country of escalation and peace by ending the flow of gural address on June 7, and underscored “guarantee the gas needs of Ukrainian con- mercenaries to eastern Ukraine. According weapons and support to separatists, and that de-escalation depends on Russia’s rec- sumers and ensure reliable gas transits to to Polish law, the participation of our citi- actively working with Ukraine for a cease- ognizing President Poroshenko as the legit- European countries.” Gazprom also said it zens in foreign armed units without the fire, amnesty and political dialogue. He also imate leader of Ukraine, ceasing support has filed a lawsuit against Ukraine in a consent of the Polish state is punishable by urged a fair and equitable settlement of the for separatists in eastern Ukraine, and Stockholm arbitration court to recover $4.5 law,” he said. (Ukrinform) gas dispute.” (U.S. Embassy Kyiv) stopping the provision of arms and materi- billion in debt. Andriy Kobolev, the head of el across the border. President Poroshenko Over 200 civilians killed in ATO area OSCE worried about escalation of tension Ukraine’s state company Naftohaz, con- confirmed his offer that if the separatists firmed that Russia has stopped delivering KYIV – More than 200 civilians were disarmed and vacated the buildings they BERN – Swiss Foreign Affairs Minister gas to Ukraine. But Mr. Kobolev said killed in the area of anti-terrorist opera- presently occupy, the Ukrainian govern- and Chairperson-in-Office of the Ukraine has enough reserves until tions in eastern Ukraine in the period from ment was prepared to grant amnesty with- Organization for Security and Cooperation December. A statement from the European April 15 to June 11, according to Vice- in Ukraine or safe passage back to in Europe (OSCE), Didier Burkhalter, Commission says a plan envisioned by Minister of Health Ruslan Saliutin. expressed his deep concern about the esca- Russia. Finally, the vice-president European Union Energy Commissioner Speaking at a briefing at the Health lation of tension in Ukraine and called on expressed his strong support for the trilat- Gunther Oettinger had Kyiv prepared to pay Ministry on June 11, he said, “According to all those who may have an influence on the eral discussions between Ukraine, Russia $1 billion on June 16, with the remainder updated operational information, unfortu- situation in the country to act with utmost and OSCE Special Representative Heidi paid in installments by the end of 2014, but nately, during the implementation of the restraint. Speaking on June 14, Mr. Tagliavini.” (White House) Russia rejected the offer. The EU plan also anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine, would have seen Kyiv paying a “winter” Burkhalter condemned the downing of the Poroshenko dismisses Putin’s comments more than 200 civilians were killed. Out of Ukrainian military transport plane, killing price of $385 per 1,000 cubic meters for gas these – 15 women and two children.” He several dozen people. He offered his sin- KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro and a “summer” price of around $300. Mr. added that one of the dead boys, was 4 cere condolences to President Petro Poroshenko has said that he does not care Putin said $385 was his final offer. (RFE/RL, years old, the other, whose body is being Poroshenko and to the people of Ukraine what Russian President Vladimir Putin with reporting by Reuters, AP, and AFP identified, is about 14. When asked by who are confronted with a spiraling of vio- thinks of Ukraine. “To be honest, I’m not Klitschko officially becomes Kyiv mayor reporters how many civilians and how lence resulting in a growing loss of life. The very interested in what Citizen Putin thinks many terrorists were among the dead, Mr. OSCE leaders emphasized that the ongoing of my state,” Mr. Poroshenko said in an KYIV – has taken the oath Saliutin noted that medical workers do not talks of the tripartite contact group which interview with Time magazine. He said that of office as mayor of Kyiv. The chairman of have such information. “For us, there is no includes representatives of Ukraine, the if the Russian leader doubts Ukraine’s right Kyiv Territorial Election Commission, difference whom to help. The judiciary will Russian Federation and the Swiss OSCE to exist within its current borders, the best Mykhailo Tereshchenko, announced at a decide this,” he said. (Ukrinform) Chairmanship, have shown encouraging way to convince him otherwise is to build a meeting of the first session of the City progress in recent days and demonstrate powerful army and a thriving economy. “No Council on June 5 that Mr. Klitschko had offi- Russia ‘nationalizes’ Crimean residents the possibility of a political settlement of one would allow himself to doubt the exis- cially became the mayor. He won the Kyiv KYIV – The Federal Migration Service the crisis. He urged all sides to focus on tence of small countries like Singapore, mayoral elections with the overwhelming (FMS) of Russia accepted more than resolving their differences through dia- because when a country is strong, effective, majority of Kyivans’ votes – 56.7 percent, or 900,000 documents in Crimea to be used logue rather than force and called for cou- comfortable, monolithic, such doubts 765,020 votes. Also on June 5, Mr. Klitschko for issuing passports of Russian citizens, rageous steps to collectively advance would never enter anyone’s minds,” Mr. relinquished his mandate as a national dep- and almost 800,000 have already been towards a peaceful solution. Mr. Burkhalter Poroshenko commented, according to June uty of the Verkhovna Rada. (Ukrinform) made. FMS head Konstantin Romodanovsky Poroshenko makes first appointments told the State Duma May 21: “Since the beginning of the issuance of passports, guests. They were impressive, and brought KYIV – President Petro Poroshenko has more than 900,000 documents were Canadian Bandurist... very interesting and pleasant harmonies to appointed Borys Lozhkin as head of the accepted for registration, almost 800,000 traditional songs. It was good to see the Presidential Administration, according to a were made.” (Ukrinform) (Continued from page 11) collaboration between these two fine June 10 decree posted on the website of the Struny, an ensemble consisting of young ensembles, which joined forces to conclude head of state. Mr. Lozhkin was previously Putin reacts to Clinton’s statement male and female singers and bandura play- the official program with the powerful engaged in the media business and served PRAGUE – Russian President Vladimir ers under the musical direction of Oksana “Testament,” with words by Taras as president of the Ukrainian Media Putin has responded to former Secretary of Zelinska-Shevchuk, joined the Canadian Shevchenko and music by Hnat Holding. In 2013, Focus magazine evaluated State ’s comparison of his Bandurist Capella on stage as special Khotkevych. his fortune at $126.4 million (101st in the actions in Crimea to Hitler’s actions in Nazi ranking of the 200 richest Ukrainians). Also Germany. “It’s better not to argue with on June 10, Channel 5 journalist Sviatoslav women,” Mr. Putin told French radio station Tseholko was tapped as press secretary of President Poroshenko. In addition, the pres- (Continued on page 19)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. Turning... gave the benediction, and the participants sang the Ukrainian national anthem to (Continued from page 6) close the ceremony. seize any area where the love of freedom Also in attendance were noted Ukrainian lives and blazes.” actors Jack Palance and Mike Mazurki, “…It is not merely for today, but for all Michele Metrinko (Miss U.S.A. 1964), diplo- time to come that we today present to the matic representatives from Argentina, as world this statue of Taras Shevchenko, Bard well as Dr. Stepan Wytwytsky, president of of Ukraine and Freedom Fighter, to perpet- the Ukrainian National Republic in Exile. uate man’s faith in the ultimate victory of The 24-foot tall bronze-granite monu- ment was sculpted by Leo Mol, and the freedom.” monument’s architect was Radoslav Zuk. It After the unveiling, the throng sang weights an estimated 45 tons and can be Taras Shevchenko’s “Testament,” led by the found west of Washington’s Dupont Circle. Ukrainian Choral Societies of America. Other statements were made by congress- Sonia Shubeliak Source: “Shevchenko Monument – a ‘New men and senators, as well as other govern- Statue of Liberty’ Unveiled in Washington by Acknowledging the audience’s applause (from left) are: Oksana Zelinska Shevchuk, ment representatives, Archbishop- artistic director of Zoloti Struny; Andriy Dmytrovych, artistic director of the General Eisenhower in Solemn Ceremonies,” Canadian Bandurist Capella; and soloist Vera Zmiyiwska. Metropolitan John (Theodorovich) of the The Ukrainian Weekly, July 3, 1964. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 19

NEWSBRIEFS Russian flights to annexed Crimea MOSCOW – A low-cost Russian airline On June 9, 2014, in Baltimore, Md. (Continued from page 18) has made its inaugural flight to Crimea as passed into eternity authorities seek to boost travel to the Europe 1 on June 4. “But Ms. Clinton has Ukrainian peninsula, which was annexed never been too subtle in her statements.” He by Russia in March. Dobrolet (Nice Flight), Waldymir “Walter” Teluk added that the two had “cordial conversa- the budget airline of Russia’s flagship carri- tions” when meeting. “When people push er , will make four flights daily born Sept. 8, 1938 in Ukraine boundaries too far, it’s not because they are from Moscow to the main Crimean city of strong but because they are weak,” Mr. Putin Symferopol. Prime Minister Dmitry In deep sorrow: added. “But maybe weakness is not the worst Medvedev attended a ceremony at quality for a woman.” Ms. Clinton is the Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on June wife: Lydia Sushko-Teluk Democrats’ leading potential candidate for 10 to mark the airline’s maiden flight to sons: Peter with wife Nataliya president in 2016, though she has not made a Symferopol. One-way tickets in July were John decision. She made the Putin-Hitler compari- available for around 3,400 rubles ($98) on grandchildren: Keegan, Adriana, Stepan and Solomiya Teluk son while speaking at a private event in the company’s website. “Our budget carrier brother: George California on March 4. (Carl Schreck, RFE/RL) Dobrolet is a project of strategic impor- Walter was predeceased by his rst wife, Ivanna Teluk. Experts to Poroshenko: sell Channel 5 tance not only for the Aeroflot group but for the whole country,” Aeroflot Chief KYIV – International experts at a round- Executive Vitaly Savelyev said in a state- May his memory be eternal! table held on June 6 at Ukrinform’s offices ment. In March, Russia annexed Ukraine’s said that Petro Poroshenko should relin- Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. (RFE/RL, quish his ownership of Channel 5. “We with reporting by Agence France-Presse) know that the current president, president- elect is the owner of some of the mass Switzerland freezes Yanukovych assets With great sadness and sorrow media, and this needs to be reflected on,” we inform our friends and family, the director of the National Democratic KYIV – Swiss authorities have blocked that on Sunday, May 25, 2014, our Institute office in Ukraine, Catherine Cecil, the Ukrainian assets linked to former father, grandfather and great grandfather noted delicately. The head of the European President Viktor Yanukovych and his Network of Election Monitoring entourage, amounting to $187 million MYKOLA KUNCIO Organizations Mission to Ukraine, Peter (U.S.), Agence France-Press reported on Novotny, also sees a problem there. “In the June 5. The Swiss foreign policy office said born on April 25, 1919, in Boryslav, Ukraine, media situation there is a problem – media of these funds $75 million had been frozen passed into eternal rest. ownership. For example, in countries such by government order. In addition, based on as Slovakia, where people simultaneously the results of seven investigations into In deep sorrow: hold any elected office and have their own money laundering, the Swiss prosecutor’s Children - Lubomyra with husband Stephen media, it causes difficulties. Therefore, the office has blocked $112 million. Swiss - Stephen with wife Cecilia issues of media monopolization, issues of banks have begun treating Ukrainian funds - Lesia with husband Ted media ownership should be clarified legis- with extreme vigilance. The Foreign Affairs latively,” Mr. Novotny said. On election day, Ministry also noted that the government of Grandchildren - Daniel with spouse Maria May 25, Mr. Poroshenko said that if he won Switzerland, which has extensive experi- - Taissa with husband Jit the presidency he would sell his business, ence in freezing dictators’ asset and their - Michael but he later he said that he wants to retain return, is moving rapidly in the Ukrainian great grandchild - Damien ownership of Channel 5. He was inaugurat- case with unprecedented international ed on June 7. (Ukrinform) cooperation. (Ukrinform) Panakhyda was held on Sunday, June 1, 2014, at T.M. Quinn Funeral Home in Astoria, NY. Funeral services were held on June 2, 2014 at Holy Cross Ukrainian With deep sorry we announce to our family, Catholic Church in Astoria, followed by interment at Holy Spirit friends, and acquaintances that on May 29th, Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Campbell Hall, N.Y. 2014, in the 86th year of his life, our beloved May His memory be eternal! husband, father and grandfather Roman George Swystun entered into God’s kingdom. It is with great sadness that we inform our family and friends, that, on May 26, 2014, our Born on September 17, 1928 in Kopychyntsi, Ukraine, he attended father, grandfather, and great-grandfather gymnasium in Kholm and during the war when the Germans came to the gymnasium to take young boys into the army, he joined the Ukrainian youth, working with the anti-aircraft artillery unit. After the Joseph Kujbida war, he continued his gymnasium studies in the DP camp in Karlsfeld. He immigrated to the United States, where he worked as the head mechanical born on August 22, 1916 in Bukacziwci, Ukraine, engineer at Skinner Engine Company where he had the opportunity to passed into eternal rest. travel the world. He was active in the Ukrainian community: singing in the choir, active in Plast, the Ukrainian school, as well as sports. After he In deep sorrow: moved to North Port, Florida, he became an active member of St. Andrew’s daughters: Oksana Stanko with her husband George Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center and the catholic church. He sang Natalka Lynch with her husband Ronald in both the community and church choirs. grandchildren: Stefan Stanko with his wife Meghan and their children Ryan and Farrah Funeral services took place on June 2, 2014 Adrian Stanko Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church Patrick, Timmy and Emily Lynch in North Port, Florida. brother-in-Law: Alex Iwanyszyn with his wife Mary and their family daughter’s Mother-in-Law: Susan Lynch He is survived by: Family in Ukraine wife: Orysia daughter: Lydia Panakhyda was served on Friday, May 30, 2014, at the Union Funeral daughter: Chrystyna Krynytzky with husband Alexander and Home, Union NJ. daughters Johanna DeShazo, Stepha, and Marta. The Funeral Rite was celebrated on Saturday, May 31, 2014, at St. son: Andrey with wife Judy, son Nathan and daughter Julie John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark, NJ, followed by son: Orest with wife Teresa interment at Holy Spirit Cemetery, Hamptonburg NY. nephew: Dr. Petro Rives with wife Kris and daughters Amy, Emily, Lauren and Carolyn; May his memory be eternal! family Ostopowich; Fr. Josef Ostopowich godchildren: Roman Batorfalvy with wife Lesia and Donations in memory of Joseph Kujbida can be made to: George Batorfalvy with daughter Christina And close and distant family in America, Canada and Ukraine. St. Basil Seminary 195 Glenbrook Rd. May His memory be eternal Stamford, CT 06902 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 No. 25

Workshop participants use the pin-head stylus for the Lemko “drop-pull” technique Instructor Basia Barna Andrusko (left) with volunteer assistants Maria Schmotolocha of creating pysanky. (center) and Lesia Kozicky. Lemko pysanka workshop attracts full house of participants YONKERS, N.Y. – On a recent Sunday, the downstairs hall of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church here was filled with the pleasant scent of burning candles and heat- ed beeswax, as over 30 workshop partici- pants diligently practiced their Lemko “pysanka” (Easter egg) decorating skills. The sold-out class on April 12 was orga- nized for the first time by Branch 2 of the Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna (OOL) and was taught by new member Basia Barna Andrusko. Ms. Andrusko now resides in Yardley, Pa., but grew up in Yonkers, where she mastered and earned herself a local reputation in the art of pysanka writing. In this class, she demonstrated the dis- tinctive Lemko “drop pull” technique, Workshop participant Ania Pregner shows Workshop participants Taras Szcur and Ivanna Ianelli-Roque with their finished off her finished Lemko-style Easter egg. pysanky. whereby a pin-head is used to place a drop of wax on the egg and quickly pull the wax warmer and a pin-head stylus, so they to the side, creating a tail shape. The could make more pysanky at home. numerous dots with tails are then arranged Special acknowledgement was given to into various designs. Father Kiril Angelov, who made the church The workshop participants came from hall available; volunteers Lesia Kozicky and as far away as Passaic, N.J., and Monroe, Marika Shmatalocha, who assisted Ms. Conn., and were a diverse group – young/ Andrusko; Andryj Khomyk, who designed old, Ukrainian/non-Ukrainian, male/ the informational flyer; and OOL officers female, pysanka veterans/novices. And, in Mark Howansky, Steven Kapitula, and just a few short hours, everyone had gotten Teresa Kapitula, who helped organize the the hang of the technique and was creating event and donated the coffee and pastries. wonderful Easter eggs. In fact, most partici- For more information on upcoming pants left the workshop with pysanka- Lemko cultural events, readers may visit making kits, including beeswax, a wax www.lemko-ool.com.

Church – Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). Kolomoisky’s... But even if he wasn’t Christian and even if his father’s surname was Valtsman (as (Continued from page 6) Russia’s NTV television network alleged), convicted criminal, and he’s a ruthless cor- ethnic Armenian Serhii Nihoyan, Crimean porate raider, TV reports claimed. Tatar Mustafa Dzhemilev and Resembling the fascists that they claim to “Zhydobanderite” Ihor Kolomoisky have abhor, the Russians also have been spread- demonstrated it really doesn’t matter. ing claims that Mr. Poroshenko is in fact Being a Ukrainian patriot is measured by Jewish, but that to hide his ethnicity his your actions and sacrifice, not your inheri- father adopted the Ukrainian surname of tance. Take notes, KGB collaborator Hanna his wife. Herman (nee Stetsiv), Communist Petro Mr. Poroshenko is a devoted follower of the Symonenko and Crimean separatist Vadym large liberal wing of the Ukrainian Orthodox Kolesnichenko.

dent to strengthen Ukraine’s unity, which To Secretary... would enable him to begin the process of carrying out much-needed constitutional (Continued from page 7) and economic reforms. The people in program recently and he, most certainly, is Ukraine, as well as Ukrainian Americans – well aware of this opportunity for excess among them many U.S. veterans, would be supplies in Afghanistan. The logistical most grateful. issues could be worked out between our Respectfully, Department of State and its Ukrainian Askold S. Lozynskyj counterpart, if you, Mr. Secretary, and DOD a concerned Ukrainian American are willing to proceed. The Honorable Joe Biden Thank you for your kind consideration cc: The Honorable John Kerry of this request. Your expeditious action The Honorable Petro Poroshenko would enhance Ukraine’s security appre- ciably and enable the new Ukrainian presi- The letter above was sent on June 13. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 21 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 No. 25

governor ordered their barracks confiscated and trans- Kolomoisky emerges... ferred to National Guard soldiers. In late May, Mr. Kolomoisky boosted the award for cap- (Continued from page 1) tured arms: $5,000 for an automatic rifle (up from the ear- governor, on March 2. (The state oblast administration is lier $1,000), $6,000 for a machine gun (from $1,500), and the Presidential Administration’s regional representative $7,000 for a grenade launcher (from $2,000). office). Then he declared a $500,000 bounty for the capture and During the months of the Russian invasion, Mr. return of Oleg Tsariov, the national deputy from Kolomoisky succeeded in preventing any separatist or ter- Dnipropetrovsk being pursued by law enforcement for rorist activity from gaining a foothold in his hometown of openly calling for the creation of an independent Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine’s fourth largest city, which has a Novorossiya and vowing to sabotage the May 25 elections. significant Russian-oriented population. “The head of the European Jewish Union has done more “Dnipropetrovshchyna was the gates. If Dnipropetrovsk for Ukraine than all the Ukrainian nationalists, intelligen- was penetrated, the cancer would have spread further tsia and fighters put together,” Dr. Soskin said. throughout Ukraine,” said Dr. Oleh Soskin, director of the He’s also promoting the Ukrainian language in Russian- Institute of Society Transformation in Kyiv. “Kolomoisky speaking Dnipropetrovsk. He instructed those oblast and [Kharkiv City Council Chair, or Mayor, Hennadii] administration employees capable of speaking Ukrainian Kernes played a key role in stopping Putin’s aggression. to do so in their jobs, and “particularly with him.” Jews are rescuing Ukrainian statehood. It’s hard to find a “He has focused on his own vocabulary and often asks country in the world where that has happened.” about the correct pronunciation and meaning of words,” The current crisis marks the first time Mr. Kolomoisky got one of his deputies, Sviatoslav Oliinyk, wrote on his directly involved in Ukrainian politics. He acknowledged Facebook page. supporting the Our Ukraine party, and he’s widely believed Needless to say, Mr. Kolomoisky has become a top enemy to have financed the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for for Mr. Putin, who struck back by joking at an April 17 press conference that Crimean residents holding car loans from Reform (UDAR) and even the Svoboda nationalist party. Sergey Isaev/UNIAN Through Svoboda, Mr. Kolomoisky, the current president of Ihor Kolomoisky at a press conference in March after he Mr. Kolomoisky’s Privat Bank need not repay them. the European Council of Jewish Communities and the was appointed governor of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. “Ride without worries,” Mr. Putin said smilingly, then European Jewish Union, is believed by political players to have making an apparent anti-Jewish remark. “Messrs. wanted to gain political influence in the Halychyna region, governing bodies. Kolomoisky and Finkelstein don’t want to receive money where he owns numerous assets such as the Drohobych Oil He also called for creating a Dnipropetrovsk headquar- from you. That’s their matter.” Refinery Plant and the Lviv Food Oil Processing Plant. ters of the territorial defense of the southeastern oblasts He even promised depositors who lost money in the Yet Mr. Kolomoisky has demonstrated that he’s just as that will act in coordination with the Security Service of annexation up to $20,000 in compensation, claiming to effective in the front lines of politics as when he’s behind Ukraine and the Internal Affairs Ministry. have a database of Privat Bank clients. Yet Mr. Putin dem- the scenes. The council never was formed, possibly because onstrated he wasn’t joking as the Russian central bank He threw down the gauntlet in his first public appearance Ukrainian authorities want to outright reject Mr. Putin’s began confiscating all the Crimean branches of Privat Bank as oblast administration chair, criticizing the plans of Russian designation of a distinct southeastern Ukraine region, or within days of his comments. President Vladimir Putin to conquer Ukraine’s southeast and “Novorossiya,” experts said. In mid-May, terrorists shot up the transformers at the dismissing him as a “schizophrenic not very tall in height” Instead of the governors’ council, Mr. Kolomoisky -based Stakhanovskyi Ferroalloys Plant, which who is “entirely disturbed, who went entirely crazy.” launched the National Defense Headquarters, making is owned by Mr. Kolomoisky, cutting electrical power. They “His Messianism, renewing the Russian empire of 1913 Dnipropetrovsk a stronghold for Ukrainian forces. also set fire to two Privat Bank ATM machines in Mykolayiv. or the Soviet Union of 1991, can bring the world to catas- And in response to the Donetsk and Luhansk indepen- Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko, whom many trophe,” Mr. Kolomoisky said at the March 3 press confer- dence referenda on May 11, Mr. Kolomoisky organized a consider a Russian agent in Ukraine, called for Mr. ence. separate referendum in certain regions of the Donetsk Kolomoisky’s criminal prosecution, claiming his Dnipro Within days of the insult, the Russian Central Bank took Oblast asking its residents whether they want to remain in battalion is his own private “death squad” responsible for over Mr. Kolomoisky’s Russian bank, Moskompryvatbank, Ukraine and merge their districts with the Dnipropetrovsk murders in the Donbas. as prosecutors began an investigation of its alleged financ- Oblast. Such accusations have been ignored by a public largely sup- ing of “the radical Ukrainian nationalists from the Right As tribute to his leadership, Ukraine’s interim president, portive of Mr. Kolomoisky. Upon leaving the Presidential Sector.” [The Right Sector is an umbrella organization of , named Ihor Palytsia, Mr. Administration after a meeting in late April, he was asked by nationalist and paramilitary organizations that played a Kolomoisky’s political ally, as chair of the Odesa State a reporter why the Kyiv government has failed to take the key role in the Euro-Maidan protest.] Oblast Administration on May 6, four days after the inferno same security measures that he succeeded in implementing. Mr. Kolomoisky then decided to put the bank up for sale, that killed 46 in the city of Odesa. “Everyone is trying to do something, but you under- business media reported, marking his exit from the “Kolomoisky is successfully selling his current ‘patriotic’ stand that we’ve run into this for the first time,” he said. Russian market. position, which promotes a high level of public support for “And what’s easily resolved within the bounds of a single When Russian saboteurs began cropping up throughout his activity,” Mr. Zolotariov said. “As a result, the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is a complicated matter in the the Russian-speaking oblasts in late April, Mr. Kolomoisky ‘Novorossiya’ project is truly being fulfilled, only not in framework of an entire country, even more so when poli- took the reins again, calling for the creation of a council of Russia’s interests, but in the interests of Kolomoisky.” tics sometimes interferes with this matter. So I’d give more governors of southeast Ukraine to ensure their coordinat- That patriotic image is bolstered by his unique initia- trust and opportunity for people to work.” ed and effective work. tives. When the soldiers of a Dnipropetrovsk brigade in “Trust me that there aren’t any traitors or those who He suggested the governors submit proposals to decen- mid-April surrendered to the enemy the locks and firing sold out Ukraine over there,” he said, referring to the tralize the government and grant more authority to local pins from their rifles (preventing them from shooting), the administration building behind him.

week, apparently using one of the corridors across the Avakov, these tanks came over the border from Russia to Moscow’s dilemma... Russian-Ukrainian border controlled by the separatists. support the rebels (news.liga.net, June 12). Mr. Pushilin met Russian State Duma deputies, spoke at This week in Moscow, President Putin’s economic advi- (Continued from page 3) an officially approved pro-separatist rally in central Moscow sor in charge of the Ukrainian situation, Sergei Glazyev, officials and border guards (ITAR-TASS, June 11). Kyiv has and told reporters: “The DNR is ready to speak with Kyiv told journalists: “Time is on the side of the Nazis [referring strongly protested Russian actions that apparently violate a only with Moscow acting as an intermediary.” According to to the authorities in Kyiv, including Poroshenko].” The 1994 border agreement under which Russia must close bor- Mr. Pushilin, the rebels want to exchange prisoners of war, “Kyiv Nazis,” according to Mr. Glazyev, armed, financed and der crossings on its side of the border after Ukrainian bor- “discuss the withdrawal of illegal [Ukrainian government] directed by Washington, are swiftly building up a formida- der guards close their posts – which Russia has not done. forces from the region,” and establish a “humanitarian corri- ble war machine: “In February, they had 20,000 armed Moscow acknowledges it allows refugees to flee the dor” to Russia. A united Ukraine “is now a dream,” Mr. men, by September they may have 200,000.” fighting in Donetsk and Luhansk, while allowing “humani- Pushilin said, but he acknowledged the separatists “are Mr. Glazyev argued that armed action must be taken tarian aid” to be delivered to rebels that have come across barely holding their ground” and begged for the deployment before the pro-Russian separatists are defeated and the border. Kyiv alleges volunteer fighters are being moved of Russian peacekeepers (RIA Novosti, June 11). Moscow is facing a hostile army ready to invade and “liber- into Ukraine together with weapons, munitions and money The transition from Russia’s direct military intervention ate” Crimea. Mr. Glazyev advocated an imposition of a no- to keep the insurgency on track. After a short face-to-face in and later annexation of Crimea to Moscow’s covert sup- fly zone over Ukraine, while the Russian air force may meeting with Mr. Poroshenko in France during the D-Day port of the armed rebellions in Donetsk and Luhansk has knock out Ukrainian armor “like the Americans [did] in commemoration celebrations on June 6, Vladimir Putin been interpreted by former Kremlin insider Gleb Libya” (pravda.ru, June 10). reportedly ordered the Federal Security Service (FSB) “to Pavlovsky (ng.ru, June 7) and former Prime Minister Mr. Glazyev may have been expressing his personal reinforce security on the Russian-Ukrainian border to pre- Mikhail Kasyanov (news.liga.net, June 7) as a genuine de- opinion, but his assertions are clearly part of the present vent unauthorized crossings.” The next week, the escalation by Mr. Putin, who was thwarted by Western Kremlin-insider discourse – notably, he was not publicly Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry accused Mr. Putin of threats and sanction. According to Messrs. Pavlovsky and reprimanded for his remarks, or ousted as an advisor. The doing nothing to back up this declaration with concrete Kasyanov, the Russian president is, at present, trying to Kremlin does not seem ready to allow the collapse of the action (rus.newsru.ua, June 11). save face by different propaganda means and they argue, armed separatist rebellion in Donetsk and Luhansk no The pattern of Russian actions closely follows similar Mr. Putin’s grand idea of carving out a Novorossiya, or New matter what it takes: If increased covert support, including activities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia from 1991 to Russia, out of Russian-speaking Ukrainian regions from with tanks and armed volunteers, fails to press Kyiv into 2008, when men and weapons were constantly covertly Kharkiv in the northeast to Odesa in the south has been, in allowing the conflict to transform into a “frozen” institu- moved through border crossings jointly controlled by pro- essence, abandoned. tionalized secession, more drastic moves are possible. Russian separatists and Russian border guards. Denis This is clearly not so: On June 12, apparently several Pushilin – the chairman of the self-proclaimed “Supreme tanks and other armored vehicles appeared in the The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily Monitor Soviet of the Donetsk People’s Republic” (Donetskaya Ukrainian town of Sneznoye in the Luhansk region. with permission from its publisher, the Jamestown Narodnaya Respublika, or DNR) – arrived in Moscow last According to Ukrainian Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Foundation, www.jamestown.org. No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 23

June 27 Presentation by Mark Lawrence Schrad, “Vodka Politics: July 5 Camp performance and dance, Ukrainian Folk Dance Washington Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian Lehighton, PA Workshop, Ukrainian Homestead, 570-708-1992 State,” Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, July 5 Benefit concert, featuring Spanish guitarist Virginia Luque, www.wilsoncenter.org Jewett, NY Grazhda Concert Hall, www.grazhdamusicandart.org

June 27- Exhibit, “Ukraine through the eyes of the National July 5 Golf tournament, Ukrainian Golf Association of Canada, August 25 Geographic Society,” Ukrainian National Museum, Caledon, ON Osprey Valley Resorts Golf Club, 519-927-9034 or Chicago 312-721-8020 www.ugolf.ca

June 28-29 Lemko Vatra festival, Organization for the Defense of July 5 Concert, “Musical Kaleidoscope,” featuring the Ukrainian Ellenville, NY Lemkivshchyna, Ukrainian American Youth Association New York Dnipro Ensemble, Ukrainian Institute of America, resort, 845-647-7230 or lemko-ool.com 212-288-8660 or www.dniprochoir.com

June 28-29 Tennis tournament, USCAK-East 2014, Ukrainian Sports July 6 Concert, “Musical Kaleidoscope,” featuring the Ukrainian Kerhonkson, NY Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, Soyuzivka Heritage Ellenville, NY Dnipro Ensemble, Ukrainian American Youth Association Center, 215-576-7989 or 215-266-3943 resort, www.dniprochoir.com or www.cym.org/us-ellenville June 29 60th anniversary concert, Ukrainian Dnipro Ensemble of Edmonton, AB Edmonton, Shoctor Theater/Citadel, [email protected] July 11 Golf tournament, Ukrainian Cheremosh Society, The Acheson, AB Ranch Golf Course, 780-470-4700 July 1-2 Gerdany beading workshop, Ukrainian Homestead, Lehighton, PA www.ukrhomestead.com or 215-657-1758 July 11-13 Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Kerhonkson, NY www.soyuzivka.com July 1 Canada Day Concert, “Musical Kaleidoscope,” Ukrainian July 12 Concert, featuring cellist Wanda Glowacka and pianist Ottawa Dnipro Choir of Edmonton, First Baptist Church, Jewett, NY Larysa Krupa-Slobodyanik, Grazhda Concert Hall, 780-430-6407 or [email protected] www.grazhdamusicandart.org July 1 Panel discussion, “Russia, Ukraine and Energy Security,” July 12 Ukrainian Festival, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Washington Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Parma, OH Cathedral, www.stvladimirs.org Building and International Trade Center, www.wilsoncenter.org July 16-20 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Cultural Institute, Dickinson Dickinson, ND State College, www.ucitoday.com or 701-486-1486 July 4-6 Nadiya Ye! Festival, featuring Motor’rolla from Ukraine, Ellenville, NY Ukrainian American Youth Association resort, 845-647-7230 or www.cym.org/us-ellenville Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions July 4-6 Vegreville Ukrainian Pysanka Festival, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Alberta www.pysankafestival.com or 780-975-8577 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 No. 25

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Saturday, July 5 NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Dnipro Ensemble of Edmonton, Alberta, is celebrating six decades of choral music excellence with “Musical Kaleidoscope,” its 60th anniversary concert, to be presented at 3 p.m. at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St. at Fifth Avenue. Dnipro is proud to present this all-Canadian program featuring the music and works of Ukrainian Canadian composers and arrangers: Serhiy Eremenko, Yuri Fiala, Roman Hurko, Oleksander Koshets, Larysa Kuzmenko, Zenoby Lawryshyn, Denise Lucyshyn, Joanna Estelle-Storoschuk and Willi Zwozdesky. For more information visit Dnipro’s website at http://www.dniprochoir.com/. Sunday, July 6 ELLENVILLE, N.Y. The Ukrainian Dnipro Ensemble of Edmonton, Alberta, is celebrating six decades of choral music excellence with “Musical Kaleidoscope,” its 60th anniversa- ry concert, to be presented at the Ukrainian American Youth Association’s (UAYA) Nadiya Ye! festival. Dnipro is proud to present this all-Canadian program featuring the music and works of Ukrainian Canadian composers and arrangers: Serhiy Eremenko, Yuri Fiala, Roman Hurko, Oleksander Koshets, Larysa Kuzmenko, Zenoby Lawryshyn, Denise Lucyshyn, Joanna Estelle-Storoschuk and Willi Zwozdesky. For more informa- tion visit the website http://www.dniprochoir.com/. The UAYA resort is located at 8853 Route 209, Ellenville, NY 12428.

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