Inside: l Lecture by Serhii Plokhii revisits the fall of the USSR – page 3 l Crimean Tatars mark anniversary of Stalin-era deportation – page 7 l Community news: Massachusetts, New York, Florida, California – pages 14-15

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXI No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 $1/$2 in Ukraine Ukrainian Cultural Festival Ukraine’s EU aspirations undermined returns to Soyuzivka July 12-14 again by persecution of opposition by Roma Lisovich PARSIPPANY, N.J. – For seven years now, the Soyuzivka Heritage Center in Kerhonkson, N.Y., has been reminding us all – via its annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival – that Ukrainians have a rich culture to share with the rest of the world and a heri- tage of which we should be proud. The festival, a key component of Soyuzivka’s arts program, this year is head- lined by Vika (Vika Vasilevich), a singer and songwriter from Ukraine who is making her mark on the American music scene. She will be accompanied by her own six- piece band of phenomenal musicians. Over 5,000 people are expected to travel from many states around the country to Soyuzivka on July 12-14 to attend what has become the largest Ukrainian festival in the Serhij Marchenko U.S.A. A view of the May 18 demonstration in Kyiv held by opposition forces as part of the “Rise Up, Ukraine!” initiative. Vika’s credits The festival’s guest star, Vika, in April of by Zenon Zawada politics in exchange for her release from this year became the first Ukrainian artist Special to The Ukrainian Weekly prison, which would satisfy the EU’s key to have a song played full length in a major demand and remove the biggest hurdle. Hollywood film. Her song “Want you” is KYIV – It’s a case of one step forward, Yet the administration’s handling of a May featured in “Arthur Newman,” starring two steps back. 18 demonstration in Kyiv led by the opposi- Academy Award-winning actor Colin Firth, In the last week, the administration of tion – during which rights to assembly were Emily Blunt and Anne Heche. In late 2012, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych violated and journalists attacked – drew crit- Vika’s song “Magic” was featured in the appeared to be taking steps to satisfy the icism from the West and became the latest action thriller “Chernobyl Diaries.” European Union’s requirements for signing stain on Ukraine’s image among EU leaders. Over the last 14 years Vika has written the Association Agreement in November, “We did not see sufficient follow-up and recorded her own songs and per- arranging for a revote of the parliamentary action on the identification of the perpetra- formed as the headliner at major music fes- elections in five districts. tors by the responsible law enforcement Alex Romanov tivals throughout Ukraine, Canada and the Reports even surfaced of attempts by the agencies,” Peter Stano, the spokesman for Vika (Vasilevich) will headline the 2013 administration to convince former Prime Ukrainian Cultural Festival at Soyuzivka. (Continued on page 18) Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to stay out of (Continued on page 13) Bandurist Chorus members provide inside view of spring tour

by Matthew Dubas the mandatory two-year probationary can- 100th anniversary. My experience with the UBC has been didate status, I was accepted as a full mem- It’s difficult for many Ukrainians, espe- great, what a unique, professional-caliber This is the final installment of the report ber of the UBC. I keep coming back because cially in Ukraine, to believe that the UBC, the group, and the satisfaction works on multi- on “The Sounds of Spring Tour: Songs of the UBC has a unique camaraderie, with an oldest performing Ukrainian ensemble, is ple levels. It’s always interesting to see how Easter, Shevchenko and Nature” of the average member age much lower than most actually based in the United States. But once Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians respond to Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus held April 19-21 Ukrainian choirs. they realize this, there is a change of heart to what we do, particularly Ukrainian works in Windsor, Ontario, Detroit and Cleveland. My Ukrainian com- learn from the dias- by Shevchenko. And for the new crop of The Ukrainian Weekly had a chance to speak munity involvement pora. The audience bandura players and future members of the with several members of the UBC about this includes being a mem- On the road with response has been UBC, I recommend that you go to bandura tour, eliciting their thoughts on the tour, com- ber of Plast Ukrainian the Ukrainian great, and my family camp. Kobzarska Sich is where I got my ments about the UBC’s 95th anniversary and Scouting Organization even came from start, as did more than half of the bandura approaching centennial, and the future of the and I am also coordina- Bandurist Chorus Chicago for the con- players currently playing with the UBC. chorus. Each member was also asked specific tor of social media and cert series stop in With our previous tour called questions regarding his area of expertise with the website for St. Joseph the Betrothed Cleveland. This tour had great energy – “Brotherhood,” the UBC really embodies that regard to the UBC. Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago. As a what an adrenaline rush! And the adrena- spirit. I may not see some of these perform- fulltime videography student, I have used line is definitely pumping once you put on ers for a number of months, and we get Julian Hayda, 19, of Chicago, baritone these skills to help the UBC as well, through that “zhupan” [and traditional dress, includ- together as if no time had passed, despite the and bandurist (three years with the cho- video, promotional pieces, interviews and ing an embroidered shirt, red boots and a diverse walks of life that we all come from. I rus): maintaining its huge Internet presence to belt] and these performers take on a stage look forward to every rehearsal and perfor- As the youngest full-fledged member of stay current. With this year marking the persona of the “kobzari.” There is a bit of mance, and the adrenaline rush each time. UBC, but not the youngest performer, I audi- 95th anniversary of the UBC, the group has routine to it all, and it seems tedious, until tioned two and a half years ago, and after seriously begun planning its approaching you do it again. (Continued on page 19) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 No. 21

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Opposition to unite behind one candidate Ukraine has conducted regular surveys of The spy story: episode electoral preferences of the public every KYIV – Three opposition parties – month since 2009. (Ukrinform) Batkivshchyna, Svoboda and UDAR – prom- in Russia’s confusion ise to agree on a single presidential candi- Yatsenyuk: name fascist organizations date in case of one-round elections, the by Pavel K. Baev Putin’s economic adviser instead of Elvira KYIV – The leader of the Batkivshchyna Nabiullina, who is due to become the head leader of the Batkivshchyna Party faction in Eurasia Daily Monitor the Verkhovna Rada, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Party faction in the Verkhovna Rada, of the Central Bank (Gazeta.ru, May 16). Mr. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, demanded on May 20 As spy scandals go, the one in Moscow Putin cannot fail to see that his economic announced at the “Rise Up, Ukraine!” rally in Kyiv on May 18. “If [Viktor] Yanukovych that the chairman of the Party of Regions last week (May 14) could set a new record decrees are turning into wishful thinking, faction, Oleksander Yefremov, name fascist for oddity and senselessness. Accused but berating the ministers makes scant dif- promotes a decision on electing the presi- dent in one round, Batkivshchyna, Svoboda organizations operating in Ukraine. He Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent ference, and the only strong move could be made his demand at a meeting of heads of Ryan Fogle was caught red-handed with a to replace Prime Minister Dmitry and UDAR will nominate a single candidate in the first round,” he assured. At the same the Parliament’s committees and factions. thick pad of money, a map of Moscow and, Medvedev with the former finance minis- “We have learned that the Party of Regions time, according to the declaration of the remarkably, a compass, trying to recruit a ter, Alexei Kudrin, who is biding his time conducted an anti-fascist march. And now I united opposition, while retaining the low-ranking Federal Security Service (FSB) within the motley opposition ask Party of Regions faction head Yefremov, existing procedure of electing the head of officer for an enormous reward (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, May 16). and Party of Regions National Deputy state, each of the three political parties will (Rossiiskaya Gazeta, May 15). President Putin is not ready to commit [Sergey] Tihipko to present a list of fascist support the opposition candidate who The John le Carre-style operation was to such a cadre reshuffle, even if he resents organizations in Ukraine and who leads moves ahead into the second round. filmed and made headline news on all his junior partner. Mr. Medvedev does not them, what are the consequences of these (Ukrinform) Russian TV channels, but made no impact even make a convincing scapegoat but still fascist organizations and who are the orga- whatsoever on the delicate diplomatic provides a reminder that the “national Klitschko catches up to Yanukovych nizers of this. If in the country there are fas- dance that U.S. Secretary of State John leader” is, in fact, replaceable. While keep- cist organizations, as the Party of Regions Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei ing his distance from economic muddling, KYIV – UDAR Party leader Vitali claims, and they did not report that to the Lavrov have been performing the last few Mr. Putin concentrates more on his role as Klitschko has caught up with President police, then we demand that the procurator weeks (Ezhednevny Zhurnal, May 16). the commander-in-chief, staging a series of Viktor Yanukovych in the presidential rat- general institute criminal proceedings Ambassador Michael McFaul had to meetings with the top brass, about which ing, according to a survey conducted by GfK against the leader of the Party of Regions swallow the official reprimand but refused little information is provided (RIA Novosti, Ukraine in April. “If the election of the faction and those who took part in the cor- to provide any comments, and the explana- May 17). Ukrainian president were held next Sunday, responding anti-fascist march for the fact tions coming from the FSB are far from tri- Every large-scale exercise ordered by 16 percent of Ukrainians would give their that they have not notified the police about umphant, boiling down to losing patience the no-nonsense Defense Minister Sergei votes for Viktor Yanukovych and 16 percent the crimes committed by the organization after several warnings to the brazen U.S. Shoigu reveals more problems with the would vote for Vitali Klitschko,” read a state- against which they act,” Mr. Yatsenyuk stat- spy handlers (RIA Novosti, May 17). execution of military reforms; the reconsti- ment posted on the gfk.ua website on May ed. He also expressed the view that the The extra-high publicity around the tution of the recently downgraded 20. The company’s analysts said that, com- conduct of the anti-fascist march in Kyiv on “wig-and-compass” farce makes little sense Kantemirovskaya and Tamanskaya bri- pared with March, Mr. Klitschko’s rating May 18 was a preparation for the presiden- in the context of U.S.-Russian relations, and gades as divisions based in the close vicini- rose by 6 percentage points, while Mr. tial election in 2015. “The Party of Regions President Vladimir Putin shrugged it off as ty to Moscow provides only a minor feel- Yanukovych’s rating remained unchanged. is trying to repeat what was in 2004: the he prepares an answer to President Barack good factor, while adding to the problem of Mr. Klitschko’s rating improved in Kyiv (to split of society, opposition of east and west, Obama’s arms control initiative recruitment (Moskovsky Komsomolets, 17 percent in April from 9 percent in and they hope to win the presidential elec- (Nezavisimoe Voennoe Obozrenie, May 17). May 4). Plans to demonstrate Russia’s pow- March), the western region (29 percent vs. tion with all that,” the lawmaker noted. He It makes plenty of sense, however, in the er-projection capabilities by deploying a 18 percent), the central region (21 percent also expressed outrage at the beating of context of the Kremlin’s heavy pressure on naval squadron in the Eastern vs. 13 percent) and the northern region (to journalists on May 18, during the “Rise up, Russian non-governmental organizations Mediterranean also ran into trouble 18 percent in April from 8 percent in Ukraine!” rally in St. Sophia Square. “We (NGO), which are being investigated with because too few ships are capable of such a March). At the same time, Arseniy demand a report from the minister of inter- severe prejudice regarding their funding deployment. Meanwhile, suggestions that Yatsenyuk’s rating in these regions, except nal affairs, procurator general and the chief from Western sources (New Times, May the French-made Mistral-class amphibious the northern regions, worsened. The UDAR of the Security Service of Ukraine. Each of 13; Novaya Gazeta, May 15). The accusa- assault ship would be the flagship of this Party also improved its rating, with 17 per- these officials must clearly answer what tions of acting on the orders from abroad, squadron remain hypothetical (RIA cent of respondents ready to vote for it, happened on Saturday. You know that on which would necessitate these NGOs’ legal Novosti, May 18). which is 3 percent more than in March. The Saturday, journalists were beaten by thugs. identification as “foreign agents,” are often Mr. Putin’s rigid stance on proceeding study was conducted within the regular Media found that Bila Tserkva’s organiza- so bizarre that the Kremlin, indeed, has to with arms exports to Syria, including sur- study of electoral preferences of the popula- tion Young Regions is connected with these try to “prove” that U.S. spies are expanding face-to-air and anti-ship missiles, shows tion on April 3-23. A total of 1,000 respon- thugs,” Mr. Yatsenyuk added. (Ukrinform) their dirty work in Russia in the most old- that the influence of the various special ser- dents over age 16 were interviewed. The fashioned way. vices and lobbyists of military-industrial- survey’s margin of error is 3.1 percent. GfK (Continued on page 12) Some groups in the opposition are dis- patriotic interests, often collectively labeled couraged by this pressure and disheart- as “siloviki,” is on the rise. 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And the policy change – in favor of Ukrainian independence – was leaked during a meeting WASHINGTON – Why did Russia allow the Soviet with Ukrainian diaspora leaders, he said, suggesting Union to fall apart and let the other republics go their that it may well have been part of the Bush administra- own independent ways has been debated by historians, tion’s effort to improve its ethnic voter support before politicians and commentators for two decades. the coming presidential election. Serhii Plokhii, the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of The hour-long discussion at the Wilson Center was Ukrainian History at Harvard University, who has been moderated by its acting director, William E. Pomeranz. studying this subject for a good part of his academic The following morning, Prof. Plokhii continued to career, shared his insights on the subject during a discuss the issues involved in the Soviet Union’s demise Kennan Institute discussion on April 29 at the during a meeting with students at George Mason Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in University, organized by two of that Virginia university’s Washington. And some of his conclusions were based professors, Svitlana Shiells and Rex Wade. on new source material he found in Russian and Prof. Plokhii was born and earned his B.A., M.A. and Ukrainian archives, as well as in the George H.W. Bush Ph.D. degrees in Ukraine. Before coming to Harvard, he Presidential Library in Texas. was professor of history at the University of Alberta, acting Among those insights were that the Soviet Union director of the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies “was defeated at the ballot box” in Ukraine in 1991, (CIUS) and associate director of the Peter Jacyk Center for when more than 90 percent of the participants in the Ukrainian Historical Research at CIUS for 10 years. national referendum voted for Ukraine’s indepen- He is the author of numerous historical works, among dence. And Prof. Plokhii challenged the popular them: “The Cossack Myth: History and Nationhood in the view that the loss of power of the Communist Party Age of Empires,” “Yalta: The Price of Peace,” “Ukraine and was what led to the disintegration of the Soviet Russia: Representations of the Past,” “The Origins of the Union. No – it was the decisions made by their leaders Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine – such as Boris Yeltsin in Russia and Leonid Kravchuk in and Belarus,” “Unmaking Imperial Russia: Mykhailo Ukraine – that led to its disintegration, he stressed. Hrushevsky and the Writing of Ukrainian History,” The Russian leaders let the Russian Empire – the last Mattison Brady/Kennan Institute “Religion and Nation in Modern Ukraine,” “Tsars and European empire – disintegrate without a fight not Dr. Serhii Plokhii speaks at the Wilson Center. Cossacks: A Study in Iconography” and “The Cossacks because they did not try to save it, he said. They knew and Religion in Early Modern Ukraine.” that the republics had the right to secede, but they also situation, which was evident in the elder President Dr. Plokhii has been honored as the Petro Jacyk knew that once Ukraine voted to do so, Russia would Bush’s infamous “Chicken Kiev” speech, calling on the Distinguished Fellow in Ukrainian Studies at Harvard not want to remain in a union with the remaining republics. Mr. Yeltsin didn’t protest, however, University Research Institute (HURI) and has received majority of Muslim states. Washington changed its policy as well. the Early Slavic Studies Association Distinguished Those who watched that process evolve also remem- Prof. Plokhii said that the Bush policy did not have Scholarship Award. Four of his books won first prizes ber how the U.S. government viewed the developing complete backing within the U.S. government, with the from the American Association for Ukrainian Studies.

Suspect in attack RISU begins project monitoring religious freedom in Ukraine on journalists arrested Religious Information Service of Ukraine Also, the Commission on International Religious Freedom, an advisory body to the U.S. government, released RFE/RL Ukrainian Service LVIV – On May 1 the Religious Information Service of a report on religious rights violations around the world, Ukraine started a new project monitoring religious free- which documented trends in Ukraine to adopt laws that KYIV – A man suspected of beating the journalists Olha dom in Ukraine in order to protect the rights of believers restrict religious rights and the rights of religious groups. Snitsarchuk and Vladyslav Sodel in Kyiv on May 18 has and religious organizations. The main objective of the proj- As experts at the roundtable noted, people have the been arrested. ect is to collect and disseminate information on violations most trust in the Church and it is one of the foundations of Lawmakers asked Internal Affairs Minister Vitaliy and threats to religious freedom, as well as to report on civil society in Ukraine. Therefore, it is necessary to report Zakharchenko to brief them on the incident. Mr. events or actions aimed at defending it. on the Church to help protect it. Zakharchenko told Parliament on May 21 that the suspect, All information for the project will be collected on a sep- The RISU editorial staff already has a lot of experience Vadym Titushko, has been charged with hooliganism. The arate page on the RISU portal (risu.org.ua). in promoting religious freedom in Ukraine through the minister indicated that the authorities are looking for According to external observations and conclusions of spread of information: news, reports, investigations, inter- other suspects. Ukrainian experts, the state of religious freedom in Ukraine views, commentaries, and analyses. Timely and qualitative “I can personally assure Olha Yuriyevna [Snitsarchuk] over the last few years has deteriorated significantly. At a information has helped protect religious communities, that law enforcement will do everything in their power to recent roundtable organized by the Razumkov Center, well- particularly when it came to oppression of believers in dif- restore your constitutional rights and will bring those known religious studies expert and director of the Ukrainian ferent regions (interference with the allocation of land for responsible to justice,” he said. Association for Religious Freedom Viktor Yelensky record- the construction of a church, the return of church property, On May 18, a group of athletic men in tracksuits ed a decrease in the level of religious freedom in Ukraine. holding religious events, etc.), attempts to introduce legis- attacked demonstrators during the “Rise Up, Ukraine!” Sixty-five percent of citizens believe that in Ukraine lation that restricts freedom of religion, or intolerant publi- opposition rally in Kyiv. Several activists were injured, there is complete religious freedom, but that is a significant cations or programs in the Ukrainian media that offend including the two journalists. decline from 2010, when 76 percent thought that was the believers or discredit certain religious organizations. Ms. Snitsarchuk, a correspondent for the Kyiv-based case. Mr. Yelensky also noted that the level of government RISU’s new project will last one year (until April 20, Channel 5 television company, told RFE/RL that only her restriction of religious freedom, which is defined by inter- 2014) and is supported by the National Endowment for husband, a correspondent for the Russian Kommersant national research centers using various parameters, has Democracy. RISU has invited Churches and religious orga- newspaper, Vladyslav Sodel, saved her from receiving an significantly worsened. In 2009 it was 2.1 on a scale of nizations, communities and individual believers to report even more severe beating. 0-10 (with 10 being the highest level of freedom), while in violations or restrictions of rights, religious intolerance, “I had everything filmed on my phone,” she said. “They recent years it was 4. First and foremost, this is about the interference in religious activities, and other such informa- came and started to pour water on us and spit on us, actions of the government. tion. everything was done with swearing. Eventually we were knocked to the ground. I was hit on the hand, the phone shattered into pieces. My husband covered me, but I was Quotable notes hit several times in the face and stomach.” “…High gas prices, low economic growth, poor financial conditions and the upcoming 2015 presidential elections Dozens of journalists protested in Kyiv on May 20, have led to a paradigm shift toward privatizing and leasing what were considered Ukraine’s “crown jewels” – its gas demanding that the attackers be brought to justice. pipelines. A February 2007 [Yulia]Tymoshenko-initiated law banning the lease, rent or sale of the pipelines was voted Journalists, who helped to identify Mr. Titushko as one of through by 430 (out of 450) deputies – including the Party of Regions when [Viktor] Yanukovych was prime minister. the assailants, say that he has been seen before at pro-gov- “On April 26, however, the government proposed draft legislation on the privatization of the state gas company ernment events. Naftohaz Ukrainy that would break it into separate companies and privatize the pipelines. First Vice Prime Minister Mr. Titushko placed a video on the Internet on May 20 Serhiy Arbuzov, affiliated with the “family,” said he expected Parliament to quickly vote on the law. Moreover, the pro- saying that he had nothing to do with the beatings. posed law would create a Russian-Ukrainian gas consortium that precludes the European Union, which Russia has However, journalists published several pictures taken always opposed including. The draft law has attracted opposition accusations of “treason” and will likely lead to a from the gathering where Mr. Titushko is seen attacking stormy Parliament and greater tension in 2015. …” people. Ms. Snitsarchuk maintained that police standing nearby – Taras Kuzio writing on May 13 in Eurasia Daily Monitor in his article on Ukraine’s energy multi-vectorism (http:// did nothing to help her when she was attacked: “Since the www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttn ews[tt_news]=40871&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=ba24fcd24fc4d27f 0c9ddbdf49addf44). (Continued on page 18) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 No. 21

UWC announces logo OBITUARIES for 80th anniversary commemorations UGCC’s last underground bishop, of the Holodomor Julian Voronovsky, 76 CHICAGO – The last Ukrainian Catholic bishop to be TORONTO – Wheat – the secretly consecrated during the Church’s Soviet-era perse- symbol of life, prosperity, spiri- cution, Bishop Julian Voronovsky, died on February 28 at tual wealth – is the grain that for the age of 76. He had retired in September 2011 as bishop centuries has been associated of the Sambir-Drohobych Eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek- with Ukraine’s livelihood. Catholic Church (UGCC). During the 1932-1933 Born May 5, 1936, in Busk, he trained as an engineer at Holodomor, however, it became Ukraine’s Polygraphic Institute. He was a director of the a weapon of the genocide Lviv Project Institute on construction projects. Because of orchestrated to destroy the very his religious faith, he was forced to work as a boiler opera- fabric of the Ukrainian nation. tor. He joined the underground Studite order in 1958 and On August 7, 1932, Joseph was secretly ordained in 1968 by Bishop Vasyl Stalin authored a law with a Velychkovsky after attending its clandestine seminary. sentence of death or 10 years’ The Rev. Voronovsky was ordained as an auxiliary bish- imprisonment for the misappro- op in 1986, also secretly, by Archbishop Volodymyr priation of collective farm prop- Sterniuk of Lviv. He became rector of the archeparchy’s erty. This law led to mass major seminary when his consecration was publicly arrests and executions. Even announced after the Church’s legalization in the early children caught picking hand- 1990s. fuls of grain from fields were Leading the Sambir-Drohobych Eparchy from 1994 to convicted. It became known as 2011, Bishop Voronovsky restored parishes, founded mon- the law of “five ears of grain.” asteries and schools, and dedicated a seminary and cat- Religious Information Service of Ukraine The logo selected by the echetical center in an effort to rebuild the Church that had A view of the funeral procession for Bishop Julian Voronovsky. Ukrainian World Congress for the 80th anniversary com- been outlawed and forced to merge with the Russian memorations of the Holodomor was designed by Canadian Orthodox Church under Soviet rule. Speaking during the divine liturgy in Transfiguration artist of Ukrainian descent Oleh Lesiuk. It depicts five He also built ecumenical ties with the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Drohobych, Auxiliary Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh stalks of wheat delicately bound with a black ribbon. While Church, which many Eastern Catholics blamed for their of Kyiv, secretary of the Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic serving as a reminder of the devastation characterized by persecution, and spearheaded “open and frank dialogue” Church, said: “We thank God for this spiritual giant, a man of the totalitarian Soviet regime’s law, the wheat symbolizes with government representatives. great heart and heroic faith… His greatness wasn’t that of the Ukrainian nation’s determination in the struggle to live As Bishop Voronovsky commented shortly before his earthly glory, estates, awards and honors, since he lived and prosper; the nation’s courage and perseverance in the retirement, “the Church’s underground ministry had humbly among the poor of Christ, with nowhere to lay his struggle for its future. recalled the ‘first centuries of Christianity.’ ” head. His greatness was that of God’s love.” Founded in 1967, the UWC is the international coordi- After five days of funeral ceremonies, his earthly body Bishop Dziurakh underscored that Bishop Voronovsky nating body for Ukrainian communities in the diaspora was laid to rest, in the presence of Patriarch Sviatoslav had served the Church when it was “humiliated, shattered representing the interests of over 20 million Ukrainians. Shevchuk, many bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic and driven to Golgotha,” and had earned the title Confessor The UWC has member organizations in 33 countries and and Roman Catholic Churches, scores of priests and hun- of the Faith by ministering “in the catacombs.” ties with Ukrainians in 14 additional countries. dreds of faithful. Source: New Star (Chicago), April 2013 issue; The Sower (Stamford, Conn.), March 31. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: April Amount Name City Mary Efremov New York, NY $200.00 Ada Kulyk Washington, DC Petro Hursky Cheltenham, PA $100.00 Roman Hirniak Randolph, NJ Mykola Konrad Acton, MA Joseph V. Krawczeniuk, 88, Andrei and Raissa Bethesda, MD Maria Leskiw Philadelphia, PA Kushnir Maryann Mysyshyn Springfield, MA A. Mulak-Yatzkivsky Los Angeles, CA Jaroslaw Oberyszyn Jamaica, NY professor at King’s College Luba Nowak Chicago, IL Myron Pawlowsky Winnipeg, MB Stephan Stecura Parma, OH Alexander and Zynowia Troy, MI WLKES-BARRE, Pa. – Dr. Joseph Volodymyr Krawczeniuk, $50.00 Ulana Baransky- Chicago, IL Serafyn who walked out of his native Ukraine with his older broth- Bendixon Adolph Slovik McAdoo, PA er to escape communism as a teenager, sought a better life Ihor and Olga Sydor Cos Cob, CT Wolodymyr and Woodside, NY in the United States and found it as a college professor and $45.00 Jurij and Olenka Silver Spring, MD Bohdanna Slyz father in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., died on April 17 of a heart Dobczansky Nicholas Stupak Milwaukee, WI attack at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was 88. Jaroslawa Gudziak Syracuse, NY $10.00 Eva Boyko Parma, OH Born October 7, 1924, in Ternopil, Ukraine, Dr. George Huk Clifton, NJ Walter Gerent West Hartford, CT Krawczeniuk was the fifth and youngest child of the late Krista Kornylo Rochester, NY Alex Harbuziuk Sellersville, PA Volodymyr and Pelahia Krawczeniuk, whose first three Orest Popovych Howell, NJ Walter Hoszko Piscataway, NJ children died before he was born. He grew up a sickly child Daria Romankow Berkeley Heights, NJ Vera Levytska New York, NY who, he said, was not expected to live long himself. Jaroslaw Sawka Sterling Heights, MI Wolodymyr Luciw Bernville, PA Dr. Krawczeniuk grew up under Communist rule, Zenon Zachar West Bloomfield, MI Michael and Roma Long Island City, NY watched a cousin disappear at the hands of the $40.00 Lieda Boyko Port Charlotte, FL O’Hara Communists, then lived under the Nazis who took over his $35.00 Roman Cybriwsky Philadelphia, PA Irene Onufryk Flanders, NJ hometown temporarily during World War II. As the Hanna Zyruk Wilmington, DE Nestor Shust Washington, MO Communists pushed the Nazis out of Eastern Europe, Dr. $33.00 N. Pawluk Huntsville, AL Oksana Wolchuk Cherry Hill, NJ Krawczeniuk and his brother, Stephan, fled. Part of a patri- $30.00 R. Melnyk Indianapolis, IN Anna Zelisko Hinsdale, IL otic Ukrainian family that despised communism, the broth- $25.00 William Balko Ledgewood, NJ $5.00 Basil Fedorowicz Seattle, WA ers feared its return. Roman Bohonowych Kerhonkson, NY Roman Ferencevych Alexandria, VA With artillery exploding to the north, they plopped the Petro Ivan Gluch W. Hartford, CT Orysia Markovic Brecksville, OH belongings they could quickly gather on a horse-drawn Olga Horodecky Kendall Park, NJ Eugenia Podolak Lehighton, PA cart and set off for anywhere but home. Only years later Myron Kulas La Grange, IL Dmytro Sich Alfred Station, NY did they learn that a week after they left their father was Eugene Mandzy East Hanover, NJ Irena Stercho Pottstown, PA murdered, presumably by a Communist soldier. Larissa Muzyczka Parma, OH Over the next few months, they trudged westward along Nicholas Pryszlak Jenkintown, PA TOTAL: $1,983.00 muddy roads through Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia, even-

$20.00 Oleh Boraczok Madison, WI tually hopping a freight train with other refugees into Vera Geba South Easton, MA Sincere thanks to all contributors Austria. Along the way, they relied on the kindness of Natalia Holowinsky Somerset, NJ to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. strangers. They ate whatever their hosts could scrounge Anna Iras West Palm Beach, FL up, but sometimes stole apples from private orchards and, George Mutlos Hollandale Beach, FL The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the only once, a pile of food ration cards, to survive. Ruslan Rasiak Leesburg, AZ fund dedicated exclusively to supporting They made their way to Germany, where they lived for Helena Reshetar Tucson, AZ seven years as refugees. During that time, Dr. Krawczeniuk $15.00 Leo Cionka Warren, NJ the work of this publication. (Continued on page 16) No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 5

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To find out Cons and scams: The problem “quick profit” or “big return on investment” more about how UNA products can help carries• Almost high risk. everything that promises a you, contact the UNA Home Office at 1-800- of elder financial abuse To increase the protection of elderly 253-9862, the UNA sales staff directly at against financial abuse, both seniors and 1-888-538-2833 or find your local UNA Elder financial abuse – the theft of Social Security Administration and will their middle-aged children could use the branch secretary through the UNA website money or identity by fraudulent misrepre- begin with a simple question such as “I’d following resources. To find out informa- at www.ukrainiannationalassociation.org. sentation – has become rampant in recent like to confirm your full name. Can you tion about a broker, investment advisor or Find the full series of “Insurance Matters” years, resulting in billions of dollars of please spell it for me?” then proceed to ask firm, go to http://www.adviserinfo.sec. articles on Facebook.com/Ukrainian financial loss annually for America’s about address, bank name and number, gov/IAPD/Content/Search/iapd_Search. National Association or on our website seniors. Yet, according to a survey conduct- Social Security number, etc. aspx or visit BrokerCheck at http://www. under the “Latest News” link. ed in 2012 by a leading financial planning Unless you initiate the phone call, never association, elder financial abuse is rarely give out any personal information. If you reported by the victims themselves, who receive a message on your voice mail to call fear repercussions such as being declared your bank or a federal agency, do not call incompetent to manage money, or are the number left on the voice mail, but call embarrassed about being swindled, or are back the bank or agency on the main num- Branch 414 sponsors simply confused about how the rip-off ber listed with directory information. Ask actually happened. to speak with a manager and tell them When your wallet or purse has been sto- about the message you received. If there Easter egg hunt len, it is easy to know that you have been really is a problem with your bank account, robbed. However, with slick investment credit card or a federal payment, most schemes or smooth-talking identity thieves, managers will be able to track it down. theft of money or identity is not always so If you receive a letter, e-mail or phone clear. One of the reasons for the increase in call implying that you have won a sweep- scams is precisely because recognizing stakes, or that somebody has left you what is a scam and what is not is becoming money, be suspicious. Con artists use the more difficult. Scam artists use tactics very lure of a sweepstakes prize or unexpected similar to those of legitimate businesses inheritance to convince seniors to provide and investments, including sales pitches, personal information or send money, telling marketing materials, personalized e-mail the senior that all they need to do is pay messages and professional websites. To fur- some of the taxes or service charges up ther complicate matters, many investment front. ideas and financial products are not scams; Most states have an Office of Consumer rather, they are just bad ideas – perfectly Protection that offer similar advice, which legal, just maybe not a smart choice. includes the following. The elderly are choice targets for finan- cial abuse, since seniors often have signifi- never provide personal information. NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Ukrainian National Association Branch 414 of New Haven, cant amounts of money in the form of accu- • If you receive an unsolicited phone call, Conn., held its 10th annual Easter egg hunt on the grounds of St. Michael Ukrainian mulated savings, annuities or substantial for irregularities. Catholic Church on Sunday, March 24. Youngsters ages 1 to 13 years participated in home equity – choice pickings for financial • Check your financial statements often making Easter cards for the sick, playing games, and hunting for colored Easter eggs vultures. The burden of elder financial card fraud, report it immediately. and candy. All the children had fun; winners received large Easter chocolate bunnies abuse also weighs heavily upon the middle- • If you are the victim of bank or credit for prizes. This event was organized by Gloria and Donald Horbaty with assistance from Halia Lodynsky. aged in our society. According to the Pew offers received in the mail claiming that – by Halia Lodynsky Center, one in four individuals takes care of you• areDo anot prize- send winner money or tothat unsolicited somebody elderly relatives, including managing included you in their will. finances, with the average age and gender of the caretaker being a 49-year-old woman. investment; calculate risk versus reward; Certain scams, for example, attempts to test• yourBefore understanding investing: verify of the broker; investment verify Branch 112 holds annual meeting use credit card or bank accounts without and explain the risk and rewards aloud to your knowledge or permission, is straight- someone you trust. (To help verify if bro- forward. Other schemes are more sophisti- ker/advisor or investments are legitimate, cated, letting you keep your identity, but see links below). trying to convince you to willingly give up your money for a fraudulent investment. is not “proprietary” or “secret.” Such words One common type of fraud is to convince are• aInvestment tip off to a prospectuspossible scam. or information Registered you to borrow against your home equity or investments are required to be open and cash out an insurance policy or annuity in transparent with information. order to purchase a new investment and - “get a higher rate of return.” Taking on debt rization for an investment. or trading in secure annuity income for • Do not provide verbal, recorded autho higher risk investment in your senior years meet with you at their office or will meet is not a strategy recommended by legiti- you• forLegitimate the first timebrokers in a andpublic advisors place, such will mate financial advisors. Anyone asking you as a restaurant; be wary of strangers who to do this should set off bells of warning. insist on meeting you at your home “for PARMA, Ohio – St. Mary’s Lodge, Ukrainian National Association Branch 112 of Another fraud is phony information your convenience” to discuss a potential Parma, Ohio, held its annual meeting on Sunday, April 28. The meeting was held in the seekers, people who call and claim to be investment, including those who knock on St. Josaphat Church Men’s Club Room. Some of those in attendance are seen above from a bank or a government agency. The your door and ask “to come in for just a few (from left): Nancy Fedak, President; Dorothy Everett; Audrey Fedak; Alice Olenchuk, caller will ask to confirm personal informa- minutes” to share some information. financial secretary; Jennie Bochar and John Olenchuk. tion, claiming, for example, to be from the – Alice Olenchuk

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COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly PRU shows its true colors Ukraine’s bar under fire The destructiveness the Party of Regions of Ukraine (PRU) was on full display last weekend as opposition forces and their supporters tried to rally at the “Rise Up, by Halya Coynash According to the Kharkiv Oblast advo- Ukraine!” demonstrations. cates, most of the delegates to the founding The PRU dubbed its counter-rally “To Europe Without Fascism,” but it proved it Ukrainian advocates, as lawyers are congress – 20 delegations from different has a deep appreciation for the politics and techniques of history’s most notorious known in Ukraine, have become the latest regions – took the decision to hold the con- authoritarians and dictators. Students were forced out of class – many as young as targets in a concentrated drive over the last gress at Kinopanorama. That congress elementary school pupils – to join “anti-fascist” demonstrations throughout the three years to create a malleable and unanimously elected Volodymyr Vysotsky, country that in fact mimicked fascist rallies. dependent judiciary. The measures being for many years head of the High Authorities stopped scores of trains and buses carrying opposition protesters applied to remove dissident voices and Qualification and Disciplinary Bar from traveling to Kyiv and exercising their right to peacefully assemble at the dem- intimidate others bear stark resemblance Commission and a practicing advocate. onstration, which had been planned for months. May 18 is Europe Day in Ukraine, to those that have already succeeded in Various delegates from that congress yet the government showed it’s not committed to the Western values of rule of law Belarus. have also publicly criticized certain aspects and equality before the law. With the latest crisis to hit Ukraine’s of the law on the bar. The authorities who were supposed to maintain law and order turned a blind eye already beleaguered justice system involv- Whose unbefitting conduct? to the violence inflicted on those who did make it to Kyiv. Thugs allegedly hired by ing advocates skilled in arguing their case, On April 5 the Kyiv Qualification and the Party of Regions were let loose upon opposition protesters. The ruffians attacked an outside observer could feel tempted to Disciplinary Bar Commission stripped Mr. journalists – among them TV reporter Olha Snitsarchuk of the Channel 5 network simply leave them to it. For many that Vysotsky of his license to practice as an and photographer Vladyslav Sodel of the Kommersant-Ukrayina newspaper – draw- seemed the only option back in November advocate. As reasons it cited his participa- ing condemnation from the European Union and U.S. 2012 when a founding congress of tion in the “alternative congress” and his The government arrested only one suspect, who had his charges reduced and Ukrainian advocates effectively split into having publicly queried certain decisions alleged upon his release the very next day on bail that the victims were to blame. He two with both congresses claiming sole taken. was merely echoing the positions of PRU politicians who insisted it was the opposi- legitimacy. Looking away, however, ceases He is not by any means the only partici- tion forces who were at fault for failing to provide safe conditions for journalists – to be an option when adversarial elo- pant of the congress held in Kinopanorama and not the Internal Affairs Ministry located just around the corner (of all ironies). quence is replaced by an arsenal of disci- to have had his license revoked or to face The demonization of the opposition employed by the Party of Regions – another plinary measures, and opponents of the other disciplinary measures. One court rul- fascist technique – is the result of its utter lack of vision for Ukraine’s future, wheth- body with official backing have their licens- ing has even spoken of actions of a criminal er economically, culturally or geopolitically. One day, their deputies are extolling the es revoked and could even face criminal nature. (A tentative list of those who have virtues of the Customs Union. The next day, they’re declaring their intent to go “to proceedings. thus far faced such penalties is given in the Europe without fascism,” a slogan referring to the planned signing of the Ukraine-EU These measures have prompted state- UHHRU statement.) Association Agreement in November that is hanging on a shoestring. ments of concern from the Ukrainian Advocates who openly express views Unfortunately, the emergence of the nationalist Svoboda party has been a boon to Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU), critical of the “official” line appear to also the Party of Regions. During the five years of Viktor Yushchenko’s presidency, the Party and Belarusian former advocates. The lat- be coming under fire. According to the of Regions unsuccessfully tried to portray his government and party as “fascists,” sim- ter’s response is of particular poignancy Internet publication Yuridicheskaya ply for challenging the Soviet propaganda of the last century. Now that Svoboda has since they are now speaking out in defense Praktika, opinions expressed to the media joined the opposition, such claims seem to have merit. The Svoboda party openly of Ukrainian colleagues who supported are leading — in depressingly Soviet style expresses its contempt for liberal democracy and advocates a radical socialist eco- them in a similar battle in 2011. The battle — to complaints provided by obliging nomic model. Since the election of social nationalists (as Svoboda describes itself) to in Belarus was effectively lost, making their advocates to the head of the High Parliament last year, the PRU’s technique has been to use Svoboda’s presence among words of warning particularly chilling. Qualification Commission. Now it would the opposition to paint all three parties with the same “fascist” brush. As of May, at least 20 Ukrainian advo- seem, advocates writing on social networks The reason the Party of Regions plays the fascist card so eagerly and frequently is cates, some of them prominent members of may also be targeted. Letters are shown it’s the only thing that can spur the destitute residents of eastern and southern qualification committees, etc., have been from one Kyiv advocate, Andriy Tsyhankov, Ukraine to support the mega-millionaires who oppress them. With barely any eco- stripped of their licenses and one or two and an approving response from Ms. nomic successes to cite for its three years of rule, all that’s left for the government is threatened with criminal prosecution. All Isovitova. Mr. Tsyhankov expresses indig- finding a common enemy, a scapegoat, to unite Ukraine’s wealthy overlords with were involved in what is now called an nation over the supposedly inadmissible their de facto serfs. “alternative congress of Ukrainian advo- language and offensive statements With the events of last weekend, the Party of Regions has shown its true colors. cates” on November 17, 2012, at the expressed on such networks and demands Its members must be removed from the seats of power as soon as possible, before Kinopanomara Cinema. The term “alterna- that measures be taken. they wreck the nation’s socio-economic fabric any further. The politicians from Batkivshchyna and the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for tive,” however, is as much in dispute as the And in Soviet style, we can assume that Reform (UDAR) are the better alternative to lead Ukraine, and they should already legitimacy of the original congress, sched- “measures” will be taken until most advo- be preparing emergency measures to rescue the economy and ease social tensions uled and held in the Rus’ Hotel. cates are cowered into silence or prevented once the moment arrives when the people of Ukraine decide enough is enough. In an open appeal on November 23, from practicing their profession. 2012, advocates from the Kharkiv Oblast In the above-mentioned letter of sup- delegation stated that there was in fact one port, former Belarusian advocates wrote congress organized by the High that the indifference of most advocates in Qualification and Disciplinary Bar Belarus had allowed the passage of a disas- Turning the pages back... Commission which was forced to continue trous new law on the bar, which strips May its work at Kinopanorama after the con- advocates of their independence and “turns gress was effectively hijacked by a group of the bar in Belarus into a structural depart- Three years ago, on May 26, 2010, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) reacted to the unveiling of a monument to Joseph Stalin Kyiv and Donetsk advocates. The authors ment of the Justice Ministry.” 26 in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. assert that this group carried out selective The results of the 2010 “judicial reform” 2010 “A seven-foot-tall statue of Joseph Stalin, the World War II registration of participants in the congress in Ukraine have already been catastrophic, Communist tyrant of the Soviet Union who was responsible for and that there were blacklists used by with judicial independence seriously cur- the Holodomor Famine-Genocide in which millions upon mil- unidentified individuals at the entrance to tailed and an acquittal rate dangerously lions of people starved to death, as well as the deaths of millions of Ukrainians, Poles, stop certain advocates from getting in. near zero. Judges who acquit defendants, Russians and so many others inside that tyranny, has been built outside of the city in front This scenario, it should be noted, was cite European Court of Human Rights case of the Communist Party headquarters. Even worse, Zaporizhia authorities just denied seen in December 2011 following mass law, etc., can face disciplinary measures or opposition groups the right to assemble to object to the statue’s pubic display,” Rep. protests throughout the country by former accusations of breach of oath (leading to Kaptur stated on the House floor. Chornobyl clean-up workers. Precisely dismissal). A major role in this is played by Rep. Kaptur went on to describe the acts of terror attributed to Stalin, including the such means were used to ensure the “elec- the High Council of Justice of which Ms. deaths of over 50 million people inside the borders of the Soviet Union and recounting the tion” of certain more malleable figures to Izovitova is deputy head. experience of U.S citizen and Holodomor survivor Eugenia Sakevych-Dallas. the leading positions in the Chornobyl The stark words of warning from “The elevation of Joseph Stalin with a monument is an affront to those who have fought Union of Ukraine. This basically reduced Belarusian advocates should not be for freedom around the world. Just as a monument to Adolf Hitler in Germany would be and marginalized a protest movement that ignored. Close attention and support from unacceptable, freedom lovers simply cannot stand be silently while a monument to Stalin, enjoyed strong public support. advocate organizations in other countries the mass murderer of the 20th century, is erected in Ukraine,” Rep. Kaptur stated. On November 17, 2012, some of the — and all those who want to see rule of law Rep. Kaptur noted, “during the height of the Famine, Ukrainian villagers were dying at a advocates stayed at the Rus’ Hotel Congress in Ukraine — are urgently needed. rate of 17 per minute, 1,000 per hour, and 25,000 per day, leaving only a few survivors to and apparently elected Lidia Izovitova as keep the history alive.” “The horror and panic of that time of tyranny is still with her [Mrs. Dallas]. The hunger Head of the National Association of The article above is reprinted from the that plagued Russia and tortured the Ukrainian people in their scheme to slaughter and Ukrainian Advocates. Various media publi- blog “Current Politics in Ukraine” (http:// take over and annihilate the middle class, she says. Let us not forget. It is our duty to bring cations had suggested prior to the congress ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/) created by memories and truth to the world. We must expose the hardships, the horrors and the that Ms. Izovitova, who is deputy head of the Stasiuk Program for the Study of truths so that these atrocities never can happen again,” Rep. Kaptur stated. the High Council of Justice, had strong Contemporary Ukraine, a program of the backing from Andriy Portnov in the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at Source: “For the Record: Rep. Kaptur on Stalin Statue,” The Ukrainian Weekly, June 13, 2010. Presidential Administration. the University of Alberta. 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CONTEMPLATING HISTORY Let’s talk about it Surgun: day of infamy by Yaro Bihun

by Ayla Bakkalli 50 percent.” This tragic history experi- enced by an entire nation has had a trau- Crimean Tatars throughout the world matic impact on the indigenous Crimean commemorate the tragic events of May 18, Tatars. To date, they still have not received Thank you, Vasili Arkhipov 1944, known as the Surgun. In the early acknowledgement for what has happened I hope there is at least one North Korean morning hours, at 4 a.m. under orders from to them as a people. and American military commander serving Joseph Stalin, the entire Crimean Tatar It was shortly after the fall of the Berlin in the region of the Korean peninsula today population was deported en masse from Wall in 1989 that the Crimean Tatars who remembers your name and what you their homeland of Crimea, Ukraine. Given regained fresh new energy to begin their did during an earlier confrontation involv- only 15 minutes to gather their belongings, return to their homeland from their places ing nuclear arms and missiles 50 years ago they were herded into cattle cars bound for of exile. It is from this moment in time that in Cuba. Central Asia, Siberia and other parts of the the Crimean Tatars began to reposition Unfortunately, very few people do. So let Soviet Union. That is, anywhere or every- themselves to resettle after nearly 50 years me recall for them why they, their children where but Crimea. The name of the in exile. and their children’s children should not Crimean Tatars was erased from all records The Crimean Tatar community expects only remember, but honor and thank you and official documents, but the Crimean that the Ukrainian government will draw for what you did back then: Tatars did not assimilate or disappear. more attention to the issue of the commu- It was on October 27, 1962, that Vasili This year on May 18 the Crimean Tatars nity’s reintegration, social and cultural Arkhipov, a 36-year-old Russian submarine in Ukraine, in exile and in the diaspora adaptation in Ukraine, considering that the task force commander, decided not to act commemorated the 69th anniversary of major problems existing in this sphere of as was expected of him, said “Nyet!” and, in the mass deportation from Crimea. The Ukrainian state social policy are the settle- so doing, may well have averted World War Crimean Tatar people fell victim to Soviet ment and full-fledged integration of the III and the possible nuclear annihilation of communism on that day. Of the 238,000 Crimean Tatar national minority. much of what we know as our world today. deportees, 113,000 were children and More measures should be undertaken in This was during that brief period of U.S.- 93,000 were women; of these 110,000 order to intensify the implementation of Soviet brinkmanship known as the Cuban Vasili Arkhipov (46.2 percent) perished from infectious the 2010 presidential decree “On addition- Missile Crisis, when the U.S. government diseases and malnutrition. al measures regarding the settlement of learned that the Soviets were placing long- This was on October 27, 1962, just one In their places of deportation the Crimean Tatars, [and] other persons, range nuclear-armed rockets in Cuba. It day before the Kennedy-Khrushchev agree- Crimean Tatars were subjected to deplor- deported on an ethnic basis and their ended after negotiations at the highest level ment resolving the crisis was announced. able conditions, termed as “special settlers” heirs, who repatriated or wish to repatri- when President John F. Kennedy and B59 surfaced and, along with the rest of the placed under “special settlement regime,” ate for permanent residence to Ukraine.” Premier Nikita Khrushchev reached an fleet, was allowed to return home to the Soviet Union, where its commander was forced to work on collective state farms as Crimean Tatars understand that the res- agreement on October 28 that Moscow received not with honor, but in disgrace. forced labor, and coerced into assimilation olution of a large complex of accumulated would remove its nuclear weapons from Cuba and, reciprocally, Washington would What would have happened if Arkhipov and acculturation into the Soviet problems related to their reintegration and take its nuclear-armed rockets out of had not been stationed on B59 but on one Communist culture. repatriation into Ukrainian society Turkey. of the other subs, at a time when the “The Encyclopedia of Genocides” edited demands a clear and systematic state What was not known until just over 10 defense systems of both superpowers were by Israel W. Charny (foreword by approach. But this community sincerely years ago, when Russia declassified some poised for immediate response in kind? Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu and Simon hopes that their social, cultural and every- pertinent secret Soviet information about ‘‘The lesson from this is that a guy called Wiesenthal, two volumes, 1999) noted that day problems will be satisfied in the near the crisis on the eve of the 40th anniversa- Vasili Arkhipov saved the world,’’ was how the Soviet policy of deportation of whole future. ry of its resolution, was the full story about Thomas Blanton, director of the U.S. nations was “genocidal” and that We ask the democratic world to join the Arkhipov and the four “special” Soviet sub- National Security Archive, described it dur- “Estimates on the loss of life are not very Crimean Tatars in commemorating the marines dispatched to the Cuban waters, ing a special conference in 2002 marking exact, but in the worst case, that of Crimean Surgun in remembrance of one of the cru- then “quarantined” by American warships, the 40th anniversary of that crisis. Tatars, mortality reportedly approached ellest injustices inflicted upon humanity. planes and helicopters to prevent any fur- I first learned about Arkhipov’s role in This day should be important not just to ther Soviet nuclear missile shipments. this moment in our history last October Ayla Bakkalli is an executive member of Crimean Tatars but to the democratic They were not nuclear-powered subma- while visiting the Washington National the World Congress of Crimean Tatars, an world as well, so that they can see the full rines, so they had to surface periodically to Archives exhibit “To the Brink: JFK and the NGO based in Ukraine, as well as the repre- picture of the crime committed by Soviet recharge their batteries and get some fresh Cuban Missile Crisis.” Later that evening, sentative of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis at the communism. This will help the Crimean air. They were “special,” however, in that the local public television stations broad- United Nations Permanent Forum on Tatar people begin to recover as a society one of the torpedoes aboard each vessel cast two hour-long dramatized documen- Indigenous Issues. from this tragic experience. was armed with a nuclear warhead, with taries marking the 50th anniversary of the an explosive force comparable to that of crisis. The first hour focused on the official the U.S. atomic bombs dropped on high-level talks; the second, titled “Secrets FOR THE RECORD Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. of the Dead: The Man Who Saved the During a resurfacing operation, one of World,” was devoted to Arkhipov’s role. the subs – B59 – was forced to make an While he may well have saved the world emergency dive in an attempt to avoid from World War III and nuclear destruc- “Journey of remembrance and triumph” detection. It was too late, however, and the tion, Arkhipov himself died August 19, U.S. ships pursued it, dropping warning gre- 1998, at the age of 72 from radiation poi- nades in order to force it to surface. Unable soning he suffered earlier in a Soviet nucle- to mark 80th anniversary of Holodomor to communicate with either Moscow or its ar submarine mishap. The truth about sister subs, the B59 commander’s latest what he did in 1962 was released four The following statement was received Congress (UWC) is calling upon descen- information about the crisis was based on years after he died. from the Ukrainian World Congress on May dants of survivors and victims to partici- earlier radio news broadcast reports from The London Daily Mail marked the 50th 10. pate in a very unique journey of remem- Miami when the two superpowers were not anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis with brance and triumph: remembrance – of the yet close to an agreement and on the brink a story about Arkhipov’s role in it, headlined The international community has been millions of lives lost; triumph – of those of a nuclear war. “The man who saved the world: The Soviet enriched over recent years with the cour- who survived and of the Ukrainian nation’s Out of food, running out of drinking submariner who single-handedly averted age of individuals who have revisited their spirit, which has flourished. water and with temperatures inside the WWIII at the height of the Cuban Missile painful memories and opened their hearts On this journey, descendants will travel sub at well over 100 degrees, the B59 sub- Crisis.” On the newspaper’s Internet web- to the world by sharing their personal to Ukraine, the center of 80th anniversary marine commander felt he had to make the site, the story was followed by numerous experience of the Holodomor, the commemorations. They will visit Ukrainian ultimate decision. When on the verge of readers’ comments. Among them was one Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. oblasts to share the stories of their family self-destruction, their standing order was signed “Tanya” (no last name) of Vancouver, Despite the permanent scar this has left on members with the people of Ukraine and to do the utmost damage to the enemy Canada: “Thank you, Vasili Arkhipov.” their lives and on the lives of their family document the stories of the Ukrainians beforehand, and in this case that would be During the Cuban Missile Crisis I hap- members, they have shared their stories. they meet to share with the diaspora. Along the use of that “special” weapon against pened to be a 19-year-old private serving They have understood the need for the the journey, stalks of wheat will be collect- those American naval forces. His deputy on “high alert” in a U.S. Army’s 7th Infantry world to hear the truth and the impact this ed, creating sheaves that will become the agreed, and they were about to turn their Division artillery battalion just below the truth will have on the future of a nation. For focal point of international commemora- two keys in the firing mechanism when demilitarized zone separating North and their strength and determination, as a com- tions around the world. Arkhipov, who as the fleet commander just South Korea — one of the possible front munity we are eternally grateful. More information on this journey is happened to be stationed on B59 and had lines of a world war had Vasili Arkhipov In 2013, to mark the 80th anniversary of available on the UWC website: www.ukrai- the power to do so, overruled their deci- not intervened. the Holodomor, the Ukrainian World nianworldcongress.org. sion. Thank you very much indeed. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 No. 21

ORAL HISTORY Mykhailo Horyn’s Visit to the UCRDC in 1992 days, the NKVD found him in a secret hide- here? You’re Komsomol members, we’re out and, in order not to fall into their hands, partisans... I volunteered to give a lecture, he blew himself up with a grenade. Such and spoke about the current political situa- incidents were not uncommon; they tion in Ukraine. I was grabbed by the neck, occurred not singly, not in the tens, but in thrown into a cell and then sent to a prison the thousands. The boys did not want to be and given another three years... captured and imprisoned. This mass hero- About the partisans... they were very ism hounds me constantly... interesting people, but they were brought A strange situation existed in 1944- up differently. We already had the new ide- 1945. There was no Soviet authority in the ology rubbed into us. The village boys tried village. The NKVD would come in the morn- to understand why these educated people ing – by the afternoon they were gone, and came there. Good relations developed rule by the UPA began. The village would between us. I still stay in contact with some set up its own defenses. The self-defense of the partisans... There were some minor leaders would place one guard at each end disputes: “You’re Komsomol, we fought, of the village. The guard would have a horse gave up lives for Ukraine... We sat in prisons and when there were signs of approaching while you got an education, we could also vehicles, he would fly on the horse and have gotten an education.” But then we shout “The Moskali are coming, hide!” became one family... People would run to the woods and hide... There were some very educated persons Two teachers arrived in the village – Marfa among the prisoners; Metropolitan [Josyf] At the Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Center in Toronto in 1992, (from and Sonia. Marfa lived with us until [my Slipyi had just been released; Mykhailo left) are: Mykhailo Horyn, Oksana Zakydalsky, Iroida Wynnycky and Stephan Ilnytskyi. brother] Bohdan was born. A [Red Army] Soroka was there; Ivan Polovyi, the com- major was billeted next door. He would be mander of the Ternopil military district; On January 13 of this year, the Ukrainian dence of Ukraine. This was a naive belief. there in the morning and, in the afternoon, Hryts Pryshliak, the leader of the Security human rights activist, dissident, political pris- At first, the Germans behaved tolerantly, the partisans would arrive. On the one hand, Service of OUN/UPA; the commander of the oner and one of the founders of the Ukrainian but soon executions began, especially of the girls served the major; on the other, they Lviv military district was incarcerated there... Helsinki Union, Mykhailo Horyn, died. In May Jews... There were several armed encoun- were in contact with the partisans... You asked me about the value of a film 1992, during his stay in Toronto, he visited the ters with the Germans in our vicinity and, in [Mykhailo Horyn was arrested in 1964]. about Ukraine in World War II. [The UCRDC Ukrainian Canadian Research and the autumn of ‘43, people from a nearby vil- In 1964 psychological pressure was used. was then in the process of producing the film Documentation Center (UCRDC) and Iroida lage were herded together and taken to “You’re smart, you’re educated – and you “Between Hitler and Stalin.”] It is definitely Wynnycka recorded an interview with him. Stryi, where they were shot... spend your time on this nonsense.” At my necessary. Maybe even more necessary than As many articles and full obituaries have When the Germans retreated, the bol- trial, I gave a speech in which I presented, a film about the Famine [of 1932-1933]. already been written about Mr. Horyn’s life sheviks returned. We were overjoyed when although not completely openly, opinions With the help of the Soviet espionage net- journey, the following reflections on events in partisan units – these were our units – and criticized our liberation movement. I work and Soviet propaganda, an impression his life have been selected from that inter- came to the village. It is an outright lie that spoke of what should be done... I received a developed in Europe that Ukrainians were view (translated from the Ukrainian). the people did not support the Ukrainian sentence of six years; at that time it was the collaborators. Ukrainian immigrants weren’t Insurgent Army (UPA)... longest sentence given out. Others got less – successful in counteracting this, our own Our village [Kniselo, now in Lviv Oblast] I was struck by the ruthlessness of Soviet four years down to one year. These were assurances were not effective. On the one was nationally conscious and patriotic. When rule. In 1945 I started going to school. One “liberal repressions”... hand, Polish propaganda, on the other – the bolsheviks came, repressions com- day, when we were returning home, we saw I was sent to a concentration camp in Russian, created this image of Ukrainians. menced. In 1940, the establishment of collec- five bodies in the central square, naked, Mordovia. There were 1,700 prisoners That is why documentary materials about tive farms began, but the peasants refused murdered... there and, of these, no less than 1,000 were how Ukrainians conducted themselves dur- to give way... We all knew what bolshevik There were many heroic acts... At that our partisans. It was the same in other ing World War II, how they fought against rule meant but felt it would soon come to time I could not understand how an unedu- camps – half the prisoners were Ukrainians, the two most powerful empires in the world an end. There was hope that the Germans cated and joking young peasant left to join the other half was made up of other nation- – I believe that is a splendid idea and should would come and proclaim the indepen- the UPA. When he came home for a few alities... They asked us: what are you doing be supported in every way.

Remembering the paradigm shift of the late 1980s

by Oksana Zakydalsky of the newly formed Ukrainian Helsinki Union (Ukrainska Helsinska Spilka), among Although this incident is not directly whose founder was Mykhailo Horyn. The related to Mykhailo Horyn, the obituaries Ukrainian Helsinki Group (Ukrainska published on his recent death reminded Helsinkska Hrupa) had stood up for human me of this story. rights in Ukraine since 1976, but the union I went to Ukraine with my husband, was to have political aims – one of which Taras, and our older son, Danylo, in July was an independent Ukraine. So the cre- 1988. It was the first visit for all three of us. ation of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union was We were warned by “old hands” that we an important event, what is now called a would be followed, restricted as to where paradigm shift. we could go and who we could meet. Yet, How to get hold of a copy of its constitu- after the obligatory family gatherings in tion? Taras pushed his way into the group Lviv, we set out to explore the city and none to the person distributing the papers, said of this happened. “I’m from Canada” and immediately Oksana Zakydalsky We had received names and addresses received a copy (there was a limited sup- A public meeting in Lviv in July 1988, during which copies of the constitution of the in Lviv from Ukrainians who had recently ply). Well, that was easy. Ukrainian Helsinki Union are handed out. arrived in Toronto. On the lists were former But how to smuggle it out of Ukraine? psychiatric conference in Honolulu to pub- a lot of walking in each city, so that no more dissidents, non-conformist artists and writ- Trying to smuggle out the document might licize the Soviet authorities’ use of psychi- than a couple of cards were mailed out ers. We phoned them and set up meetings – be dangerous – less for us than for the atric incarceration against dissenters. So he from one post office, again not to arouse in their homes, on the street or on park Ukrainians. There was still a large number could be a “person of interest” to the suspicion. All those Cold War spy movies benches. We would return to our Intourist of people who believed that glasnost was a authorities. had left their mark. Hotel, sometimes at 2 a.m. The door would ruse. They said that the real aim in easing We were only at the beginning of our Although it would be dramatic to tack be opened, and there were no comments repressions by the Soviets was to see who four-week visit. So Taras came up with a on an “Argo” ending to this story – with the on the late hour. We did not feel any eyes would stand up to take advantage of the scheme: He would copy the constitution KGB chasing us through the airport – in the following us, although we were often freer mood and then to smite them down. onto postcards, several sentences to a card, end, no one checked our luggage and we stopped on the street by people wanting to There was also the fact that Taras and mail them to family and friends in were actually successful in smuggling out a know where we were from. worked with Smoloskyp, which published Canada. It would require about 100 post- copy of the constitution. (The ending in And so it was in this relaxed mood, that dissident literature and distributed infor- cards to copy the three pages of the docu- “Argo” is fake – no one paid any attention to a few days after our arrival, we came upon mation about the dissident movement in ment. The postcards would be mailed out the fleeing hostages at the airport.) a large group of people near the University Ukraine. He had written a brochure, “Three from the cities where we were going to be. When we returned to Canada, there was of Lviv who were gathered around some Philosophers – Prisoners in the Soviet He kept a log of which excerpts were sent still one more step left: contacting all the men giving out sheets of paper. We found Union,” which Smoloskyp had published in to whom – putting numbers on the post- recipients of the postcards and explaining out they were distributing the constitution 1976, and he had been to an international cards could have aroused suspicion. We did what they were all about. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 9

Subdeacon Yurii Andreiko Metropolitan Antony watches as a member of the Ukrainian American Veterans Members of the Ukrainian American Veterans line up in front of St. Andrew Memorial wields the shovel at the installation of the first brick for the veterans’ monument. Church in preparation for the procession to the central cross for the panakhyda service. Thousands participate in St. Thomas Sunday pilgrimage

Children from St. Andrew Ukrainian School wait to greet the hierarchs before Metropolitan Antony celebrates a panakhyda memorial service for Patriarch Mstyslav Sunday’s liturgy. in the crypt below the memorial church, where the patriarch is entombed.

by Father Vasyl Pasakas Genocide created by Joseph Stalin and his dedication service and installment of the were conducted by Michael Buryk and and Oksana Pasakas Communist regime in Ukraine in 1932- first brick for the construction of a monu- Michelle Tucker-Chubenko. 1933. ment dedicated to the memory of Ukrainian Inside the Cultural Center on both days SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Thousands The church choir, under the masterful American Veterans who have served in the visitors could purchase traditional Ukrainian of faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church direction of Michael Andrec, prayerfully armed forces of the United States – both the food and folk crafts, original oil paintings, of the U.S.A. and guests were invited to cele- sang the responses to the divine liturgy, as living and the departed. With the wind ceramics, jewelry, ecclesiastical vestments brate St. Thomas Sunday in the Metropolia well as the memorial service at the main blowing through the flags in the hands of and vessels, music CDs and videos. Center of the Church here in South Bound cross of the cemetery. the veterans, the metropolitan recited the Some of the Consistory Offices of Brook, N.J. At the conclusion of the liturgy both hier- prayers of dedication, recalling the ultimate Ministry and central organizations of the Bishop Daniel, the ruling hierarch of the archs spoke to the faithful, greeting mothers sacrifice that many men and women of UOC-U.S.A. offered exhibits about their min- Western Eparchy and president of the with the annual observance of Mother’s Day Ukrainian descent made for the United istries: the offices of Youth and Adult Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox and offering prayers for the nurturers and States. He expressed the gratitude of all Ministry, Public Relations, Publications, the Church of the U.S.A. (UOC-U.S.A.), greeted tender caretakers of traditional families. Americans to the UAV members present for Ukrainian Orthodox League, the United the pilgrims visiting the Church’s spiritual A procession led by the altar servers and the blessing. Ukrainian Orthodox Sisterhoods, St. Andrew center on Saturday and Sunday, May 11-12, subdeacons, Ukrainian American Veterans, Funds are currently being collected for Ukrainian Sunday School and St. Andrew with the words: “Come and share in the all the clergy and the faithful made its way construction of the monument on a piece of Society. light, grace and Gospel of the Risen Lord through the cemetery to the large ceremoni- land that the UOC-U.S.A. has provided. The big side room in the Cultural Center with others!” al cross at the center. There, a memorial ser- During the weekend the Ukrainian was the venue for a youth ice cream social On Saturday morning the Divine Liturgy vice was conducted during which all those Historical and Education Center of New hosted by the Consistory Office of Youth and of St. John Chrysostom was served at St. interred in St. Andrew Cemetery and Jersey opened its temporary exhibition Young Adult Ministry. This was an opportu- Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial Mausoleum, all the hierarchs and clergy of space with an exhibition titled “New Spaces nity for youths from all over the country to Church by Bishop Daniel in the presence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the — New Stories,” which was skillfully pre- meet with each other and with hierarchs of Metropolitan Antony and local clergy. members of the Fisher Family – the original pared by the curator of the museum, Natalia the UOC-U.S.A. In the late afternoon everyone had a owners of the estate upon which the Honcharenko, and the director of the As in the previous years, the annual pil- chance to tour St. Sophia Ukrainian Metropolia Center is located – were com- Consistory Office of Archival Information grimage brought Ukrainians of four, if not Orthodox Theological Seminary and later memorated. and History, Dr. Michael Andrec. The exhibi- five, generations together to share their past joined the seminarians of the Church for a Specially remembered were the 10 mil- tion showcased a variety of recent acquisi- and present, and look forward to the future. picnic at the seminary, which was organized lion victims of the Holodomor, the millions tions to the permanent collection. Included The weekend was successful thanks to by the Ukrainian Orthodox League and spon- of victims of Soviet repressions in Ukraine, were religious texts, vestments, and iconog- the efforts of the Consistory Office staff sored by the seminary’s UOL chapter. The the victims of the Chornobyl nuclear disas- raphy; fine art; and Ukrainian ceramics and members and property management staff picnic concluded with vespers served in the ter and all those who gave their lives for the pysanky. under the direction of Emil Skocypec, the Three Hierarchs Seminary Chapel. freedom and independence of Ukraine and The temporary gallery space also dis- Cultural Center staff, the Memorial Church The Sunday morning liturgy was served the United States. Special prayers were played the plans for the construction of the choir and the members of the Ukrainian by Metropolitan Antony and Bishop Daniel. offered this year for Metropolitan new museum building (adjacent to the Orthodox League, who handled the some- They were assisted by the clergy from the Constantine and the victims of the Boston Consistory offices) and a report on its prog- times difficult parking program. Mid-Atlantic States and beyond. As the bells tragedy, as well as for the victims of the hor- ress. Memorial services (panakhydy), served of St. Andrew Memorial Church rang, the rific natural disasters that took place On both days the museum offered geneal- by Metropolitan Antony and seminarians, bishops walked in a procession to the throughout the last year. ogy workshops at which visitors had the for Metropolitan Ioan (Theodorovich) and Memorial Church, an impressive monument In the early hours of Sunday afternoon, opportunity to learn about beginning their other hierarchs of the UOC-U.S.A. concluded commemorating the victims of the Famine- Metropolitan Antony participated in the own genealogical search. The workshops this year’s pilgrimage. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 No. 21 No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 11 History of Kyiv St. Sophia in floral depiction presented in Paris Ukrinform at Washington’s Flower Mart KYIV – Representatives of the State Archival Service of Ukraine have presented the exhibition “History of Kyiv in Archival Documents” in Paris. The month-long exhibit is on view at the Ukrainian Cultural and Information Center of the Embassy of Ukraine in France. “The exhibition opens in Paris on the occasion of the 1,530th anniversary of Kyiv and to present and promote the Ukrainian capital in France,” said Olha Hinzburh, head of Ukraine’s official delegation and the State Archival Service of Ukraine, according to May 17 news reports. She said the exhibition presents documents from the Kyiv State Archives, including text and photo- graphic copies of documents that are under UNESCO protection. Among them there is technical and visual documentation of such architectural treasures as the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves. In addition, visitors can learn more about such prominent Ukrainians as Serhiy Koroliov, Oleksander Dovzhenko, Mykola Amosov and Borys Paton. The exposition also contains photo docu- ments about destruction of Kyiv by the Nazis and its restoration. “We have also brought to France a draft agree- ment on cooperation with the French archival ser- vice, and are looking forward to its conclusion in the near future,” Ms. Hinzburh said, adding that the WASHINGTON – A floral replica of Kyiv’s famous St. Sophia Cathedral represented Ukraine at the Washington National Ukrainian archives service has such agreements Cathedral’s annual Flower Mart on May 3-4. The Ukrainian Embassy was one of 12 foreign embassies participating in with 40 countries. this year’s event with original floral arrangements. The St. Sophia replica, made of button chrysanthemums, was designed “The agreement will allow us to share copies of by Iryna Lipieiko and Pavlo Protsiuk. Ukraine was highlighted as the “honored country” of the 2010 Flower Mart, when documents with France, print common publications Ukrainian singers, dancers and artists were the focus of the two-day celebration. The National Cathedral’s relationship with and collections of documents, organize exchanges Ukraine is also evident in its organization – Lydia Chopivsky Benson is the festival’s co-chairperson, and Suzanne Miller, the of delegations and internships, study the methods wife of America’s second ambassador to Ukraine, William Green Miller, for many years has volunteered her services as the of work with archival documents, and the like,” the horticultural supervisor of the cathedral’s renowned Bishop’s Garden and organizes the fund-raising flower and plant sales head of the delegation said. at the annual Flower Mart. – Yaro Bihun 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 No. 21

dent, two journalists were injured. Ms. Such violent acts have no place where peo- ence on May 13. “As for the question – a NEWSBRIEFS Snitsarchuk was hospitalized with a head ple are exercising their rights to peaceful bilateral or a trilateral consortium – this injury. Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs assembly. Attacking working journalists fur- issue will be addressed, in my opinion, this (Continued from page 2) of Ukraine/Chief of Staff Serhiy Lekar said ther escalates the seriousness of the matter, year. Since, as also noted at a roundtable [in the investigation into the beating of the as that violates the Ukrainian public’s fun- Brussels on May 3] by our partners in the Journalists demand protection journalists is under the personal control of damental right to be informed as well as European Union, the time has already KYIV – The National Union of Journalists Internal Affairs Minister Vitalii Zakhar­ violating the reporters’ individual rights. We come and a decision must be made. As for of Ukraine (NUJU) and the Independent chen­ko. (Ukrinform) call on the Ukrainian authorities to conduct what kind of a consortium it will be, we are Media Trade Union (IMTU) have demand- a thorough investigation and urge them to negotiating and, in order to make a deci- U.S. Embassy condemns attacks ed that the Internal Affairs Ministry be take appropriate action to bring the perpe- sion, it is necessary first of all to enact legis- more active in performing its duties with KYIV – The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine on trators to justice. We also urge the authori- lation and then to begin more specific regard to the protection of media represen- May 22 issued a statement condemning the ties to investigate the apparent inaction by negotiations with the potential investors tatives. A joint statement of the two unions attacks on journalists during the May 18 the police during the incident. The U.S. who are interested in participating in the was distributed in connection with the rally in Kyiv. The statement read: “The gov- Embassy will continue to follow develop- management, purchase or in some other beating of Channel 5 and Kommersant ernment of the United States cherishes the ments in this case. (U.S. Embassy Kyiv) aspect of our gas transportation system,” he said. On April 26 the Verkhovna Rada journalists Olha Snitsarchuk and Vlad rights of freedom of speech, freedom of the Klitschko demands MIA report Sodel, the NUJU press service reported on press and freedom of assembly. We there- registered Bill No. 2937 on amendments to May 20. “The beating took place during the fore congratulate the majority of partici- KYIV – The leader of the UDAR parlia- certain legislative acts of Ukraine in order performance of journalistic professional pants in the simultaneous, mostly peaceful mentary faction, Vitali Klitschko, on May 20 to reform the national joint stock company duties in full view of the police, which did rallies May 18 by the opposition and the demanded an immediate report to the Naftohaz Ukrainy to enable its privatiza- not interfere,” reads the joint statement. Party of the Regions that respected these Verkhovna Rada from Vitaliy tion. (Ukrinform) Zakharchenko of the Ministry of Internal The NUJU and the IMTU noted that the fail- rights, which are guaranteed in the Karasiov comments on shale gas ure of law enforcement to punish those Ukrainian Constitution. We are troubled, Affairs (MIA) about the beating of journal- who attack journalists is unacceptable for a however, that those marches were marred ists and police inaction on Saturday, May KYIV – Shale gas production in Ukraine state declaring allegiance to democratic by a notable act of violence when assailants 18. “We demand to not wait for Friday, and will help the country become a major player values and intending to integrate into the attacked members of the Ukrainian media tomorrow, on Tuesday, there must be a in the global energy market and transform it European Union. As reported, on Saturday, who were documenting an isolated clash report of the Internal Affairs Minister in the from an importer into an exporter of gas, May 20, at about 2:20 p.m., a conflict between two rival groups. We condemn the Verkhovna Rada. We want to hear every- according to political analyst Volodymyr occurred between protesters, which later attacks on two Ukrainian journalists May 18 thing about the fight that took place on Karasiov, who spoke at an international turned into a clash. As a result of the inci- while covering the opposition rally in Kyiv. Saturday,” Mr. Klitschko said. He added that forum of the League of Experts of the Post- it is necessary to find out the names of Soviet Space on May 14. “Post-Soviet World policemen who did not stop the provoca- 2020: Risks, Challenges, Scenarios” was the tion. If their guilt is proved, they must be topic of the forum held in Kharkiv. “The stripped of their ranks. “The analysis of the development of shale gas can make Ukraine situation shows that it was a planned prov- a gas exporter. It’s a completely different ocation, and it took place in the full view of TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 configuration, and it’s a different participa- or e-mail [email protected] the police. We have a suspicion that this tion in the political market. We can then was done directly under their supervision,” integrate into the world market, such as the Mr. Klitschko said. (Ukrinform) U.S. market, and develop our own strategy, SERVICES PROFESSIONALS rather than act as a post-imperial gas transit Kolesnichenko against OUN-UPA glorification country,” Mr. Karasiov said. He noted that KYIV – Party of Regions National Deputy Ukraine for the last 20 years has been an Vadym Kolesnichenko registered a bill in importer of gas and has been dependent on the Verkhovna Rada proposing that crimi- Russia in energy terms. “There are two tasks nal responsibility be introduced for the glo- for Ukraine’s energy independence. The rification of the Organization of Ukrainian issue concerns shale gas and integration Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian into the world market for shale gas and into Insurgent Army (UPA). Draft law No. 2960, the new world energy configuration. banning the rehabilitation and glorification Secondly, it’s necessary to do everything to of individuals and organizations that fought carry out the modernization of the gas against the anti-Hitler coalition, was posted transport system. That is, Ukraine should be on the website of the Ukrainian Parliament part of the European gas market,” said Mr. on May 8. “The bill will introduce criminal Karasiov. (Ukrinform) penalties for the glorification and rehabilita- tion of individuals and organizations that Rada refuses to set up anticorruption bureau fought against the anti-Hitler coalition, KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada rejected a among which in Ukraine were the draft law on a national anticorruption Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the bureau, as only 66 national deputies voted Ukrainian Insurgent Army, the Poliska Sich- for the proposal decision in its first reading, Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA Poliska it was reported on May 14. The head of the Sich of Taras Bulba-Borovets), the Ukrainian Batkivshchyna faction in the Rada, Arseniy People’s Revolutionary Army, the Ukrainian Yatsenyuk, was the author of the draft law. Central Committee, the Nightingale and He said creation of such a bureau, which SERVICES Roland battalions in the Wehrmacht, the would be controlled by the Verkhovna Rada, 14th Waffen-SS Galicia Division (1st could help to fight corruption in Ukraine. In Ukrainian Division), the Ukrainian National turn, representatives of the Party of Regions Army, the Ukrainian Liberation Army, etc,” and the Communist Party pointed out the reads an explanatory note to the bill. Mr. inexpediency of creating such a structure, Kolesnichenko cited U.N. requirements because its functions would duplicate those regarding the unacceptability of the glorifi- already existing in Ukraine. (Ukrinform) cation of all who fought against the anti-Hit- ler coalition and said that OUN and UPA Zatulin announces new movement “not only fought against the anti-Hitler coalition, but were sincere ideological sup- KYIV – The director of the Common­ porters of Nazism and realized the horrors wealth of Independent States Institute, of fascism in practice.” It is proposed that Konstantin Zatulin, announced the creation the rehabilitation or glorification of individ- in Ukraine of a new political movement that uals and organizations that fought against would be able to compete with the Party of the coalition should be punished by a fine of Regions in the next parliamentary elections. 3,400 hrv or imprisonment for eight years. According to May 13 news reports, he said, Mr. Kolesnichenko said that implementa- “We will try to ensure that the project of a tion of the provisions of the bill would movement in support of the union of Russia, result in additional revenues to the state Ukraine and Belarus be implemented, and budget in the form of fines. (Ukrinform) perhaps because of this we could create some sort of a political force in Ukraine, HELP WANTED Consortium’s format to be determined which will push the ruling Party of Regions... And, maybe, in the future, when it all evolves, KYIV – The question of the format for a it will serve as its more successful competi- We are seeking a babysitter consortium to manage the Ukrainian gas tor in future elections,” Mr. Zatulin said at a for our 3 year old son in Bayside, NY. transportation system (GTS) will be public debate on “The Russian Movement of Must speak Ukrainian fluently. Preferably resolved by the end of 2013, after all neces- owns a car. Two days per week - Wednes- Ukraine: Challenges and Hopes” held at the sary changes to legislation are made, said House of Moscow in Sevastopol. At the same day and Thursday. No. of days to increase Minister of Energy and the Coal Industry in December. Tel. 646-763-0045. Eduard Stavytsky during a press confer- (Continued on page 13) No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 13

the armed forces of other states to the ter- Verkhovna Rada on May 14 rejected a bill ment said. “On May 7 of this year a citizen NEWSBRIEFS ritory of Ukraine, the president’s press of amendments to the Constitution of of Ukraine, Serhiy Movchan, was killed in office said in a statement released on May Ukraine on immunity from prosecution. Solwezi (Zambia). A criminal case has been (Continued from page 12) 7. Law No. 198-VII adopted by the Only 190 national deputies out of the 401 initiated upon the murder,” the statement time, he noted that in its initial phase the Verkhovna Rada on April 18 admits units registered in the Parliament’s session hall reads. The Foreign Affairs Ministry noted movement is committed to working with the of the armed forces of other states for par- supported the bill. (Interfax-Ukraine) that the cause of death was fatal gunshot ticipation in 2013 in Ukrainian-Belarusian wounds. According to preliminary reports Party of Regions: “If from the beginning we Ukrainian woman dies in Italy are dead set against it and say, ‘No, we will exercises involving air defenses; Ukrainian- from the Solwezi police, Mr. Movchan was not work with them,’ nothing will happen. Russian exercises involving air defenses; KYIV – Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign killed for the purpose of robbery. It was also The movement will not be able to develop, the Ukrainian-Russian exercise Fairway of Affairs (MFA) has confirmed the death of a reported that the Ukrainian was employed grow up.” (Ukrinform) Peace 2013; the Ukrainian-American exer- Ukrainian woman in Italy, the deputy direc- by Zambia’s Ministry of Health, which is to cise Sea Breeze 2013; the Ukrainian- tor of the ministry’s Information Policy ensure the repatriation of the deceased’s Floods have become more dangerous American exercise Rapid Trident 2013; and Department, Vasyl Zvarych, told Ukrinform body. “The Embassy of Ukraine in the KYIV – The phenomenon of floods today the multinational exercise Maple Arch on May 14. “According to Ukraine’s Republic of South Africa is providing the has become more dangerous because of the 2013, involving the military from Canada, Consulate General in Naples, the body of a appropriate consular support,” the construction of private homes in the coastal Lithuania, Poland. (Ukrinform) Ukrainian citizen, who died as a result of Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry added. The case is under special control of the zone, an activist of Save old Kyiv, Ihor PRU may support cancellation of immunity stab wounds, was found near Naples on Lutsenko, told reporters in Kyiv on May 14. May 11,” he said. He noted that Italian law Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of “The phenomenon of floods for us is more KYIV – The Party of Regions of Ukraine enforcement agencies were taking mea- South Africa and the Department of dangerous today than 30-40 years ago. (PRU) has said it is ready to vote for the sures to identify the person involved in the Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Floods themselves have not become more cancellation of parliamentary immunity death of the Ukrainian woman and that an Affairs of Ukraine. The Ukrainian media terrible, on the contrary they are weaker and that an unfruitful vote on this issue on investigation is under way. Mr. Zvarych reported on May 13 that the 55-year-old than in 1969-1979. But due to ill-conceived May 14 was not decisive. “With regard to added that the Ukrainian Consulate had Ukrainian anesthesiologist was found with urban policy they pose a greater threat. It is parliamentary immunity, I said several informed the relatives of the deceased a bullet in his chest in a room of the Solwezi because of the phenomenon of construction weeks ago that they are trying to deceive about the death of the woman. Her name hospital where he lived and worked. After in defiance of the land law right on the river us and let through to the second round a and other details on the case were not dis- the incident, other doctors staged a rally, banks,” he said. The deputy chairman of the bill that has already been passed,” the lead- closed because the consent of the relatives demanding protection for physicians and an National Ecological Center of Ukraine, er of the Party of Regions faction in of the deceased is needed. Reports in the investigation. (Ukrinform) Parliament, Oleksander Yefremov, said at a Ukrainian media said on May 13 that a ran- Oleksii Vasyliuk, added that every river in Ukrainian singer third at Eurovision Ukraine has its own coastal protective strip, briefing on May 14. He said that earlier, dom driver had found a 23-year-old where the law prohibits any construction, when President Viktor Yanukovych and Ukrainian woman dead in Poggiomarino, PRAGUE – Emmelie de Forest of but this fact is often ignored. “For large riv- Justice Minister Oleksander Lavrynovych near Naples. The deceased person was Denmark won the 2013 Eurovision Song ers such as Desna and Dnipro, and lakes, had served as national deputies, they had identified through Italian documents Contest, soaring to glory on the strength of this lane is 100 meters, for medium-sized registered a bill proposing to cancel parlia- issued to Sofia Zerebreska. Police suggest her song “Only Teardrops” in the competi- rivers it is 50 meters, for small rivers – 25 mentary immunity and the bill had already that her death could be related to work in tion held on May 18 in Malmo, Sweden. The meters. But now there are houses that cut passed all of the necessary stages. At the the sex industry. (Ukrinform) Danish singer, who had been widely tipped to win, beat out 25 other finalists in the with their walls into the water, and you can same time, lawmakers are trying to pass Ukrainian doctor murdered in Zambia fish, looking out of the window,” the expert another bill submitted by opposition depu- 58th edition of the Eurovision contest, tal- added. (Ukrinform) ties. Mr. Yefremov said that PRU deputies KYIV – The Ukrainian Ministry of lying 281 points. Farid Mammadov of voted for proposals to abolish parliamenta- Foreign Affairs has clarified that Ukrainian Azerbaijan finished second with 234 points Military exercises to take place in Ukraine ry immunity on May 14. “We are of the Serhiy Movchan was killed in Zambia. with the song “Hold Me.” Ukraine’s Zlata KYIV – Six large-scale exercises involv- view that we do need to eliminate parlia- Earlier, media had reported the death of Ognevich, who sang “Gravity,” finished in ing foreign military will take place this year mentary immunity so that there are no the anesthesiologist from Ivano-Frankivsk, third at 214 points. The show was watched in Ukraine as President Viktor Yanukovych people of the first and second class in the Serhiy Monakhov, due to a gunshot wound, by tens of millions of television viewers signed a law on the admission of units of state,” Mr. Yefremov commented. The the ministry’s information policy depart- across Europe. (RFE/RL)

Meanwhile, the EU still has a bad taste in Ukraine’s EU... its mouth from several incidents earlier this year, such as the March eviction from (Continued from page 1) Parliament of Serhiy Vlasenko, the lead European Commissioner for Enlargement defense attorney for Ms. Tymoshenko. and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Also, the State Border Service of Ukraine Fule, told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency this year twice denied Mr. Vlasenko the on May 21. ability to leave Ukraine to attend sessions “Therefore, we call on the Ukrainian of the Parliamentary Assembly of the authorities to promptly and effectively Council of Europe. investigate the allegations of the use of vio- If the EU leadership had to decide today, lence, including against journalists. The it would decline to sign the Association perpetrators of the violence must be Agreement with the Ukrainian govern- brought to justice to avoid there being a ment, EU Representative to Ukraine Jan feeling of impunity of those participating in Tombinski told a May 16 conference in Kyiv titled “Ukraine-EU: On the Road to a such acts,” he said. Serhij Marchenko The latest violations of Western stan- Protesters in Kyiv on May 18. Common Future.” dards and principles occurred just as EU Mr. Tombinski also accused the Party of leaders are meeting to consider the signing early February. (The list of requirements even provide for a legitimate revote in the Regions of blocking the work of the parlia- of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement was published in The Ukrainian Weekly’s five election districts in which results mentary Euro-Integration Committee. at the Eastern Partnership summit in March 3 edition.) couldn’t be established in the October 2012 The next day, the Yanukovych adminis- Vilnius in late November. The next meeting of EU officials to dis- parliamentary election, due to fraud tration was accused by the opposition of Most recently, the European Commission cuss the Association Agreement was slated alleged by the opposition parties. stopping scores of buses and trains from on May 15 approved a draft proposal by the for May 23, when the Foreign Affairs “During the last year, the government traveling to Kyiv, where a demonstration EU Council to sign the Association Committee of the European Parliament has pressured us with the goal of not allow- was to be held on May 18 as part of the “Rise Agreement, overlooking the Yanukovych was to discuss Ukraine’s political situation ing our participation in repeat elections,” Up, Ukraine!” protests throughout the coun- administration’s failure to meet deadlines and the status of required reforms at an said a May 15 statement signed by the five try. set for mid-May to fulfill 11 requirements, extraplenary session. opposition candidates in those districts. On the afternoon of the demonstration, including the Verkhovna Rada’s approval of The events surrounding the May 18 “As a result of the repressions, Viktor thugs allegedly hired by the Party of reform-oriented legislation. demonstration in Kyiv will likely be men- Romaniuk can’t return to Ukraine and Regions attacked protesters and journal- The EU Council will further review the tioned, along with other recent shortcom- remains abroad law enforcement organs ists, including Channel 5 television reporter agreement, said the European Commission ings of the Yanukovych administration. are psychologically and physically pressur- Olha Snitsarchuk and Kommersant photog- press service, explaining that the commis- These include the opaque change of ing Arkadii Kornatskyi and his family. rapher Vladyslav Sodel. sion was merely fulfilling technical require- ownership in the opposition TVi television Liudmyla Nikitkina, one of Kornatskyi’s Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the head of the ments when reaching its decision. network – described by some observers as campaign chairs, was imprisoned on fabri- Batkivshchyna party, alleged in a May 20 That didn’t ensure the EU Council would a standard Ukrainian corporate raid with cated charges,” the statement said. television interview that the attack was agree with the commission’s proposal since state approval – and the ongoing trial Authorities had filed criminal charges organized by National Security and it’s waiting for the Ukrainian government against Ms. Tymoshenko for allegedly mur- against Mr. Romaniuk after the October Defense Council Chair Andriy Kliuyev, the to fulfill political preconditions set by the dering former national deputy and natural elections in which his government-backed Yanukovych administration official respon- EU Foreign Affairs Council at their meeting gas industry rival Yevhen Shcherban. (A opponent, Tetiana Zasukha of the Party of sible for coordinating efforts for the on December 10, 2012. key witness, Petro Kyrychenko, testified in Association Agreement’s signing. The EU leadership condensed the court on May 15 that Ms. Tymoshenko votes to be disqualified. The European The Party of Regions and government December conditions into 11 basic require- allegedly arranged the finances to pay for CourtRegions, of Humanallegedly Rights аrranged ruled forin January30,000 officials denied any connection to the ments that Mr. Fule reportedly gave to the murder.) that it will review the alleged fraud as part attackers, instead alleging that the opposi- Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in of a complaint filed by Mr. Romaniuk. tion had hired them.

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COMMUNITY CHRONICLE UCCA Boston holds 63rd annual meeting

by Peter T. Woloschuk present, and Mrs. Prots served as an orga- nizational coordinator from 2004 through BOSTON – The Boston branch of the 2010 and as a member of the Audit Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Committee from 2010 to the present. (UCCA) held its 63rd annual meeting on During their farewell remarks, the couple Sunday, April 14, in Christ the King presented UCCA Boston with a ceremonial Ukrainian Catholic Parish Hall. Ukrainian flag which they had obtained on Among the items on the agenda were a their last visit to Ukraine. review of the past year’s activity; a discus- Elections for the coming year’s board sion of upcoming events, including com- concluded the meeting and the following memorations of Mother’s Day, the anniver- were elected: Mr. Petriv, president; Lyubov sary of Ukrainian independence, the 200th Gentek, vice-president for cultural and anniversary of Taras Shevchenko’s birth internal affairs; Paul Rabchenuk, vice- and the 71st anniversary of the founding of president for external affairs; Luba the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA); as Demchyk, secretary (Ukrainian); Maria well as the intensification of efforts for leg- Fedynyshyn Saxe, secretary (English); islation mandating the teaching of the Wasyl Matveychuk, treasurer; Vera Holodomor in the public schools of the Bokhenik, collector; Michael Hotz and state; and a contribution for the production Slavia Szczudluk, assistant collectors; of a film on the life of Symon Petliura. Ostap Nalysnyk, social media coordinator; The Rev. Dr. Yaroslav Nalysnyk, pastor of Oksana Palenga, external affairs coordina- Christ the King, opened the meeting with a Yuri Onyshkiv tor; Victor Bokhenik, Yaroslav Hoshovsky, prayer and then turned it over to UCCA UCCA Boston President Vsevolod Petriv (left) presents citations to Zenoviy and Patricia Libby, Yuri Onyskiv and Roman Boston President Vsevolod Petriv. Yaroslava Prots in recognition of their 10 years of work on behalf of the UCCA branch. Palenga, organizational coordinators; Mr. Petriv then presented a brief over- Walter Hetmansky, Bohdan Kovalchuk and view of the activity of the branch in the past Chicago, Ukrainian Days in Washington, the presented with citations from UCCA’s Volodymyr Vepryev, auditors; Pelahia year, which included collaboration with the Northeast Regional Conference on Social national office for their decade of untiring Bashenska, Bohdan Kovalchuk and Paul Armenian Library and Museum of America Studies and the 60th anniversary celebra- work for the organization both on the local Rabchenuk, arbitrators; Maria Fedynyshyn on a monthlong series of movies, presenta- tions of the Ukrainian American Youth and national levels upon the occasion of Saxe, archivist, Mychajlo Frankiwskij, tions and exhibitions dealing with the topic Association’s Boston branch (UAYA- their imminent departure from the Boston assistant archivist; Vera Bokhenik, Lyuba of genocide; photo exhibitions of post-disas- Boston); as well as sponsorship of area. Mr. Prots served as president of the Demchyk, Nadia Hoshovsky and Slavia ter Chornobyl; attendance at the “Assessing Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations. Boston branch from 2004 through 2010 Szczudluk, catering; and Pelahia Ukraine-NATO Relations” conference in Zenoviy and Yaroslava Prots were then and as vice-president from 2010 to the Bashenska, librarian. Easter tradition revived on East Seventh Street by R. L. Chomiak NEW YORK – The ancient Ukrainian Easter ritual of songs and dances welcoming spring returned to Manhattan this year. After the Easter service at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church on May 5, the pupils of the Saturday Ukrainian school sponsored by the Self Reliance Association of Ukrainian Americans performed “hahilky,” also known as “vesnianky,” on the street in front of the church. (St. George’s follows the Julian calendar, so Easter was on the first Sunday of May this year). New York police closed East Seventh Street between Second and Third avenues during the performance. In addition to parish members and school parents, there were a number of out-of-town visitors watching the ritual dancing and singing. Ivan Makar, principal of the Saturday school, explained that years ago young people performed hahilky near the church on Easter. But over the past couple of decades the custom ceased, and he along with the School Board decid- ed to revive it this year. For a few Saturdays before Easter, Chrystia Gorski- Makar trained the children to sing and dance hahilky- vesnyanky. And they performed without a hitch, albeit on the East Seventh Street asphalt, rather than on green grass, as their predecessors did for centuries in Ukraine, thus Kathy Nalywaiko reviving an ancient Ukrainian Easter Tradition. Students of the School of Ukrainian Studies perform “hahilky” in New York City. Ridna Shkola of Los Angeles gains non-profit status

by Laryssa Reifel es in age from 3 to 15, and the teaching staff raising ability. It has taken many months the purchase of learning materials and is an experienced group of educators, many and the dedication of both the director and operational expenses of the school. LOS ANGELES – The board of directors of whom are from Ukraine. vice-president of the school to fill out the For further information readers may log of Ridna Shkola Los Angeles is pleased to Ridna Shkola’s primary mission is to pro- application and get it pushed through the on to www.ridnashkola.com or visit the announce that it is now officially a non- vide instruction in speaking, reading and IRS. Moreover, it could not have been Facebook page at https://www.facebook. profit organization according to section writing the Ukrainian language and to pro- achieved without funding from the com/pages/Ridna-Shkola-Ukrainian- 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. vide instruction in Ukrainian history, geog- Ukrainian Cultural Center of Los Angeles. School-Los-Angeles-California. Ridna Shkola is a Ukrainian School in Los raphy, mathematics, science and literature. Ridna Shkola hopes that the incentive of The school’s mailing address is: Ridna Angeles where students are given instruc- Established in 1959, Ridna Shkola has a tax deduction will encourage both those Shkola of Los Angeles, 4315 Melrose Ave., tion once per week in Ukrainian language, only recently embarked on the road to non- inside and outside the Ukrainian American Los Angeles, CA 920029; tax I No. history and culture. The student body rang- profit status in an effort to bolster its fund- community to donate needed funds toward 90-0635379. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Chinese evening in North Port raises funds for scholarships by Ann-Marie Susla the best Chinese outfit. Scholarship com- mittee members, together with a very NORTH PORT, Fla. – This city was enthusiastic audience, chose Dale Long recently invaded by dozens and dozens of and Iwanna Martynetz, both of North Port, “Chinese” who attended the annual schol- to be crowned emperor and empress of arship fund-raiser of the Ukrainian the evening. There were also several American Club of Southwest Florida at St. delighted winners of various door prizes, Andrew’s Ukrainian Religious and Cultural among them Odarka Horbachevsky, Klara Center (Oseredok). This year’s affair, a Szpiczka, Dr. Walter Gerent, Leann Fiorra Chinese celebration, was very successful and John Susla. The chairman of the schol- and all proceeds benefitted the scholar- arship committee, professional photogra- ship endowment fund. The event was well pher Victor Lisnyczyj, took pictures covered by the North Port Sun. throughout the evening. Guests danced to the music of Victor The mistress of ceremonies and presi- Syzonenko and “Boston Joey” Amaral and dent of the Ukrainian American Club of enjoyed a delicious Chinese buffet pre- Southwest Florida, Daria Tomashosky, pared by the ladies of the Ukrainian introduced the club officers: Lieda Boyko, American Club. There was much laughter Ms. Horbachevsky, Halyna Lisnyczyj, and cheering during the contest to choose Natalie Sluzar, Ms. Szpiczka and Nancy

Victor Lisnyczyj Dale Long and Iwanna Martynetz, emperor and empress of the evening. Wosny, as well as the scholarship commit- ner for the purchase of books. The club tee members: Mr. Lisnyczyj, Vira has realized its initial endowment fund Bodnaruk, Christyna Bodnar Sheldon, goal and the annual scholarship granted is Ann-Marie Susla, Gene Tomashosky and now $1,000. Everyone’s support of this Roxolana Yarymovych. She thanked them successful event ensures that the club’s and all those members who worked so scholarship program will continue well hard for this very special evening. into the future. The board and committee succeeded in The scholarship program is just one of providing everyone with an evening of the many activities that this very active great fun, good food, dancing and enter- Ukrainian organization supports in carry- tainment, while it raised funds for the ing out its mission to “…create an opportu- club’s scholarship endowment fund. nity for Ukrainian Americans and other Every year since 2007 the Ukrainian persons interested in Ukrainian culture to American Club of Southwest Florida has learn about and participate in various bestowed a scholarship on a high school aspects of Ukrainian culture; to encourage senior from North Port High School who social contacts among those interested in submits the winning essay on a topic Ukrainian culture; and to encourage an At the fund-raiser (from left) are: Halya Lisnyczyj, Daria Tomashosky, Lana relating to Ukraine. In addition, a $250 interest among the larger American public Yarymovych, Olya Hron and Nancy Wosny. award is given to the previous year’s win- in Ukrainian culture.” Syracuse national home launches new website, showcases renovations SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Ukrainian National nantly Irish Tipperary Hill – the neighbor- Home of Syracuse has launched its new hood where the UNH is located. During the website and announced the completion of festivities, the UNH sold 800 dozen vare- kitchen renovations in its monthly newslet- nyky, 50 pounds of kovbasa, five gallons of ter. Speaking with The Ukrainian Weekly, borsch and 10 gallons of kapusta (sauer- Nykola Lucak, who was re-elected to a fifth kraut). term as UNH president, said that more ren- “It really was a group effort – from peo- ovations are in the planning stages, includ- ple who peeled potatoes, to those who ing updating the home’s social club. rolled out dough or filled varenyky, to the The work on the kitchen began right final step of packaging,” explained Mr. after the start of the new year, and was Lucak. Local Ukrainian organizations made possible by volunteers who donated offered assistance, including volunteers either time or materials. The varenyky from the Ukrainian American Youth sales have also offset costs, and the UNH Association, the Organization for the got a boost during the local St. Patrick’s Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine and Day celebration at Syracuse’s predomi- the Odesa Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. The pantry area, located on the opposite wall of the cabinets, updated with new shelv- ing and storage space. “After a year-long process, the UNH’s Deskiewicz, chairman of the board of direc- new website, www.syrUCC.org, has been tors, and Sean Kelly, head of the auditing completely redone and modernized by committee. webmaster German Drulyk. It was a pains- Other scheduled renovations include the taking,” Mr. Lucak noted, “but we finally got social club. Mr. Lucak said the club’s bar it done and it went live last month.” area would be expanded, some walls would The Ukrainian National Home of be removed, the floor and ceiling would Syracuse held its annual meeting and elec- also be replaced. tions in January. Mr. Lucak noted that many All of this comes as the Ukrainian members of the board are under 40 years- National Home of Syracuse prepares to cel- old and have revived the organization with ebrate its 80th anniversary on November 9 young blood; among them are Michael with a gala event. The Ukrainian Weekly Kitchen cabinets after spring renovations at the Ukrainian National Home in LIKE on Facebook! Syracuse, N.Y. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 No. 21

Joseph V. Krawczeniuk... (Continued from page 4)

earned a Ph.D. in German studies from the University of Munich and a spot on an all- star Ukrainian soccer team made up of other refugees. With a choice of many places where he could have resettled, Dr. Krawczeniuk chose the United States for all the reasons, he believed, many Americans take for granted. Like millions of immigrants before him, he arrived by boat in 1951. He settled in New York City, worked in factories and earned a master’s degree in library science from Columbia University. Dr. Krawczeniuk married Oksana Kolodij on February 16, 1957. They lived in Jersey City, N.J., until 1962. At his wife’s urging, they left their closest childhood friends and family behind for a new adventure in Wilkes-Barre, where Dr. Krawczeniuk took a job as a professor teaching German at King’s College. Though Harvard University offered him a job shortly after that, he had already com- mitted to King’s and felt obligated to follow through. He would remain at King’s until his retirement in January 2008, a month after his wife’s death. Through his life and travels, Dr. Krawczeniuk learned to fluently speak six languages – Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, German, English and Latin – and at least understand bits of several others. At home, he demanded his sons speak only his native Ukrainian. He wrote extensively for Ukrainian aca- demic journals and newspapers, including Svoboda, and authored a history of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church in Olyphant, Pa. He also wrote a brief histo- ry of the Ukrainian National Association on the occasion of its centennial in 1994; the essay appeared in the catalogue published to accompany the documentary photo exhibit that marked the anniversary. Dr. Krawczeniuk was beloved by his stu- dents, who gave him glowing evaluations. “He was probably the smartest and nicest guy I’ve ever met in my life. I had one class with him, he gave us an assignment and then sat there with three different newspa- pers in three different languages,” a former student said in a Facebook post upon hear- ing of his death. Part of the lives of Dr. Krawczeniuk and his wife were chronicled in the WVIA tele- vision documentary “The Extraordinary Journey,” the story of the traditions fol- lowed by Eastern European immigrants and their descendants. Dr. Krawczeniuk was deeply religious, finding comfort in his Ukrainian Catholic faith and its customs. He possessed a strong singing voice and for many years sang a solo hymn at Easter morning litur- gies at Transfiguration of Our Lord Church in Nanticoke, Pa., where he was a member. The siblings who preceded him in death were sisters, Orysia, who died at age 3 in 1909, and Sofia, who died at age 11 in 1920; and a brother, Yaroslav, who died at age 7 in 1919. He was also preceded in death by a son, Andrij Danylo, who died when he was two days old on November 20, 1964. Dr. Krawczeniuk is survived by his brother, Stephan, and his wife, Daria, of Jersey City; four sons: Borys and his wife, Karen Jeremy, Scranton, Pa.; Vsevolod and his wife, Lynn DeYoung, Burbank, Calif.; Bohdan and his wife, Stacey, Wilkes-Barre; and Andrij, Rochester; six grandchildren; as well as other relatives. The funeral liturgy was offered on April 20 at Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church in Nanticoke; interment was at the parish cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to King’s College, 133 N. River St., Wilkes- Barre, PA 18711. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 17 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 No. 21

deserved encores. On Sunday after liturgy, National Association. The goal was to cre- lowed by the traditional “zabava” (dance) to Ukrainian Cultural... Dumka will perform its own concert in the ate a special place where the culture of the music of the ever-popular Hrim band. air-conditioned Veselka hall. For the first UNA members’ ancestral homeland, (Continued from page 1) Festival organizers, sponsors time, the chorus will join the Saturday eve- Ukraine, would be preserved for younger United States. In addition to songs she has ning outdoor stage concert. You can expect generations of the increasingly assimilated The Ukrainian Cultural Festival is orga- recorded, Vika has written more than 150 perfectly balanced chords, pure melodic immigrant families. Over the years, nized by the Ukrainian National songs and published them in her book of lines and keen harmonic precision – a treat Soyuzivka has more than fulfilled that goal. Foundation Inc. – the charitable arm of the lyrics titled “String of My Soul.” not to be missed. Last year over 600 children attended Ukrainian National Association. (Donations She tries to write and record songs of The male chorus Dzvin of Philadelphia the many camps and cultural programs to Soyuzivka via the foundation are always different styles and genres so that not one will present its own concert on Saturday offered by Soyuzivka and its partner orga- welcome to ensure that such programs as of her songs will sound like another. Her afternoon in the Veselka Hall. The 16 mem- nizations – a greater total number than any the festival can continue in the future.) It is focus is on writing songs with a strong mel- bers of this male chorus under the direction other youth camp program in the United held under the patronage of the Embassy ody that also have meaning and will touch of Nestor Kyzymyshyn are sure to delight States. Soyuzivka is a place where everyone of Ukraine in the United States. the hearts and souls of her listeners. She audiences with their rich voices and diversi- can be Ukrainian who wants to be The festival’s official sponsors are the wrote the theme song for the National fied repertoire, from toe-tapping tunes to Ukrainian – a place where one can learn Ukrainian National Association, a fraternal Children’s Music Festival and the nationally melancholy yearnings for the homeland. about their ancestry and be proud. society based in Parsippany, N.J., and Self televised music contest in Ukraine “Step to Of course, Soyuzivka is proud to be the Where else but Soyuzivka can you find Reliance New York Federal Credit Union. the Stars” (a.k.a. “Ukrainian Idol”). home of the Roma Pryma Dance Workshop six weeks of solid Ukrainian folk dance UNA National Secretary Christine Kozak is Vika released her newest rock album under the direction of Ania Bohachevsky training at every level that fosters the love calling on all UNA branch secretaries and “Guilty Dreams” in 2010 in three languages Lonkevych, the daughter of the prima balle- of this ancient and beautiful dance form, members to volunteer for the festival and she (Ukrainian, English and Russian), with sev- rina who was the grand dame of Ukrainian while building camaraderie and friend- is encouraging them to organize their com- eral tracks shooting to the number-one dance. These advanced students hone their ships that will last a lifetime? In fact, the munities to attend this important fund-rais- requested songs on Kyiv radio stations. skills at Soyuzivka and present the festival Soyuzivka-based Roma Pryma Bohachevsky ing event for the Soyuzivka Heritage Center. (You can read more about Vika on her web- audience with a dazzling show. With their Dance Workshop, a two-week advanced “Please show your support for your site www.vikamusic.com.ua.) grace, expert kicks, swirls and twirls, and dance program, culminates with a dazzling Ukrainian heritage and Soyuzivka,” added fancy footwork, workshop dancers always Vasyl Popadiuk and more stage performance at the annual Ukrainian Nestor Paslawsky, general manager of leave their audiences clamoring for more. Cultural Festival. Soyuzivka. “Although room availability is And since Ukrainians never have enough Many other performers and artists will limited at Soyuzivka” (please call 1-845- of dancing, the festival is thrilled to wel- grace the Ukrainian Cultural Festival stages Festival attractions 626-5641 for more information), Mr. throughout the weekend, foremost among come the Dunai Dancers from Canada. This From Friday evening, July 12, to Sunday, Paslawsky noted that, “Our neighboring them the celebrated violinist Vasyl exciting troupe of 15 young energetic danc- July 14, the grounds, decks, patios and ten- hotel, the Hudson Valley Resort, does have Popadiuk, considered the duke of the gyp- ers is under the direction of Camille nis courts at Soyuzivka will echo with the rooms available and, as a special benefit sy-style violin. Ostapowich Allen. Their repertoire demon- sounds of Ukrainian music and the daring for its guests, has arranged a shuttle bus This year Mr. Popadiuk will be accompa- strates a new take on traditional Ukrainian high kicks and swirling dances that express between the festival and the hotel.” nied by his five-piece band Papa Duke. This dance, with staged folk dances from the passion of the Ukrainian people. The goal of the festival is to propagate exciting and rousing ensemble of instru- around the many regions of Ukraine. Savory ethnic foods, varenyky or pyrohy our rich Ukrainian culture. With the gener- mental virtuosos will provide a Carpathian The masters of ceremonies for the three- (whatever your preference in terminology), hoedown with a unique and energizing day festival are sisters Anya Tomko and ous support of sponsors and donors, the blend of Ukrainian, Latin, classical, rock and Alexandra Zawadiwsky and Yarko Dobriansky. kovbasa and holubtsi will delight your pal- Ukrainian National Foundation will work jazz – best described as world fusion music. Many more performers will be added to ate. The “Beer, Bands and Bandura” theme toward presenting a fabulous Ukrainian Ukrainians have always been famous for the performance roster, so stay tuned for will quench all of your thirsts – artistic and Cultural Festival – not only in 2013 but for their voices. Returning by popular demand more information. otherwise. many years to come. Your donations will is the superb Dumka Chorus from New The food court and vendors’ plaza – help make the long-term vision for the Soyuzivka’s mission York, under the direction of Maestro Vasyl where visitors will find the most unique Soyuzivka Heritage Center a reality. Hrechynsky. You can expect a remarkable The land that became Soyuzivka was items of Ukrainian art and crafts, embroi- For the full schedule of events and addi- performance, pure perfection and well- purchased in 1952 by the Ukrainian dery, pysanky and many souvenir items – tional information, readers may call will open each morning at 10 a.m. Soyuzivka at 845-626-5641, visit the web- Each evening there will be music and site at www.soyuzivka.com or locate dance performances on the Main Stage, fol- Soyuzivka on Facebook.

take their patriotic zeal for competence. He The spy story... hardly sees, however, how good they are at playing on his insecurity complexes and (Continued from page 2) mistrust in independent opinion. Their tricks in manipulating the boss are becom- sion. Nor have they a sound understanding ing less sophisticated and more likely to of the origin and evolution of the opposi- target his disconnect with reality, obscur- tion forces, swinging back and forth from ing Russia’s ability to deal with the chal- discarding them as a marginal disturbance lenges of its distorted transition. attempted by political losers to discovering a major conspiracy that must be countered The article above is reprinted from by urgent funding for protective efforts. Mr. Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Putin harbors few illusions regarding his its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, lieutenants’ scruples and would not mis- www.jamestown.org.

makers that the police had acted profes- Suspect... sionally. “I would like to emphasize that (Continued from page 3) during such public events, where many citi- zens of opposing political views take part, police simply stood by and observed every- the police in general have worked ade- thing, there was an impression that every- quately, according to the powers granted thing was done under their protection.” by law,” he said. Opposition lawmakers demanded expla- The Committee to Protect Journalists nations regarding police reluctance to and Freedom House have condemned the interfere with the beatings. attack and urged Ukrainian authorities to However, Mr. Zakharchenko told law- investigate the situation. Want to see your name in print? Then why not become a correspondent of The Ukrainian Weekly in your community? We welcome submissions from all our Ukrainian communities, no matter where they are located. Let the rest of us know what you’re up to in your corner of the Ukrainian diaspora! Any questions? Call The Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext. 3049. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 19

Through June 16 Art exhibit, “Contemporary Artists from Ukraine,” June 8 Golf tournament, St. Anthony Ukrainian Orthodox Church, New York Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or Enoch, AB Indian Lakes Golf Course, 780-424-5362 or www.ukrainianinstitute.org [email protected] Through July 31 Religious education class, Immaculate Conception June 14 Performance, “Sprit of Ukraine,” Cheremosh Ukrainian Hillside, NJ Ukrainian Catholic Church, 973-599-9381 or Minneapolis, MN Dance Ensemble, Cowles Center for Dance and the www.byzcath.org/immaculateconception Performing Arts, www.thecowlescenter.org or 612-206-3600 May 31 “Golfing for our Kids” tournament, Ukrainian Youth Mississauga, ON Association of Canada, [email protected] or 647-229-0398 June 14-16 Ukrainian Heritage Festival, St. Michael Ukrainian Yonkers, NY Catholic Church, www.yonkersukrainianfestival.org June 1 Spring concert and student recital, “Sights and Sounds of June 15 Golf tournament, Ukrainian American Sports Center Cleveland Spring,” featuring the Kashtan School of Ukrainian Dance Ambler, PA Tryzub, Limekiln Golf Club, 215-343-5412 or and the Zorya Female Vocal Ensemble, Ukrainian Cultural www.tryzub.org Arts Association of Greater Cleveland, St. Ignatius High School Breen Center for the Performing Arts, June 15 Plast Golf Classic tournament, fund-raiser for Baturyn www.ucaasite.org Lorraine, QC camp, Club de Golf Lorraine, [email protected] or 514-744-9648 June 1 Performance, “Ukraina,” celebration of Park Ukraina and Hayward, CA the Rev. Agapius Honcharenko, Ukrainian American June 16 Father’s Day Ukrainian Fest and soccer championship, Coordinating Council – Northern California Branch, Garin Horsham, PA Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub, Regional Park, 650-281-6927 or 215-362-5331 or www.tryzub.org www.stmichaeluocsforg/pages/honcharenko.aspx June 17 Golf tournament, Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society, June 7-9 Performance, “Fire. Water. Night.” by Yara Arts Group, La Sherwood Park, AB Broadmoor Public Golf Course, New York Mama Experimental Theater, 212-475-7710 or [email protected] or www.lamama.org www.friendsukrainianvillage.com June 18 Golf tournament, Fellowship of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, June 7-August 4 Art exhibit, featuring abstract works by Thomas H. Burlington, ON St. Volodymyr Cultural Center, Indian Wells Golf Club, Chicago Kapsalis, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 416-766-9288 or www.uima-chicago.org Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events June 8 Golf tournament, Ukrainian American Youth Association – advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Wisconsin Dells, WI Mykola Pavlushkov Branch, Trappers Turn Golf Course, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors [email protected] and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

Similar to a concert harp that can cost future bandura players and singers, I rec- concern for one another, with respect to the Bandurist Chorus... upward of $12,000, the bandura is equiva- ommend that they should come to our con- mutual donation of time everyone puts in lent in its complexity. I am developing certs and learn more, get inspired and seek and scheduling accommodations made by (Continued from page 1) designs for a concert instrument that stays development. Just like Charlie Sakuma, the each member. That same respect for each Andrij Briko, 43, of Detroit, baritone in tune, and this is difficult to achieve and Japanese man who fell in love with the ban- other’s time goes into rehearsals as well. The and concertmaster (more than 25 years requires financial support. I have a blog dura, the instrument and our tradition is for UBC members are passionate to put on a with the chorus): (banduramaker.blogspot.com) and custom all nations. tour like this recent one. I’ve been with UBC for over 25 years, shop, where I sell banduras, accessories and I prefer the intimate venues over the with a brief hiatus during a few of the tours. other items (www.birkonium.com). There Kyrylo Rewa, 27, of Toronto, baritone large ones, and this “Sounds of Spring” tour I began playing the bandura in 1982 at ban- are plans to host a workshop geared toward and bandurist (more than 10 years with focused on the UBC’s hub of membership. dura camp and took local lessons on both every player from student to professional. chorus): This tour’s selections were lighter and pep- bandura and piano, and during college stud- And on the future of the bandura, Zinoviy My musical experience began since pier, which is a departure from the UBC’s ies I minored in music. In my youth I was a Shtokalko stated that playing Western childhood, starting with music lessons on extensive repertoire describing Kozak bat- member of ODUM [Ukrainian Democratic music on bandura is neat, but equated it to piano, going through the various grades. tles. Youth Association], and, while studying dogs performing a ballet. Then at age 9, my grandparents bought The 95th anniversary of the UBC is a huge bandura, I became a camp instructor at banduras for me and my siblings, and three milestone, and I look forward to the 100th Kobzarska Sich from 1986 until the late Vasyl Troyanovych, 44, of Syracuse, years later I attended bandura camps in anniversary. I can’t wait, and I don’t know 1980s. Following time off for college stud- N.Y., second tenor (11 years with the Hawkestone, Ontario (six years) and what is planned, but it’s going to be great – ies, I returned to the UBC. We may be chorus): Kobzarska Sich (four years). Other musical showcasing the bandura like this tour. As Ukrainians living in the diaspora, but at I was born in Truskavets, in the Lviv training included church, where I served as cultural ambassadors, this is a huge mile- bandura camp you are immersed in a ban- Oblast of Ukraine, and learned about the an altar server and then later was tonsured stone that deserves a proper tribute. UBC while in Ukraine when they did a tour dura-centric environment that is rare out- and ordained a subdeacon. To all of the young bandura players out shortly after Ukraine regained its indepen- side of Ukraine. Going on tour with the UBC is tiring if you there, I recommend that you go to bandura dence in 1991. My musical background This tour, the UBC’s second with returning think about it, but once you get in the car to camp. In addition to all of the new friends includes a love of Ukrainian music that conductor Oleh Mahlay, went particularly a performance you forget all about it and you will make, it’s a great experience. Some well, considering the new material and began at a young age, was fostered by sing- focus on reconnecting with your friends. The friends I made at bandura camp I only see based on the positive response from the ing in local choirs and playing in a local UBC is truly a brotherhood, with genuine at UBC events, but it’s like we never left. audience. As concertmaster for the UBC, I band, playing guitar and singing. After serv- make sure that the instrumentalists are ing time in the Ukrainian army, things supervised to develop techniques, stage changed in Ukraine and more opportunity presence, learning to change bandura strings became available. on the fly and other corrective measures. I, I arrived in the U.S. in 1998 and, while in along with George Metulynsky, coordinate Syracuse, I joined the local Surma choir, per- rehearsals for the UBC bandura players. forming until the choir began to lose mem- The future of the bandura has many bers. Then I joined the local church choir, obstacles to overcome as far as manufac- performing at its annual parish festival, turing goes, especially in Ukraine, where serving as festival chairman for the past two Конференція Українських Пластових Організацій (КУПО) there is only one factory in Lviv currently consecutive years. I think the older genera- відбудеться 7-9 червня 2013 року making banduras. The UBC predominantly tion thinks that the youth is not there, but uses Kharkiv-style banduras called while on this tour, I saw them in the seats, в готелі Hanover Marriott “Poltavky,” and uses the Kharkiv-style of singing along, not forgetting their Ukrainian 1401 Rt 10 East, Whippany, NJ 07981 playing. This is contrast to the Kyiv-style traditions. It was a pleasure to see full halls Запрошуємо всіх старших пластунів і сеніорів прибути на наради. instruments that are more common. The of support for the tour and how audience Додатковi інформації і порядок нарад знаходяться на members thanked Anatoli Murha and the reason for this is the promotion of the Kyiv www.plastscouting.org. style bandura during the Soviet times. You UBC for its work. can play Kharkiv-style on the Kyiv instru- During the 95th anniversary, I think that Кошт – $30 на день включає обід і відзначку; ment, but you can’t do the reverse. the UBC will be around for years to come, $115 включає також бенкет в суботу Bandura players such as Roman but its work with non-Ukrainians is where Прошу повідомити Лесю Лебедь про участь у бенкеті – Hrynkevych and Hnat Khotkevych, both its future lies – continuing the kobzar tradi- executed by the Soviets, are responsible for tion and displaying Ukrainian culture and [email protected]. the development of the modern bandura. bandura on a high artistic level. For the 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 No. 21

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Friday, June 7-Sunday, June 16 Tryzubivka (Ukrainian American Sport Center, County Line and Lower State NEW YORK: La MaMa Experimental roads). A 2 p.m. stage show will feature the Theater and Yara Arts Group present “Fire. Voloshky School of Ukrainian Dance, the Water. Night.” – a new World Music Karpaty Orchestra and more to be Theater Performance on the Move based announced. A zabava-dance to the tunes of on “The Forest Song” by Lesia Ukrainka the orchestra will follow. Tryzubivka will and Kupalo songs that explores our rela- also host the U.S. Amateur Soccer tionship to water, trees, fields and our digi- Association National Cups (Open and tal landscape. The production is created by Amateur, Men’s and Women’s) Region I Virlana Tkacz, with music by Alla Championship Tournament from 10 a.m. Zagaykevich and the Lemon Bucket through 7 p.m. (on both Saturday, June 15, Orkestra. Show times are Thursday, Friday and Sunday, June 16). Some of the best and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 amateur soccer teams in America will p.m., plus Sunday, June 9, at 7 p.m. La compete for the U.S. Open and Amateur MaMa Experimental Theater is located at Region I Cups. There will be plentiful 66 E. Fourth St. Admission: $25; $20 for Ukrainian homemade foods and baked seniors and students; $10 for children. For goods, picnic fare and cool refreshments. tickets call 212-475-7710 or visit www. Admission on Sunday: $5 for adults; free lamama.org. for children 14 and under. Admission on Saturday: free. For more information call Sunday, June 16 215-362-5331, e-mail eluciw@comcast. HORSHAM, Pa.: The popular Father’s Day net, log on to www.tryzub.org, or visit the Ukrainian Fest will commence at 1 p.m., at Facebook page for Tryzub Ukrainian Club.

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Tennis Camp Tabir Ptashat June 23-July 4 Session 1: June 23-29 2013 Summer Camp Kicks off the summer with 12 Session 2: June 30-July 6 days of intensive tennis instruction and competitive play, for boys and Ukrainian Plast tabir (camp) for children Information girls age 10-18. Attendance will be age 4-6 accompanied by their parents. Registration forms will also be appearing limited to 45 students. Room, board, in the Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly 24-hour supervision, expert lessons in March and April. For further information, and loads of fun are included. Camp please contact Neonila Sochan is under the direction of George at 973-984-7456. Sawchak.

Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Heritage Ukrainian Dance Academy Day Camp Workshop Session 1: July 14-19 June 30- July 13 Session 2: July 21-26 Vigorous 2-week dance training A returning favorite, in the form of a day for more intermediate and advanced camp. Children age 4-7 will be exposed to dancers age 16 and up under the Ukrainian heritage through daily activities direction of the Roma Pryma Boha- such as dance, song, crafts and games. chev sky Ukrainian Dance Children will walk away with an expanded Foundation, culminating with perfor- knowledge of Ukrainian folk culture and mances on stage during the language, as well as new and lasting Ukrainian Cultural Festival weekend. friendships with other children of Ukrainian Additional information http://www. heritage. Price includes kid’s lunch and syzokryli.com/ T-shirt and, unless noted, is based on in- house occupancy of parent/guardian. Discovery Camp July 14-20 Chornomorska Sitch Sports School Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Calling all nature lovers age 8-15 Session 1: July 21-27 • Session 2: July 28-August 3 Ukrainian Dance Camp for this sleep-over program filled with 44th annual sports camp run by the Ukrainian Athletic-Educational Association Session 1: July 21-August 3 outdoor crafts, hiking, swimming, Chornomorska Sitch for children ages 6-17. This camp will focus on soccer, tennis, volleyball organized sports and games, bon- and swimming, and is perfect for any sports enthusiast. Registration can be completed on- Session 2: August 4-August 17 fires, songs and much more. Room, line by clicking on the link found at Soyuzivka’s camp website - http://soyuzivka.com/Camps. Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych board, 24-hour supervision and a Requests for additional information and your questions or concerns should be emailed to (daughter of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky), this lifetime of memories are included. [email protected], or contact Roman Hirniak at (908) 625-3714. camp is for aspiring dancers age 8 -16, offering expert instruction for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Room, board, 24-hour For applications or more info please call Soyuzivka, 845-626-5641, supervision, expert lessons and plenty of fun are included. Each camp ends with a grand recital. or check our website at www.soyuzivka.com Attendance will be limited to 60 students.