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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXX No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 $1/$2 in Ukraine UNA General Assembly meets New law on referendum seen Committees lay the groundwork for 2013 and beyond as bypassing Ukraine’s Constitution by Zenon Zawada “Politicians already are parasitizing off Special to The Ukrainian Weekly [Ukraine’s] divide, constantly reminding the east and south of the country about how KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych on they differ from the west and center. Now a November 27 signed into law the bill “On more serious lever of manipulation has an All-Ukrainian Referendum,” which ended up in their hands. Never mind lever! makes it possible to hold a national refer- Grenade! A populist politician initiating the endum to amend the Ukrainian latest irresponsible referendum is a true Constitution, repeal it, pass a new monkey with a grenade,” wrote Vitaly Constitution, approve new laws or repeal Portnikov, a leading social critic, in a column existing laws. on the UAInfo website on November 28. Previously, only the Parliament could Mr. Yanukovych had yet to state publicly amend the Constitution, with 300 votes why he sees the need for a law allowing ref- (out of 450). Parliament approved the bill erenda. National deputies of the Party of on November 6, slightly more than a week Regions of Ukraine (PRU) went on the talk after the recent elections demonstrated show circuit to insist that holding referen- the opposition had more support, thereby da will enhance democracy in Ukraine by ruining the Party of Regions hopes of a giving its citizens the right to decide key 300-vote constitutional majority. issues directly. Roma Hadzewycz The bill’s passage drew fierce criticism “This right belongs to our citizens and Members of the UNA General Assembly at Soyuzivka for their 2012 annual meeting. from opposition leaders, who accused the it’s only being given for a certain time,” Ihor president of setting the stage to shift the Miroshnichenko, a PRU national deputy by Roma Hadzewycz Also participating was the editor-in- 2015 presidential election from a popular said on the November 30 broadcast of the chief of the UNA’s publications, Svoboda and vote to the Verkhovna Rada. Holding refer- weekly show “Big Politics.” KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The Ukrainian The Ukrainian Weekly, Roma Hadzewycz. enda on provocative issues – such as the Yet, opposition leaders and veteran National Association’s General Assembly Reporting on the year ended December state language or federalization – could political observers didn’t see it that way. convened at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center threaten Ukrainian statehood altogether, on Friday, November 30, through Sunday, (Continued on page 15) critics said. (Continued on page 13) December 2, for its regular annual meeting to review the fraternal benefit society’s activity for the past year and to adopt a plan of action for 2013 and beyond. Six committees deliberated during the Ukraine’s Embassy remembers the Holodomor sessions: Organizing/Fraternal, Soyuzivka, Publications, Canada, Financial and WASHINGTON – Natalia Motsyk Advocacy. The latter was a new creation, as (left), wife of Ukraine’s ambas- the UNA seeks to articulate its concerns on sador to the U.S., Olexander the federal, state and local levels. Motsyk, and U.S. Court of Reports were delivered by the three full- Federal Claims Judge Bohdan Futey, join in lighting the can- time executive officers of the UNA: dles of the memorial cross in President Stefan Kaczaraj, National the courtyard of the Ukrainian Secretary Christine Kozak and Treasurer Embassy at the conclusion Roma Lisovich. All other General Assembly of this year’s Holodomor anni- members – executive officers, advisors and versary commemoration in auditors – as well as the editor-in-chief of Washington on November the UNA’s official publications, Svoboda 27. Among those address- and The Ukrainian Weekly, had the oppor- ing the evening gathering were tunity to deliver addenda to their written Ambassador Motsyk, Judge reports. Soyuzivka Manager Nestor Futey, the director of the U.S. Paslawsky also delivered a report. State Department Office of Present at the meeting in addition to the Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus full-time executives were three other exec- Affairs Baxter Hunt and the utive officers, First Vice-President Michael chairman of the Committee for Koziupa, Second Vice-President Eugene Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Oscislawski and Director for Canada Myron Awareness Michael Sawkiw Groch. Also attending were: Auditing Jr. The Very Rev. Volodymyr Committee members Slavko Tysiak (chair- Steliac, dean of St. Andrew man), Eugene Serba and Dr. Wasyl Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Szeremeta; and Advisors Maya Lew, led the assembly in honoring Andrew Futey, Ewhen Osidacz, Nicholas Fil, the millions who perished with a Stephanie Hawryluk, Gloria Horbaty, Andrij prayer, a moment of silence and Szul and Olya Czerkas. Unable to attend the the singing of “Vichnaya Pamiat” meeting were Advisors Lubov Streletsky (Eternal Memory). and Luba Poniatyszyn Keske. – Yaro Bihun Yaro Bihun 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 No. 50 Work starts on new Chornobyl shelter

RFE/RL according to plan, the structure will reach a New Rada to convene December 12 and Minister for Regional Development, span of 257 meters and a height of 110 Construction, Housing and Utilities Anatoliy Workers have raised the first section of a meters. KYIV – The first meeting of the newly Blyzniuk. All of the ministers were elected to structure that will eventually cover the After the 1986 disaster, a sarcophagus elected Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will start the new Verkhovna Rada. (Ukrinform) exploded reactor at Ukraine’s Chornobyl was quickly built to entomb the damaged at 10 a.m. on December 12. Representatives nuclear power station. No. 4 reactor. However, cracks in that struc- of the majority voted for such a decision at a Opposition on new state budget The European Bank for Reconstruction ture have been discovered. meeting of the Parliament’s preparatory and Development (EBRD), which is leading The cost of the project is estimated at group on November 28. The opposition did KYIV – National Deputy Serhiy Sas the project, hailed the progress on some $1.2 billion. Most of the funding is not participate in the vote, as it had walked (Batkivshchyna) said on December 4 that the November 27 as a major step toward clean- coming from 40 donor nations to the out of the room because the working group government of Mykola Azarov has no right to ing up the aftermath of the 1986 explosion, Chornobyl Shelter Fund run by the EBRD. on preparing for the work of the Verkhovna submit the draft state budget for 2013, as in the world’s worst civilian nuclear disaster. Analysts say one of the biggest challeng- Rada of the seventh convocation refused to fact it is already in retirement. Speaking at Vince Novak, the EBRD’s director for es facing the project is dismantling the include the issue of the personal voting by the Verkhovna Rada meeting he said, “The nuclear safety, said the jacking operation to plant’s chimney. That must be removed in national deputies as the first question on the president has signed the statements of a complete the first stage of lifting was one of order for the new covering to be put in agenda of the new Parliament’s first meet- number of officials to transfer them to the the most crucial phases of the project. place. However, the chimney is coated with ing. (Ukrinform) status of national deputies. That is, in fact, The initial lifting operation raised radioactive residue, which could disperse this Cabinet has already retired. According to around 5,000 tons of steel to a preliminary into the atmosphere as the chimney is Opposition insists on personal voting the Constitution, it cannot present the state budget to Parliament,” Mr. Sas explained. In height of up to 22 meters. taken apart. KYIV – Representatives of opposition turn, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Victor Zalizetsky, the deputy head of the The official short-term death toll from parties – UDAR, Batkivshchyna and Lytvyn said he had discussed this question Project for New Safe Confinement the Chornobyl accident was 31, but many Svoboda – are insisting on the urgent con- with Prime Minister Azarov, “who said that Construction at Chornobyl, said the struc- more people subsequently died of radia- sideration of a personal voting system. the government had tabled the draft budget ture should stop the spread of radiation tion-related sicknesses such as cancer. Svoboda representative Ruslan in Parliament before the members of govern- from the damaged reactor. The worst contamination occurred Koshulynsky said, “We are continuing to ment who were elected to the Rada submit- “The task of this object is to provide for within a radius of 30 kilometers around the adopt our fundamental position and pro- ted their resignation statements to the presi- the nonproliferation of radioactivity and plant, the so-called exclusion zone. That pose supporting the resolution to ensure dent.” First Deputy Finance Minister Anatoliy contaminating aerosols, within the sur- area has been deemed uninhabitable. the observance of Article 84 of the Miarkovsky began presentation of the 2013 rounding environment, and correspond- Constitution of Ukraine on the individual state budget in Parliament on December 4. ingly this will protect both Ukraine and With reporting by AP and Reuters. voting of MPs.” Mr. Koshulynsky said this The budget was expected to be adopted on European countries from radioactive con- Copyright 2012, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted requires the introduction of the Rada-3 sys- December 6. (Ukrinform) tamination,” he explained. with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ tem of personal voting, which envisages the Mr. Zalizetsky said the network of Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, registration and voting of national deputies Lutsenko transferred to hospital arched steel beams should have a lifespan Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see solely via touch keys. (Ukrinform) of a century. http://www.rferl.org/content/chornobyl- KYIV – Ukraine’s jailed former internal When it is completed in 2015, if all goes ukraine-/24783233.html). President dismisses ministers affairs minister, Yurii Lutsenko, has been transferred from prison to a local clinic in KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor the northern Chernihiv region. A spokes- Yanukovych on December 3 signed a decree woman for the opposition People’s Self- dismissing Minister of Education and Defense party, Larysa Sarhan, said on Science, Youth and Sports Dmytro Ukraine signs agreement with EBRD December 4 that Mr. Lutsenko had been Tabachnyk. Mr. Tabachnyk was dismissed in admitted for a general check-up. Ukrainian connection with his election as a national on Chornobyl projects for 190 M euros Penitentiary Service officials said on deputy. Earlier, the president accepted the December 3 that Mr. Lutsenko had agreed “The signing of this agreement resulted resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Ukrinform to be examined at a medical facility. He had from a joint effort of the Ukrainian govern- Azarov. The head of state also dismissed been complaining that he did not receive KYIV – First Vice Prime Minister of ment, the EBRD and the international com- Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure necessary medical treatment for heart Ukraine Valeriy Khoroshkovsky signed an munity aimed at transforming the shelter Minister Borys Kolesnikov and Deputy problems at a prison labor camp. Mr. agreement to amend the grant agreement into an ecologically safe system. Its practi- Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Lutsenko is serving a four-year prison term between the government of Ukraine, the cal implementation will also promote the Sergey Tigipko. The president also signed for embezzlement, abuse of office and State Specialized Enterprise Chornobyl NPP settlement of economic and social issues decrees dismissing Emergencies Minister ordering illegal surveillance of suspects and the European Bank for Reconstruction related to the decommissioning of the Viktor Baloha, Minister for Economic while investigating the poisoning of Viktor and Development (EBRD), which provides Chornobyl nuclear power plant,” Mr. Development and Trade Petro Poroshenko, for an additional grant to Ukraine of 190 Khoroshkovsky said. Justice Minister Oleksander Lavrynovych million Euro for Chornobyl-related projects. The additional grant provided by the (Continued on page 12) The grant provides for completion of the EBRD will complete the collection of the construction of a new safe confinement at 740 million euros needed for Chornobyl the shelter facility and a spent fuel storage clean-up and containment projects. 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INTERVIEW: Pavlo Muravskyi reflects on choral arts and the Holodomor by Zenon Zawada to sing cleanly. And when a particular sing- fleet because I still didn’t have a standard Special to The Ukrainian Weekly er or group of singers sings uncleanly, he suit. For about a month I worked with them will show them how they are singing in Russian. I didn’t think about the fact that KYIV – Pavlo Muravskyi, 98, is a living uncleanly. When people hear this and begin I, a Ukrainian, am speaking Russian. legend of Ukrainian culture, having direct- to absorb it, then singing beauty begins. About a month passed and an artist ed Lviv’s Trembita choir after World War II You don’t need to wave but direct. … approached me and said, “You know, Pavlo and raising it to national acclaim in the Directors need to be true conductors. Ivanovych, we like you as a person and Soviet Union. When I was a student, three to four conduct- director. But if you also spoke Ukrainian, Perhaps there’s no one alive with a more ing students were accepted in each class. we’d embrace you all the more.”+ I remem- intimate knowledge of 20th century There was a chorus and it was composed of bered that my whole life and began work- Ukrainian music than Mr. Muravskyi, who students from various faculties. Now they ing in Ukrainian already the next day. remains active in Ukrainian cultural life. A take 18, 20, 23 students! Why so many? And to this very day, interested people in forthcoming book written by Oleksander There’s no need for them. When these three the government who have influence Shokalo, chair of the Fourth Wave interna- or four graduated, they had work and the unleashed this Russian language. They even tional diaspora organization, will be about state determined their work. Each graduate took over oblasts, began to cultivate them knew that he would have work. I graduated and created such a situation. But there’s sup- In this interview, conducted on October and was dispatched somewhere, one was posed to be one state language, Ukrainian. 31his atсhoral the Pecherskateachings. Lavra Art Studios, Mr. given a chorus, another was sent to a Jewish My wife was Russian and my aunt was Muravskyi shared some of his memories of ensemble. In a word, everyone had work. Russian and even they believed that the Holodomor in the Vinnytsia region and Now you study four years, then five Pavlo Muravskyi Ukraine, being so large, needs Ukrainian as Kyiv, his work in Lviv after World War II, years in a conservatory, then afterwards I think this way, but the government is a state language. Speak whatever you want and his experience in the choral arts. you need to look for work, finding it or not. involved with different matters. I noticed on the street, at home, but when the issue is He was born on July 30, 1914, in the vil- They look and look and go abroad. that when a new session of the Verkhovna state matters and you speak on television or lage of Dmytrashkivka in the Vinnytsia Our chorus was in Canada, and we took Rada begins and the Veriovka choir sings in the government, the Verkhovna Rada, Oblast. He survived the Holodomor while first place in a world choral festival. There the hymn, some listen and some seemingly you have to speak the state language. You studying at the Kyiv Music School. After his were 84 choruses. There were those who move their lips, as if they know something. live in Ukraine and eat Ukrainian bread! success with Trembita, the Soviet leader- came to us who sang in the chorus under Only some. But this is the hymn and every- And if you don’t know it, then learn it. When ship tapped him in 1964 to lead the Dumka my direction and work in Canada. They one is supposed to sing! All the deputies. it comes to state matters, only Ukrainian. choir in Kyiv. went to Switzerland afterwards, where Stand and sing! So I have the wish to enter That’s how it’s supposed to be. there were also those who sang in choruses the Verkhovna Rada and teach them the But the way it happened is that people CHORAL SINGING under my direction. They looked for work, hymn so that when they stand, they’d sing it got used to Russian. In their hearts, they “The Song of a Clean Life” (Spiv couldn’t find it, found it there and are work- for real. The same with the football team. I are Ukrainian. But by language, they are Chystoho Zhyttia) will be a biography? ing. There are cases that they study to be a also noticed that some teams arrive from Russian. And interested people write off director for so many years, afterwards they another country, their hymn plays and they those who speak Russian as Russians. And What will be written is everything I graduate and sing in some kind of chorus all sing it. But our hymn is played and some in this way, it looks as though there are think is needed to improve the choral arts, that is not led by a director from a conserva- merely move their lips. Some don’t know it more Russians in Ukraine than there truly which needs to be raised to a higher level. tory but a director from a college. So that at all. Everything stems from culture. are. But truly there are a lot less because It’s currently at a low level here. It’s about person graduated from a conservatory and they are Ukrainians at heart. They merely Maybe people need to be re-educated? what needs to be done in order to raise it to sings tenor or bass, yet the director is some- speak Russian. a higher European, global level. It will also one who studied only four years. … Yes, we need to lift everything to such a What does it mean to be a Ukrainian feature my written examples, such as how There are also cases in which some seek level that he stands (and says), “I know the at heart? to sing each note. … admission wherever they can get it. He hymn, I sing it, I love it and I love the coun- In the natural order, every note has three wanted to be a violinist but it didn’t work try.” He’s a Ukrainian at heart because he was pitches– the central, and then the higher born here and it’s his homeland. But life out, but he could study to be a choral direc- Perhaps there was Soviet education, and the lower, by about a half-tone. When happened in such a way that he had to tor. So many choral directors study to gain but there hasn’t been Ukrainian educa- all the voices – the chorus director can hear speak Russian and got used to it. And he a document, but it’s not in their hearts. He tion yet … this, he can do this because it doesn’t hap- doesn’t love song, but studies it. I’ve said speaks Russian without giving any thought pen on its own – when all the voices fall many times that you need to love your spe- Ukraine is a large and wealthy country. to it. And when the issue is raised, he says into the central intonation, a beautiful cialty. If you love it, you will search for There isn’t any country with Ukraine’s that I am Ukrainian, I am not Russian. sound emerges that can be listened to beauty and develop your professionalism. “chornozem” (black earth). The Germans I could have been counted as such when without end. It’s not annoying. But when If you do something simply to exist and transferred it in waves to Germany. We I started working because I spoke Russian. there are various voices and they’re a half- earn a salary, then it all becomes a mechan- could be wealthy from the chornozem But I’m Ukrainian and there are many of us. tone lower, and someone’s a half-tone high- ical process. Every matter, every sphere of alone. In the old days, Ukraine was the gra- There are many people of different nation- er, and when the voices are such a flutter, life needs such people. nary of Europe. She fed all of Europe. But alities who speak Ukrainian beautifully. My then it comes out clamorous. ... For example, the horrid war came, the what happened was that Ukraine was best friend with whom I studied spoke When all voices are brought together, a Germans bombed us, we bombed them. We divided. Western Ukraine, Lvivshchyna, wonderful Ukrainian. You can be of one vibration is created. There has to be a tim- bombed each other. But some time passed Zakarpattia, Ternopilshchyna – these nationality but speak another language. bral coalescence because each sound has and the Germans got on their feet and live oblasts were under the influence of Poland But they’re trying to count all those who its own timbre. When a man speaks, it’s as in a civilized way. Yet we live poorly, materi- and Hungary but preserved their language. speak Russian as Russians. though with a single kind of timbre. In ally. We need to work better and improve But Russia ruled over eastern Ukraine for song, “a” has one kind of timbre, “e” has our culture. I believe that a country can’t hundreds of years, and the situation was HOLODOMOR another, “i” another. To create singing beau- that a person had to know the Russian lan- become wealthy materially if it isn’t Talk about 1932, when the Famine ty, all these different timbres need to be guage in order to work. wealthy spiritually. If a country is spiritual- came. united in a single timbre, the type that’s ly wealthy, then people work better. The When I arrived to study in Kyiv in 1930 understood by a true specialist. … very culture of a person doesn’t permit him from the Vinnytsia Oblast, I didn’t know I was a student during the Holodomor. If All chorus directors can be divided into to work poorly. If a highly cultured person Russian at all. When I entered the room with not for my uncle, my life would have taken three groups, just as singing can be divided works shoddily he hates himself and won’t applicants before the test, I noticed that an entirely different path. My uncle worked into two groups – artistic and mass. You respect himself. … everyone was dressed well and for the most at a factory in Kyiv and he helped me prac- gather some people [and say], “You go here, part they were the children of generals, tically. He had a single room and they lived you who know the song go there and let’s UKRAINIAN CULTURE AND LANGUAGE engineers … the intelligentsia was involved in this room. sing.” That’s mass singing. Artistic singing with music. There were very few villagers. In 1930 I moved to Kyiv and lived in a So your attitude towards work reflects is supposed to be the precise intonation of And everyone spoke Russian. But I didn’t dormitory on Lenin Street in a large room, your level of culture? a united timbre. … know Russian at all. But I began to gradually where 20 students all slept on the floor. And chorus directors can also be divided Yes. I’ve long had the thought of creating adjust – four years in the music school, Some would cover themselves with a good into three groups: “rozmovnyky” (talkers) a special professional choir that could afterwards seven years of work and five blanket, others used other things. I had a “makhalnyky” (wavers) and choral masters. record many works with Taras Shevchen­ years of war. And I got so used to Russian burlap canvas that I covered myself with The talkers come before the chorus and ko’s words. Every year we get closer to the that I can speak Russian better and easier that was very thin. It was a particularly speak very beautifully about how to sing, 200th anniversary [of his birth]. We could than my own native language. I have a frosty year. Someone broke a window and like so and so. They speak beautifully, for a create such a choir, record different authors Ukrainian spirit, but I speak Russian. covered it with something. My uncle came long time and all the time. They talk every and composers but under Shevchenko’s When I was appointed to lead the very early one morning and looked at how day. But when they start to sing, they sing words, and ensure it that these recordings Trembita ensemble in Lviv in 1947, imme- everyone slept. Someone drank [from a between notes, uncleanly. A waver is the one are in schools, museums and churches. And diately after the war, it was easier for me to glass of] water that was on the table, didn’t who waves his arms a lot. Maybe you designate days and hours for when these communicate in Russian. But I didn’t know finish it and it froze. He took it and said, noticed them at concerts – like this, like that. works could be heard. And people would that Ukrainian was so entrenched in Lviv, “Pavlo, get up. Come with me. You’ll also [Mr. Muravskyi jerks his arms around fierce- come and listen to songs of a beautiful, pro- that they had gotten used to Ukrainian, sleep on the floor, but at least in a warm ly], where it’s needed or not. fessional and high level. That way, we will respect it and speak it. I thought that it was house.” And he took me in. And then there are choral masters, who remember Shevchenko not once a year, on the same as here in the east, where we Where did he live? can demonstrate how to sing with their his birthday, but every day, listening to speak Russian and no one makes anything voices and how to sing uncleanly and how these recordings. of it. I arrived in a naval jacket from the (Continued on page 14) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 No. 50

OBITUARIES Bishop Roman Danylak, 81, Roman Melnyk, TV executive former leader of Toronto Eparchy and community activist, 71 TORONTO – Bishop Roman Danylak, called “woefully deficient in its treatment TORONTO – Roman Peter Melnyk, a TV A community activist and volunteer, he apostolic administrator emeritus of of moral principals.” “The proper authority executive and community activist, died on served on the Toronto branch and the Toronto and Eastern Canada for the in the area of family life education should October 3 after a brief struggle with can- national boards of the Ukrainian Ukrainian Catholic Church, passed away at be with the parents.” cer. He was 71. Canadian Congress, and he served for St. Joseph’s Health Center in Toronto on Bishop Danylak is survived by his sis- A loving husband of 42 years to his more than a decade on the board of the October 7. He was 81. ters Olesia Mazanik, with her husband wife, Tania, he is survived by his two St. Demetrius Development Corp., as well Born in 1930 in Toronto, he was William, and Olga Danylak; nephew daughters, Marichka and Melanie, with as four years as its chairman. He was a ordained to the priesthood in St. Josaphat’s Gregory with wife, Joanne, and children husbands Matt and John, respectively; founding director of the Ukrainian Seminary Chapel in Rome by Archbishop Erika, Andrew and Sarah; nephew Daniel grandchildren Will and Katya; his mother Catholic Education Foundation, and Maxim Hermaniuk (CSsR) on October 13, with wife, Lisa, and children, Rayne, Billy, Bronyslawa; brother Andrew and his wife served on the boards of the Independent 1957. His episcopal consecration came on Elizabeth, Paul, Celia and Teresa; cousin Chrystyna; sister-in-law Dana Boyko and Production Fund, the Canadian Race March 25, 1993, at St. Michael Ukrainian Fedir Danylak, with wife, Christine, and husband Roman, and nephews and Relations Foundation, the National Catholic Cathedral in Toronto. son Taras with wife, Andrea; and extended grand-nieces. Catholic Broadcasting Council and the A proponent of instruction on Catholic family in Ukraine. Mr. Melnyk was a lawyer and former International Media Center in Kyiv. He moral issues, Bishop Danylak was a pro- Funeral services were held on October television executive, who held positions was also a lifelong member and support- moter of the pro-life movement in Canada. 9-11 at St. Josaphat Cathedral in Toronto, with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., er of Plast Ukrainian Scouting He was critical of the Ontario Fully Alive with interment at St. Volodymyr Cemetery including serving as senior legal counsel, Organization. “family life” series, which Bishop Danylak in Oakville, Ontario. director of independent production, A funeral service was held at St. director of TV network programming and Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic Church on executive director of media operations. October 9, with interment at Park Lawn He later served as executive vice-presi- Cemetery in Toronto. dent and chief operating officer of W.F. In lieu of flowers, donations are being Harvie Andre, former MP Cooke Television Programs, then as vice- collected for a scholarship fund in jour- president of business affairs with CTV nalism studies at the Ukrainian Catholic and minister in Canada, 72 television. Prior to his legal studies University in Lviv, to be set up in Mr. CALGARY, Alberta – Former Member of gy (1989-1990). (1962-1966), he was posted to Stuttgart Melnyk’s name (www.ucef.org/sup- Parliament and Cabinet Minister Harvie In 1987 Prime Minister Mulroney gave and Cologne, Germany, as a foreign ser- portus/in-canada). Memorial donations Andre passed away on October 21 after Mr. Andre the responsibility for Canada vice officer with the Department of are also being accepted at the Canadian losing his fight against cancer. He was 72. Post Corp. and helped draw the depart- Citizenship and Immigration. Cancer Society (www.cancer.ca/donate). Born in 1940 in Edmonton to John ment’s first profit in its history ($98 mil- Andre and Doris Ewasiuk, Mr. Andre lion). In the early 1990s, Mr. Andre served earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering as Government House Leader. He did not and became a professor at the University seek re-election in 1993, and returned to Sylvia Fedoruk, Saskatchewan’s of Calgary. He was elected to the House of private life. Commons in the riding of Calgary Center Following his political career, Mr. Andre former lieutenant governor, 85 in 1972 on the Progressive Conservative entered the energy sector business and SASKATOON, Saskatchewan – Sylvia Saskatchewan Order of Merit (1986), the platform, and served for 21 years, having served as president of the Cresvard Corp. Olga Fedoruk, a scientist, sportswoman, Order of Canada (1987), the Ukrainian been re-elected five times. from 1998, chief executive of Calgary- and the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Canadian Congress Saskatchewan Mr. Andre was a key supporter of con- based Wenzel Downhole Tools and chair- Saskatchewan, passed away on Provincial Council Nation Builder (1999) servative Joe Clark in his 1976 victory as man of BowEnergy Resource since 2001. September 26. She was 85. and the UCC National Shevchenko Medal leader of the Progressive Conservative Mr. Andre is survived by his wife, Joan; She served as chief medical physicist (1995), as well as many other awards and Party. Mr. Clark served as the leader of a his brother Milton; three children, Coryn at the Saskatoon Cancer Clinic and direc- honors. minority government and later in the with husband Paul, Lauren with husband tor of physics services at the clinic. A pro- David Johnson, the governor general of opposition. Craig, and Peter; and four grandchildren, fessor of oncology and an associate mem- Canada, stated, “In so many ways, Sylvia In his political stances, he was in oppo- Caitlin Jack, Alexander and Ella. He was ber in physics at the University of Fedoruk was a pioneer who contributed sition to Pierre Trudeau’s government predeceased by his parents and his sis- Saskatchewan, she was involved in the greatly to the well-being of the people of and a critic of the Petro-Canada and ters, Ann and Edith. development of the world’s first Saskatchewan and of all Canadians.” National Energy Program. Following A memorial service was held at Cobalt-60 unit and one of the first nucle- A state funeral was held on October 5 Brian Mulroney’s victory in 1984, Mr. McInnis and Holloway Park Memorial ar medicine scanning machines. She was at TCU Place in Saskatoon and a prayer Andre served as Minister of Supply and Chapel on October 29. In lieu of flowers, the first female member of the Atomic vigil was held at All Saints Ukrainian Services. He also served as associate donations can be made through the Energy Control Board of Canada and the Orthodox Church prior to the state funer- national defense minister (1985), minis- Children’s Hospital Aid Society (www. first female chancellor of the University al, with interment at Yorkton, ter of consumer and corporate affairs chasclagary.ca) or to Foothills Country of Saskatchewan. She was honored in Saskatchewan, where her parents were (1986-1989), minister for regional and Hospice Society (www.countryhospice. 1986 as a curling pioneer and inducted laid to rest. Donations are being collected, industrial expansion (1989-1990), and org). A tree was planted in memory of Mr. into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame. in lieu of flowers, to a charity of the minister of state for science and technolo- Andre at Fish Creek Provincial Park. She is the recipient of the donor’s choice.

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used at age 18 for college expenses, or children, Ivanchyk, 5, and Adia, 3, if can be converted, at no cost, into an either parent were to pass away in the annuity for the grandchild’s future next few years, the other parent would needs. Another option is a 20-year need a large enough amount to see the endowment, which a grandchild can use children at least through college. a bit later in life, possibly as a down Danylo, who recently began a new payment on a home or for graduate job, took the balance in the 401(k) studies. account from his previous employer and By purchasing a single-premium life rolled it over into an annuity with the insurance policy that lists their son and UNA. This annuity will earn compound his wife as beneficiaries, Nadia and interest, tax–free. After the nine-year Getting the numbers right: Petro have set up an option to transfer annuity ends, Danylo can roll over the wealth to the next generation, tax-free, funds without penalty into another A family affair outside of probate and outside their annuity and continue to do for more estate. Also a good choice. than 30 years since Danylo does not Financial planning often will involve the UNA strives to keep costs down, However, first, Nadia and Petro need plan to retire before age 70. many members of a family, bridging sev- which makes the UNA a better deal to take care of themselves. To that end, Teresa’s older sister, Sophia, 45, is sin- eral generations. Grandparents wish to financially for your family. many years ago they had established a gle, and helps financially support Teresa help pay for the education of grandchil- If, for example, Nadia and Petro wish deferred annuity account, which will and Sophia’s elderly, widowed grand- dren, children help manage the finances to help pay for the education of their continue to earn interest tax-free until mother. Sophia recently purchased a of elderly parents, siblings need to dis- grandchildren, Ivanchyk and Adia, at a they begin to withdraw for retirement. term life policy for 10 years on her own cuss how to divide and transfer family private elementary or secondary school, Nadia and Petro’s son, Danylo, and his life and listed Teresa as the beneficiary. wealth between generations and chari- or later for college, then opening a wife, Teresa, who are both 37, pur- She and Teresa have an agreement that table causes. Coverdell account for each child is a chased P-20 policies recently for which if anything were to happen to Sophia, Products offered by the UNA can be a start. Until December 31, 2012, up to they will finish paying when they are 57, then Teresa would use the insurance cornerstone of a family’s financial plan. $2,000 can be deposited into this no-fee yet these policies will continue to cover payout to help their babtsia. Whereas almost all financial products account and interest will be earned and them for their lifetimes. They also each The specific financial needs and and services carry some type of limits compounded tax-free. Qualified with- purchased low-cost, high-face-value dynamics of each family are unique, or fees – IRAs have contribution limits, drawals for educational expenses are term life insurance policies for a term of therefore the range of products offering mutual funds have “load fees” (sales also tax-free. No-fee account, tax-free 20 years to supplement their P-20 poli- solutions is broad so that a unique solu- charges), insurance has commissions – growth and tax-free withdrawal – few cies. At age 37, the amount would be tion to every need can be found. To the fees on UNA products compared to financial products are this good! approximately 15 times each of their learn how UNA products can help your those of other insurance providers are An endowment policy, which can be salaries. This may seem like a large family find solutions to their financial extremely low, even non-existent. As a purchased until a child turns 10 years of amount, but the point of term life insur- planning needs, contact your local UNA fraternal benefits association that age, is also a good choice for grandpar- ance is full income replacement for the branch secretary or the UNA at 800- works for the benefit of its members, ents to make. Endowments are often term. Given the current ages of their 253-9862. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 No. 50

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly The UNA looks ahead “The Russian gang” The Ukrainian National Association’s General Assembly, the UNA’s highest deci- sion-making body between quadrennial conventions, met for its regular annual ses- by Lubomyr Luciuk cause,” nor to “minimize the danger and sion at Soyuzivka last weekend. It was a good follow-up to the 2011 meeting, at menace of the foreigner,” they pleaded for which General Assembly committees, in a departure from their usual format, did not The newspapers dubbed them “the the prisoners’ lives, beseeching the minister meet separately in smaller groups, but during plenary sessions that promoted brain- Russian Gang.” to deport them: “As a great Nation we can storming and out-of-the-box thinking in a collegial atmosphere. But they weren’t Russians. afford to spare life.” This year the General Assembly – that is, the UNA’s executive officers, auditors Their names were Michael Bahry, Their prayer was rejected, as was a last- and advisors – once again had an opportunity to work in committees to lay the Thomas Konyk, Alexander Martiniuk, Filip minute telegraphed plea from Konyk’s law- groundwork for progress in 2013 and beyond. Since there were six committees Rotinsky and Sam Zalusky. Three came yer, P.T. Ahern, who affirmed his client was meeting this year, as compared to four in 2011, some of the committees met during from Ukrainian lands east of the Zbruch holding the gun when it went off, that the plenary session, while others held concurrent sessions; all were open for River border, two from its west bank, so Zalusky – not Bahry – was the ringleader, General Assembly members’ participation. some carried passports issued by the tsarist remonstrating that these facts warranted All six committees – Organizing/Fraternal, Soyuzivka, Publications, Canada, Russian Empire, while others were subjects sparing Bahry his meeting on the morrow Financial and Advocacy – had free-ranging discussions and came up with many of Austria Hungary. All were Ukrainian by with the hangman. It was not to be. ideas to promote the UNA and its subsidiaries. There were concrete ideas on how to nationality. A double execution was carried out in promote UNA membership, improve the image of Soyuzivka and spur its develop- These geopolitical details mattered once the Peterborough County Jail on January 14, ment, increase subscriptions and the financial health of UNA newspapers, continue the first world war broke out in August 1920, Ukrainian New Year’s Day on the to serve UNA members in Canada, and advance the UNA’s concerns on the federal, 1914. Imperial Russia was an ally of the Julian calendar. Arthur Ellis, one of Canada’s state and local government levels. British Empire, while the Austro-Hungarian most notorious hangmen, presided. The In addition, the committees took note of the fact that the UNA is looking ahead to monarchy stood with Germany. So scaffold’s cross beam, constructed of weath- two prominent anniversaries in 2013: the 120th anniversary of the founding of “Austrians” were branded as “enemy aliens,” er-beaten timbers resurrected from the Svoboda, whose first issue rolled off the presses on September 15, 1893, and the and suffered internment, disenfranchise- jail’s store room, could be seen just above 80th anniversary of its sister publication, The Ukrainian Weekly, born on October 6, ment and other indignities. the prison walls, the Peterborough Daily 1933. Together, these two newspapers are the face of the UNA to our community As the Office of Internment Operations Review reporting how this “gruesome spec- and a prime fraternal benefit provided by the UNA. archives are incomplete, we don’t know tacle” had “attracted a number of the mor- There were two particularly noteworthy developments at the 2012 annual meet- what happened to every member of “the bidly curious.” Following their judicial exe- ing. First was the aforementioned Advocacy Committee, which was initiated at this Russian Gang” between 1914 and 1919. It’s cution the felons were laid in coffins, heads meeting. It is a committee that will aim to promote the UNA’s position on issues of not hard to imagine each of them falling vic- to the west, conforming to an old belief that concern such as postal delivery of its newspapers, tax-exempt status for fraternal tim to the virulent anti-foreigner prejudices when our Savior returns it will happen in organizations and regional economic development as it pertains to Soyuzivka. of those days. the east, the geography of their placement Second, there was a decision to follow-up on the many worthy discussions and ideas In Bahry’s case he appears to have been allowing the dead to walk toward Him at that emerged and evolved at the General Assembly’s annual meeting with a special arrested as an “enemy alien,” age 15, held the Second Coming. strategic planning session to be held in the spring of next year. first in a “receiving station” set up in Until August 1994 Michael and Thomas As UNA Treasurer Roma Lisovich had noted last year: “Although our mission to Montreal, from where he was transported were all but forgotten, disinterred during an serve the community and membership remains constant, the UNA must periodically to Valcartier and, in April 1915, on to a larg- archaeological survey conducted 80 years define the vision for its future and then systematically determine how it will get there. er internment camp at Spirit Lake, in after the Great War began. Their skeletons Planning helps assure that our organization remains relevant and responsive to the Quebec’s remote Abitibi region. In June were removed to the University of Western needs of its community and ensures the organization’s stability and future growth.” 1916, Bahry was paroled into the custody of Ontario, examined carefully, learned papers And thus, the UNA is looking ahead to 2013 and beyond. Lane Brothers Ltd., as a laborer on the penned about how they met their ends Welland Canal. We know this detail because through the “long drop,” the mechanics of a man called Nikolas, who claimed to be his which would “not have necessarily resulted father, and who had also suffered intern- in instantaneous death in all cases [although] ment, at Petawawa and later in unconsciousness was probably immediate.” Dec. Turning the pages back... Kapuskasing, tried to claim Michael’s pos- When we discovered what befell these sessions on April 22, 1920. How father and “enemy aliens,” we passed no judgement on Five years ago, on December 11, 2007, Yulia Tymoshenko son were separated is not known, nor is how others, long before our time, decided 11 came up one vote short during a parliamentary vote to elect the what happened to Nickolas thereafter. No their fate. Yet we were determined to give next prime minister. In bizarre style, deputies of her own coalition Bahry descendants have been located. these two young men, convicted criminals if 2007 could not command the electronic voting system in the What we do know is that on the night of you will, shelter in hallowed ground, for Verkhovna Rada. June 22, 1919, “the Russian Gang” liquored that is a Christian duty. Party of Regions deputies characterized the technical difficul- up, donned masks and raided a bunkhouse Before they were hanged, Konyk and ties as an act of God, and physically blockaded Parliament for the next two days to prevent a near a quarry owned by the Canadian Rock Bahry were photographed, and Michael Tymoshenko government from replacing the acting government led by Viktor Yanukovych. Company, just outside Havelock, Ontario. received a bouquet from the Ladies Guild of As the chaos settled, it remained unclear later that evening who was at fault for the vote One robber, Konyk, was carrying a loaded St. John’s Church, prompting his final being undermined. pistol. It discharged and a Macedonian words: “These are the last flowers I will Ms. Tymoshenko and the Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense leadership accused the worker, Philip Yanoff, was hit, bleeding to ever see in my life.” So, as we lowered them Party of Regions of hatching a “technical provocation” in rigging the Parliament’s electronic death as the thieves made off with about back into the earth, on October 13 of this voting system to tally 225 votes both times (one short of a 226-vote majority). $100. They didn’t get far. year following a panakhyda (requiem ser- “Today, at the hands of the Party of Regions, the Verkhovna Rada opened a new disgrace- Tried and found guilty, Martiniuk, vice) organized by the Ukrainian Canadian ful page in history,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. “Today was the first falsification of electronic vot- Rotinsky and Zalusky got life in Kingston Civil Liberties Association, we placed flow- ing in the Parliament’s history. This was supported by all deputies whose cards were artifi- Penitentiary. Bahry and Konyk received ers on the simple boxes that now shroud cially blocked during voting.” death sentences. them. At that very moment a preternatural An investigation of the voting system was carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine, Nine clergymen appealed to the Minister silence descended upon Ottawa’s Beechwood led by Valentyn Nalyvaichenko. It reported the next morning that no one tampered with the of Justice on December 8, 1919, reporting National Cemetery, interrupted only by the voting system as the coalition leaders had alleged and that it was functioning properly. that “confidential interviews with the con- singing of two birds, perched somewhere Parliament Chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced the vote, and gasps filed the session demned men” left them convinced “no mur- nearby. Responding to them our small com- hall when the number “225” flashed on the Parliament’s scoreboard, with two abstentions. der was intended,” that the shot fired was pany sang a Ukrainian dirge, “Do you see, my Mr. Yatsenyuk’s eyes grew wide and his head jerked back in apparent disbelief on viewing “accidental,” that these young men were brother?” Written in 1910 it would have the results. “possessed of a spirit of deep contrition.” been a melody familiar to Bahry and Konyk, It was announced by Oleksander Turchynov that the card of Tymoshenko Bloc Deputy While not wishing “for a moment [to] lose its mournful words evoking the metaphori- Ivan Denkovych had failed. Then it was announced that the card of Oleksander Omelchenko sight of the fact that great care is being cal image of the cranes that migrate annually also had failed. Mr. Yatsenyuk called for a second vote, and asked if Parliament wanted to taken by the Government in dealing with out of Ukraine, many fated never to return, vote on Ms. Tymoshenko’s candidacy again. the restlessness of the country and its to instead die in foreign lands, far away. The coalition would have had a 226-vote majority, if Vladyslav Lukianov (PRU) had not Bahry and Konyk will now rest in peace reached for Mr. Yatsenyuk’s voting card and removed it from its slot just as the vote Lubomyr Luciuk is a professor at The until that final Day of Judgement that awaits occurred. “Give the card back,” shouted Mr. Yatsenyuk. The card was returned only after the Royal Military College of Canada. us all. tally again produced a count of 225 votes, causing the PRU deputies to erupt in wild cheers and shouts of “shame” directed at Mr. Yatsenyuk and President Viktor Yushchenko. Mr. Lukianov declared that he was compelled to swipe the card because Mr. Yatsenyuk Making contact with The Weekly had violated the parliamentary rules in holding a vote to reconsider Ms. Tymoshenko’s can- Readers/writers who send information to The Ukrainian didacy. Weekly are kindly asked to include a daytime phone number and In the second vote, the cards of Messrs. Denkovych and Omelchenko had worked, but Yaroslav Fedorchuk (Tymoshenko Bloc), whose seat was next to Mr. Turchynov’s, had a complete mailing address. Please note that a daytime phone abstained; in addition, Mr. Yatsenyuk’s vote did not register. The PRU had alleged that number is essential in order for editors to contact correspon- dents regarding clarifications. (Continued on page 15) No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 7

FOR THE RECORD: Rep. Levin From a Canadian Angle speaks on the Holodomor by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn Following is the text of a statement by ment engaged in a pernicious type of Rep. Sander M Levin (D-Mich.) on the behavior that Holocaust survivor Elie Holodomor. The statement appeared in the Wiesel has called a “double killing.” The Congressional Record on November 27. Soviet Union carried out a deliberate cam- paign between 1923 and 1933 to eliminate This year marks the 79th anniversary of the Ukrainian nation, killing millions of vic- One step forward, several back the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide, a tragedy tims, and in the subsequent years denied There was more stumbling backwards full of Ukrainian community decision-mak- that claimed the lives of an estimated 7 to that it ever happened, attempted to kill the rather than moving forward in Canada’s ers to tell the minister “yes.” 10 million Ukrainians between 1932 and memories of the victims. Ukrainian community this fall. A few weeks later, Ralph Applebaum, the 1933. I rise today to commemorate the There should be no doubt that the In the forward category, the Canadian New York designer of the museum’s exhib- lives of those who perished at the hands of Holodomor was man-made and deliberate, government tabled legislation to keep out its, gave the key donors a preview of its Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union and to remem- a fact that has been confirmed by evidence criminals and human rights violators. Now, ber the suffering of the Ukrainian people. gained through the opening of the Soviet interior. Seems that the Holocaust gets its Using food as a weapon, Stalin’s barbaric archives over the last decade. This evidence deviants – like those involved in the incar- own space; the Holodomor does not. regime orchestrated a famine of genocidal will help ensure that the horrors of the ceration of opposition leaders and the falsi- Commemorating the genocide a few proportions, attempting to suppress the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide are never fication of the parliamentary elections in days ago, Canada’s minister of foreign Ukrainian nation by systematically starving repeated and the memories of the victims Ukraine – will have a harder time getting affairs reaffirmed Canada’s “… strong com- its people. In 1932, the Soviet government are never forgotten. into Canada. mitment to combating the type of inhuman confiscated Ukraine’s grain crop as “social Another way we are ensuring that the Similarly, a U.S. Senate Committee evil that has led to the deaths of so many.” property” and executed anyone who resist- Holodomor remains in our collective con- passed the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Equal treatment in the museum would be a ed the seizure. Then, in an action that clear- sciousness is the creation of a memorial in Accountability Act named after the anti- fine start. Is Mr. Applebaum listening? ly reveals the murderous motivation our nation’s capital honoring the famine’s corruption lawyer who died in 2009 after a Meanwhile, the museum is listed as a co- behind the Soviet plan, the Red Army victims. Set to open next fall, the Ukrainian year in Russia’s jails. It names human rights sponsor with Winnipeg’s UCC in its closed Ukraine’s borders, sealing in the Famine Memorial is the product of coopera- abusers and prevents their entry into the Holodomor commemorations. Conclusion? starving people who were trying to flee and tion among the Congress, the Ukrainian gov- United States. The museum supports the community’s shutting out any outside aid. ernment and the 1.5 million strong The world’s democrats are pleased. In off-site commemoration but won’t give the Unfortunately, the Ukrainian Famine, Ukrainian American community. The memo- both cases, the legislation has yet to take 10 million victims official recognition with referred to as the Holodomor, remains one rial will provide a reminder to us all that tyr- effect. The Ukrainian diaspora has work to appropriate space inside its structure even of the least known human tragedies, in part anny must not go unchallenged and that vic- do. if 1.2 million Ukrainian Canadians are pay- because of generations of denial by the tims of inhumanity must never be forgotten. Now the bad news. ing for it with their taxes. Soviet Union. By claiming the Famine was I urge my colleagues to join me in The dismissal earlier this year of Kyiv And another perplexing development. the result of drought, food shortages or remembering the victims of the Holodomor Patriarch Filaret’s authority by Canada’s Last month, the World Federation of other natural causes, the Soviet govern- on its 79th anniversary. Ukrainian Orthodox Church (via Ukrainian Women’s Organizations held its Metropolitan Yurij’s letter to the UOC congress in Toronto. As the entire world Canada Synod which banned the patriarch focuses on the fight for Ukraine’s democra- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR from serving liturgy in the churches under cy by Yulia Tymoshenko, keynote speaker the metropolitan’s jurisdiction and called Irena Kluchkowska (New Pathway, October In summary, I’m glad I finally received on Synod leaders not to meet with him.), 25) failed to highlight the former prime this issue. After reading these letters, I think represents a considerable victory for minister. As incredible as it seems, the glob- About pre-election Mr. Fedynsky knows where his place is. Russia’s soft power and divides the com- al women’s forum ignored Ukraine’s sym- munity. It will take more than calls for bol of resistance to a corrupt government Andrew Zwarun letters to the editor “unity and brotherly love” to reach resolu- while dedicating itself to “work, build and Austin, Texas tion. Dear Editor: defend together” á la its motto. President Locally, in Ottawa, the soft-power battle Yanukovych must be pleased. Today (December 3) I finally received the was won with music – a favorite Soviet tac- Here’s a case that calls out for global November 4 issue of The Ukrainian Weekly. Add Bamberg tic. A chorus of monks from an Odesa mon- leadership in defending a woman. The East Coast hurricane and the occasional astery, a Moscow Patriarchate affiliate, was Liudmyla Nikitkina, a 47-year-old accoun- slow pace of the stagecoach here in Texas are to DP camps list granted use of a Ukrainian Orthodox tant, was kidnapped near her home by spe- Church venue even though the Moscow probably the reasons. The letters to the edi- Dear Editor: cial forces last July, three days before par- tor by Jaroslaw Martyniuk, Lydia Kernitsky Patriarchate’s Protection of the Holy Virgin liamentary candidates were to declare and my old friend Walter Swyrydenko It is with pleasure that I read the article Russian Orthodox Church – the tour orga- their intentions to run. Her employer, caught my interest. I was glad they crucified “Photo and archival exhibit of DP camps in nizer – is nearby. The reason for lending Arkadij Kornatsky, owner of Agrobusiness Andrew Fedynsky, another old friend. Germany and Austria: The Philadelphia comfort to the enemy? The monks are from Kornatsky, was running for the Rada in the Mr. Martyniuk was right that slogans like Story.” It was written by Tamara Odesa and sing Ukrainian songs. The con- Mykolayiv Oblast. She was pressured to fal- cert was well-attended. Hope, Change and Forward are slogans of Stadnychenko Cornelison and appeared in sify information against Mr. Kornatsky to The Embassy of Ukraine also is at work Communists and progressives. We all the November 11 issue. prevent him from running. She refused and for the hearts and minds of the diaspora. It should stop singing songs like “My rostem, To the list of displaced persons camps in was arrested, tortured, denied family is sponsoring a talk by the Rev. Ihor Kutash, my nadiya narodu” (nadiya means hope). Austria and Germany, please add Bamberg, access, a lawyer and medical attention – former president of the Ukrainian Or the song “My ydem vperid, za namy where we stayed from the fall of 1945 until she has a heart condition – and thrown into Canadian Congress branch in Montreal. He viter viye (vperid means forward). We cer- the end of 1947. a cell with 18 convicted criminals. A crimi- has authored a position paper that fails to tainly have already dropped “Za matinku George Kotovych nal case was opened to allow the state to endorse the leadership of Kyiv’s Patriarch Rasyeyu, vperyod, vperyod, vperyod.” Edmonton, Alberta hold her without trial for four months. Ms. Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Dr. Kernitsky brings out progressivism’s Nikitkina should have been freed last week. Kyiv Patriarchate. Now, Prosecurator General Viktor Pshonka false lies of political justice, outcome equal- GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS And there is more. The Embassy has dis- has requested a trial –no date specified – ity and wealth redistribution. If this caught tributed a questionnaire to “influential and TO THE EDITOR allowing her torments to continue indefi- on, imagine what would happen to coun- important people,” seeking personal infor- nitely. tries like Pakistan, China, Russia, Syria, or The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters mation about them and their families in parts of Venezuela. Or the United States. To to the editor and commentaries on a vari- Ukraine. Some are concerned. They might Readers may recognize the names. Mr. whom would they give justice or wealth ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian answer First Secretary Natalia Holub with Kornatsky won the election for the distribution? To their citizens? Come on, American and Ukrainian Canadian com- Batkivshchyna Party, Mykolayiv polling sta- munities. Opinions expressed by colum- something like this: As the regime of Mr. Fedynsky. President Viktor Yanukovych is undemo- tion No. 132. His victory was mysteriously nists, commentators and letter-writers are changed in favor of the Party of Regions I love Mr. Swyrydenko’s quote by the their own and do not necessarily reflect cratic and endangers the well-being of unknown sage, “An informed knowledge- the opinions of either The Weekly edito- Ukrainians, I will not be responding. candidate on the Central Election able citizen is a progressive liberal’s worst rial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian Elsewhere, the costs for the Canadian Commission’s website; citizens’ protest nightmare.” This is fact, especially today. Can National Association. Museum for Human Rights structure alone made world news. we just picture what Viktor Yanukovych and Letters should be typed (double-spaced) are nearing the $400 million mark. There is It should be noted that Mr. Pshonka has Dmytro Tabachnyk must be going through and signed (anonymous letters are not little clarity about the exhibit costs or been the lead in the case against Yulia published). Letters are accepted also via (see Askold Lozynskyj’s article in the same about the treatment of the Holodomor. Yet, Tymoshenko. Unless pressure is exerted, e-mail at [email protected]. The day- Ms. Nikitkina may suffer the same fate as issue)? I wonder if Franko or Shevchenko time phone number and complete mailing only 16 people showed at a public meeting would tolerate today’s informed knowledge- address of the letter-writer must be given with the minister responsible and only one Mr. Magnitsky. able Ukrainian citizenry? Should we ban for verification purposes. (A daytime phone question remotely touched on the Mounting an effort in defense of the Shevchenko’s “Uchitesya braty moyi, number is essential in order for editors to Holodomor – supposedly a central issue of woman fits right into the federation’s man- dumayte, chytayte…” (Study my brothers, contact letter-writers regarding clarifica- the organized Ukrainian Canadian commu- date. Will they do it? ponder, read…). Don’t studying, pondering tions or questions.) nity. Will unequal treatment of other than Please note: The length of letters cannot and reading lead to an informed knowledge- exceed 500 words. Letters may be edited or Holocaust atrocities cause dissent in Oksana Bashuk Hepburn may be con- able citizenry – the bane of countries? abridged. Canada? Regrettably, there wasn’t a room tacted at [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 No. 50

Elaine Coorens Violinist Solomia Soroka and pianist Arthur Greene take a bow. The audience during intermission. Classical performers mesmerize audience at Chicago’s Ukrainian National Museum friend contacted Ms. Soroka to ask if she would please take by Elaine Coorens care of her professor, Mr. Greene, who was going to CHICAGO – World-renowned Ukrainian violinist Ukraine to give a concert. She did just that. “I always said Solomia Soroka and her American husband, award-win- that I had to marry a pianist because it so much trouble to ning pianist Arthur Greene, mesmerized a near full-house find a pianist to play with,” Mr. Soroka said with a smile. in the Ukrainian National Museum, on Friday evening, Now Ms. Soroka and Mr. Greene are married and the par- November 9, with emotionally charged music then private- ents of two sons, age 9 and 18. ly shared stories of joy and horror. The classical concert Ms. Soroka has studied with Hersh Heifetz, Bohodar begins the Museum’s 60th anniversary year, during which Kotorovych, Liudmyla Zvirko and Charles Castleman. Since they will highlight their rich and colorful culture and histo- her U.S. debut in 1997, she has performed throughout the ry with various events. country. Her recitals in Washington were part of the Throughout the concert, in Ukrainian and then in Smithsonian Institute performing arts series. As a soloist English, Ms. Soroka introduced each selection by talking and as a chamber musician she has performed in concerts about the music, the stories behind the music, the compos- and festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, er and often her experience with or knowledge of the com- France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, poser. The duo transported the audience on a journey of Canada, China and Taiwan, as well as in music by Ukrainian composers Myroslav Skoryk, Mykola the U.S. She has been the recipient of top Lysenko and Igor Stravinsky. prizes in three international violin com- The music ranged from staccato, angry sounds to lyrical petitions held in the former Soviet Union – silky smooth ones as stories of happiness and sadness, life the Prokofiev, Lysenko and Zolota Osin competitions. and death were woven into a tapestry of music interpret- Her two premier recordings, violin/piano music by the ing life. The music and stories captured the attention and forgotten American violinist Arthur Hartmann, and music appreciation of the audience. by Holocaust composer Leone Sinigaglia were released in The musical duo’s relationship is as interwoven as the 2009 and 2010, respectively. In the past two years Ms. music they play together. Solomia Soroka performs. Soroka has been recording for Toccata Records, based in Born and raised in Lviv, Ms. Soroka moved to Kyiv at 18 London. to study for her master’s degree, which she received Mr. Greene received degrees from Yale University and In addition to her performances, recordings and private summa cum laude. Moving forward, she completed post- Juilliard, then studied with Martin Canin. Taking a profes- students, Ms. Soroka is a violin professor at Goshen graduate studies at the Kyiv Conservatory and later served sorship in piano at the University of Michigan, he moved to College in Indiana. on its faculty in the chamber music department. In pursuit Ann Arbor. At one point Mr. Greene served as the artistic ambassa- of her D.M.A degree, she came to the United States, attend- Ms. Soroka’s piano partner and friend decided to study dor to Serbia, Kosovo,and Bosnia for the United States ing the Eastman School of Music in New York. for her doctorate at the University of Michigan. One day the Information Agency. He has toured Japan 12 times. In a series of six programs at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, he has performed the complete solo piano works of Johannes Brahms. In addition, he has per- formed the 10 sonata cycle of Alexander Scriabin in Sofia, Kolomayets artworks to be on exhibit at UIA Kyiv, Salt Lake City and other venues. As a soloist, Mr. Greene has played with the NEW YORK – Oil paintings and watercolors by Anatole Philadelphia Orchestra, the National Symphony, the Czech Kolomayets will be on exhibit at the Ukrainian Institute of National Symphony, the Tokyo Symphony, the National America, 2 E. 79th St., on December 14-30. Symphony of Ukraine and many others. He has played Mr. Kolomayets, who was born in Ukraine in 1927, stud- recitals in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Moscow ied art at St. Luke’s Institute (1948-1952) and the Royal Rachmaninoff Hall, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Lisbon Sao Paulo Academy of Fine Arts (1952-1953) both in Liege, Belgium, Opera House, Hong Kong City Hall and concert houses in where he had the opportunity to study European painting Shanghai and Beijing. and understand the creative trends of that period. Such The recipient of gold medals in the William Kapell and masters as Picasso, Matisse, Gauguin and Braque have Gina Bachauer international piano competitions, he has influenced his style. recorded the 10 sonatas of Scriabin, which are being In 1953, Mr. Kolomayets immigrated to the United released this year. He has recorded the complete etudes of States and settled in Chicago. Scriabin for Supraphon. In addition he has recorded the This is his 42nd one-man show, spanning a 60-year career. More than 400 of the artist’s works are in numer- violin-piano sonatas of William Bolcom and Nikolai ous private collections and galleries in Argentina, Australia, Roslavets on two discs for Naxos and the violin-piano Belgium, England, France, the United States, Canada and music of Skoryk with his wife. Greene also continues to Ukraine. teach at the University of Michigan. Mr. Kolomayets, who was named “Honored Artist of Elaine Coorens is the editor/publisher of the online Ukraine” in 2007, plans to have a retrospective exhibit of community newspaper Our Urban Times, which is based his works in Kyiv in the near future. in Chicago. The art on exhibit at the UIA feature his works from 1982 to 2007 and includes 18 oils and 14 watercolors. Prior to the show in New York, which opens on Friday, Check out the websites of the UNA, December 14, with a wine and cheese reception at 6-8 its newspapers and Soyuzivka! p.m., his art was on exhibit at Chicago’s Ukrainian National Museum on November 2-25. www.ukrainiannationalassociation.org Gallery hours at the UIA are Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 6 www.svoboda-news.com p.m. A suggested donation of $5 is requested. www.ukrweekly.com For more information on the show call the UIA at 212- www.soyuzivka.com “Abstract 1” by Anatole Kolomayets, 1990. 288-8660. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 9 Liudmyla Monastyrska wins acclaim in Met’s “Aida”

by Helen Smindak NEW YORK – Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska’s eagerly awaited debut at the Metropolitan Opera on November 23 came up to critics’ expectations – and much much more. Ms. Monastyrska dazzled the audience and reviewers from The New York Times, the New York Post, the Associated Press and numerous others in the title role of Verdi’s “Aida” – a captive Ethiopian princess who is the slave of Amneris, the daughter of the king of Egypt. An established star at Ukraine’s National Opera in Kyiv, Ms. Monastyrska caused a similar stir last year when she made her debut in “Aida” at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in March. While in rehearsal for her planned Royal Opera debut in May in Verdi’s “Macbeth,” she was called on to replace the ailing Italian star Micaela Carosi in “Aida” and won superlative accolades for her per- formance. Ms. Monastyrska is appearing at the Met opposite Marco Berti as Radames, an Egyptian captain of the guard, Alberto Mastromarino as Amonasro, the King of Ethiopia and Aida’s father, Stefan Kocan as the high priest Ramfis, and Olga Borodina as Amneris, the daughter of the Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Egyptian Pharoah. The Met’s principal conductor Fabio Luisi is directing the performances. Liudmyla Monastyrska (left) as the title character and Olga Borodina as Amneris in Verdi’s “Aida.” A grand opera of love and war, “Aida” is the second-most Caitlin McKechney of Classical Review.” She said Ms. Verdi’s “Attila,” which she sang at the Teatro Municipal in popular opera in the Met repertory, having received 1,100 Monastyrska “delved into the character of the Ethiopian Santiago, Chile, earlier this season, Abigaille in Verdi’s performances since 1886. It continues to draw delighted princess... delivering riveting pianissimos in ‘O patria mia.’ ” “Nabucco,” and “Turandot” at the Ukrainian National audiences to the Met’s 4,000-seat house. In addition to The New York Post referred to Ms. Monastyrska as “the Opera. Verdi’s incomparable music and the dynamic vocal powers Met’s newest diva” and her debut as “sumptuous.” The Kyiv-based newspaper Den (The Day) in its Weekly of the soloists, the opera features spectacular sets, a mas- Earlier this year, Ms. Monastyrska performed with the Digesst described Ms. Monastyrska as a lyric-dramatic sive chorus, and a phalanx of trumpeters playing the Grand Cleveland Orchestra in Verdi’s “Requiem,” inspiring a soprano with real beauty and power who is following in March as they escort Egyptian troops entering in a glitter- Cleveland reviewer to proclaim her “the hit of the evening” the tradition of world-renowned divas Solomiya ing pageant of banners, arms, chariots, sacred vessels and who had “the power to be heard over the full orchestra but Krushelnytska, Maria Callas and Montserrat Caballe. statues of the gods. Dancing girls perform a ballet symbolic with the control to manage Verdi’s floated high notes.” In a recent Day Weekly Digest interview Ms. of the Egyptian triumph. During the Met’s monthlong rehearsals of “Aida,” Ms. Monastyrska was quoted as saying “Ukraine is my father- Ms. Monastyrska, who also performed in the Met’s Monastyrska participated with several other renowned land, my home is here [in Kyiv].” She told the interviewer November 29 performance, will appear in “Aida” on singers in the Richard Tucker Award Gala at Lincoln she liked to relax after a performance by singing Ukrainian December 12 and the matinee performance on December 15. Center’s Avery Fisher Hall to honor the winners of the folk songs, either a capella or accompanying herself on the Richard Tucker Music Foundation awards and grants. The piano, because it restored inner balance. Among her favor- Dramatic intensity performance will be televised nationally on December 13 ite pieces is the folk song “Oh, in a Cherry Garden a “Ms. Monastyrska is gifted with a luscious round sopra- as part of PBS’s “Live from Lincoln Center” series. Nightingale Sang.” no that maintains its glow even in the softest notes,” said Ms. Monastyrska, who studied at the National Music She said her parents had no relation to theater or music The New York Times reviewer Corinna da Fonseca- Academy of Ukraine, joined the National Opera of Ukraine (her mother is a philologist and teacher, her father a busi- Wollheim. “Her ‘O patria mia’ (O, my country) was beauti- in 2008, after winning the Lysenko Competition of Singers nessman), and ascribed her love of singing to her mother, fully drawn and colored with darker inflection that added with an impressive performance of Aida’s famous aria “O, who sang folk songs all the time. dramatic intensity.” patria mia.” She lives in Kyiv with her two children and her The December 15 matinee performance of “Aida” will be Roberet Blum of the Associated Press was just as effu- husband, Oleksandr Monastyrsky, a soloist at the transmitted worldwide as part of “The Met: Live in HD” sive, noting that the 37-year-old Ukrainian soprano “dis- Municipal Opera for Children and Youth, where he sings series, which now reaches more than 1,900 theaters in 64 played something of a rarity these days – a dramatic voice leading tenor roles and where she often appears. countries around the world. The December 15 perfor- capable of filling the Met in a core Verdi role.” mance will also be broadcast live over the Toll Brothers- International acclaim He continued: “Her high notes were thrilling, as the Metropolitan International Radio Network on PBS. Ethiopian princess who is enslaved. She showed her Her debut at Deutshe Oper Berlin as Tosca in 2009 The November 23 and November 29 performances voice’s steel in ‘Ritorna vincitor’ (Return a conqueror) and brought immediate international acclaim and led to her were broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius its warmth during ‘O patria mia.’ ” debut at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago. XM Channel 74, and the November 23 performance was “With a voice that is agile while still dark and opulent, In addition to “Aida” and Lady Macbeth in “Macbeth,” also streamed live on the Met’s website, www.metopera. she is primed to be a leading Verdian soprano,” predicted her repertory includes the title role in “Tosca,” Odabella in org.

New DVD honors opera star Lev Rejnarowycz CAPE CORAL Fla. – A commemorative DVD that pays soloist of the Ukrainian Opera Ensemble of New York, tribute to Lev Rejnarowycz, star of the Lviv Opera, on the which received support from the New York State Council 25th anniversary of his passing, has been released by his on the Arts. During its 20 years of activity the ensemble daughter, Anya Rejnarowycz. staged “Zaporozhets Za Dunayem” “Chornomortsi,” Mr. Rejnarowycz (1914-1987), was an accomplished “Svatannia na Honcharivtsi,” “Natalka Poltavka” and other opera singer who performed in his native Ukraine, as well works. as in Germany and the United States. Mr. Rejnarowycz also appeared in original operas writ- He hailed from Lviv, where he enrolled in the Lysenko ten by Ukrainian composers, including “Vidma” by Pavlo Music Institute, studying under the renowned opera sing- Pecheniha-Uhlytsky and “Anna Yaroslavna” by Antin er Adam Didur. Mr. Rejnarowycz performed in many pro- Rudnytsky, both of which were staged under the sponsor- ductions with the Lviv Opera in the years 1941-1944, ship of the Ukrainian National Association, the former to starring most notably in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” mark the UNA’s 70th anniversary (1964) and the latter to Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca,” Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” and mark its 75th anniversary (1969). He also appeared in Semen Hulak Artemovsky’s “Zaporozhets Za Dunayem.” Vasyl Ovcharenko’s “Lys Mykyta” (1970) and Ihor During World War II he and his family escaped from Bilohrud’s “Olha Kyivska” (1976). Ukraine and lived in a displaced persons (DP) camp in The new DVD released by the opera star’s daughter Germany for three years. In the DP camp Mr. Rejnarowycz features a collection of 15 selections – heroic and patriot- became the leading baritone for the Ukrainian Opera ic songs , as well as operatic arias – in what she calls “a Ensemble established by Bohdan Piurko. celebration of his life and contributions to Ukrainian After emigration to the United States, Mr. Rejnarowycz music, art and culture.” Among the selections is a duet, was choir director at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brooklyn. He was also the founder, director and (Continued on page 17) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 No. 50

“The New Ukrainian Cookbook”

“The New Ukrainian Cookbook: A Blend of Tradition and Innovation,” by Annette Ogrodnik Corona; illustrated by Laurette Kovary. New York: Hippocrene Books Inc., 2012. 270 pp. ISBN: 978-0- 7818-1287-0. $29.95 (plus shipping).

by Christine Syzonenko Just in time for holiday gift giving, a new Ukrainian cookbook has arrived on the scene. Annette Ogrodnik Corono, author, cooking instructor and caterer, grew up on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, where the currently popular “local sourcing” was the way of life. She learned to love and appreciate food in her grand- mother’s kitchen, and credits her grand- mother’s “spirit and memory” as being the “backbone of the book.” Any Ukrainian cookbook needs to include some background information on Ukraine, particularly its culinary history and gastronomic culture. Ms. Corona gives enough information to educate non-Ukrai- tional and more contemporary Ukrainian nian readers, yet keeps it both brief and recipes - over 200 in all. varied enough not to bore those readers The trouble with presenting traditional already familiar with things Ukrainian. recipes is that traditions can vary widely by “The New Ukrainian Cookbook” is orga- region and are shaped by personal prefer- nized with a chapter for each course – ences. Too often a cookbook author will appetizers, soups, salads, etc., through des- attempt to present the definitive version of serts and libations – plus an additional sec- a traditional recipe, leaving the reader tion describing holiday meals of Easter and thinking, “How can that be ‘definitive,’ Christmas Eve. Throughout the book the when that is not how my mother made it!” author presents not only the traditional Ms. Corona strikes a delicate balance in her recipes and techniques of her beloved Baba, but also a wide range of both tradi- (Continued on page 13) No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 11

Dress-wear for the below-zero temperatures in the Arctic. The front of a glacier is vis- A friendly reindeer, looking for food amidst the snow and ice. ible in the background. Journey to the Arctic: Svalbard, Norway

by Ulyana Nadia Horodyskyj my visit, I did see plenty of reindeer and In order to safely operate the snowmo- By comparing these maps with previous seals. Thankfully, no foxes were spotted; bile and rifle, I took classes from the uni- years’ maps, we can learn how the glacier While watching a movie and slowly they are responsible for the recent rabies versity. Learning how to navigate the snow- is evolving. Eventually, this mapping will be drifting off to sleep on my trans-Atlantic outbreak on the island. mobile came naturally on the flats. expanded into three dimensions. Learning flight to Norway, I happened to glance out My first excursions to the glaciers of However, once we started learning turns these survey techniques has given me a lot the window. There, at eye level, I could see Svalbard left me with very cold fingers and on the slopes, driving became more of a more confidence for my upcoming field green ribbons of light shimmering and toes, as I had not yet become accustomed balancing act. It was not unusual to see me season in Nepal and Tibet, where we will dancing across the night sky, fading, then to the frigid temperatures and long work- leaning to the far left or far right, depend- be mapping ice caves within Himalayan brightening, then fading again. I quickly ing hours within glacial caves, patiently ing on the slope, in order to keep the skis glaciers. rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. Yes, the making measurements with lasers (some- down. Imagine driving like this for hours. On the fun side of things, one of my ribbons were still there. times bare-handed) and drawing out maps. After every excursion, I was always bone- friends got in touch with me on Facebook I’d just had my first look at the Northern Here’s a snapshot typical excursion: weary and exhausted. and we set up a Skype session with her stu- Lights, from 30,000 feet up. I sat, mesmer- First, we would check into “logistics” at In order to protect against wildlife, I dents back in the United States who were ized, for nearly a half hour. Thus began my the University Center, where we filled out learned how to shoot a rifle effectively at a learning about the Arctic and were curious adventure to the far North: the Arctic. paperwork stating how long we would be practice range, though my first shots ended to hear about life in the Far North. Upon my arrival to the Arctic island of away and where we would be going, in case up on someone else’s target. Practice Questions ranged from how cold it was to Svalbard, the northernmost part of Norway, something happened and we did not makes perfect. The rifle packed a painful where Santa Claus was hiding out. which is located merely 1,300 kilometers return on time. Then, we would don “scoot- recoil punch, so training did not go on for Nights were spent stargazing and/or from the North Pole, I was greeted by a er suits.” Quite possibly, this is one of the very long. As polar bears are endangered, Northern Light spotting, as well as sharing sign, “Warning! Rabies in the area” and a warmest pieces of clothing I have ever we learned that flare guns should always meals with colleagues at the northernmost large stuffed polar bear, guarding the lug- worn and I was grateful for it. Thick insula- be used first in order to scare the bears restaurants in the world. I saw the famous gage carousel. I quickly gathered my bag, tion and a hood lined with fur were my away. Shoot to kill is only in life/death situ- “global seed vault,” where more than half a made my way over to the bus and, within defense against the frigid temperatures. ations. Otherwise, it is considered a crime million seed samples are housed, in case of 10 minutes, arrived at the Svalbard Next came a balaclava (to protect the face), to kill bears. a global apocalypse. We spent some days University Center, where I would spend the a helmet, goggles, down mitts and scooter On the research front, I trained with Dr. indoors, reading and listening to music by next two weeks learning about Arctic gla- boots. Doug Benn, a Himalayan glaciologist, who the fire, while blizzard conditions raged ciers and ice cave surveying techniques. A few team members were assigned taught me how to create 2D maps of ice outside. Students and professors alike Svalbard is home to about 3,000 people, flare guns and rifles for protection from caves. These are passages within glaciers shared harrowing stories of (mis)adven- of which about 15 percent are from wildlife. Once set with the logistics, we through which glacial meltwater passes tures in the field. Ukraine and Russia. The polar bear popula- would grab our snowmobiles and emer- during the warm months. In Svalbard, this All in all, my time was too short, but I tion is nearly the same, with about 3,000 gency kits/sleds, fuel up, and head for the is a short three months. Creating these enjoyed every minute of it and gained an bears roaming between Svalbard and the wilds. Speed limits in the backcountry were kinds of maps required a lot of patience appreciation for the Arctic. It is my hope neighboring Russian island of Franz Josef up to 80 kilometers per hour. I definitely and a lot of time inside the caves, which that we do what we can to retain the pris- Land.SV120712 While Vienna I did notNutcracker spot any Ad_Layout bears during 1 11/28/12 suffered 2:13 PMfrom Page the wind1 chill! sometimes are subject to collapse. tine nature of the cold regions of our planet. Celebrate the Holidays at the State Theatre

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Razvozzhayev. Vladimir Markin, the old incident. Mr. Razvozzhayev claims he lion people in Europe, Asia and North NEWSBRIEFS spokesman for Russia’s Investigative was kidnapped in Ukraine, forcibly brought America. The decision to welcome Committee, said on December 4 that Mr. back to Russia, tortured and forced to make Mongolia into the OSCE was taken by con- (Continued from page 2) Razvozzhayev could be charged with ille- a confession. His case has raised serious sensus. Speaking after confirmation of the Yushchenko before the latter’s victory in gally crossing the border when he left concerns among human rights activists. decision, the chairperson-in-office said: “On the 2004 presidential campaign. Mr. Russia for Ukraine in October. Mr. Markin (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Interfax behalf of the entire OSCE family I am Lutsenko denies any wrongdoing, saying said Razvozzhayev used his brother’s pass- and ITAR-TASS delighted to welcome Mongolia as our new- his imprisonment is politically motivated. port to cross the border. Mr. Razvozzhayev est OSCE participating state. Mongolia has Ukrainian girl wins Junior Eurovision (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Interfax is currently in a Moscow jail facing charges been a long-standing Asian Partner for and RIA Novosti) of organizing mass riots. The charges are KYIV – Ten-year-old Ukrainian singer Cooperation of the OSCE. The OSCE is part of a wider investigation into opposi- Anastasiya Petryk has won the 2012 Junior addressing the many transnational security Activist accused of illegal border crossing tion activists sparked by allegations against Eurovision Song Contest. According to TSN. challenges we face across the Euro-Atlantic MOSCOW – A new criminal investigation them in a documentary aired on state-con- ua, the 10th Junior Eurovision was held in and Eurasian region and Mongolia’s desire has been launched against detained trolled television. He has also been charged the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, on to join fully in our efforts underlines the Russian opposition activist Leonid with armed robbery in an alleged 15-year- December 1. Petryk received a total of 138 importance of our organization’s work.” Mr. points from 12 participating countries Gilmore added, “I look forward to welcom- with her song “Nebo” (“Sky”). Georgia fin- ing Mongolia as it takes up its new position ished second, with 104 points, and at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin on Armenia was third, with 98 points. the 6th of December and to deepening our Anastasiya’s older sister, Viktoria, finished partnership still further.” (OSCE) TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 second at the 2008 Junior Eurovision Song Ukraine and EEC to phase out trade barriers or e-mail [email protected] Contest. Ukraine has already filed an appli- cation to host the Junior Eurovision Song KYIV – Ukraine and the Eurasian Context in 2013, and the answer is expect- Economic Commission (EEC) are going to SERVICES PROFESSIONALS ed to be given next week. According to gradually remove trade barriers, according media reports, at least 20 million hrv are to Minister of Economic Development and needed to hold the Junior Eurovision Song Trade Petro Poroshenko who spoke at a Contest in Ukraine. Such an estimate was press conference in Moscow on November cited by the National Television Company 28, after the first meeting of the dialogue of Ukraine. At the same time, Anastasiya’s group on trade issues between the Eurasian victory does not mean that the song con- Economic Commission and the test must be held in Ukraine next year. Government of Ukraine. “We agreed that in According to the rules, any country that three to four months we will make an files a bid can host Junior Eurovision. inventory of the existing protective mea- Georgia has already filed its own bid with sures for their significant reduction and organizers. (Ukrinform) elimination in the medium term,” Mr. Poroshenko said. He said this approach ОКСАНА СТАНЬКО Ukrainian Congress of Russia formed Ліцензований продавець would boost trade exchange. The minister said that Ukraine abolished protective mea- Страхування Життя KYIV – A nationwide public organization sures on matches, and today an order was OKSANA STANKO in Russia, the Ukrainian Congress of Russia, Licensed Life Insurance Agent signed on admission of Ukrainian stainless has been created in Moscow, it was report- Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. tubes to the market of the Customs Union. ed on November 24. The decision was A format for the revision of protective mea- 32 Peachtree Rd. unanimously supported at the founding sures on caramels has also been defined. In Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 congress of the organization, which was turn, EEC Trade Minister Andrei Slepnev Tel.: 908-872-2192; email: [email protected] held on that day at the Ukrainian Cultural reported that on December 6-7 the first Center in Moscow. The congress was round of consultations on the definition of a attended by 58 delegates from various steel pipe trade format for next year will be regions of Russia. Liubov Diachenko was held. “This is a very sensitive position for elected to head the Ukrainian Congress of Ukraine in our mutual trade, amounting to Russia. She said that a package of docu- many millions of dollars,” he said. “We have ments would be submitted to the Russian discussed the situation with the existing Justice Ministry for the registration of the barriers to mutual trade. Unfortunately, we organization. According to the charter of have noted that there are a lot of them on the Ukrainian Congress of Russia, its main both sides – they have been accumulating MERCHANDISE objective is to unite Ukrainian organiza- for a long time. This is a challenge for our tions in Russia for the revival, study, devel- dialogue,” he said. According to Mr. Slepnev, opment and spread of Ukrainian culture, I wish to purchase during the negotiations the parties stated the development of national identity and that, against the backdrop of last year’s paintings the protection of their legitimate rights and growth, this year mutual trade is not grow- of old Ukrainian artists for my interests, and the establishment of close ing. “There are quite objective reasons for private collection. links between Ukrainians and their home- this (including in power industry), and we land, as well as with Ukrainians living in believe that there is much room for joint Payment by arrangament. other countries. In addition, the UCR efforts to improve business climate and Tel.: 312-206-8476 intends to promote the study, preservation reduce the barriers,” he said. (Ukrinform) Mykhail and promotion of the cultural achieve- ments of Ukrainians in Russia, as well as to Gryshchenko rejects U.S. criticism assist in the training of scholars and peda- WASHINGTON – Ukraine’s Foreign gogues in the sphere of Ukrainian studies in HELP WANTED Affairs Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko Russia and abroad. Among the objectives of has rejected criticism from the United States the UCR are: promoting the preservation of Ukraine’s recent parliamentary elections We are seeking a babysitter and development of the historical, cultural and the prosecution of political opponents. for our 3 year old son in Bayside, NY. and spiritual heritage of the Ukrainian peo- In an interview on November 30 in Must speak Ukrainian fluently. Preferably ple, and studying and promoting the Washington with the Associated Press, Mr. owns a car. Two days per week - Wednes- Ukrainian language among Ukrainians in Gryshchenko said the October election day and Thursday. No. of days to increase Russia. The UCR also intends to interact results matched the will of the Ukrainian in December. Tel. 646-763-0045. with Russia’s authorities in meeting the people. He also repeated denials that the national and cultural needs of Ukrainian prosecution of former Prime Minister Yulia SEEKING NANNY citizens of Russia. (Ukrinform) Full-time, mature, Ukrainian-speaking, Tymoshenko, jailed for seven years for cultured. Live in. Help care for infant Mongolia becomes 57th OSCE member abuse of office, was politically motivated. daughter, long term, and keep house. Able The minister said the “perception” of to integrate with young, busy professional DUBLIN – The chairperson-in-office of Ukraine did not match the reality. He added family and extended relatives. Quiet the Organization for Security and that Ukraine and the United States were residential neighborhood in center of Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Ireland’s cooperating on a broad range of issues. U.S. Washington, DC. Separate new room/bath, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for excellent compensation for right person. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 202-955-3990; [email protected] Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, November 29 echoed Western observers on November 21 announced that Mongolia who called the Ukrainian elections unfair has acceded to the OSCE, becoming the and a step backward for democracy. She Run your advertisement here, organization’s 57th participating state. The also voiced concern about the prosecution in The Ukrainian Weekly’s OSCE is the world’s largest regional securi- of political opponents of the Ukrainian gov- CLASSIFIEDS section. ty organization, working to ensure peace, ernment. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by democracy and stability for more than a bil- the Associated Press) No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 13

ing tendency, which is not only related to government, he noted. New law... our work in familiarizing people with the The law allows for nullifying the current advantages of membership in the Customs Constitution without approving a replace- (Continued from page 1) Union, but to objective disappointment ment, which could cause a constitutional The law is merely the PRU’s latest violation with regard to Ukraine’s European pros- vacuum and a pretext for the Russian gov- of the Constitution of Ukraine, which can pect. People will choose the Customs Union ernment to interfere. The law also allows only be amended by Parliament, as stated if the question is put to a referendum. for approving a new Constitution without in the very document, said Serhii Soboliev, That’s a fact.” even a debate in Parliament, he explained. a national deputy of the Batkivshchyna Other forces are gearing up for referen- “It seems that imported political scien- party. da. The Kapranov brothers, Vitalii and tists successfully manipulated the The Constitution allows for the use of Dmytro, well-known book publishers and Yanukovych administration and the Party referenda, but only when affirming parlia- civic activists, said they will launch a cam- of Regions leadership, who are working not mentary votes to change the state political paign to enable voters to decide whether only for their direct employers but also system and alter individual rights, among President Yanukovych ought to resign. ‘that guy’ from the northeast,” Mr. them the right to elect a president, he said. Serhiy Hrabovsky, a leading social critic Hrabovsky said. “Now you can change the Constitution who agreed the referendum law is uncon- Among the Russian citizens with close without the Parliament, which isn’t a dem- stitutional, said the referendum law will go ties to the Kremlin who advise Mr. ocratic norm employed in any Parliament,” down as Mr. Yanukovych’s riskiest decision Yanukovych is Igor Shuvalov, who is said Mr. Soboliev, adding that Official Website of Ukraine’s President in his political career. Some provisions are employed by the Presidential Batkivshchyna will file an appeal with the President Viktor Yanukovych on absurd and contradictory, which could lead Administration. Prime Minister Mykola Constitutional Court and lead an effort in November 27 signed into law a bill that to Mr. Yanukovych losing power not so Azarov, it should be noted, spent most of the Verkhovna Rada to amend the law. allows Ukrainian citizens to change the much to the opposition as to the Russian his life in the Russian Federation. However, an effort to cancel the law Ukrainian Constitution through referen- da instead of Parliament, which critics already failed on November 20, with said is unconstitutional. Batkivshchyna scraping together only 17 votes. At that session, one of the bill’s chairman of the Penta Center for Applied authors, National Deputy Mykola Tomenko, Political Research in Kyiv. said that besides electing the president in That happened in July when Parliament Parliament, the law also seeks to bring approved the language law, which removed Ukraine into the Moscow-led Customs remaining safeguards for the Ukrainian Union. language. The law was used to mobilize the Political observers agreed the law is the PRU’s Russian-speaking electorate, but also Ukrainian Medical Association latest of the PRU’s many attempts to provoked an opposite reaction that caused manipulate legislation in order to enhance the Svoboda nationalist party to surge in of North America (UMANA) its authority and extend its grip on govern- popularity. Ohio Chapter ment. “At the same time as the president is With great sadness we announce to all our As the 2012 parliamentary elections elected, they will simultaneously put the members the death on Sept, 4th, 2012 of showed, the results of referenda can be status of the Russian language up for a vote manipulated in favor of a desired result by and will mobilize voters that way,” Mr. Jaroslaw Muzyczka, M.D. precinct and district election commissions, Fesenko said. which are stacked with members loyal to Referenda could also be initiated by He was born in the village of Holeshiw in June of 1921 in a family the Party of Regions. political forces unforeseen and beyond the of a priest Gregory Muzyczka. His younger brother Eugene was Rather than electing the president in control of the Yanukovych administration, killed in the ranks of the UPA and his older brother Roman became parliament, referenda will more likely be observers said. a priest and served in Canada. used as an instrument simultaneous with The most glaring example is Viktor the 2015 presidential election to mobilize Medvedchuk, a mega-millionaire and close He began his medical studies at the University of Lviv but the PRU electoral base on a hot-button confidante to Russian President Vladimir because of the war completed them at the University of Ludwig issue, said Volodymyr Fesenko, board Putin who is actively leading a nationwide Maximilian in Munich, Germany in 1950. campaign called Ukrayinskiy Vybir Upon arriving in the U.S. he was drafted into the army and (Ukrainian Choice), calling for a referen- served several years in Korea and Japan in the rank of captain. He dum to decide whether Ukraine should join completed his residency training in Internal Medicine in Chicago the Moscow-led Customs Union. He has also advocated a referendum to and Canton, OH, and set up his practice of internal medicine in initiate a federal model of governance in Canton, where he practiced for many years until his retirement in Ukraine, such as in Germany and Russia, 1990. He was a member of many medical societies, including being which would involve dividing the country one of the first, original members of UMANA. For many years Dr into 12 distinct regions. Muzyczka and his wife Larissa have been benefactors of many Billboards and posters have covered the cultural, educational and religious organizations, both in Ukraine Ukrainian landscape for the last half-year and in the diaspora. depicting Mr. Medvedchuk’s disgruntled visage calling for referenda. The civic Just a few years ago Dr Muzyczka and wife Larissa moved to movement has also been organizing round- Cleveland to be closer to their friends and the Ukrainian community table discussions throughout the country but unfortunately these plans were terminated by his sudden to discuss its various political proposals. death. It came as no surprise that Mr. Vichnaya Pamyat! Medvedchuk was among the first to laud the president’s signing of the referendum law, and he wasted no time in calling for referendum on the Customs Union, a supranational organization which Mr. Putin explained is a precursor to forming a UNIAN/Oleksander Prylepa Eurasian Union to rival the European Viktor Medvedchuk, a mega-millionaire Union. and close confidante to Russian President “We actively use sociology and keep our Vladimir Putin, lauded the passage of the hand on the pulse of things,” Mr. referendum law and called for a vote by Ukrainian citizens to join the Moscow- Medvedchuk said on the Ukrainian Choice website (www.vybor.ua). “There’s a grow- With deep sorrow I announce that led Customs Union. my beloved mother

eight – each with background notes – yet Eva Kryzaniwsky “The New Ukrainian...” still leaves the reader with the impression that their version of borshch is no less passed into Eternity on Friday, November 23, 2012. (Continued from page 10) definitive than any of hers. She was born on November 16, 1918. text, defining that which is traditional but Readers can order “The New Ukrainian never claiming exclusivity. A perfect exam- Cookbook” by e-mailing the publisher at In profound sorrow, ple of this is her treatment of borshch – the [email protected] or by son Nicholas Skirka quintessential Ukrainian soup, with as calling 212-685-4373. The book is also many versions as there are cooks. She gives available online from retailers such as May Her memory be eternal! not one recipe for this traditional soup, but Yevshan and Amazon. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 No. 50

swam along the Dnipro. I tried but didn’t know how and a wave car- I was a student. The Holodomor was in Pavlo Muravskyi... My uncle arranged for me to work there, ried me downstream. There was a second 1932-1933, and I finished the school in though I was a student. I came and he “bon” about 100 meters down, and the pro- 1934. I lived with my uncle at the time and (Continued from page 3) entrusted me the watch and a list with dif- fessor saw that the young man doesn’t know these jobs, which I described, were there at He lived on Kudriavskyi Street near Lviv ferent surnames. This professor will come, how to navigate a boat. He ran along the the time. bank and met his boat at the “bon.” Square, further down Artem Street. There find his surname, go and take his boat and So where did you get your bread I told my uncle about what happened and was a two-story building on the right side bring it to the bon (dock) so that he’s able to from? From the school, from your uncle he said, “Let’s go.” We went to the Dnipro, made of clay, and I lived in an apartment sit in his boat. The boats were tied one after or from work? there. My uncle worked at a dock when the the other, some near the docks and others took a boat, swam to the middle and said, Holodomor began. Only later were the near the wooden posts. He entrusted me the “Take the oars and begin.” We practiced I had cards. All students had bread cards. banks [of the Dnipro River] cemented. It watch and went home by himself. Early in there for an hour or two. I learned it imme- I had a daily card and could take 250 grams was all still natural then and the water the morning, a professor with his wife and diately and worked well. It was already pos- of bread (8.8 ounces). Some had only 50 flowed ashore more or less. There were so- daughter came and said, “Let’s have it, sible to assign this work to me. I was able to grams. Some had half a loaf. My uncle called “bony” (docks), every organization young man.” His boat was the third one tied. catch and bring to dock any boat. worked at the factory and received 600 had its own little square. The boats were I climbed through one boat onto another During the Holodomor, there were these grams. He got 600 grams daily, but I got 250. tied to them. They took their boats and one, untied his boat and then had to dock it. cards for black bread. There wasn’t any His wife didn’t work but also received 250 white bread. I was a bread deliverer. I’d fill grams. Either I or my aunt went to the store an entire sack with loaves of black bread and all together, we had a loaf of bread for and put it on my back. It was the same dis- the whole family. trict as the music school where I studied. I Afterwards the so-called commercial would miss classes because I carried bread bread came. You could buy it without a for delivery. I would tear the tickets, some card. People even came to the store with would get half a loaf, others a quarter. For chairs and sat there. I would wait there some, I’d tear their ticket and they would nights. The store was open all night and get as much as they needed. It sometimes some time just before morning I could buy happened that when I would go around, the that commercial bread. boys and girls with whom I studied were Did your relatives in your native vil- going to class. lage in the Vinnytsia Oblast survive? It also happened that I would carry the bread to the sixth floor somewhere, ring the Our house in Vinnychyna, in the village of bell, and no one was home, so you carry it Dmytrashkivka, was under a straw roof, back. One time, there was a whole pile of small, with a hall inside. There was a smaller robes. I put on a robe, reached into the pock- house to the right and a slightly larger one et and there were several dozen of these tick- on the other side. In 1930, there was a cam- ets. You could take these tickets and get paign in which they gathered grain. It was bread. I told my uncle that I didn’t know what called a grain collection (khlibozahotivka). to do. And he insisted, “Take them back! Take Some people hid and buried the grain so them back!” I took them back and said, that it wasn’t taken. But grain was being col- “Here are the tickets. Someone forgot them.” lected everywhere. Afterwards, I worked as a guard during I was a half-orphan. My mother was a the Holodomor at the street where the widow because in 1915, my father was Golden Gates are. It was once called taken to the front in the first world war and Voroshylov Street [today’s Yaroslaviv Val] he died in battle somewhere in western and it leads to Lviv Square. I used to work Ukraine. I was 9 months old and don’t there with the Dumka chorus. There was remember my father. My brother was four once a German church there and a movie years older. My mother didn’t remarry. theater, built by our people, where I worked There was a large stove in the house where as a guard. The job was to spend the night mother baked bread, and an oven where there and wipe off all the chairs after the three or four kilograms of corn lay. I The Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia in USA show was done and sweep. There was a bal- remember that well. There was burlap can- under the spiritual guidance of cony there and a table, not wooden but vas around the corn, and mother slept on Metropolitan Archbishop Stefan Soroka cement. And you could lie on this table and the burlap. And I remember a cart came to and the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of USA even sleep on it. But it the morning, I had to the house and there was a grain collection. display an advertisement near the movie They removed the canvas and confiscated invite you to renew your spiritual and cultural roots with a Pilgrimage theater’s entrance. One time, I overslept. it all to the last kernel. So I remember how celebrating the “Year of Faith” and 1,025 years of Christianity in Ukraine. The theater director came and saw the that all happened. advertisement wasn’t displayed. He chased me away. I came to my uncle and told him So they began collectivization earlier? UKRAINIAN what happened. He said, “Don’t worry about Yes, already in 1929. Somewhere at the FAITH & it. I’ll set you up on the Dnipro as a sailor.” end of 1929, I remember precisely a cam- There wasn’t a famine in Kyiv at the paign was launched to prepare for grain time? collection. They were taking from every- HERITAGE one. They even took from my mother, who There was a famine, a great famine. was a widow, they took several kilograms TOURS There was an entrance from the courtyard of corn (from her). Such was life. where my uncle lived. People went there for Tour A: August 13 - 29, 2013. 17 days $3500 Twin (land tour) their toilet needs, in the courtyard. 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UNA General... (Continued from page 1) Ushenina wins Women’s 31, 2011, and the first nine months of World Chess Championship 2012, President Kaczaraj stated, “Even PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukrainian interna- previous champion. though we have been living through a tur- tional master and grandmaster Anna Ushenina was selected based on her bulent economic storm – and turbulent Ushenina became the first woman from average rating between August 2011 and weather, that is, Hurricane Sandy – the Ukraine to win the Women’s World Chess January 2012 – she ranked in 11th place. UNA continues to move slowly in the right Championship, which this year was held Other competitors from Ukraine included direction.” He pointed to decreased expens- November 10 through December 1 in Mariya Muzychuk, Kateryna Lahno and es due to successful cost-cutting measures Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. In the final, Natalia Zhukova, who were selected based at the UNA, as well as an increase in the Ushenina (2452) defeated Antoaneta on their performance at the 2010 and 2011 UNA’s assets. Nonetheless, financial diffi- Stafanova (2491) of Bulgaria 1.5-0.5 in the European Women’s Chess Championships. culties continue as the Soyuzivka Heritage tie-breaker match (3.5-2.5 aggregate). Stefanova was the 2004 women’s world Center recovers from an oil spill and the Ruslan Ponomariov became Ukraine’s chess champion and is the reigning UNA’s two newspapers, plagued by poor first and only men’s world chess champion Women’s World Rapid champion. postal delivery, experience a decrease in in 2002. Muzychuk defeated Cristina Adela Fisor subscribers. Roma Hadzewycz Viktor Kapustin, president of the of France in the first round, and advanced Treasurer Lisovich presented an over- The Auditing Committee reports during Ukrainian Chess Federation, said, “This against Maritza Arribas of Cuba (1.5-0.5) in view of the UNA’s financial performance in the session. bright success was made possible thanks to the second round, followed by a loss to Zhao the first three quarters of 2012, pointing to Anna’s hard, daily work through the years, Xue of China (0.5-1.5). Lahno defeated net income trending upward and predict- focused its attention on branding and how and her strong personal qualities… Mona Khaled of Egypt (2-0), but was elimi- ing that the UNA will meet its profit goals to market the UNA to potential members, Ushenina is the pride of Ukraine!” nated in the second round by Lela for 2012. She cited the challenge presented and suggested that the UNA needs to have Prime Minister Mykola Azarov congratu- Javakhishvili of Georgia (0.5-1.5). Zhukova by the present economy and expressed a more interactive presence online, includ- lated Ushenina. “On behalf of the govern- defeated Guo Qi of China (1.5-0.5) in the concern about the strong regulatory ing on its Facebook page. ment, I sincerely congratulate you on your first round, followed by a 2-0 win over requirements now being imposed on fra- The Advocacy Committee, under the victory in the Women’s World Chess Humpy Koneru of India, and eventually lost ternal societies, as well as threats to their leadership of Mr. Futey, took a look at three Championship,” he stated, to Ju Wenjun of China (1.5-2.5). historic tax-exempt status. main topics: the poor postal delivery of the Ushenina and Stefanova were tied at 0.5 Muzychuk and Zhukova were awarded National Secretary Kozak focused her UNA’s publications, efforts to safeguard the points in the first round, tied again for 0.5 $8,000 each, and Lahno was awarded report on the UNA’s life insurance business non-profit status of fraternals like the UNA, points in the second round, followed by a $5,500. and commended the top producers, and promoting Soyuzivka’s involvement in 1-0 win in the third round for Ushenina. The Along her way to the final, Ushenina Advisors Oscislawski, Streletsky and regional economic development initiatives. Ukrainian’s 0-1 loss in the fourth round lev- defeated Deysi Cori of Peru (1.5-0.5) in the Hawryluk. She also cited the increase in life The Publications Committee discussed eled the score at 2 points each. In the two- first round, followed by a comfortable 3-1 insurance sold by the UNA’s field agents. how to mark the anniversaries of Svoboda stage tie-breaker, the first round ended in a win over Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia, a 1.5- Ms. Kozak reported that the UNA held con- and The Weekly, ideas to increase the num- tie with 0.5 points each, and the second tie- 0.5 win over Natalia Poginina of Russia, a tinuing education courses for all its Home ber of subscribers to both newspapers and breaker ended with Ushenina’s 1-0 win. 1.5-0.5 win over Nadezhda Kosintseva of Office employees who are licensed insur- fund-raising possibilities for an endow- The tournament attracted 64 players in a Russia, and a 2.5-1.5 win against Ju Wenjun knockout-style tournament, held on every of China in the semifinal. ance professionals, as well as courses for ment fund for the two UNA publications. even year, with each pairing consisting of Ushenina was awarded $60,000 and will UNA branch secretaries and organizers. The Soyuzivka Committee focused on two matches and a tie-breaker at faster time defend her title at the Women’s World The UNA currently comprises 149 branch- how to create a positive image of the controls if necessary. Every odd year, the Chess Championship 2013, in a 10-game es in North America, the vast majority of Soyuzivka Heritage Center and discussed the need to conduct targeted fund-raising championship is a 10-game match between match against Hoe Yifan of China, winner of them (134) in the United States. two players – the former champion and the the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011-2012. Editor-in-Chief Hadzewycz, who pre- for specific projects and to regularly report pared an extensive written report about donations to the Soyuzivka Fund that is the UNA’s two weekly newspapers, under- under the aegis of the UNA’s Ukrainian scored that 2013 will mark the 120th anni- National Foundation. In addition, the com- versary of Svoboda and the 80th anniver- mittee suggested that a Soyuzivka sary of The Ukrainian Weekly, and she dis- Development Committee should be estab- played a copy of the just-published history lished to function as a standing committee. of Svoboda – “Vilne Slovo Amerykanskoyi The Canada Committee took another Ukrainy” (The Free Press of Ukrainian look at the status of the UNA in that coun- Americans) – by one of its editors, Petro try and alternatives for the future, which Chasto. She also reported that The Weekly are to be further examined by the UNA’s had started a Facebook page in July, noted executives. an increase in donations to the press funds The Finance Committee reviewed the of the two papers and cited donations proposed budget for the UNA, which was totaling $26,250 from Ukrainian credit subsequently approved by the full General unions to the Svoboda Digital Library Assembly. Project. Ms. Hadzewycz asked General Also during the General Assembly Assembly members to help promote the meeting, Dr. Szeremeta showed a UNA’s newspapers and extend their reach. PowerPoint presentation about “redesign- Soyuzivka’s manager, Mr. Paslawsky, ing” the UNA, including its insurance, pub- reported on a very successful year of sum- lishing and cultural arms, via which he mer camps: over 600 children participated hoped to set the stage for the strategic and several camps had waiting lists planning session of the General Assembly because they were filled to capacity. He that will be held in the spring of 2013. highlighted the Soyuzivka Heritage Center’s That session, it was agreed, should not be strong ties with Ukraine’s Consulate afraid to look at transformational change General in New York and the Embassy of that will benefit the UNA, its subsidiaries Ukraine, adding that the Embassy is a co- and its members. sponsor of the annual Ukrainian Cultural The date of the next annual meeting of Festival. the UNA General Assembly was set for The Organizing/Fraternal Committee November 22-24, 2013, at Soyuzivka.

that the PRU had fixed the voting system, Turning... some experts suspected possible sabotage from within the coalition itself. Experts (Continued from page 6) agreed that, in dragging out the discussions on committees, the PRU were aiming to Mr. Fedorchuk wasn’t even in the session open further divisions within the coalition. hall that day. Ms. Tymoshenko was re-elected as prime Mr. Yatsenyuk called for a break and left minister on December 18, 2007, and car- the presidium, followed by the president. ried 226 votes – the bare minimum in the The PRU deputies set up a blockade of 450-seat Parliament. Parliament, to prevent any repeat vote on Ms. Tymoshenko’s candidacy for the next Source: “Tymoshenko one vote short of two days. becoming prime minister,” by Zenon Zawada, Aside from Ms. Tymoshenko’s accusation The Ukrainian Weekly, December 16, 2007. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 No. 50 No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 17

Through December 31 Art exhibit, “Art: A Dialogue,” featuring works by December 15 Literary Bazaar, with Anna Frajlich, DeLana Dameron, Chicago Eddwin Meyers, Jordan Ivanov and Vassi Vasevski, New York Lola Koundakjian, Alexander Motyl and Vasyl Makhno, Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130

Through January 27 First Juried Member Exhibit, Ukrainian Institute of December 15-16 Ukrainian Christmas tree ornament workshop, Chicago Modern Art, 773-227-5522 or www.uima-chicago.org New York The Ukrainian Museum, www.ukrainianmuseum.org or 212-228-0110 December 10 Presentation by Volodymyr Kulyk, “Language Cambridge, MA Attitudes and Language Politics in Contemporary December 16 Christmas Bazaar, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Ukraine,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 Whippany, NJ Catholic Church, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, 973-476-1970 December 14 Christmas party, Ukrainian Museum-Archives, Cleveland www.umacleveland.org or 216-781-4329 December 17 Presentation by Viacheslav Stanislavskyi, “The Alliance Cambridge, MA Between Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa and Charles XII December 14-30 Art exhibit, featuring works by Anatole Kolomayets, of Sweden and its Challenges for the Foreign Policy of New York Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 the Ottoman Empire,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053

December 15 Christmas concert, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin December 25 Ukrainian Christmas in Utah, St. Jude Maronite Catholic Miami Ukrainian Catholic Church, 954-434-4635 or Murray, UT Church, [email protected] [email protected] December 27-30 Performance, “Midwinter Night: Koliada, Vertep and December 15 St. Nicholas program, Lesia Ukrainka Ukrainian New York Malanka,” Yara Arts Group, La MaMa Theater, Ottawa School, 613-521-5831 [email protected] or 212-475-7710

December 15 Concert, Koliada and Accolada, Ukrainian League of December 31 Black and White Ball, Ukrainian Homestead, Philadelphia Philadelphia, 215-656-8521 Lehighton, PA 610-377-0412, 267-259-6780 or or [email protected] [email protected]

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“Hayi Shumliat,” sung by Ms. Rejnarowycz with her father 25 years after his passing. The selections have been digitally restored and remastered. Featured is the music of Artemovsky, Rudnytsky, Stanislav Liudkevych, Mykola Arkas, Mykola Lysenko, Hryhoriy Maiboroda and others. Also on the DVD are a slide show of more than 140 photos and a detailed biog- raphy of the opera star, and scans of post- ers and programs from many of Mr. Rejnarowycz’s performances. Musicologist Roman Sawycky, Jr., a longtime music columnist for The Ukrainian Weekly, wrote of the new DVD: “From the talented hands of his own daughter, Anya, we now have a new DVD about the life and artistry of Lev Rejnarowycz. Thanks to modern technolo- gy, this audio-visual presentation brings today’s generation much closer to the vibrant personality and artistry of this vocal star and patriot. “And although Mr. Rejnarowycz belonged to the former 20th century, his achievements and dedication to artistic ideals and ever-present needs of the Ukrainian community never ceased to guide this vocal star during his lifetime, beginning in his native city of Lviv and continuing all the way to Metropolitan New York, spanning the years 1914-1987. “This labor of love of a daughter for her father, his lofty aims and life’s priorities are vividly pictured in the sounds and views of this professional production. After all, the singer owned an energetic, clear and well-defined baritone, while his presentations and stage impact remained steadily convincing even in very large halls of European and American capitals. “This performer is well-remembered for his considerable caliber and artistic intensity, communicated likewise by his patriotic flair and his chosen priorities in everyday living. A well-known citizen and stage personality, Mr. Rejnarowycz is now truly missed by all his fans who knew and appreciated him on or off the stage.” The DVD is available from: Anya Lev Productions, P.O. Box 100534, Cape Coral, FL 33910, www.anyalevproductions.com. Price: $23 (plus shipping). 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 No. 50 UKELODEON For The Next Generation

The opening ceremony. The lighthouse visited by Seattle Plast scouts. The beautiful Plast dish created by Lyusya Buriy.

“sestrychky” (counselors of novat- stvo) put together for our entertain- ment. After the younger kids went to Seattle Plast celebrates autumn sleep, the yunatstvo and counselors all had the opportunity to tell about the camps we attended to this sum- mer. Some went to New York state, while others went to Ukraine, but everyone had a good time together. We sang songs we learned at the camps and taught each other new things. The next morning the yunatstvo woke up bright and early at 7 a.m. to get ready for a hike to Dungeness Spit. The hike took us along a trail surrounded by trees which led out to the sandy beach of Puget Sound. We hiked 11 miles to and from along the water. We hiked five and a half miles in just under three hours until we reached our destination: a lighthouse at the end of the sandy trail. We stayed there for about two hours, having lunch, hanging on the grass and just having a good time with all the yunatstvo. We also had the magnificent op- portunity to go to into the lighthouse and see the view from the very top. The view was breathtaking. You could see Victoria, British Colum- All the Plast members who attended “Sviato Oseni.” bia, on the horizon. by Solomea Khtey headed out to collect a bit of wood teams competing in the Olympics. After that short rest we headed for the fire in the evening. After the competition and the back to where we started. There SEATTLE – On September 1 we met up with the novatstvo and the whole organization of Plast in A group of five people from yunat- Olympic ceremony, the yunatstvo stvo went to the kitchen to prepare a split up into teams of girls and boys ptashata, and together headed back Seattle traveled to celebrate “Sviato to our camp area. When we got back yummy dinner for everyone. mixed with two parents per team. Oseni” – a celebration of autumn – we got some time to change and take They had a very fun time mak- We had a mini cooking competition at Sequim Bay in Washington on the a break from the exhausting walk. ing it because they were all friends. for dinner. Each group made an ap- Olympic Peninsula. Some of the yunatstvo thought it After the dinner we had an opening The yunatstvo (age 11-17) got petizer and a main course. would be fun to go for a dip. It was to camp out in Adirondack lean- ceremony (vidkryttia) for our week- There were spectacular dishes. One pretty cold but most of the yunatst- to shelters; members of novatstvo end together. That evening everyone group even incorporated the spirit of vo went and jumped right into Puget (age 6-11) had their own shelter. really enjoyed the dinner that was Plast into its dish. Everyone thanked Sound. After that everyone got up The ptashata (children under age made. When dusk came across we the yunatstvo for the splendid dinner and began to pack and clean up 6) slept inside cabins with their all went and sat by the fire and sang and the competition ended up with the area after a fun-filled weekend parents. some songs, and just had a fun time. everyone being a winner. together that ended all too quickly. On the opening day the yunatstvo The next day was the day of the Later that evening we all got to- set everything up. We cleaned up “Olympiada.” We were split up gether around the campfire. Every- Solomea Khtey, 13, is an eighth the cabins because they had many with a mixture of ptashata, novatstvo one sang songs and we watched a grade student at McKnight Middle cobwebs and spiders, and then and yunatstvo on different regional few skits that our “bratchyky” and School in Renton, Wash. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 19 Student wins first place Mishanyna Hidden in the Mishanyna grid are the names of foods you might find for Holodomor exhibit on your dinner table on “Sviat Vechir” – Ukrainian Christmas Eve. PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Alexandra Day Event held at Providence Col- “Veselykh Sviat” to all! J. Klufas, a junior at Lincoln School lege on April 28. in Providence, earned first place in This year’s National History Day BORSHCH KOLACH PAMPUSHKY Rhode Island’s annual State History theme was “Revolution, Reaction FISH KUTIA PROSFORA and Reform in History.” Alexan- HOLUBTSI USHKA dra won first place in the Senior KAPUSTA MEDIVNYK UZVAR Individual Exhibit Category for her KHRUSTYKY MUSHROOMS VARENYKY work titled “Holodomor: Stalin’s Agricultural Reform and Manufac- tured Famine in Ukraine.” She was praised by the judges for her power- ful presentation. Additionally, Alexandra was given special recognition by repre- sentatives of the National Archives in Boston for “Outstanding Use of Primary Sources.” Alexandra went on to participate in the National History Day Finals in Washington, in June. A resident of Seekonk, Mass., Alexandra is the daughter of Dr. Roman A. Klufas and Dr. Lydia L. Klufas, and the granddaughter of Irene Klufas and the late Dr. Emil Klufas of Pawtucket, R.I. Alexandra is a member of St. Alexandra J. Klufas with her first- Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church place-winning project about the in Woonsocket, R.I., and a member Holodomor, the Famine-Genocide of Ukrainian National Association of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. Branch 241. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012 No. 50

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