INSIDE: • The Millennium Challenge Corp. looks to — page 3. • Family members, townspeople welcome Heide — pages 10-11. • The latest archeological excavations at Baturyn — centerfold. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXXV No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 $1/$2 in Ukraine American astronaut Stefanyshyn-Piper Yushchenko loses key ally receives a hero’s welcome in Ukraine as Tarasyuk resigns post by Zenon Zawada Press Bureau KYIV – In yet another defeat for Ukrainian President and Ukraine’s Western ambitions, Minister of Foreign Affairs surrendered in his two-month battle with the coalition government and submitted his resignation on January 30. As his reason Mr. Tarasyuk cited the decision of a Kyiv District Court to once again delay reviewing his appeal regard- ing his December 1, 2006, dismissal, indicating that the court was engaged in intentionally delaying the process. “I didn’t believe it was reasonable to further engage in this theater of the absurd which the Anti-Crisis Coalition and the government created,” Mr. Tarasyuk said, insisting that he was not capitulating but rather wishing to end a

Official website of the conflict. Zenon Zawada Despite such claims, it was apparent U.S. astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper with President Viktor Yushchenko Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk of Ukraine after he awarded her the Order of Princess Olha. that Mr. Tarasyuk and his allies had buckled under the fierce pressure the before his resignation. by Zenon Zawada behalf of his fund’s Zavtra.ua program – coalition government placed on him to resign, which involved physically block- probably not on the list of potential can- Kyiv Press Bureau an offer she accepted. didates. Holding a bouquet of pink-tipped ing him from attending Cabinet of Since the coalition government led by KYIV – Ukrainians treated American white roses and wearing a bright, blue Ministers meetings, as well as freezing the Party of the Regions has the power to astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper NASA outfit, she stepped into a room financing of his ministry. approve or reject the next foreign affairs to a hero’s welcome upon her first ever where she suddenly found herself fac- As a result of such tactics, the min- minister nominated by Mr. Yushchenko, visit to her father’s native land. ing a sea of about 75 mass media mem- istry’s bills weren’t getting paid in recent the candidate will no doubt have to be a During a five-day visit that began bers. weeks, diplomats were missing their Russian-oriented diplomat, political January 28, the Ukrainian media gave Without consistent exposure to the salaries and Mr. Tarasyuk was denied Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper celebrity treat- for more than 20 financing for any overseas trips. observers said. ment, chronicling her daily events and “Dragging out this scandal would years, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper had to (Continued on page 13) making her the most popular member of make the most of what she could remem- have meant further provoking the disin- the Ukrainian diaspora. ber from her youth; she also mixed in a tegration of the diplomatic machine and “I was born and raised in America, so few Russian words she learned, presum- the ineffectiveness of an important min- I’m an American,” she told a reporter ably when working with Russian cosmo- istry, as well as creating an ineffective who asked what nationality she considers nauts. foreign policy for Ukraine,” said Vadym Former ambassadors herself. “But because my father is from As Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper fielded and Karasiov, director of the Institute of Ukraine, and there’s a large Ukrainian answered the media’s questions, the Global Strategies and a Kyiv political to Ukraine comment community in Minnesota, and we attend- amusement of the press corps revealed analyst who has ties to Victor Pinchuk. ed Ukrainian church and Saturday that Ukrainians still remain fascinated The conflict between Mr. Tarasyuk school, I also feel as though I’m a little with diaspora Ukrainians and their began to annoy not only the diplomatic on Tarasyuk resignation bit Ukrainian. And my mother is German accomplishments. corps, but possibly the Presidential by Yaro Bihun … so I feel as though I’m all three.” She immediately thanked Mr. Pinchuk Secretariat as well, he said. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Stepping off the plane in Boryspil for inviting her and kept her answers Numerous political observers specu- WASHINGTON – Two former Airport outside Kyiv amidst falling snow brief, as reporters asked questions rang- lated that President Yushchenko gave up U.S. ambassadors to Ukraine, and chilly winds, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper ing from her experience in space to her his support for Mr. Tarasyuk once the William Green Miller and Steven was soon greeted and welcomed by U.S. favorite Ukrainian dishes. coalition government began resorting to Pifer, have remained keenly interest- Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor “I really like borsch, varenyky, holubt- such extreme tactics. and Ukrainian astronaut Leonid “Yushchenko isn’t capable of fight- ed and involved in Ukrainian affairs si, almost all Ukrainian dishes,” Ms. since their assignments in Kyiv in Kadenyuk. Stefanyshyn-Piper said, adding that she ing,” said Ivan Lozowy, president of the She had arrived from the World Kyiv-based Institute of Statehood and the 1990s, and the news of Borys cooks some as well. Tarasyuk’s resignation, while not a Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, And what about ? Democracy, which is exclusively where she met Ukrainian political leaders financed by Ukrainian business dona- surprise to either, was something “On our shuttle, there was a tradition they would rather not have hap- and journalists attending businessman that Houston would play us songs every tions. “He is a person far removed from Victor Pinchuk’s annual Ukraine lunch- the realities of the bare-knuckles politics pened. morning,” she said. “And they played Ambassador Miller said that eon. Ukrainian songs for me on my fourth day that we’re seeing today.” “It was very interesting for me to hear Vice-Minister since his assignment to Kyiv he in space.” had developed a very close rela- what direction Ukraine is going economi- Which songs? reporters asked excitedly. will serve as acting minister of foreign cally,” she commented. affairs until Mr. Yushchenko and the tionship with Mr. Tarasyuk. He “The songs were by a Ukrainian group thinks that Mr. Tarasyuk stayed on Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper flew to Kyiv from England, with lyrics by Taras coalition government reach an agreement with Mr. Pinchuk and his wife, Olena on Mr. Tarasyuk’s successor. as the minister of foreign affairs Shevchenko.” for as long as he did during the try- Franchuk, upon his invitation and request As part of her space gear, Ms. It’s precisely because Mr. Ohryzko’s that she participate in presenting scholar- foreign policy platforms are fairly simi- (Continued on page 4) ship awards at a January 31 ceremony on (Continued on page 12) lar to those of Mr. Tarasyuk that he is 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS

Is Belarus a pawn on Russia’s chessboard? UWC appeals to Europeans, U.N. not enough grain for domestic needs. by Victor Yasmann been put forth by Sergei Pereslegin, a spe- Having been stored for six months, the TORONTO – The Ukrainian World RFE/RL Newsline cialist on alternative-future analysis who grain reportedly spoiled, germinated and heads the St. Petersburg-based research Congress, an umbrella organization for the was attacked by insects. The volume of While policy-makers in the European center Modeling the Future. Mr. Pereslegin, Ukrainian diaspora, has sent an open letter unusable grain now amounts to some Union fret about Russia’s reliability as an who is reputed to have earned Russian to the Council of Europe, the Organization 270,000 tons. Farmers say the grain market energy supplier, their counterparts in Russia President Vladimir Putin’s attention and for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in Ukraine is saturated with 6 million tons interpret the recent conflict with Miensk respect, argues that the Kremlin has in fact the and the United of excess grain, which could be sold abroad differently. Economic Development and revised its entire strategy toward Belarus. Nations, urging these organizations to press for 4 billion hrv ($800 million U.S.). “It is the Polish government into condemning Trade Minister German Gref and Finance The main tenets of Mr. Pereslegin’s a paradoxical situation that this country has and redressing the forcible resettlement of Minister Aleksei Kudrin argue that the rise argument can be found in his book “A never seen before. Every night 5,000 to ethnic Ukrainians in 1947, RFE/RL’s of oil and gas tariffs for Belarus has more of Do-It-Yourself Guide to Playing on the 10,000 tons of grain are thrown out into the Ukrainian Service reported on January 29. an economic than political meaning. World Chessboard,” published in 2006. Black Sea, feeding fish. At the same time, In April and May 1947 the Polish govern- They point out that Russia’s forthcom- The book was intended as a Russian we are looking for funds for the agricultur- ment conducted a military operation called ing entry into the World Trade response to Zbigniew Brzezinski’s “The al sector,” Ukrainian Television quoted Akcja Wisla, which relocated some Organization (WTO) requires the Grand Chessboard” of 1997. Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation 150,000 Ukrainians from their native areas Kremlin to raise domestic prices to world According to Mr. Pereslegin, the Chairman Leonid Kozachenko as saying. market levels by 2011. This is impossible in southeastern Poland to the country’s (RFE/RL Newsline) Kremlin has refused to fully incorporate northern and western territories, which to do without first raising energy-export Belarus into the Russian Federation – but prices, which is precisely what Russia were newly acquired from the defeated President supports privatization not because this is not its ultimate goal. Third Reich. In addition, several thousand has been doing – increasing gas and oil KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Rather, the Kremlin is merely biding its Ukrainian civilians were interned in a labor prices for its CIS neighbors. on January 26 signed into law several time. Kremlin policy-makers believe that camp in Jaworzno. “We appeal to the presi- However, another group of domestic bills extending the number of enterprises Belarusian President Alyaksandr dent of Ukraine and Ukrainian communi- analysts, many of them nationalist, interpret to be put up for privatization in 2007, Lukashenka’s policies are bringing the ties throughout the world: join your rising energy-export prices, at least for a including such potentially attractive country to a political and economic dead Ukrainian brethren who suffered this injus- customer such as Belarus, differently. They items as the Kyiv-based Ukrtelekom end. Russia only has to wait for “the fruit tice in commemorating this tragedy with accuse “Western agents” within the govern- telecommunications provider and the to ripen and fall into its hands.” requiems and conferences. To the president ment of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov of Odesa Port Plant, which produces fertil- Belarus is completely economically and of Ukraine in particular we say: make this undermining the Russia-Belarus Union izers, Interfax-Ukraine reported. politically dependent on Russia, according issue a component of contemporary state agreement signed in 1997. Ukraine’s 2007 budget projects revenues to Mr. Pereslegin. The Belarusian econo- Ukrainian-Polish relations. To our commu- One such critic, Mikhail Remezov, from privatization at 10.5 billion hrv my cannot exist independently of Russia’s nities throughout the world we say: bring president of the Moscow-based National ($2.1 billion U.S.). In 2006, the state raw materials, which provide energy for this matter to the attention of your govern- Strategy Institute, wrote on km.ru on budget received 550 million hrv from Belarus’s own industrial production. And ments so that they may impress upon the January 12 that “the energy conflict makes privatization. (RFE/RL Newsline) Russia provides the only market for these government of the Republic of Poland the the building of a Russia-Belarus Union finished products. state both impossible and meaningless.” need to address and redress in good faith Yushchenko recalls the Holocaust Moreover, cheap Russian oil helps and with reasonable tangibility,” the World One of the most provocative analyses of Ukrainian Congress said in a statement KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko the Russian-Belarusian relationship has (Continued on page 16) published on its website, expressed his condolences to Jews on http://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org. International Holocaust Remembrance [The text of the Ukrainian World Congress Day, January 27, according to the presiden- Russia opposes Estonian law statement appeared in The Ukrainian tial website. “Ukrainians, who survived the Weekly on January 7.] (RFE/RL Newsline) Great Famine of 1932-1933 and know what genocide is, condole with Jews on on Soviet-era war memorials Grain rots due to export quotas International Holocaust Remembrance Day,” the statement by Mr. Yushchenko by Valentinas Mite Russia’s State Duma was set to con- KYIV – Up to 10,000 tons of Ukrainian said. “Ukrainians have always remembered RFE/RL Newsline sider a motion on the issue on January grain is thrown into the Black Sea every the victims of World War II,” he continued, 17. Ahead of the proceedings, the chair- night, Ukrainian Television reported on noting that over 1.5 million of Ukraine’s A new Estonian law could lead to the man of the body’s Foreign Affairs January 26. The grain, loaded into eleva- relocation of central Tallinn’s Bronze Jews were exterminated by the Nazis dur- Committee, Konstantin Kosachyov, was tors at Ukrainian ports last summer to be ing the war. “Ukraine has spared and will Soldier monument, which honors Red quoted by Interfax as saying that the subsequently exported, stayed there for too Army soldiers killed during World War spare no effort to ensure that xenophobia Duma would essentially characterize the long because the government of Prime II. The removal of the monument could and anti-Semitism never become an ele- passage of the law as “another chapter of Minister introduced also mean the reinterment of 13 soldiers ment of politics,” he stressed. (Ukrinform) the ‘heroization’ of Nazism.” grain-export quotas. The government justi- in an Estonian cemetery – a suggestion Mr. Kosachyov said the Duma may fied the quotas by saying there would be (Continued on page 17) that has caused outrage in Moscow. choose to impose economic sanctions Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on January 16 condemned the against Estonia, and that Moscow might seek to move the remains of the 13 sol- new legislation, which has been signed FOUNDED 1933 into law by Estonian President Toomas diers buried on the Bronze Soldier site to THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Russia. He said Russia may also seek to Hendrik Ilves and is to go into effect on An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., January 20. have the Estonian law brought up during the Council of Europe’s January session. a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. “We think that this decision is blas- Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. phemous,” Mr. Lavrov said. “We are Maj. 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(Continued on page 16) No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 3 Millennium Challenge Corp. offers Ukraine a chance to qualify for substantial foreign aid by Zenon Zawada Although a precise award won’t be deter- Kyiv Press Bureau mined until the MCC decides on whether to approve the proposal, Ukraine stands to KYIV – The Millennium Challenge receive the $547 million awarded to Ghana Corp. (MCC), a U.S. government-owned in August at minimum, Mr. Hewko said. corporation funded by Congress, is extend- “I would think that would probably be ing to Ukraine a chance to qualify for what the minimum for Ukraine,” Mr. Hewko may be its largest American foreign aid told The Weekly. “Given the size of grant. Ukraine, we’d expect something in that In order to obtain the funds, the range, although the final amount may be Ukrainian government has to propose a more or less than that depending on the sustainable economic development pro- gram improving its public sector on a quality of Ukraine’s proposal.” national scale, whether reviving the deteri- Qualifying for MCC Compact assis- orated medical system, improving dilapi- tance will be a test for the Ukrainian gov- dated roads, or any other area it determines. ernment because its warring factions will “MCC’s funding is designed to reduce have to put aside their differences to poverty through the vehicle of sustainable work together to draft a proposal. economic growth,” said John Hewko, During his visit to Ukraine, Mr. Hewko vice-president, Department of Operations, met with President Viktor Yushchenko, at MCC and among the most influential Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Chairman Oleksander Presidential Secretariat in Washington. Millennium Challenge Corp. Vice-President John Hewko greets Ukrainian “We will only invest in proposals we Moroz in separate, 45-minute sessions to discuss the steps the government needs to President Viktor Yushchenko before a January 19 meeting at the Presidential receive from Ukraine that will clearly Secretariat. lead to economic growth. We won’t do take in order to qualify for funding. humanitarian assistance or disaster However, given the significantly reduced sectors are in most need of the MCC grant. tional organizations such as the International relief,” he explained. influence of the Ukrainian presidency fol- “It’s not a bunch of ministers getting Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Ukraine qualified for the chance to lowing passage of the Cabinet Ministers law In several significant ways, however, apply for MCC’s Compact funding after in January, the coalition government is likely together behind the scenes and dividing MCC’s approach is unique compared to analysis performed by the World Bank to have the most influence in the process. up the pie,” Mr. Hewko said. “It’s a con- other grant-giving organizations, Mr. Institute indicated corruption has declined Specifically, the government will have sultative process that identifies the coun- Hewko said, particularly its method of relative to other low-income nations that to appoint both a political and technical try’s needs, because this is a program with selecting countries based on 16 economic the MCC targets for assistance. representative to coordinate the develop- Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. And out indicators released by various interna- In the prior two years, Ukraine failed ment of a full-time technical team, includ- of that consultative process comes a pro- tional organizations, such as the World the corruption indicator but performed ing an economist and evaluation special- posal. The technical team puts it together, Bank Institute and Freedom House. well on others. ist, to coordinate developing the proposal. but it has to be based on what they hear in By relying on these independent, In order to qualify for the grant, During that process, the team must lead a the consultative process.” objective indicators, MCC isn’t subject Ukraine’s government will have about nationwide consultative process with oblast Afterwards, the MCC typically takes to lobbying or pressure. nine months to draft a proposal, which and local governments, civil society and the six months to review the proposal, per- Unlike other donor organizations, MCC the MCC will then review. private sector in order to determine what form due diligence and decide whether to award the grant. specifically filters its candidates to ensure As part of its review of the proposal, they are democratic, invest in people and promote economic freedom, Mr. Hewko MCC economists will examine the prin- said. Moreover, MCC allows the Compact cipal economic constraints to growth in “Where Is Ukraine Heading?” country to choose what the money should Ukraine and evaluate the expected eco- be spent on and to manage the funds. nomic returns and results from the among topics discussed in Davos As with most announcements of large Ukrainian proposal. international grant money, Ukrainian PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukraine’s Prime Yanukovych said Ukraine is ready to It’s not the first time the Ukrainian gov- journalists at Mr. Hewko’s January 23 Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Minister offer Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia ernment is receiving grant money from the for Fuel and Energy Yurii Boiko were an alliance for oil transit to the West, United States government, or other interna- (Continued on page 15) among the world’s movers and shakers gath- adding that Ukraine can increase the vol- ered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World umes of oil and gas transit to Europe and Economic Forum held on January 24-28. underlining that supplies will be reliable. The annual event this year was described as Mr. Yanukovych told the Wall Street Quotable notes a more staid affair, with fewer glamorous Journal that he is working to complete a stars and more serious participants on the list pipeline to carry oil from the Caspian “I’m not sure why some challenge the sincerity of our European aims.” of international figures attending. region directly to the European Union. A luncheon session focusing on the The pipeline, which now stretches from – Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine. topic “Where Is Ukraine Heading?” was Odesa to , near the Polish border, held on the sidelines of the World would bring an additional 12 million met- “Make up your mind. Make a commitment. Do it. We’re with you. … The Economic Forum, with Mr. Yanukovych ric tons of oil per year to EU countries. Ukrainian people deserve much better than what they have.” seeking to make the case that Ukraine is The pipeline, which was originally a potential economic powerhouse and planned to send Caspian oil to Poland, – President Vaira Vike-Freiburga of Latvia. should be a candidate for membership in has carried Russian oil in the opposite the European Union. Mr. Yanukovych direction since 2004, according to Radio “Gaining membership in the European Union is an important and attainable goal also predicted that Ukraine would enter Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Mr. for the Ukrainian government that has the potential to create a stronger Europe.” the World Trade Organization by July. Yanukovych said the construction of According to the Associated Press, the pipeline links from Brody to Poland and – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (speaking in a taped video address). prime minister got “a lukewarm response” Slovakia would bring more oil to the EU from the audience of about 150 people from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia. All the comments above were made during the luncheon session titled “Where Is Ukraine Heading?” that was held on January 26 on the sidelines of the World gathered at a hotel in Davos. Among those The Ukrainian prime minister also Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. reacting to Mr. Yanukovych’s presentation noted that Ukraine’s economy is grow- was Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga ing. Capital investment rose by 16 per- who urged the prime minister to get a con- cent in the second half of 2006 as com- sensus on a clear direction for his country. pared with the same period a year earlier. Ukraine recently was denied membership Another presence at Davos was that of Protesters in Guinea cite prospects by the European Union, which has System Capital Management, the Donetsk- placed Ukraine – along with Algeria, Egypt, based company that is 90 percent owned Ukraine’s Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the by Ukrainian oligarch Rynat Akhmetov, a Palestinian Authority, Tunisia, Armenia, national deputy in the Verkhovna Rada. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – According to a January and turned into a popular upris- Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova – in an The company participated in the World news story posted on January 19 that ing, is directed against President Lansana EU “neighborhood” program that promises Economic forum as a business partner. reported on the general strike in Guinea, Conte, who protest organizers say is too economic aid and free trade down the line, According to the Ukrinform news service, protesters in that African country were erratic to govern. but excludes the possibility of membership. System Capital Management, the largest inspired by the Orange Revolution of 2004. Voice of America reported on January 29 Much of the attention in Davos was management company in Ukraine, owns The website of News from Guinea and that union leaders had succeeded in getting focused on the issue of energy security. On and manages assets in the metallurgical, Friends of Guinea noted: “Dustin Sharp of the president to agree to name a new prime that note, Fuel and Energy Minister Boiko mechanical engineering, energy, coal min- Human Rights Watch told Voice of America minister and agreed to let the aging president told World Economic Forum participants ing, telecommunications, banking, insur- radio’s ‘Africa News Tonight’ program that nominally stay in power. Negotiations to end that Ukraine will help to improve energy ance, media and other industries. he was surprised how many Guineans made the 18-day strike continued on January 29 as security in Europe and will strictly adhere The 2007 World Economic Forum’s reference to Ukraine’s Orange Revolution workers headed back to work, though to all previously signed contracts. theme was “Shaping the Global Agenda, in explaining their commitment.” activists said they would continue to strike if NTN TV reported that Prime Minister The Shifting Power Equation.” The general strike, which began in mid- living conditions in Guinea do not improve. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5 A farewell to Olha Kuzmowycz Presidents of UCCA and UACC With sincere expressions of thanks displeased about Tarasyuk resignation for 25 very fruitful years of service, we bid farewell on January 30 to veteran by Yaro Bihun undemocratic methods aimed at usurping journalist Olha Kuzmowycz. Thus, her Special to The Ukrainian Weekly power and decreasing the authority of the name – so well-known to members of president of Ukraine.” the Ukrainian community – will no WASHINGTON – Hearing the news It also expressed the hope that Mr. longer appear on the list of members of about the resignation of Ukrainian Tarasyuk’s successor will continue work- the editorial staff of Svoboda, the Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk, ing toward Euro-Atlantic integration, Ukrainian-language weekly newspaper the two leading Ukrainian American “thus ensuring a democratic and prosper- published by the Ukrainian National organizations expressed displeasure ous future for Ukraine.” Association. about what happened as well as hope that The president of the Ukrainian We expect that Mrs. Kuzmowycz, this would not result in a reversal of American Coordinating Council, Ihor whose pen name is O-KA, will contin- Ukraine’s Western-oriented foreign poli- Gawdiak, said that Mr. Tarasyuk’s resig- ue writing her signature column “Pro cy since the Orange Revolution. nation “was not unexpected” since his Tse i Te,” (This and That), from her A few hours after Mr. Tarasyuk’s effectiveness in shaping Ukraine’s for- home in . announcement on January 30, the presi- eign policy had already been “severely A native of , Mrs. Kuzmowycz, dent of the Ukrainian Congress Committee undercut.” 89, studied journalism at Warsaw of America (UCCA), Michael Sawkiw Jr., “His resignation is symptomatic of a University. She worked at the newspa- Lev Khmelkovsky issued a statement expressing his organiza- wider crisis in Ukraine’s politics and par- pers Dilo and Dorohy, and at the Olha Kuzmowycz on the job at tion’s “utter disappointment” with what ticularly in the attempt of the Ukrainian publishing house in Krakow, Svoboda in 1993. happened earlier that day in Kyiv. Yanukovych government and the ruling Poland. She was a member of the edi- “The UCCA regards this act as a coalition in the Verkhovna Rada to torial board of Plast Ukrainian She is known also as a community forceful termination and the result of dis- reverse President Yushchenko’s pro- Scouting Organization’s magazine activist whose involvement encompass- honest and unconstitutional methods of Western, pro-European policies and to Plastovyi Shliakh, editor-in-chief of es such organizations as the Ukrainian the Anti-Crisis Coalition led by the prime move Ukraine more closely toward Plast’s youth magazine Yunak and edi- Journalists’ Association, the Ukrainian minister of Ukraine, Viktor Russia,” Mr. Gawdiak said. tor of the Shevchenko Scientific American Coordinating Council, Plast Yanukovych,” the statement said. Such a reversal would be against Society’s Visti NTSh. and the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Calling Mr. Tarasyuk a “capable Ukraine’s interests and would pose “a Since 1981 she had been on the edi- We thank Mrs. Kuzmowycz for 25 leader and a true patriot,” the statement real threat to Ukraine’s security and its torial staff of Svoboda, first at the years of faithful service, lovingly ren- praised his “great successes in integrating independence,” the UACC president UNA headquarters in Jersey City, N.J., dered, at Svoboda, and especially for Ukraine into the global community” and added. and since 1997 in Parsippany, N.J., her columns, which have been enjoyed especially with respect to the World He expressed the hope that President lately making the long trip from New by countless readers through the years. Trade Organization, NATO and the Yushchenko “will step forward and York City’s East Village twice a week. We wish her good luck as she contin- European Union — a policy course cho- staunchly reject any attempt to reverse Mrs. Kuzmowycz has published ues to work in her beloved field of sen by the Ukrainian people and their Ukraine’s path toward European integra- two collections of her widely read arti- journalism and look forward to seeing president, Viktor Yushchenko. tion and full membership in Euro- cles, feuilletons and columns: “Pro Tse her byline on the pages of Svoboda. The UCCA expressed the Ukrainian Atlantic structures.” i Te”( 2000) and “Pro Vchora I American community’s disappointment “We therefore expect that his choice of Siohodni” (About Yesterday and – President Stefan Kaczaraj that the ruling parliamentary coalition the new minister of Ukraine’s foreign Today, 2003). for the UNA Executive Committee headed by Prime Minister Yanukovych affairs will be an unambiguous signal of could not find common ground with Mr. his determination in this regard,” Mr. Tarasyuk, “and continues to employ Gawdiak said. Ottawa’s Sheptytsky Institute bids farewell belief that the requirements of the rule of Former ambassadors... law were not being met.” to acting director Father Andrew Onuferko (Continued from page 1) Steven Pifer, who followed William OTTAWA – On January 18 the stu- Archpriest Father Andriy Chirovsky rep- ing times over the past few months as a Miller as the third U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, said Minister Tarasyuk stepped dents and staff of the Metropolitan resented Bishop Stephen Chmilar and matter of constitutional principle and down because he realized that he was in Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern bestowed upon Father Andrew the title of with the hope of maintaining the Euro- an untenable position in the middle of a Christian Studies at St. Paul University in canon of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy Atlantic orientation of Ukraine’s for- fight between the president and the prime Ottawa celebrated the Feast of Theophany of Toronto and Eastern Canada and pre- eign policy. minister and his Cabinet. at St. Onuphrius Church at the Museum sented him with a holy cross decorated “I regret very much his leaving the “In the end he decided — although he of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec. with jewels. post of foreign minister because I During the evening, Father Andrew thought he was very able — extremely probably wanted to remain foreign minis- This token of recognition was for ter — to put the interests of Ukraine Onuferko was honored for his four and a Father Onuferko’s “quiet, humble and able — with long experience, and clearly half years as acting director at the from his earliest days, a Ukrainian patri- above his own desires,” he said. prayerful efforts” and for his “dedicated Ambassador Pifer now is a senior advisor Sheptytsky Institute. ministry as well as his accomplishments ot,” said Ambassador Miller, who now The presentation began with the dean of serves as senior policy scholar specializ- at the Center for Strategic and in the academic setting of St. Paul International Studies, a Washington the Faculty of Theology, Normand University and the Sheptytsky Institute.” ing in Ukrainian affairs at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars think-tank. Bonneau, thanking his “colleague in admin- Father Onuferko, who has been the in Washington. As for the resignation’s effect on istration” for his “unflagging commitment acting and executive director of the insti- to the institute, faculty and university.” What effects his leaving may have on Ukraine’s foreign policy, he said, “In Founding Director and Mitred (Continued on page 16) Ukraine’s future relations with the U.S. part, it will depend upon who comes after and the West? “I think we have to wait Tarasyuk.” President Yushchenko’s ini- and see,” Ambassador Miller said. tially clear Westward-leaning foreign Ukraine’s foreign policy may remain on policy line has become a little bit less the pro-Western integration direction or it clear because Prime Minister may follow the “less-so” Yanukovych Yanukovych has enunciated some differ- approach, he said. ent ideas, he said, adding, however, that “But I think the foreign policy side he expects that the course “is going to of it is an adjunct to far more crucial stay fairly much on track from the presi- issues of democratic governance, of dent’s point of view.” anti-corruption, of the rule of law, of The tug of war over the foreign affairs fulfilling the promises of the maidan minister between Ukraine’s president and and the nature of the Ukrainian identity prime minister over the last two months that I suppose was defined by the maid- has had a negative effect on its relations an,” he added. “And those promises, with Western countries, Mr. Pifer said. those pledges involve anti-corruption, “As long as Ukraine continues to sort clean government, integration into the out this constitutional question of how Euro-Atlantic structures, an open and much authority does the president have transparent economy, and good rela- versus how much authority does the tions with all countries — east, west, prime minister and the Cabinet have, it north, south.” will be difficult for Ukraine to articu- Ambassador Miller stressed that the late a clear foreign policy on certain maidan, or Independence Square, the questions, and that’s going to mean it is birthplace of the Orange Revolution, was going to get less attention” from an affirmation of constitutional values. Western countries, which are taking a Roman Planchuk “So the argument about the Constitution wait-and-see approach until Ukraine Mitred Archpriest and Founding Director Father Andriy Chirovsky presents is very important, because that comes out works out its constitutional problems, Father Andrew T. Onuferko with a holy cross on behalf of Bishop Stephen Chmilar. of the demand for rule of law and the he said. No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 5 Alberta’s Ukrainian bilingual program celebrates milestone by John Sokolowski Bilingual Program of the above-men- tioned schools. She also arranged for the EDMONTON, Alberta – A significant grading to be done in Lviv and prepared milestone for the Ukrainian bilingual pro- a report on the project and its results. gram in Alberta was marked late last year Dr. Mazuryk addressed the students, their when Gene Zwozdesky, then the teachers, parents and guests in Ukrainian province’s minister of education, present- and congratulated them on their success. She ed certificates of recognition to Ukrainian also highlighted the fact that this was the bilingual program high school students. first ever administration of an internationally The students had successfully participated recognized exam of Ukrainian language pro- in the first-ever administration of an inter- ficiency for high school students learning nationally recognized Ukrainian as a for- Ukrainian outside of Ukraine. eign language proficiency exam. This examination is the Ukrainian lan- In addition, this was the first time a guage entrance exam for foreign students multi-part assessment of the level of lan- wishing to study at the Ivan Franko National guage proficiency of the graduates of the (Lviv University). A cel- Ukrainian bilingual program in Alberta ebration of this milestone, hosted by the has ever been conducted. This project was Ukrainian Language Education Center supported by grants and services in-kind (ULEC) of the Canadian Institute of provided by Alberta Education, which Ukrainian Studies at the University of also supported the administration of Alberta, was held on November 28, 2006, in exams in Chinese, French and Japanese. the conference center of Lister Hall. All of the grade 12 students and 68 Edmonton Catholic schools, percent of the total grade 11 and 12 stu- Edmonton public schools and Elk Island dent contingent who completed the exam Gene Zwozdesky, Alberta’s minister of education, and Dr. Danuta Mazuryk of Catholic schools assisted in the planning met the Ukrainian language entrance Lviv with students who were recognized at the Celebration of Excellence in and sponsorship of this event. requirement for foreigners wishing to Ukrainian Education. Students receiving awards were accom- pursue a post-secondary education in panied by their teachers. The master of Ukraine. These students received a cer- The writing portion was the most diffi- that they can perform in Ukrainian at ceremonies for the evening was John tificate issued by Lviv University. cult part of this exam for the bilingual Level B1, the Threshold Level of lan- Sokolowski, acting director of ULEC. The exam tested listening, speaking, students since they were required to write guage proficiency, as recognized Mr. Zwozdesky, one of two special reading, writing and grammar knowledge in creatively in Ukrainian. throughout Europe. This means they can guests at the celebration, brought greet- Ukrainian. In the listening portion of the In the grammar part of the exam, stu- maintain interaction and get across what ings from the government of Alberta and exam, students demonstrated a high level of dents had to select correct grammatical they want to communicate in Ukrainian presented certificates to the students. The skills in understanding text written and spo- forms and demonstrate an understanding and cope with problems in everyday life other special guest was Dr. Danuta ken according to the norms of modern stan- of them. The students were also tested using the Ukrainian language. Mazuryk, senior lecturer in the dard Ukrainian, as used in Ukraine today. orally by native speakers of Ukrainian With a threshold level of Ukrainian Preparatory School for International The speakers they listened to were native and demonstrated a good understanding language proficiency the students can Students at Lviv University. speakers of Ukrainian. One speaker was of the examiners’ questions. They had study in Ukrainian at a university in For Dr. Mazuryk to be present was from Kyiv, the other speaker from Lviv. sufficient vocabulary to express their Ukraine. All of the grade 12 students indeed special because she did the back- Texts given to read were written in standard thoughts and exhibited a quick and confi- who completed the exam attained this ground research for this examination and Ukrainian for native speakers of Ukrainian. dent tempo of speaking. Their communi- level and the overwhelming majority of administered the exam to 42 students in The vast majority of the students were able cation was expressive. grade 11 students attained this level in grades 11 and 12 in the Ukrainian to read and understand these texts. The majority of students demonstrated listening and reading. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Quo vadis, Ukraine? Yushchenko and a national Church by Metropolitan Stefan Soroka place their trust and confidence in an There was bad news, really bad news, from Ukraine this week as Foreign Affairs ecclesial leadership that loudly portrays Minister Borys Tarasyuk – an outspoken proponent of Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic inte- In his December 23, 2006, meeting with these true and basic gospel principles. gration in the full sense of that phrase’s meaning, i.e., membership in the European Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) and The co-existence and tolerance desired Union and NATO – announced his resignation. Mr. Tarasyuk had been the target of the hierarchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox by President Yushchenko reminds us of sim- fierce attacks by the ruling parliamentary coalition in Ukraine, the so-called Anti- Church – Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian ilar tensions addressed by Jesus with his Crisis Coalition, headed by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Most recently those President Viktor Yushchenko expressed own disciples. The disciples tried to prevent attacks took the form of a Verkhovna Rada vote to dismiss the foreign affairs minister. confidence in the eventual establishment others who were driving out demons in The battle was the result of the constitutional reform that went into effect after the of a national Church. He observed that the Jesus’ name, but who were not of their com- Orange Revolution – a reform that left the powers of the branches of Ukraine’s gov- fulfillment of the idea is impossible with- pany. Jesus commands his disciples not to ernment ill-defined. Thus, the president had the authority to name the foreign affairs out a change in policy from “mutual inter- prevent them, as “there is no one who per- and defense ministers, while the Parliamentary majority appointed the rest of the denominational ignorance and mutual forms a mighty deed in my name who can at Cabinet. Who had the power to dismiss the presidentially appointed ministers was attacks to co-existence and tolerance.” the same time speak ill of me. For whoever unclear. President Viktor Yushchenko insisted that only he who appoints the minis- President Yushchenko called for dia- is not against us is for us” (Mk 9:39-40). ters has the power to relieve them of their duties. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Viktor logue between the Church and the faith- Co-existence and genuine tolerance Yanukovych and his Party of the Regions, the key force in the parliamentary majori- ful without the interference of the state. can only occur when we truly embrace ty coalition, insisted that the Parliament had the authority to dismiss all ministers. He saw the state’s role as removing arti- the idea that we journey on a common After the Rada voted on December 1, 2006, to oust Mr. Tarasyuk and ficial barriers and obstacles, thereby con- road, and that we are not in competition President Yushchenko directed his foreign affairs minister to stay on, the con- tributing to forming a tolerant atmos- with one another as we love and serve frontation turned ugly. (The details have been spelled out in various articles in phere for dialogue. the one God. There can be no room for this newspaper.) Mr. Tarasyuk rightly accused the Yanukovych government of President Yushchenko must be congrat- an attitude of possessiveness of the soul usurping power and called their attempts to remove him “an act of reprisal ulated for his frank and perceptive assess- of a people. Proliferation of distrust of against democratic forces.” Two months after the battle was joined, Mr. Tarasyuk ment of the ecclesial environment within other faiths, regardless of how radically resigned, saying it was unreasonable “to further engage in this theater of the Ukraine, applicable to all denominations different cannot be tolerated. Dialogue absurd.” Thus he put an end to the conflict over his person. within Ukraine today. He addressed the and mutual understanding ought to be But the conflict is far from over. After all, a new minister must be appointed by nation’s gut-level yearning for a Church genuinely sought amidst the differing the president and that minister must be approved by the Parliament, which means leadership characterized by a genuine denominations of faith. Each must desire the ruling coalition once again has all the cards. Furthermore, under the new law on desire for unity among the people in their and strive only for the best of the other. the Cabinet of Ministers – which also is in dispute as to its legality – the Parliament journey of faith. They look to the ecclesial The desire and need for genuine toler- is empowered not only to dismiss the foreign minister, but to appoint a new one if leadership of all Churches to reflect true ance and co-existence with others of differ- the president does not. (Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine has yet to Christ-like characteristics of love and care ent faiths is true for Ukrainians throughout rule on these crucial issues and lower court rulings have only muddied the waters.) for one another, regardless of one’s reli- the world. A re-dedication to Christ-like As with everything in Ukraine these days, we’ll have to wait and see, or as gious confession. principles of living can lead to a change of they say in Ukrainian: “Pozhyvem, pobachym.” What is most worrisome, how- The people thirst for witness of the heart and a change in our mind-set, and can ever, is what the dismissal of Ukraine’s pro-Western foreign affairs minister greatest commandments, that of loving secure us on a path of co-existence and tol- means for Ukraine. Already analysts are saying this is a clear signal that Ukraine the Lord, your God, “with all your heart, erance. We can even hope to flourish in our is reverting to the “multi-vector” foreign policy of the past, that Ukraine may be with all your soul and with all your growth in faith and in our love for God, for interested in getting closer to Europe only in terms of business and trade. mind” and loving your neighbor as your- one another and as a nation. Regardless of who is ultimately named to Mr. Tarasyuk’s now vacant post, it self (Mt 22:37-39). The people yearn to We are thankful for the honest and is clear who is in charge in Ukraine – and it’s not the Orange Revolutionaries. perceptive reflection offered by President President Vladimir Putin surely is smiling in Moscow. Metropolitan Stefan Soroka is the Yushchenko of Ukraine. We pray and we As analyst Walter Parchomenko wrote in a recent issue of the Kyiv Post leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church hope that all will heed his words of wis- (albeit before the Tarasyuk ouster): “Vladimir Putin’s Orange nightmare is over. in the U.S.A. dom and counsel. The Russian leader can now sleep soundly. Premier Viktor Yanukovych and the Party of [the] Regions are clearly in charge in Ukraine and, in their own words, are cleaning house and restoring order. …” LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Vice-President Dick Cheney and The Bush plan Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Feb. (both representing the military-industrial- Turning the pages back... for the U.S. in Iraq petroleum complex), the latter with his very active Assistant Secretary Paul Dear Editor: Wolfowitz, who became the main archi- In his column of January 21, Myron 3 tect of this war, accepted the neocons’ ide- B. Kuropas stumbled through such a ological paste as a convenient lubrication Five years ago, The Ukrainian Weekly carried an article on wide gamut of topics that it would be 2002 for the real “mission” of stealing Iraq’s Ukraine’s quest to join Europe and the role the U.S. should time- and space-prohibitive to try to oil. President Bush, under Mr. Cheney’s take in this quest. The article was by Dr. Bohdan straighten him out. I shall limit my com- Hawrylyshyn, chairman of the International Center for Policy tutelage, was used to get the ball rolling. ment to the subjects of Vietnam and Iraq. Studies, International Management Institute, Kyiv; and advisor to the chairman of the Over three years ago I correctly pre- For Vietnam, suffice it to say that the Verkhovna Rada and the prime minister of Ukraine. His article was based on the dicted that it will be like the “Sisyphean American troop build-up in the 1960s keynote address he delivered on November. 1, 2001, at the conference “Ukraine’s stone rolling up the mountain” (The was explained by President Lyndon B. Quest for Mature Nation Statehood” held in Washington. Weekly, May 11 or 18, 2003). Johnson by using fabricated “evidence” In his first question, Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn asked why Ukraine should transform President Bush’s latest troop “surge” to fit the European model. To this, he said that Ukraine belongs to Europe geographi- of a Gulf of Tonkin attack on U.S. war- in Iraq is apparently intended to run out cally. Second, he argued, history provides a reason, due to the family links from ships by North Vietnamese dingies, the clock, regardless of American casual- before the 11th century, such as Anna Yaroslavna, daughter of Prince Yaroslav the which never happened. ties, so that he can leave to the next pres- Wise, who became queen of France. Economically, Ukraine’s bulk of trade is with the The U.S. had no business or strategic ident the flying of helicopters off the European Union and investment from those countries. Politically, harmonizing legis- interest to fight in Vietnam; this was con- roofs of Baghdad’s Green Zone. lation with European standards will pull Ukraine towards full-fledged contemporary firmed and reiterated later by former democracy. Finally, the EU would provide military security and permit Ukraine to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Boris Danik safeguard its cultural, linguistic and political autonomy. the architect of the American military effort. North Caldwell, N.J. Next, Dr. Hawrylyshyn asked: What are the attractions of the European model? He Concerning the Iraq invasion by the responded by citing the development of the “idea of societal order” to maintain politi- U.S., the prevarications of the Bush cal and social cohesion. Ukraine aspires to an equitable distribution of wealth, which administration in trying to justify this We welcome your opinion! among the older population has perpetuated the nostalgia for the “good old days” insanity are by now so widely known that The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the edi- under the Communists. Second, the attractiveness of the European model is a “social it would take many pages to recount them. tor and commentaries on a variety of topics of concern contract,” which extends democratic rights to the workplace, by having an even repre- In a nutshell, the “action plan” for this to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian sentation of owners and labor on the board of directors, to prevent the emergence of war was moved into the fast lane from the communities. Opinions expressed by columnists, day George W. Bush became president. The commentators and letter-writers are their own and do huge companies and assured their good development. One key of the EU is the not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Structural Fund, which at the time had $100 billion for distribution to poorer members basic outline was actually mapped, some of Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the UNA. and new candidate countries for the development of structural reforms and developing it quite openly, in the 1990s by the neo-con- Letters should be typed and signed (anonymous economies within Western/North European standards. servatives William Kristol, Frederick letters are not published). Letters are accepted also via The third question posed and answered by Dr. Hawrylyshyn was whether such a Kagan and others at the American e-mail at [email protected]. The daytime phone transformation is feasible. At that time, the EU put up a barrier to Ukraine’s accession, Enterprise Institute in Washington as a mis- number and complete mailing address of the letter- writer must be given for verification purposes. Please not even allowing Ukraine to call itself a potential candidate country. Economically, sion for the American century to export note that a daytime phone number is essential in case Ukraine’s performance reduced the worry that it would be a great drain on the democracy throughout the Middle East by of necessary clarifications or questions. military “assertiveness.” Please note: THE LENGTH OF LETTERS CANNOT (Continued on page 13) Whatever the neocons’ motivation, EXCEED 500 WORDS. No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 7

Notes from Ukraine Taras Kuzio’s blog Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas January 18 Secretariat staffer in October 2006 and he replied, “I am still confused as to why he Legal chaos or “bardak” did not dissolve Parliament.” Another staffer in the Secretariat suggested to me Higher education in Ukraine: perils persist U.S. Judge Bohdan Futey spelled the in November in Kyiv that the reason situation out well in Ukraine with his President Yushchenko backed away from Go to the Internet, punch in “Top collegiums – Kyiv-Mohyla in 1991, opinion editorial on legal chaos in dissolving Parliament was because of European universities” and you will dis- in 1994. Dr. Briukhovetsky remains the rec- Ukraine in the Kyiv Post. Or, to put it blackmail over his brother’s corrupt busi- cover three Eastern European institutions tor at Kyiv Mohyla. Dr. Ihor Pasichnyk has more simply, “bardak.” ness deals in the energy sector – if the on the list: Lomonosov Moscow State been the rector of Ostroh since its rebirth. The general consensus of everybody I president acted to dissolve Parliament, University (No. 19 in Europe, No. 67 Both universities quickly gained a rep- have spoken to in England, Canada and the Party of the Regions threatened to worldwide); Charles University in Prague utation for being among the top educa- the U.S.A. over the last month – and release “kompromat” on Petro (No. 80 in Europe, No. 203 worldwide); tional entities in Ukraine. Both have especially since last week – is that Yushchenko to the media. University of Szeged in Hungary (No. 123 recently opened state-of-the-art libraries, Ukraine is on a slippery slope toward So there we have it. The energy sector, in Europe, No. 300 worldwide). the heart of every serious university. institutional and legal chaos, and conflict. corruption, a lack of political will and One criterion for inclusion among the Surely they will be counted among the Everybody seems to have an inability to legal chaos. top universities seems to be the number of top universities in Europe someday – if understand what is going on in Ukraine. Nobel Laureates associated with the insti- they remain relatively independent. We all understood that Byzantine politics January 18 tution. Moscow State has produced six Success breeds resentment. As the politi- rules the roost in Ukraine and other for- laureates, mostly in physics and chem- cal situation in Kyiv continues to deteriorate, mer Soviet republics. Those of us who Immigrants, EU membership istry. Charles University has three laure- independent institutions that have remained have been following Soviet and post- ates, all in chemistry and biochemistry. outside the direct control of government Soviet developments have become used Over Christmas and the New Year, The University of Szeged has one laureate entities become increasingly vulnerable. to reading between the lines and figuring while I was visiting Britain the newspa- in the field of medical chemistry. This is in keeping with Russian President out what is really going on behind the per headlines seemed full of foreboding For the record, the American institution Vladimir Putin’s blueprint for Ukraine. scenes. about the pending membership of that has produced the largest number of Unlike several other universities, Kyiv This ability is now seriously stretched. Romania and Bulgaria in the European Nobel laureates is the University of Mohyla and Ostroh disregarded pressures Even recent members of the Fourth Wave Union in January. Headlines competed Chicago. Seventy-nine laureates, mostly from the then Kuchma/Yanukovych gov- living in Washington, such as Myroslava with one another about the likelihood of in physics and economics, have been stu- ernment to ignore the Orange Revolution Gongadze, or visiting researchers to Britain being overwhelmed by thousands dents, professors or researchers at the uni- of 2004. Now that Mr. Yanukovych has Washington, such as Ilko Kucheriv from of illegal migrants from these two coun- versity during their careers. Six Nobel lau- become the de facto if not yet the de jure Democratic Initiatives in Kyiv, are baf- tries. reates are currently on staff. president of Ukraine, some say it’s pay- fled and bemused at the last week’s The headlines were surprising as Interestingly, Moscow State University back time. Nothing seems beyond the events in Parliament. After a lunchtime Britain, along with Ireland and Sweden, has apparently adopted the Western system reach of the grab-it-now gang. Those who seminar at the National Endowment for had been one of the few Western of academic degrees. Their website lists the resist face intimidation through various European EU members that had open Democracy by Mr. Kucheriv on offering of a B.A., a B.S., an M.A., an M.S., government power plays such as withhold- borders after the EU enlarged in 2004 to Ukraine’s membership aspirations with the Ph.D., a D.S. and the M.D. In Ukraine, ing earned monthly stipends to students, include eight new post-Communist regard to NATO, we tried to get our however, higher degrees still follow the old teachers and professors, delaying permits states. Since then, there has been a large heads around recent developments. Soviet system. Offered are a bachelor’s, a to remodel buildings, refusing to turn on influx of migrants from these countries How does one explain the continued specialist degree, a master’s, the “kandydat water and electricity in remodeled struc- into Britain and Ireland, to the extent that silence, except for occasional unfulfilled nauk” and, eventually, the doctorate. tures, and requiring top echelon people to there are labor shortages of young people threats, from the president whose powers Although requirements vary from universi- ask personally (hat in hand, I suppose) for in Poland. are being reduced each month by a ty to university, it is generally understood the most routine and mundane necessities. Britain has taken in approximately power-hungry prime minister? How does that no formal course work is required after Kyiv Mohyla and Ostroh have a proven 600,000 Poles – a huge number when one understand the voting of the Yulia the bachelor’s degree. At the same time, track record. Hundreds of students from one considers that most of them will have Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB) with the Party few higher degrees from American univer- Kyiv Mohyla and Ostroh are currently stayed in the prosperous southeast of of the Regions when the YTB always sities are recognized as valid. studying abroad. Some already hold England. But, not only there. On holiday condemned Our Ukraine for seeking to As in Soviet times, Ukraine today degrees from American universities. in my own Yorkshire, a region 250 miles do deals with the Regions? The YTB was wants the world to believe that the Graduates of both institutions hold impor- (400 kilometers) north of London, we the only parliamentary force that refused “kandydat nauk” is equivalent to the tant positions with American firms and came across Poles working in remote to sign the Universal of National Unity in American Ph.D. After years of striving to NGOs in Kyiv. In the past, Americans, hotels and restaurants. August 2006. have his Harvard Ph.D. recognized by Canadians and Ukrainians in North Even in my relatively small town of More specifically, how does one Ukraine’s Ministry of Education, Borys America have rallied to the support of both Halifax there is now an “East European square the circle when the YTB has Gudziak, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic institutions, raising $1.3 million for Kyiv Foods” shop that has painted under this consistently been against constitutional University in Lviv, finally succeeded. Mohyla and over $300,000 for Ostroh. sign “Russian-Polish-Lithuanian Foods.” reform and was the only parliamentary Today he is considered throughout the “Academic freedom, as freedom in We visited the shop to see what they sold force that voted against it on December country as a “kandydat nauk.” general, often carries a price tag,” says – most of the foods were from Russia, as 8, 2004? Our Ukraine and the president During Soviet times degrees were pur- Ihor Wyslotsky, chairman of the Kyiv was the sales assistant who seemed out of have periodically threatened to ask the chased by high government officials anx- Mohyla Foundation. Fund-raising events place in his sport costume and short hair- Constitutional Court to review the ious to upgrade their credentials. This sys- featuring Dr. Briukhovetsky are sched- cut. legality of constitutional reforms, but tem continued during the early days of uled for Silver Spring, Md. (February 11), The shop is a reflection of how have failed to act. The only request that Ukraine’s independence but has subsided Whippany, N.J. (February 17), Chicago migrants from Eastern Europe and the has been sent to the Constitutional somewhat only because the price of a high- (February 18), Warren, Mich. (February former USSR have spread out through- Court is from the YTB. Yet, by voting er degree, like everything else in Ukraine, 24) and Jenkintown, Pa. (February 25). out England. Until the 1990s, Halifax’s with the so-called Anti-Crisis Coalition Dr. Pasichnyk will be in Canada and Eastern Europeans were post-1945 has skyrocketed. Because teachers and pro- in favor of the law on the Cabinet of the United States in March. Thus far, political refugees from Ukraine, Poland fessors are paid so little, however, corrup- Ministers, the YTB has strengthened fund-raising events are scheduled for and Latvia. Today, it would seem there tion throughout Ukraine’s educational sys- constitutional reforms. As the Russian Winnipeg, Manitoba (March 24) and are now Russians. We did not have the tem continues unabated. Money talks. proverb goes, “without vodka nothing is Chicago (March 31). heart to tell the young sporty shop assis- There are three major exceptions. The clear.” As disappointed as all of us are about tant that Ukrainian nationalist émigrés first is the Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine entered “a time of ruin” in the unraveling of President Viktor in Halifax, the largest East European a premier educational institution in Lviv. August 2006 after President Viktor Yushchenko’s administration, we musn’t diaspora in the town, would never shop The second is the National University of Yushchenko chose to permit Party of the Ostroh Academy, founded in 1576 by despair. A new generation is rising in in a place that advertised itself as Ukraine; with God’s help, it will some- Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych to “Russian.” Prince Kostiantyn Ostrovsky as an become prime minister. Did the presi- Orthodox liberal arts college. The third is day take the reins of government and the The integration of Romania and academic world away from the oligarchs, dent’s team not know what kind of per- Bulgaria into the EU is stated to be the the National University of Kyiv Mohyla son Mr. Yanukovych was and what he Academy founded in 1615 by its first the opportunists and the mountebanks last phase of EU enlargement. The only whose primary interest is personal gain. still represented? Had they naively come country that is discussed as an additional donor, Halushka Hulevychivna, and later to believe the views of the “Liubi Druzi’ organized as a collegium by Orthodox Kyiv Mohyla and Ostroh deserve our member in the near future is Croatia. support. They truly represent the future of (Dear Friends) in Ukraine and the U.S.A. Turkish membership is unpopular in Metropolian Petro Mohyla. Today, all that the Party of the Regions was reform- three institutions eschew corruption. All Ukraine. A large turnout on the days men- France and Germany. If the center-right tioned above will send a strong message ing into a democratic party? presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy entering freshmen, for example, take an During the summer a member of the anonymous, machine-scored entrance test. to Ukraine’s leaders that we in the diaspo- wins the French presidential elections in ra will not be demoralized by their Presidential Secretariat assured me that March, Turkey will never join. None of these institutions existed when Mr. Yushchenko would never agree to Ukraine became an independent state in shenanigans. We have overcome tribula- What then of Ukraine? Although tions before and we can do so again. Mr. Yanukovych returning as prime min- Ukraine is not Muslim, it is still a simi- 1991. The last two emerged from the ashes ister and would rather dissolve larly large enough problem for the EU to largely through the efforts of Viacheslav Parliament. Briukhovetsky who convinced the powers Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is I asked the same Presidential (Continued on page 12) that be to recognize their re-establishment as [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5 NEWS ANALYSIS: Odesa-Brody pipeline’s potential still unused by Roman Kupchinsky Ukrainian state-owned oil and gas monop- Odesa-Brody – sending its oil south to ambassador would make such a statement RFE/RL oly, Naftohaz Ukrayiny, and its subsidiary the Black Sea. without the approval of Kazakh President company, UkrTransNafta, the manager of On April 29, 2003, the head of Kazakh Nursultan Nazarbaev and without the European Union ministers are asking the oil pipelines in Ukraine. state oil firm KazMunaiGas announced knowledge of KazMunaiGas. In effect, the same questions they asked in January 2006 As these projects were under construc- that Kazakhstan would start filling the revelation that there was no oil available when Russia halted supplies of gas to tion, Alexander’s Oil And Gas on June 9, Odesa-Brody pipeline in the second half for Odesa-Brody from Kazakhstan Ukraine: Is Russia a reliable fuel supplier, or 2000, reported that U.S. Energy Secretary of that year and that a deal had been made immensely strengthened TNK-BP’s (and is it using energy as a weapon to re-establish Bill Richardson said the U.S. government with other members of the Tengizchevroil Mr. Kuchma’s) hand and seemed to deal a hegemony over the former Soviet space? supported Ukraine’s plans to build the new consortium that included ChevronTexaco, serious blow to the effort to diversify But the question that is not being asked Pivdenny oil terminal and the Odesa- ExxonMobil, BP and LUKoil to supply 6 Caspian oil-transit routes. is why Russia’s crude-oil customers within Brody oil pipeline. Mr. Richardson added million tons per year to the pipeline. The In mid-June 2003, Russian Industry the EU find themselves so heavily reliant that the new terminal would help Ukraine only matter that needed clarification was and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko on the Druzhba pipeline. Have no alterna- diversify its energy sources and thus make the price the Ukrainians would charge. traveled to Kyiv, where he met with tive routes been considered in the past, and the country less dependant on Russia. The Moscow Times quoted the Kazakh Serhii Tulub, the Ukrainian minister for if there were, why were they rejected? The Ukrainian side was encouraged by official as saying that the interested fuel and energy. A few days after this A case can be made that Russian skull- the European Union and the United States to Western companies were completing com- meeting, Mr. Khristenko sent a letter to duggery, combined with European mis- build the Odesa-Brody pipeline. However, mercial negotiations with oil refineries in Mr. Tulub explaining his government’s calculations and inactivity, set the stage after it was completed, Ukraine did not have Southern Europe to receive their oil from position on the Odesa-Brody pipeline. for recent events. This is best illustrated the money required to fill it with Caspian Odesa-Brody and that initial agreements According to Interfax on June 18, 2003, by the case of the Odesa-Brody pipeline crude and none of the European states were had been reached. the Russian minister wrote that Russia was in Ukraine. willing to build the connecting pipelines But, despite a decision by Ukraine’s not interested in seeing Odesa-Brody flow Origins of a pipeline needed to link Odesa-Brody to refineries. Cabinet of Ministers to send oil in the in a northerly direction – to Brody. Mr. As Stratfor Commentary noted on northerly direction, Ukrainian President Khristenko explained this by saying that Ukraine built the 674-kilometer Odesa- September 8, 2003, “The end result was suddenly began agreeing there were no markets for Russian light oil Brody pipeline in the hope of competing that Kiev [sic] found itself saddled with a with Russian oil majors that Russian oil in Northern Europe and that sending oil with other routes for the lucrative job of white elephant rusting picturesquely in should be put into the pipeline and north to Brody would destabilize the mar- moving Caspian oil to the West. the Ukrainian countryside.” pumped south. kets in Southern Europe for Russian and Azerbaijani and Kazakh crude oil, a high- Kazakh light oil. A new direction Russia gets a boost quality blend, needed to avoid being trans- At the same time, Mr. Khristenko noted ported by Russian pipelines where it could But serious doubts were also expressed The TNK-BP lobbying effort was appar- that Russia was still interested in seeing mix with the sour Urals blend. as to the direction oil in the Odesa-Brody ently making progress. On April 28, 2003, the Odesa-Brody pipeline used in reverse Constructing the Odesa-Brody route, would take. Matthew Sagers of Cambridge Interfax-Ukraine announced that President mode, but at lower volumes than original- which runs from the Black Sea to the Polish Energy Research Association was quoted Kuchma said at a press conference that “the ly planned. In effect, Mr. Khristenko was border, was seen as the ideal solution. The by Interfax on , 2003, as saying shipment of Caspian oil via the Odesa- telling the West that Odesa-Brody was off- pipeline’s first phase was put into operation that there was no demand for Caspian oil in Brody pipeline is unlikely to take place limits to them. The argument that Russian in May 2002. It boasted a throughput capac- Northern Europe due to its high price and because it would be a money-losing propo- light crude did not have a market in ity of 9 million tons with the capability to that there would be no problems if the sition, so Ukraine must reconsider the use Northern Europe was somewhat exagger- reach 14.5 million tons yearly. pipeline were to transport oil south, to the of the pipeline for Russian oil shipments ated since most Russian crude is Urals This pipeline was intended to transport Pivdenny terminal and then via the from Brody to Odesa.” This view was rap- blend. Mr. Khristenko also chose to speak Caspian oil from the newly built Pivdenny Bosporus. Mr. Sagers claimed that an addi- idly seconded by Vice Prime Minister for on behalf of the Kazakh oil industry, terminal to the existing Druzhba pipeline tional 9 million tons of oil per year would Fuel and Energy Andrii Kliuyev. which had already agreed to supply oil to for transport to European refineries. From not overburden the heavily trafficked straits. Interfax quoted the Ukrainian president fill the Odesa-Brody pipeline. there it would be sold to distributors in At this time the Russian-British firm as saying that “the fact is that, as of today, Writing in The Wall Street Journal Europe and elsewhere. Both projects came TNK-BP began a massive lobbying cam- there is neither a Caspian oil seller nor a Europe on October 10, 2003, former under the direct jurisdiction of the paign in Kyiv to reverse the flow of the buyer. Visit Baku and speak to analysts Reagan-era National Security Adviser and learn if there is Caspian oil. There is Robert McFarlane noted: “When Ukrainian none and there will not be any. As for Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych was in Russian oil, it exists, and we can earn $90 Washington this week, certainly one issue million in profits from the reversed use of for discussion was last week’s decision by the pipeline.” Ukraine’s state pipeline company to move The following day, U.S. Deputy forward toward reversing the use of the Assistant Secretary of State for European Odesa-Brody oil pipeline in Russia’s favor. and Eurasian Affairs Steven Pifer strongly ... Russian oligarchic interests, however – contradicted Kuchma’s statement and said with Britain’s BP unfortunately in tow – that Ukraine had not done anything to wish to use that pipeline themselves, in the ensure Caspian supplies that could fill the opposite direction. ... This would cancel all MOZART PIANO QUARTET Odesa-Brody pipeline. Mr. Pifer reminded the hopes that had been vested in the the Ukrainian president that Germany and Ukrainian pipeline.” Slovenia both had refineries working with Return to sender “sweetly romantic and gorgeously lyrical...altogether dazzling” – Fanfare Caspian oil and that Ukraine was in an excellent position to utilize its pipeline to David O’Reilly, the head of Saturday, February 17, 2007, at 8 p.m. send Caspian oil to these refineries. ChevronTexaco, sent a letter to Mr. Interfax-Ukraine, which reported Mr. Kuchma on January 29, 2004, in which he at the Ukrainian Institute of America Pifer’s statement, also added that Mr. wrote, “We are prepared to continue to Pifer went on to say that if Ukraine want- work actively with UkrTransNafta and the ed to integrate into Europe, “this is a other pipeline along the route to implement Program: wonderful way to unify its energy system this project and make shipment through Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 1 with the European one.” Odesa-Brody to Central Europe a reality.” A pressing issue over the years was The letter has apparently gone unanswered. Gabriel Faure: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15 where Kazakh oil would be routed. The It was only in August 2005, with oil prices Richard Strauss: Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 13 United States and Europe were placing skyrocketing and Russian behavior becom- their money into the construction of the ing more aggressive, that the European $3 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Union realized the value of Odesa-Brody A reception will follow the performance pipeline. This pipeline, when finished, as an alternative route for Caspian oil to would have a throughput capacity of 1 reach Europe. The European Commission million barrels per day. But for it to be agreed to award a contract to a consortium Tickets commercially viable, it would need of European companies to finalize the tech- General admission: $30 Kazakhstan to send its oil through it. nical, economic and legal studies required for the construction of the pipeline to the Kazakhstan comes up short UIA Members and Senior Citizens: $25 Polish refinery in Plock, Poland. Students: $20 A few weeks after the KazMunaiGas The press release issued by the European announcement, the Kazakh ambassador to Commission to Ukraine and Belarus on Ukraine made an unexpected statement August 8, 2005, noted, “The construction of Call us for more information and to get your tickets today! contradicting the head of his country’s gas the Black Sea-Ukraine-Poland oil trans- and oil monopoly. Speaking to reporters in portation corridor is a crucial infrastructure Ukrainian Institute of America Kyiv on May 19, 2003, Interfax-Ukraine project in the context of EU and Ukrainian quoted him as saying that Kazakhstan, in policies for security of oil supplies.” 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021 fact, did not have the required oil to fill According to the latest reports, little if (212) 288-8660 Odesa-Brody. Why this rapid about-face anything has been done by this consor- www.ukrainianinstitute.org took place was not explained. tium of European companies to further It is inconceivable that the Kazakh the project to completion. No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 9 INTERVIEW: Borys Tarasyuk on energy security, Eurointegration RFE/RL wouldn’t have such critical situations. In Ukraine, the issue of a NATO refer- Is the Ukrainian government doing endum is being discussed, possibly enough to inform Ukrainian society Controversy continues around What is the future of the Odesa- before realistic talks about member- about NATO? While he was in Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Brody pipeline? For years, talks have ship even begin. What can the conse- Washington, last December, Prime Tarasyuk. Parliament has dismissed him continued on this topic. Can you tell us quences of such a referendum be for Minister [Viktor] Yanukovych prom- from his position, but President Viktor when Caspian oil will begin flowing Ukrainian “Eurointegration”? ised to devote much effort to this issue. Yushchenko signed a decree bringing him through the Odesa-Brody pipeline? What is really happening? back into office. RFE/RL Ukrainian Will this day ever come? In 2005, [then Foreign] Minister Cyril Service correspondent Marianna Dratch Svoboda and I signed a document outlin- Yes, a promise was made to become spoke to Mr. Tarasyuk on January 15 This could happen in 2008-2009. The ing our European and Euro-Atlantic inte- more active in this regard and to engage during his visit to the Czech Republic. issue here is not the unwillingness of cer- gration cooperation priorities. Today, we the entire government in this endeavor. [Editor’s note: RFE/RL released a tain politicians, but the real presence of will be signing additional documents, Allow me to quote some figures. In 2006, transcript of the interview on January 16. oil resources. According to our plans, this which will make concrete our European 5.2 million hrv [slightly over $1 million Mr. Tarasyuk resigned as foreign affairs will happen in 2008-2009. cooperation. U.S.] was budgeted for this. In 2007, only minister on January 30.] Belarusian President Alyaksandr As for the referendum, I personally see 5 million hrv. So we see that declarations Lukashenka recently called on Ukraine to The oil conflict between Russia and no sense in conducting such a referendum differ from deeds. join Belarus in forming a common ener- because opinion polls show that Ukrainian Ukraine enacted an information pro- Belarus has been taken care of and gy front in relations with Russia. Should society is not ready for such a referendum. gram, which was to be enforced in 2004 Europe has sighed in relief. But an we expect such a front next month, in If a referendum must be conducted on this through 2007. This program should be unpleasant aftertaste remains for February, when the presidents of Ukraine issue, then it should be done no sooner carried out. As far as this is concerned, many. How do you assess what hap- and Belarus are scheduled to meet? than 2008-2009. In any case, as far as I just in the past year the Foreign Ministry pened between Moscow and Miensk? I wouldn’t talk about such a meeting know, the [Ukrainian] president intends to has done an awful lot to realize this pro- What lessons has Ukraine learned as a certainty. pass this question onto the Ukrainian gram. We hope that concrete steps will from this? Lukashenka has said that this meeting will take place. Constitutional Court for consideration. follow the government’s declarations. Ukraine went through a similar There is a proposal and it is being con- unpleasant situation a year ago. Actually, sidered. It’s too early to talk about the Ukraine’s experience propelled the EU timing of this visit because for us the [European Union], united Europe to react results of a meeting are more important Quotable notes to these types of situation through a new than the meeting itself. energy strategy. As we all know, the EU “We think that this visit [by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to the U.S.] will help forge some consensus between the president and the prime minister. is currently working according to this What about an energy front vis-á- Such consensus is very important for Ukraine. new strategy. This is the result of last vis Russia. Is this possible? “Ukraine will be much stronger in the world if the executive branch of year’s standoff between Ukraine and the Ukraine’s government, which consists of the president and the prime minister, is Russian Federation. A year later, this I think that in this type of war, no one sending a unified, strong message to the rest of the world. standoff is being repeated, this time with can win. Military terminology is inappro- “The opposite is also true: if there are two different messages coming from Belarus. priate here. The issue here is cooperation the executive branch, the rest of the world is confused. What is Ukraine’s foreign United Europe and every country for and mutual interest. Do they exist for policy if it is not a unified message? A unified message is important and this is that matter should work to reduce its Ukraine and Belarus? Yes. Is there the what we want.” dependence on a single energy source. possibility to unify these interests, yes First of all, we need to diversify energy there is, for Ukraine as well as for – U.S. Ambassador William Taylor, in an interview with Den (The Day), supplies and, secondly, we must develop Belarus. 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Our astro- Since September, when the American space shuttle naut Leonid Kadenyuk spoke about this after meeting Atlantis flew into space, this 67-year-old woman Heide in Houston,” he added. became the town’s celebrity because she is the first The Stefanshyn family consists of dozens of people cousin of American astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn- in Ukraine, because Mykhailo Stefanshyn had two sis- Piper, a member of the famous astronaut crew. ters and three brothers, who all left behind grandchil- “My mother wrote letters to Heide’s father, her broth- dren. Each family member visiting Ms. Stefanyshyn- er Mykhailo Stefanyshyn,” Ms. Babii said. Piper was planning to bring his or her own gift. “I am preparing what I can with my own hands – embroidered napkins and pictures,” Ms. Babii said. “I always loved handicrafts – I made soft stuffed animals, embroidered pillows and curtains. My hands made everything that Heide will see in this house. I am very excited, because I waited a long time for my cousin’s visit.” Borsch and varenyky were certainly on the menu, she said. Roman Kulyk, chair of the executive committee of Novyi Yarychiv’s Town Council, wracked his brain even more as to how to welcome the honored guest Larysa Marchuk from America. Maria Babii, first cousin of Heidemarie Stefanyshyn- He decided the town would greet Ms. Stefanyshyn- Piper, holds a “rushnyk” she embroidered that she Piper at its central Unity Square, next to the statues of planned to give as a gift. Taras Shevchenko and Markian Shashkevych, Mr. Kulyk said, sharing his plan. “In 1941 he left the village of Yakymiv to earn The leaders would bring out the town’s emblem and money in Germany, later moving to New York. He met flag amidst the sounds of a brass band, and the parish a German and got married. They had four boys and one choir will sing as well, he said. girl, Heide. He told us about his children, and twice a Afterwards, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper would be treated year, on Easter and Christmas, he sent us greeting to the town’s famous millet soup (kulish). cards.” “Only one of our Kozaks knows the recipe to this In a small, modest room decorated with innumerable excellent millet soup,” Mr. Kulyk said. “He will cook works of embroidery, Ms. Babii showed the family this meal on an open fire in a 30-liter cauldron. And on archive – photographs of Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper’s a table covered an with embroidered tablecloth, we will Larysa Marchuk father, greeting cards and letters from far-off America. give Heide a steamy Kozak millet soup in a clay dish She saved all this for years. St. John the Baptist Church in the village of and a shot glass of our town’s blackthorn liquor.” Yakymiv in the is where Heidmarie In one of his letters Mykhailo Stefanyshyn, wrote that Stefanyshyn-Piper’s father, Mykhailo, was baptized. Heide was attending Ukrainian Sunday School at St. (Continued on page 11) No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 11 Novyi Yarychiv pulls out all the stops to welcome Heide by Larysa Marchuk “I am surprised at how many people Special to The Ukrainian Weekly came out to greet me,” Ms. Stefanyshyn- Piper said, addressing the more than 500 NOVYI YARYCHIV, Ukraine – people who joined the festivities in the Classes were canceled in Novyi Yarychiv town’s main square. the morning of January 30 so the town’s “My father, who was born in the schoolchildren could welcome American neighboring village of Yakymiv, would astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper. have been very joyful that you all came,” They joyfully chanted, “Heide! she said. “In memory of this meeting, I Heide!” when she stepped out of her car, present to you a card from space with the arriving with the punctuality of a true phrase written in English, ‘For Novyi astronaut at 9:30 a.m. Yarychiv from NASA’ in which two flags are depicted – one American and the other Ukrainian.” The church choir sang “Many Years” (Mnohaya Lita), then the entire crowd sang, “One God” (Bozhe Yedynyi), after which Mr. Kulyk invited those present for the town’s special Kozak millet soup, borsch, Bohdan Honcharuk varenyky, vodka and rowan-tree liquor. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper stands among the residents of the town of Novyi The millet soup (kulish), was cooked Yarychiv, during a January 30 welcoming ceremony. in a 30-liter cauldron under the open sky, and cameramen and photographers gath- Hanka hadn’t turned down Misko, we home of first cousin Maria Zavalna, who ered around to get a shot of Ms. wouldn’t have a Ukrainian astronaut gave her a (kylym) she had made. Stefanyshyn-Piper enjoying a bowl. today.” At the festive table, the American However, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper With her relatives, Ms. Stefanyshyn- guest listened to her relatives’ stories and opted for lunch with her first cousins Ms. Piper visited the cemetery where her everyone together tried counting just how Babii and Mr. Stefanyshyn, leaving the grandparents are buried, and the many of them are around. millet soup (kulish) and vodka for the Ukrainian Catholic priests led a panykhy- “Heide has 15 first cousins,” Ms. town residents to enjoy. da (requiem) service. Zavalna said. “These aren’t young peo- Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper spent two The snow hadn’t let up, and Ms. ple, between 50 and 80 years old. They hours with her family in a private meet- Stefanyshyn-Piper wasn’t dressed for have several children, grandchildren and ing at Ms. Babii’s old, modest home. winter weather, wearing only a thin coat, great-grandchildren, therefore, the num- Two security guards stood outside to pre- Navy pants and officer shoes. ber of relatives is as much as 150.” vent journalists from interfering with Taking notice of the snowstorm, one The winter day was short and the joy- their warm reception. Bohdan Honcharuk of her relatives suggested for her to put ful hours passed quickly for Ms. At the table covered with Ukrainian on a purple wool hat. After this, her fig- Stefanyshyn-Piper. Her impressions Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper holds a dishes, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper showed korovai during the ceremony welcom- her relatives pictures of her four broth- ure suddenly got lost amidst the town- weren’t any less stirring than her space ing her to Novyi Yarychiv, which is ers, her husband and her son. She said people’s fur coats and “ushanka” fur hats. trip, her countrymen were convinced. home to first cousin Maria Babii. she would definitely return to Ukraine Her relatives showed Ms. Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper bid farewell with them. Stefanyshyn-Piper where their parents’ and by night was flying to Kyiv on a For the first time, Ms. Stefanyshyn- Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper had a particu- house once stood, and they visited the charter plane. Piper, 43, was visiting the Lviv Oblast town lar taste for varenyky with sour cream, where her first cousins Maria Babii and and Halytskyi borsch with small meat Mykhailo Stefanyshyn lived, and later the patties (pyrizhky). nearby village of Yakymiv where her father, Her family presented her with diverse also Mykhailo Stefanyshyn, was born. embroidery, lacework, woven napkins, a Her numerous relatives quickly clus- tablecloth and photo albums of the Lviv tered around her, each of them toting gifts region. and smothering her cheeks with kisses. While the American guest ate lunch, “Welcome to Novyi Yarychiv, Heide,” more than 200 awaited Ms. Stefanyshyn- Roman Kulyk, the executive committee Piper at St. John the Baptist Church in chair of the Novyi Yarychiv Town Yakymiv, where her father was baptized. Council, declared in English. “But we The crowd stood waiting next to the know that you speak Ukrainian, and we church despite a snowstorm. will speak only in Ukrainian.” Upon her arrival, the next set of first The parish choir broke out in the cousins with their children and grand- Ukrainian Christmas carol, “God Eternal children presented Ms. Stefanyshyn- Was Born” (Boh Predvichnyi). Piper with a korovai (ritual bread) and a To the amazement of those present, magnificent bouquet of roses. Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper sang along, like Priests and worshippers with church an eternal daughter of her people. Tears banners led the crowd into the Ukrainian collected in her eyes because her father Catholic church, where liturgy was held. had taught her this carol. Yakymiv Village Council Chair Maria When the townspeople sang the Batiyovska presented Ms. Stefanyshyn- Ukrainian national anthem, Ms. Piper with a copy of the registration of Stefanyshyn-Piper could no longer hold her father’s birth and baptism, which back her tears. She also knew the anthem. local regional ethnographers searched for After presenting her with a festive in the historical archives in Lviv. korovai on an embroidered rushnyk, the “How things happen in life,” mused an townspeople put on a 40-minute concert old man standing amidst the crowd. “I featuring teachers, priests, Ukrainian remember how Misko Stefanyshyn liked Insurgent Army veterans and students our Yakymiv girl Hanka, but she was a singing songs, proclaiming speeches and pretty girl and didn’t want to go with reading poems, even one about Ms. him. Then the war came here and Misko Stefanyshyn-Piper’s flight into space. went to Germany to earn money. But if

To meet their guest in the best way, the Astronauts... family in Yakymiv filled in the holes in (Continued from page 10) their old house so they wouldn’t be visi- Also hosting Ms. Stefanshyn-Piper ble and painted the walls white. Cousin Maria Zavalna said she would was Yakymiv, the village where her father give Mr. Stefanyshyn-Pipe a “kylym” (a was born and located just 10 kilometers tapestry-like rug). (six miles) away from Novyi Yarychiv. Not to be outdone, the citizens of The family home collapsed many Novyi Yarychiv painted their road curbs years ago, but St. John the Baptist white, changed the old lamps at Unity Ukrainian Catholic Church, where her Square and had the town cooks debate father was baptized, conducts services to which Ukrainian treats will amaze the this day. It was built in 1852. overseas guest the most. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5

ing even more bouquets of flowers. American astronaut... This time, her relatives were there to (Continued from page 1) greet her. As the Lviv press looked on, Stefanyshyn-Piper said she had a they took turns introducing themselves to Ukrainian flag, as well as her Plast her. emblem (leliyka). “I am Petro, son of Hryhorii,” said Mr. Kadenyuk recalled his space train- Petro Stefanyshyn. “I am Yaroslav, son of Ivan ing experience with Ms. Stefanyshyn- Stefanyshyn,” said Yaroslav Stefanyshyn. Piper in 1996, when they first became Remembering all their names might acquainted at NASA headquarters in have proven to be a challenge for even an Houston. M.I.T. graduate like Ms. Stefanyshyn- “I first noticed her very long braid and Piper, considering that her father thought to myself, ‘That looks Mykhailo left behind two brothers and Ukrainian,’ ” he said. “And I still hadn’t two sisters in Ukraine, leaving her with known that Heide was an American with 15 Ukrainian first cousins. Ukrainian heritage.” She met Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi The two Ukrainian astronauts jogged and toured Lviv before her trek the next five-kilometer runs together and did day to visit her father’s native village of other physical training. Yakymiv. The house where the six chil- When asked why she hadn’t visited dren of the Stefanyshyn family grew up Iryna Cherepynska Ukraine earlier, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper is no longer standing, having collapsed Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper is welcomed on her first visit to Ukraine. Looking on said there wasn’t an opportunity or time many years earlier. (from the left) are Ukrainian astronaut Leonid Kadenyuk, billionnaire Victor to do so, with her family and professional However, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper’s Pinchuk, his wife Olena Franchuk, and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor obligations. grandparents are buried in the village at a January 28 press conference in Kyiv. A question about how many pull-ups cemetery, and the village’s St. John the she can do caught Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Upon her return to Ukraine’s capital, rent job involves working on future shut- off guard, causing her to release a hardy where her father was baptized, still Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper participated in a tle mission projects for NASA. laugh. “How many? Do you mean now, stands. roundtable discussion on “The Economic No current space cooperation exists or when I was 20? They’re a lot easier in The big celebration was in Novyi Future of Space Exploration for Ukraine between Ukraine and the U.S., Ms. space.” Yarychiv, a town that is home to Maria and the World.” Stefanyshyn-Piper said, adding that pos- Afterwards, reporters remarked on Ms. Babii, the 67-year-old woman who kept Among those speaking were Mr. sibilities exist for the future, particularly Stefanyshyn-Piper’s modesty, friendli- closest contact with the Stefanyshyn fam- Kadenyuk, Mr. Pinchuk, former taking into account the nation’s legacy in ness and openness that had earned their ily and maintained the family archive. President Leonid Kuchma and Yurii space exploration. admiration. The 1+1 television news network Alekseyev, general director of the NASA is looking for ways to incorpo- Meanwhile, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper broadcast nationally Ms. Stefanyshyn- National Space Agency of Ukraine. rate international partners, but it’s up to stepped into a black BMW and headed to Piper singing the words to the Ukrainian Currently, Ukraine is conducting 29 the Ukrainian government to decide what an informal meeting with the first lady of national anthem with tears in her eyes. experiments for the international space it will do with its space program, she Ukraine, Kateryna Yushchenko. The first The Victor Pinchuk Fund provided station, and is involved in launch vehicle said. “I am not the one to say what lady’s press secretary, Maryna Antonova, Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper with her trans- technology, optic systems and construc- Ukraine’s participation will be in space declined comment on where they met portation needs in Ukraine, including a tion of landing devices, Mr. Alekseyev exploration – that is something I am and what they discussed. charter flight back to Kyiv, The Weekly said. In fact, Ukrainian aerospace manu- going leave to you,” Ms. Stefanyshyn- By the next morning, Ms. was able to confirm. Fund spokesman facturing on behalf of the Russian space Piper noted. Stefanyshyn-Piper was already in Lviv, Denys Kazvan didn’t respond to The industry amounts to $200 million annual- After the roundtable, Ms. being greeted by more politicians, giving Weekly’s inquiries as to whether the fund ly, he added. Stefanyhsyn-Piper trekked to the yet another press conference and receiv- also paid for her hotel lodging. However, Mr. Kuchma spoke of poor Antonov Aviation Complex, where the prospects for Ukraine’s space industry, Victor Pinchuk Fund held a ceremony to which he said had been possible only award the winners of the Zavtra.ua schol- THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION because of its membership in the USSR. arship competition for university stu- Sponsors an Awards and Scholarship Program to UNA student “The U.S., China, the Russian dents. Zavtra.ua is the first national pri- Federation, the European Union and even vate scholarship fund, established by one members attending college in academic year 2007-2008 Brazil all have the necessary human and of the nation’s wealthiest businessmen, The UNA Scholarship program for UNA student members offers 2 programs: financial resources needed for space proj- Mr. Pinchuk. An Awards Program and a Scholarship Program. ects,” he said. “We never had and will On the morning of February 1, her never gain such possibilities.” final day in Ukraine, Ms. Stefanyshyn- UNA Awards Program: these awards are assigned by the Scholarship Committee, designating a The former president expressed his Piper visited the Presidential Secretariat, set amount to each year depending on the total amount assigned for the awards. The applicant deep admiration for Ms. Stefanyshyn- where President Viktor Yushchenko must comply with all rules and qualifications. Piper, who described her experience in awarded her the Order of Princess Olha UNA Scholarship Program: offers scholarship to active UNA members completing Freshman, space for the more than 100 listeners. (third degree). Sophomore and Junior years in college. Specific Scholarships: Dr. Susan Galandiuk, In “One of my goals of this flight was to “Ukraine will always be happy to meet momeory of Drs. Maria & Demetrius Jarosewycz, Vera Stangl, Joseph Wolk and the take a picture of Ukraine,” Ms. you and your family on its land,” Mr. Ukrainian National Home Corp. of Blackstone. Each Scholarship has special requirements that the student applicant must comply with. Stefanyshyn-Piper said, showing photo- Yushchenko told Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper. graphs of Kyiv, Ukraine and the Black • Scholarships and awards will be granted to UNDERGRADUATE students attending Sea. Correspondent Yana Sedova contributed accredited colleges or universities, studying towards their first bachelor’s degree, and to Ms. Stefanyshyn-Piper said her cur- to this report. High School graduates entering colleges.

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voke. Yushchenko loses... When Council of Europe Secretary (Continued from page 1) General Terry Davis visited Kyiv in Potential candidates are Presidential November 2006, Mr. Tarasyuk did not Secretariat Vice-Chair Oleksander Chalyi arrange a meeting with Mr. Yanukovych, and , an advisor which offended the prime minister. to Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, The straw that broke the camel’s back, who once was Ukraine's ambassador to as Mr. Yanukovych’s allies put it, was the United States. Mr. Tarasyuk’s decision to notify the Although Mr. Chalyi is employed by U.S. Embassy in Ukraine that Mr. the Secretariat, he opposes Ukrainian Yanukovych’s December 2006 trip to the membership in the North Atlantic Treaty U.S. was canceled. Organization (NATO) and has Russian- Mr. Tarasyuk made the decision with- oriented foreign policy views, Mr. out consulting Mr. Yanukovych, who Lozowy said. then gave the order to his Cabinet and the Ever since taking power, the coalition Parliament to begin dismissal proceed- government had been itching to dismiss ings. Mr. Tarasyuk, a stalwart advocate of The Verkhovna Rada voted to dismiss Ukrainian integration into NATO and the Mr. Tarasyuk on December 1, 2006, European Union, he said. along with Minister of Internal Affairs Mr. Tarasyuk did his fair share to pro- Yurii Lutsenko.

make Ukraine more democratic, more pros- Turning the pages... perous, more pro-Western, and a better eco- (Continued from page 6) nomic and political partner for the U.S. Structural Fund. Legislatively and politi- Also, the U.S. would not bear the financial cally, Ukraine began fulfilling the pre- burden for Ukraine to join the EU, since the conditions for future accession to the EU, U.S. does not contribute to the Structural including land privatization and the abol- Fund. However, it would require an intensi- ishment of the death penalty. fied diplomatic effort on the part of the U.S. According to Dr. Hawrylyshyn, at a con- in persuading members of the EU to be ference in Brussels on April, 24, 2001, on more open to Ukraine’s accession. “Ukraine and the European Union,” several The U.S. can be a better judge of members of the European Parliament and Ukraine and its benefits to the EU as an the head of the mission of the European example of a multi-ethnic country with Commission in Ukraine said: “If Ukraine is very liberal policies and practices toward so much behind some Central European national minorities, as compared to the countries on the road to the European Balkans, Turkey, or even current members Union, it is as much a fault of the European of the EU. Ukraine, Dr. Hawrylyshyn Union as it is of Ukraine. Had the EU said, has to transform itself on the given the same signals to Ukraine as it did European model. “Its destiny is mainly in to Czecho-Slovakia [as it was then], its own hands. Whether U.S. aid will help Hungary, Poland – i.e., we want you – and Ukraine take the ultimate step is, of had it given the same assistance to Ukraine course, up to you, the Americans.” as it gave those countries, Ukraine would be much closer to the accession to the EU, Source: “Ukraine’s transformation which is in the interest of the EU.” on the European model: how the United Dr. Hawrylyshyn followed up with ways States can assist the process,” by Dr. To subscribe: Send $55 ($45 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, the U.S. could help in the process. He Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, The Ukrainian Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 argued that a Ukraine in the EU would Weekly, February 3, 2002.

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Some 120 stu- and orchards. dents and scholars from the universities of The interior of the Trinity Cathedral Kyiv, Chernihiv, Nizhyn, Hlukhiv and was reveted by colorful, ornamented Rivne, the Baturyn Historical Preserve ceramic tiles (kakhli) covered with red and and the University of Graz (Austria) took yellow glazing. This type of tile was found part in the summer digs. in Baturyn for the first time. Researchers Dr. Volodymyr Kovalenko of the believe that it was a spacious, cruciform, University of Chernihiv as always led centrally planned cathedral with five or the Baturyn Archaeological Expedition. seven domes. Cross-like, five-domed Canadian scholars Dr. Volodymyr masonry churches, derived from wooden Mezentsev (University of Toronto, folk prototypes, were common in 17th- Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies) 18th century central Ukraine. and Prof. Martin Dimnik (Pontifical Further excavations of the cathedral’s Institute of Medieval Studies) participate Seventeenth century silvered bronze belt from the house of a Kozak officer. remnants over the next few years should in this project and the publication of its Museum of the Baturyn Historical Preserve. allow us to determine the exact ground findings. plan, size, architecture and adornment of From 1669 to 1708, Baturyn was the ologists from Chernihiv incorrectly, In the “posad” settlement adjacent to this edifice. depicted it with a pure Italian Baroque the fortress, remnants of a sizeable tim- The palace erected in the citadel by exterior. These ignored important archae- ber dwelling belonging to a wealthy Hetman Demian Mnohohrishnyi (1669- ological evidence regarding the applica- Kozak officer were unearthed. This 1672) and Hetman Ivan Samoilovych tion of a regional Ukrainian Baroque fea- structure also was destroyed in the fire of (1672-1687) was burnt to the ground ture – polychrome glazed ceramic 1708. An ornate 17th century belt of sil- during the sack of Baturyn in 1708. rosettes which adorned the palace’s vered bronze with a realistic relief of an Archaeologists resumed their excava- entablature friezes. This was a popular armored horseman on its clasp was dis- tions of the palace remnants and graphi- façade detail of early modern monumen- covered there. It could be a valuable war cally restored its architecture and exter- tal structures in Kyiv and the middle trophy or a trade import from the Polish- nal decoration. Dnipro region. Lithuanian Commonwealth. Also exca- The palace was relatively large (25 by Thus, Mazepa’s villa near his capital vated at this Kozak house were a carved 21 meters) for this period single-story is the first example of combined Italian bone die and fragments of costly, locally brick structure typical of administrative (Roman) and Ukrainian Baroque decora- produced earthenware with bright multi- or chancellery offices of the Kozak state tive elements to be found in civil archi- colored glazing featuring plant and geo- and built in the distinctive Kozak tecture of the Kozak state. The 1708 metric folk motifs. Baroque style. A corridor separated the destruction of Baturyn, however, halted In the fortress’ bailey and suburbs, larger hetman’s private quarters, together the development of this hybrid palatial investigators found a silver thaler struck with an audience hall, from the smaller compartment containing a kitchen and storage rooms. The expedition continued investigat- ing the footings and wall debris of Mazepa’s residence (ca. 1700) in the Honcharivka suburb. Recent analysis Bronze finger-ring, copper neck crosses, reveals that this masonry palace (includ- baton, belt buckle and hook, and can- ing its appendix) was 20 by 14.5 meters dlestick holder, 17th-18th centuries. in size and three stories high with a 2006 excavations. mansard and double-slope roof. Unlike most Ukrainian Baroque civil structures, capital of the Kozak hetman state in cen- it had a spacious square basement with tral Ukraine. It flourished during the glo- four rooms and no central corridor or rious reign of Hetman Ivan Mazepa vestibule dividing the interior into two (1687-1709). sections. The main facade was articulat- In 1708 the town became a military ed by semi-columns with capitals of base for Mazepa’s rebellion against Corinthian or Composite orders. Moscow’s growing domination of It is the earliest known secular edifice Ukraine. In retaliation, Russian troops in Dnipro Ukraine constructed and dispatched by Tsar Peter I ravaged and embellished primarily in the Roman plundered Baturyn, annihilating its Baroque style with some modifications Fragments of ornamented glazed table-plates from Baturyn’s suburb (posad). Kozak force of 6,000 to 7,000 and killing of Vilnius architecture. In the 1670s- as many residents. This tragedy has 1690s, Western artistic influences style in Ukraine. Excavations of this at Basel in 1622, a 1669 lead trade seal remained in Ukrainian historical memo- reached the Kozak Hetman state via intriguing building, along with attempts from Breslau (Wroclaw), 13 silver and ry, but any research of Baturyn was polit- Lithuania. to restore it according to available graph- copper coins from Poland and Russia, a ically taboo until Ukraine became inde- Initial graphic reconstructions of the ical and archaeological sources, should bronze finger-ring with engraved coat of pendent. Honcharivka palace, prepared by archae- continue. arms, three copper neck crosses, a baton, In 2006 the team conducted aerial a belt-buckle, a tiny patterned cast vessel photography of Baturyn’s terrain to facil- or candlestick possibly from a church- itate studies of the historical topography plate, an imported ceramic revetment tile and urban planning of the medieval and with Latin letters, and a leather amulet or modern town. Excavations of the rem- “ladanka” adorned with glass beads, con- nants of the 17th-century citadel’s taining a neck cross inside, of the 17th- defenses showed that they consisted of 18th centuries. These archaeological two dry moats, a rampart with inner tim- finds testify to the economic and cultural ber structures, earthen bastions or bul- vitality of the hetman capital and its warks, and a fence with towers made of extensive commercial relations with oak frameworks filled in with clay. Such Western and Eastern Europe. traditional Kozak fortifications withstood In 2006 the team excavated 46 graves cannon bombardment better than stone of the town’s inhabitants, dating to the or brick walls. 17th-18th centuries, on the grounds of Within the former fortress, archaeolo- the citadel and fortress. Among them gists discovered a section of the founda- were the remains of 17 children from 1 tions of Baturyn’s main cathedral dedi- to 12 years old buried in shallow pits cated to the Holy Trinity. Mazepa grant- without coffins – casualties of the 1708 ed 20,000 gold coins for its construction onslaught. This brought the total number and embellishment between 1687 and of early modern graves uncovered in 1692. Near the cathedral, he also built a Baturyn (1996-2006) to 138. tall belfry nicknamed the “Mazepine Approximately half of them – at least 65 tower” in his honor. graves – contained mostly children, This church was pillaged and ruined Excavation of the remains of a child who perished during the destruction of the during the Muscovite attack. In the late hetman capital. (Continued on page 15) No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 15

The Canada-Ukraine archaeological New Baturyn excavations... expedition plans to continue its excava- (Continued from page 14) tions at Baturyn next summer. This field women and elderly people, who were research, as well as further historical and slain together with the town’s military architectural investigations of the town, personnel by the Muscovite soldiers. and the publication of its results depend Excavations last summer have helped on donors’ support. The Pontifical to advance our knowledge of Baturyn’s Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto urban planning, lost fortifications, high administers the Canadian and American standard Ukrainian and Western Baroque funds for the Baturyn project. ecclesiastical and palatine masonry To support this project, readers may architecture and decorative techniques. send donations to: Prof. Martin Dimnik,

Lateral façade of the hetman’s palace in the citadel (1670s). Reconstruction by V. Kovalenko, drawing by S. Dmytryienko, 2006.

Baturyn excavations and dissemination the Help to Ukraine Fund (Montreal) sup- of its findings will be gratefully ported research of Baturyn with dona- acknowledged in related publications tions. We also thank many Ukrainian and public lectures. companies and private donors in America For more information or with any and Canada for their generous annual questions about the Baturyn archaeologi- donations to this project. A well-known Silver thaler (Basel, 1622) and lead trade seal (Breslau, 1669). Museum of the cal project, readers may contact the historian and expert in the Hetman peri- Baturyn Historical Preserve. author of this article: Dr. Volodymyr od, Prof. Zenon Kohut, director of CIUS, Mezentsev, 100 High Park Ave., Apt. and Dr. Orest Popovych, president of They also shed light on native wooden Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 808, Toronto, ON, Canada M6P 2S2; NTSh-A, are patrons and academic advis- residences of the Kozak elite, interna- 59 Queen’s Park Crescent E., Toronto, telephone: 416-766-1408; e-mail, ers to the Baturyn project. tional trade, artistic folk ceramics and the ON, Canada M5S 2C4. Please make [email protected]. Upon request, other local crafts. New archaeological checks payable to Pontifical Institute of readers can receive a documentary film evidence has corroborated and consider- Medieval Studies, with the notation (in Ukrainian or English) on the history ably supplemented both the oral tradition “Baturyn Project.” This institute will and culture of Baturyn during the Kozak and historical records of the massive issue receipts for tax-deductible purposes. era and the 2001-2002 excavations. Both punitive action taken by Tsar Peter Organizations, institutions, founda- DVD-NTSC disks and VHS-NTSC against the hetman capital in 1708. tions and private donors supporting the videocassettes are available for purchase. The researchers of Baturyn wish to thank the Ukrainian communities in the United States and Canada for their generous support of this project that is rediscover- ing the tragic history of the ruined Kozak hetman capital. * * * Since 2001, the Baturyn project has been co-sponsored by the Kowalsky Program for the Study of Eastern Ukraine and the Marusia Onyshchuk and Ivanko Kharuk Memorial Endowment Fund at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, the Yurii Kuzev Endowment at the Shevchenko Scientific Society of America and the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. Last year, the Ukrainian Studies Frontal elevation of Ivan Mazepa’s Fund (Harvard University), the palace in the Honcharivka suburb (ca. Prometheus Foundation (Toronto), the 1700). Reconstruction by V. Kovalenko, Excavation of graves of victims from the 1708 massacre at Baturyn. Buduchnist Credit Union (Toronto) and drawing by S. Dmytryienko, 2006.

Institute’s corruption rankings in order to Before a country becomes eligible for For two years, Mr. Azarov served as Millennium... maintain MCC funding. Compact funding, MCC extends a first vice prime minister and minister of (Continued from page 3) “We cut people off if they don’t meet Threshold Program Agreement, which is a finance during the notoriously corrupt press conference expressed skepticism as measurable results or clear benchmarks,” contract between the U.S. and the recipi- administration of former President Leonid to why the U.S. government is giving Mr. Hewko said. ent to improve a low score of one of the Kuchma. such money away and questioned However, Ukrainian journalists aren’t 16 indicators. “Mykola Azarov is one of the foremost whether it would be put to good use. the only ones to express concern. Ukraine signed a Threshold Program corrupt officials in this country today,” Mr. A government led by the Party of the Agreement on December 6, 2006, receiving Lozowy said. “Trusting him with money Reporter Oleksii Demianchuk told Mr. Regions can’t be trusted with such enor- $45 million for two years to reduce corrup- is like giving money to Al Capone to bet- Hewko that giving large sums of money mous sums of money, in the view of Ivan tion in order to improve its indicator score ter the lives of people living in Chicago.” to Ukrainian government officials simply Lozowy, president of the Kyiv-based enough to qualify for a Compact grant. Officials in the Yushchenko adminis- shouldn’t be done because they are too Institute of Statehood and Democracy, The program involves strengthening tration have also been accused of corrup- corrupt. which is exclusively financed by civil society’s monitoring and exposure of tion, though Mr. Vasiunyk has never held Mr. Hewko insisted that the strictest Ukrainian business donations. corruption, judicial reform, increased gov- a ministerial position and hasn’t been safeguards and oversight mechanisms are “It’s financial suicide to trust this gov- ernment monitoring, ethical and adminis- accused directly. in place to monitor what governments do ernment with any kind of money,” he trative standards enforcement, streamlin- At a January 23 press conference, a with an MCC grant. Independent auditing said. “Giving huge sums of money to any ing and enforcing regulations and combat- Ukrainian journalist asked why the MCC firms will keep track of finances, while officials in this government is like ing corruption in higher education. was considering passing hundreds of mil- the team will provide quarterly reports. spreading hard drugs to drug addicts.” Incidentally, Ukraine qualified for the lions of dollars to a Yanukovych govern- “We will have heavy civil society and U.S. President George W. Bush Threshold Program before it was ment whose officials have a long history private sector involvement in the over- launched the Millennium Challenge Corp. revealed last summer that its corruption of corruption. sight to make sure the money is properly with Congressional support in 2004 with rankings improved enough to qualify for Mr. Hewko insisted that all MCC eli- spent,” Mr. Hewko said. the goal of promoting sustainable eco- Compact funding. MCC decided to gible country programs are subject to MCC also reserves the right to sus- nomic development in low-income award the Threshold Program anyway. strict audit and control mechanisms in pend or cancel the Compact funds upon nations that are democratic, invest in peo- Presidential Secretariat Executive order to ensure that funds are properly evidence of corruption, or if Ukraine’s ple and promote economic freedom. Chairman Ivan Vasiunyk and First Vice used. “I can assure you that strict control ranking declines within the 16 indicators. It is these societies that offer the most Prime Minister and Minister of Finance mechanisms will be implemented, and For example, Ukraine needs to stay potential for economic development, Mr. Mykola Azarov are co-chairmen of the money will go to benefit the above the median in the World Bank Hewko said. Ukraine’s MCC Threshold Committee. Ukrainian people,” he said. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5

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Baloha leads Our Ukraine People’s Union time, it was reported on January 21. improvement of military equipment, NEWSBRIEFS According to Valerii Lytvytskyi, the 18.98 percent said Ukrainian troops KYIV – The political party Our (Continued from page 2) leader of a group of advisers to the would be engaged in NATO military. The Ukraine People’s Union officially President remembers Kruty heroes National Bank of Ukraine, Ukraine’s poll was conducted on December 14-28, announced to the Justice Ministry that it GDP growth rate reached the forecast 2006, in 14 regions of Ukraine. KYIV – The feat of the heroes of Kruty had changed its leadership. Instead of rate for the first time in 2006. For the (Ukrinform) is an example of ardent patriotism and , has first time since 1998 the rate of industrial courage, President Viktor Yushchenko become the party leader, the Justice output in Ukraine was slower than the Play being written about Bandera Ministry’s press service reported on underscored in an address marking the rate of GDP growth in 2006. That KYIV – A Georgian playwright is anniversary of the Battle of Kruty. January 23. The Our Ukraine People’s notwithstanding, industrial output in Union was registered by the Justice authoring a play about Ukrainian nation- “Eighty-nine years ago, the young defend- December 2006 continued the growth alist leader Stepan Bandera, it was ers of the newly founded Ukrainian Ministry on March 22, 2005. In the trend that started in the prior month. The Parliament the party is known as the Our reported on January 22. The playwright National Republic wrote a new, heroic service and construction sectors were the revealed his plan during a presentation of page in the history of Ukraine’s liberation Ukraine bloc; it is the third biggest bloc engines of industrial growth in 2006 (this with its 81 national deputies. On October his book “Provincial Hell” at the Stepan movement with their blood. On January 29 first happened in 2005). For the first time Bandera Historical Complex in the of the fateful year 1918, over 300 cadets 17, 2006, the party officially shifted to since 1999 the country’s trade deficit did the opposition. (Ukrinform) Ivano-Frankivsk region. The play will be and students passed their maturity test,” he not stop its GDP growth because most dedicated to the 100th anniversary of said. “Having followed their hearts, the Jews say Holocaust denial is crime imports were investment-oriented, while Bandera’s birth on January 1, 2009. young men left school and defied their the rate of export growth was in the dou- Having arrived in Bandera’s homeland, numerous, drilled and armed rivals, res- KYIV – The president of the all- ble digits. (Ukrinform) Raguli Vlasidze embarked on collecting olutely defending the right of Ukrainians Ukrainian Jewish Congress, Vadym materials on Bandera’s life and activity. to live in their own country,” he said. The Rabinovych, filed a court case on the New poll on perceptions of NATO Bandera was born in the village of Staryi president called on Ukrainians to recog- denial of the Holocaust, it was reported KYIV – About 27.61 percent of the Uhryniv, Ivano-Frankivsk region. He was nize their heroism and selflessness. “We on January 23. In a letter sent to the Ukrainians consider NATO to be a mili- murdered by KGB agent Bohdan are obliged to recover the forgotten names chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the tary bloc and not a counterbalance to Stashynsky in Germany on October 15, of those heroes from oblivion and make prime minister and national deputies, Mr. Russia; 25.91 percent of respondents say 1959. (Ukrinform) every Ukrainian appreciate the magnitude Rabinovych wrote that it is high time that this is an international military organiza- of that exploit,” he said. Mr. Yushchenko denial of the Holocaust be recognized as tion that operates as a defender of the Kyiv’s Golden Gates to reopen said the Kruty tragedy should become a a crime. (Ukrinform) member-states against military aggres- KYIV – The 11th century architectural “forewarning to us, present and future sion. These were the results of an all- Nazi victims’ compensation ends monument the Golden Gates (Zoloti leaders of the Ukrainian nation, teach us Ukrainian sociological poll conducted by Vorota) of Kyiv is to be reopened for vis- wisdom, unity and sensibility in actions KYIV – The conclusion of individual the Horshenin Kyiv Institute for manage- itors on Kyiv Days, the last Saturday and and decisions.” In 2006 a monument was compensatory payments to Nazi victims in ment challenges. In addition, 19.91 per- Sunday in May, said Ruslan Kuharenko, erected in the vicinity of Kruty, which is Ukraine was reported on January 23. More cent of respondents think NATO is an chief of the Kyiv Public Administration’s located in the Chernihiv region. (Press than 468,000 legal successors received dis- organization that fights against terrorism Department for Cultural Heritage Office of Ukraine’s President) bursements according to the German fed- all over the world, while 25.96 percent of Protection. In recent years 7 million hrv eral law on the foundation Memory, respondents could not answer. Asked PACE concerned about Gongadze case ($1.4 million U.S.) has been allocated Responsibility and Future in the amount of about the possible consequences of STRASBOURG, France – The 1.742 billion deutschemarks (881.47 mil- Ukraine’s accession to NATO, 34.67 per- from Kyiv’s budget for restoration of this Parliamentary Assembly of the Council lion euros), foundation President Michael cent of respondents said it may worsen ancient remnant of the main entrance of Europe (PACE) has expressed its con- Jansen and member of the board Gunter relations between Ukraine and Russia, through the fortifications surrounding cern over regress in the investigation of Saathoff said at a press conference. Mr. 20.88 percent consider this to be a real Kyiv. (Ukrinform) Heorhii Gongadze’s murder. This was Jansen pointed to the fact that compensa- defense for Ukraine from a military New agreement on film dubbing disclosed by Andrew McIntosh at a tion to Nazi victims who were forcibly aggression, 22.88 percent stated that PACE sitting in Strasbourg, France, on removed to Third Reich territory had been Ukraine’s accession to NATO would lead KYIV – Film distributors, movie January 25 within the framework of a paid out since August 2001 after the law to the emergence of foreign military houses and the Ministry of Culture and discussion on the protection of journal- on the foundation came into force. The law bases, 9.64 percent said it would bring Tourism of Ukraine agreed on augment- ists’ rights and freedom of expression. provided for the granting of financial about improvements in the military effi- ing the dubbing of films in Ukrainian, it PACE urged parliaments of the countries resources to the Ukrainian national foun- ciency of Ukraine’s armed forces, 7.94 was reported on January 24. Beginning where journalists face violence to con- dation Mutual Understanding and percent said it would bring higher on February 1 and through the end of duct investigations of the crimes and Reconciliation to ensure disbursements for salaries in the military, 13.99 percent felt 2007, distributing companies are under adopt policies to protect journalists. Ukrainian and Moldovan citizens, as well it would lead to the creation of profes- an obligation to bring the quota of PACE resolved to create a special moni- as citizens from Transcaucasia and Central sional armed forces, 9.09 percent said it dubbed (soundtrack or subtitled films) toring mechanism to focus on freedom of Asia. German Ambassador to Ukraine would make it possible for Ukraine to foreign production movies to 50 percent expression in Europe. To this end PACE Reinhard Schaefers stated that the comple- join the European Union sooner, 4.35 (100 percent for children’s films) of the called on Reporters Without Borders, the tion of compensation is important to the percent said it would lead to improve- total number of the film prints for each International Press Institute, the development of Ukraine-Germany rela- ments in counter-terrorism security. film title imported into Ukraine. This is International Association of Journalists tions. (Ukrinform) However, 20.38 percent of the detailed in a recently signed memoran- and other public organizations to inform Ukrainians consider Ukraine’s accession dum on cooperation among the Ministry PACE about similar cases if established. Diplomas to be recognized in Europe to NATO to be a partial loss of independ- of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine, film (Ukrinform) KYIV– Ukrainian diplomas will be rec- ence, 16.38 percent of respondents think distributors and movie houses. Kinakh for compromise on Cabinet bill ognized in Europe in 2010, Education and this may cause large expenditures for (Ukrinform) Science Minister Stanislav Nikolayenko KYIV – National Deputy Anatolii told Ukrinform on January 25. Mr. Kinakh, chairman of the parliamentary Nikolayenko said Ukrainian educational 'ЯУ О Ю У І Ю ІОУ У І ІЬ Committee on National Security and institutions are presently on track to join нашого улюбленого і найдорожчого Defense, has called on President Viktor the Bologna process, which aims to set a &У(А, АА, ІУЯ і АІА Yushchenko, Prime Minister Viktor direction for the further development of Yanukovych and Verkhovna Rada Chairman higher education in Europe by making с. п. Oleksander Moroz to work out a compro- academic standards comparable and com- mise on a controversial Cabinet bill at trilat- patible. In 2006 Ukraine’s universities д-ра /АА О ОА eral talks, the Ukrayinska Pravda website, started operating in accordance with були відправлені http://www.pravda.com.ua, reported on European standards, he stressed. The edu- January 25. The bill, which was passed by cation and science minister noted that О&А ЬІ ЯІ ІУ 2І3 the Verkhovna Rada in December 2006, Ukrainian students are able to search for А&/ І: extends the powers of the Cabinet and the jobs in Europe, presenting their diplomas в церкві св. Івана рестителя в юарку, .ж.; Parliament at the expense of the president. to employers. (Ukrinform) в церкві св. &иколая у 8ілядельфії, а. Mr. Yushchenko vetoed the bill earlier this month, saying that it “distorted the essence Wages in December grew by 15.7% of the Constitution,” and reportedly pro- У> А3І: posed dozens of amendments to it. KYIV– December 2006 saw average в каплиці Українського >атолицького Університету у ьвові Lawmakers overrode his veto on January wages in Ukraine increase by 15.7 per- (відправив о. . Ґудзяк); 12. Mr. Yushchenko then vetoed the bill cent from November to reach 1,277 hrv в соборі св. Юра у ьвові; once again, claiming that deputies had (about $253 U.S.), according to the State в катедрі св. оскресіння в Івано-8ранківську; Committee on Statistics. The highest slightly changed the wording of the bill from в соборі св. етра і авла в орткові; average wage in December was regis- the text approved last year, thus giving the в церкві св. олодимира-еликого – елика ерезовиця. president the right to send it back to tered in Kyiv at 2,256 hrv ($447), which is 21.6 percent more than in November. Parliament again. Mr. Yushchenko’s point of У 8 АІ3: view is not shared by Messrs. Yanukovych (Ukrinform) в катедрі св. олодимира еликого в арижі (відправив ладика and Moroz, who have both urged the presi- GDP growth exceeds $100M dent to sign the controversial bill into law &. 2ринчишин). and have promised to consider his proposed KYIV – Ukraine’s gross domestic ро молитви за душу окійного просить amendments immediately after it is signed. product (GDP) grew by 7 percent in 2006 ОА (RFE/RL Newsline) to exceed $100 million (U.S.) for the first 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5 Ukrainian National Museum presents the art of Kostyantin Chekhovsky by Maria Klimchak of painting continued to grow. Following completion of technical CHICAGO – On February 2-28 the studies in Sumy I entered the technical Ukrainian National Museum hosts a school of anti-aviation defense in Kyiv. unique exhibit of the works of Kostyantin Our nation’s capital left its mark on my Chekhovsky. Included will be paintings, future. This is where I met my wife-to-be, video, photos and other unique elements. a student of design at the Kyiv Institute of The artist – who can best be described as Applied Arts. Halyna captivated me with a futurist, dreamer and realist – has cre- her beauty and even more so with her ated a visual extravaganza of computer inner strength. On this path towards our graphics which will transport the viewer life together, whether by a quirk of fate or from reality to the world of the fantastic. the need to identify myself as a The Ukrainian-born artists recently Ukrainian, I began to delve ever deeper moved to Chicago. In seeking the into our shared creative world. Ukrainian community, he found the city's Ukrainian National Museum. For two You were born a Ukrainian, but as I years he has worked closely with the understand it was not until you were museum to prepare this exhibit. an adult that you began to understand Recently Mr. Chekhovsky took the time what this meant. to speak with this writer. Exactly so. This came about most of all Mr. Chekhovsky, how is it that you through the influence of my wife and her Kostyantin Chekhovsky against the backdrop of one of his works. came to your art – was it fate or a path family. In Sumy I attended a Soviet to finding yourself? school. Since my mother taught Ukrainian put forth by the party and military ideo- the way. Life was good. I learned the language we spoke at home, logues. After I graduated from the insti- My wife’s discerning taste and great To answer that question I need to open but we were surrounded by Russian- tute, we moved to Lviv. The aura of the love of art provided the impetus for my the book of my life to the years of my speakers. Sumy is a Russified city. capital of Halychyna exerted its influence own creativity, and art became more than childhood and youth. I was born in My wife was born into a family of and became a positive factor in our just a passing fancy. My small-format oils Sumy, Ukraine. That is where I spent my political dissidents, former prisoners and young family’s growth. on canvas seemed to fly off the walls of childhood, and the vibrant colors of spent the first 17 years of her life in commercial art galleries in Kyiv. We were nature surrounding me influenced my Vorkuta. She told me stories of her par- So Lviv also served as a catalyst in blessed with a son, Mykhailyk. He was a love of painting. ents and their friends, their struggles and awakening your artistic abilities? good student and soon he too began to Even as a preschooler, under my the terrible suffering of the political pris- excel artistically far beyond his years. mother’s watchful tutelage and with the oners, people of various nationalities We were most happy while residing in As the Soviet empire began to fall encouragement of my older sister, I deported by the Soviet government to this city. My advancement within the apart, people became politically aware began drawing, making detailed copies camps and special colonies in the north. military ranks as a young army engineer and active. The most politically astute of illustrations in children’s books. The relationship that existed between all was quick and certain. My innate creativ- found themselves on opposite sides of By second grade I was amazing my peoples struggling for the political free- ity and awards won at technical competi- the barricades. There was a strong anti- family and friends with accurate rendi- dom of their nation should serve as an tions created a firm basis for advance- Ukrainian sentiment prevalent within the tions of fairly intricate paintings, using example for humanity. ment in the field of science. After win- officer ranks at the training institute, and colored pencils. Not long afterwards I As a student of the armed forces insti- ning an important competition I resumed this led to my taking an important step. I became fascinated with physics and elec- tute I listened to her stories, analyzing my studies and began work on my disser- submitted my request for termination. tronics, having inherited my father’s love and striving to comprehend this reality – tation, making innovations and inven- of the precise sciences, although my love and seeking the truth in light of the lies tions and gaining various patents along (Continued on page 23) No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 19 U.S. fund-raisers to benefit National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy CHICAGO – The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of continues to be of personal interest to former U.S. America has announced a series of fund-raisers Ambassador to Ukraine William Green Miller, as for the benefit of the National University of Kyiv well as former U.S. National Security Advisor Mohyla Academy (NUKMA) to be held in five Zbigniew Brzezinski and former U.S. Secretary of American cities during the month of February. State Madeleine K. Albright. Ambassador Miller In announcing the events, Kyiv Mohyla and Ukraine’s former minister of Foreign Affairs Foundation President Ihor Wyslotsky said, “A Borys Tarasyuk are co-chairmen of the Kyiv distinguished institution of higher learning in Mohyla Foundation of America. Ukraine, the National University of Kyiv Mohyla The National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy essentially remains a private institution Academy is strengthened by its institutional rela- and therefore depends on the continuing moral tionships with more than 80 universities world- and financial support of the North American wide and by the Union of European Universities, Ukrainian diaspora and other private donors. The to which it was admitted as a member in 2005. Kyiv Mohyla community has turned to us for NUKMA has established several joint programs help, and we are committed to further encourag- with foreign universities, including a business ing and sustaining the dramatic rebirth of this program with Northwestern University’s Kellogg unique institution, a remarkable effort undertaken School of Management; a program in public by Dr. Viacheslav Briukhovetsky in 1991, and to health with the University of Illinois; and one in help facilitate the university’s important role in Oriental studies with the University of Chicago. educating Ukraine’s next generation of leaders.” Schedule of fund-raisers NUKMA’s recent progress “Academic freedom, as freedom in general, Mr. Wyslotsky noted NUKMA’s growth in often carries a price tag. This is one important recent years. “Since its first class graduated in reason why our foundation now seeks moral and 1995, Kyiv Mohyla has graduated 4,147 students financial support from the Ukrainian diaspora in with undergraduate or graduate degrees. Most of North America,” Mr. Wyslotsky said in announc- these English-speaking Ukrainian students are ing the upcoming series of fund-raisers. now employed at various Western companies The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation’s fund-raisers that are doing business in Ukraine, in Ukrainian for the university will be held during the month media outlets and at a number of Ukrainian gov- of February in the following five Ukrainian ernment agencies in and outside of Kyiv.” American communities: Washington, “It is especially rewarding to see that gradu- Whippany, N.J.; Chicago; Warren, Mich.; and ating from Kyiv Mohyla means something Philadelphia. important in Ukraine, and elsewhere, and that Each city’s program will feature remarks by the university’s graduates are regarded highly in Kyiv Mohyla Academy President Briukhovetsky, the private and government sectors,” Mr. as well as by academicians and leaders from each Wyslotsky added. community. A new film about the university and Since 1991 Kyiv Mohyla Academy has become its progress will be shown and Dr. Briukhovetsky Ukraine’s premier institution of higher education will answer questions about the work of the uni- with stringent admission criteria, anonymous versity. In particular, the foundation encourages admission testing, and quality Ukrainian and Dr. Viacheslav Briukhovetsky among students at the National parents with high-school and college-age students English instruction in 16 disciplines. Courses are University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. to attend with their children and consider the pos- taught by more than 100 professors and over 500 sibility of a summer or semester abroad in Kyiv at instructors. In addition, the university operates 25 to rebuild not only a quality educa- due, in part, to the university’s visi- NUKMA. research centers and laboratories, and recently The dates and locations of the community completed construction of a library that houses tional institution, but an institution bly active role during the Orange that was politically independent of Revolution. Unlike several other events are as follows: more than 400,000 volumes and 1,000 periodicals. • Sunday, February 11,1 p.m., St. Andrew Mr. Wyslotsky further noted, “The quality of governmental involvement and universities, Kyiv Mohyla disre- committed to fostering democratic garded government pressure to Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Silver Spring, Kyiv Mohyla Academy graduates is shown also Md., reservations/information: 301-593-5316, in the number of its graduates who pursue doctor- ideals, including respect for human ignore the massive street protests of rights and ethical norms. 2004 – now known as the Orange 301-873-2035. al and other advanced degrees in Western univer- • Saturday, February 17, 5:30 p.m., “As a result,” Mr. Wyslotsky Revolution – demonstrations in sities, especially those in the United States and Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New noted, “Kyiv Mohyla, at the time, pursuit of political independence Canada. Over 100 students have received grants Jersey, Whippany, N.J.; reservations/informa- found itself a few steps ahead of the and democratic values.” and are now studying at American universities tion: 973-585-7175. prevailing conduct and views of the The strong stand taken by the such as Boston College, Columbia University, • Sunday, February 18, 1 p.m., Ukrainian Ukrainian government. To this day, university’s leadership in promoting Iowa State University, Johns Hopkins University, Cultural Center, Chicago; reservations/informa- the university continues to confront democratic processes, most dramati- Georgetown University, Indiana University, tion: 773-384-6400. Rutgers University, the State University of New a complicated relationship with cally shown by its students and fac- • Saturday, February 24, 5:30 p.m., Ukrainian York, University of Houston, University of government entities in this current, ulty on the maidan (Independence Cultural Center, Warren, Mich.; Kentucky, University of Wisconsin, University of politically unstable, environment. Square) two years ago, is only one Virginia and the Rand Corp. A significant number This complicated relationship is of the reasons that Kyiv Mohyla (Continued on page 20) of students are currently pursuing graduate degrees at several Canadian universities.” Since 2001 the Chicago-based Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America has col- Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union lected approximately $1.3 million for the benefit of the university. The goal for the 2007 year is to raise $1 million. “We are grateful to the Ukrainian community in the United States for its generous support in the last five years and in the past, when 5.44%apy* fund-raising efforts were initiated and led by Prof. Ivan Fizer in New Jersey. As for 2007, I believe that this goal of $1 mil- lion is attainable,” stated Mr. Wyslotsky. The funds collected in 2007 will be ear- 12 month CD marked toward an endowment fund in order to provide NUKMA with a secure future, as well as for uses specifically desig- nated by donors, such as library collections, scholarships and academic departments. Manhattan Brooklyn So. Bound Brook, NJ Carteret NJ Furthermore, the foundation will also pro- vide seed money for the Electronic Library of Ukraine, a project that the foundation is developing and one that will require signifi- cant financial support from various founda- 1-866-859-5848 tions, corporations and other sources. Price of political independence *Annual Percentage Yield based on 5.30% apr. Minimum balance $1,000. Rates subject to change without notice. Other restrictions apply When Dr. Briukhovetsky reopened the Kyiv Mohyla Academy in 1991, he sought 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5

and payment by credit card on Paypal on ocratic reforms, with a focus on the rule forcibly closed by Russian Tsar U.S. fund-raisers... the foundation’s website at www.kmfoun- of law, free market, business develop- Alexander in 1817, the buildings (Continued from page 19) dation.com. ment and sustained economic growth remained unoccupied until 1920, when within the global community of nations. the institution was converted into a mili- reservations/information: 586-757-8130. * * * • Sunday, February 25, 2 p.m., Ukrainian The National University of Kyiv tary naval academy by the Bolsheviks. Mohyla Academy was founded in 1615 by In 1991 the academy was reopened as Educational and Cultural Center, The Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organ- its first donor, Halushka Hulevychivna, and an institute of higher learning, as the Kyiv Jenkintown, Pa.; reservations/information: ization established to support and assist organized as a collegium by Petro Mohyla Mohyla Academy under the initiative and 215-663-1166. the National University of Kyiv Mohyla in 1630. Graduates, donors and teachers leadership of Dr. Briukhovetsky. Ticket prices are $40 per person; $20 Academy and institutions of higher learn- include Hetman Petro Konashevych Today, during a time of unprecedented for students 18 and under. Reservations ing in Ukraine to reach excellence in edu- Sahaidachny, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ivan changes in Ukraine, the Kyiv Mohyla also may be made by contacting the Kyiv cation, innovative research, personal and Samoilovych, Ivan Mazepa, Hryhorii Academy continues its historic role as Mohyla Foundation of America at 773- intellectual growth of its students and Skovoroda, and many of Ukraine’s leading Ukraine’s premier center of academic 685-1828 or by e-mail at mail@kmfoun- faculty, in an academic environment that historical figures and intellectuals. education and research, as well as a bas- dation.com or by electronic reservation will facilitate and further Ukraine’s dem- After the Kyiv Mohyla Academy was tion of Ukrainian culture and thought.

Natalia Alexandra Tarasiuk Larissa Tamara Wiaziwsky Tetiana Melania Bilynsky Melania Nina Cybriwsky

The Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America Philadelphia Chapter

53rd Annual Engineers’

Alexandra Tamara Strockyj Adrianna Maria Fedyna Banquet and Ball

with presentation of Debutantes

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Park Hyatt Philadelphia Hotel at the Bellevue Melanie Christine Siokalo Victoria Graudins Broad and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cocktails at 6:00 p.m. Banquet at 7:00 p.m. Ball and Presentation of Debutantes at 9:00 p.m. Music by “TEMPO” Master of Ceremonies: Marc Chuma Erica Helene Patrylak Christina Maria Hryhorchuk

Natalia Maria Leszczyszyn Melanie Elizabeth Lesiuk Stephanie Elizabeth Kozak Julia Anna Knihnicky Joanna Maria Karaman No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 21 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute to offer courses in language, literature, political science, sociolinguistics by Peter Woloschuk on present day Ukraine for other students. • Intermediate Ukrainian (eight units, and works of Ukrainian literature from the Speaking of the summer program HURI course No. 31593), taught by Yuri I. 1920s through the present with a special CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard Director Michael S. Flier said, “Over the Shevchuk, lecturer, department of Slavic focus on how their reception and evaluation Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI) was summer we offer a range of Ukrainian lan- languages, Columbia University: develop- has been reconfigured by Ukraine’s inde- developed by the Harvard Ukrainian guage courses taught by our experienced ment of students’ conversational skills in a pendence. The course will examine among Research Institute (HURI) to offer col- staff: Alla Parkhomenko (beginning), Yuri variety of real-life communicative settings is others such movements and developments lege-and graduate-level courses in the I. Shevchuk (intermediate) and Volodymyr given priority treatment in the course. This is as modernism, the “Executed Renaissance” West in Ukrainian topics. It is the only Dibrova (advanced). Additionally, students accompanied by a review of basic structures (Rozstriliane Vidrodzhennia), socialist real- program of its kind in North America. can take topical courses from specialists in and further expansion of grammar funda- ism, the literature of dissent and emigration, For summer 2007 it is offering an inten- the fields of literature (George G. mentals. Major emphasis is placed on the underground literature and post-modernism sive eight-week curriculum of accredited Grabowicz on reassessing the 20th-century development of vocabulary through readings through close readings of representative university instruction in Ukrainian studies Ukrainian literary canon), political science and viewing videotaped programs focusing works. Prerequisites: reading knowledge of which will run from Monday, June 25, (Alexander Motyl on theoretical approach- on contemporary cultural and political Ukrainian or permission of the instructor. through Friday, August 17. The program is • “Ukraine as Linguistic Battleground” sponsored jointly by the Harvard es to current Ukrainian politics), and socio- issues. By the end of the course, students linguistics (Michael S. Flier on the compe- will be able to narrate and describe in major (four units, course No. 31791), taught by University Summer School and HURI, and Michael S. Flier, Oleksandr Potebnja has offered courses since 1971. tition between the Ukrainian and Russian time frames and deal effectively with unan- languages in Ukraine and the phenomenon ticipated complications in most informal, Professor of Ukrainian Philology, Harvard Intensive Ukrainian language training University: an exploration of the Ukrainian is a principal focus of the program. It is of the hybrid, “surzhyk”). And finally, and some formal, settings on topics of per- through the lectures, roundtable discus- sonal and general interest. Prerequisite: language in linguistic, historical, sociolin- proficiency based, and is aimed at devel- guistic, anthropological and political terms. oping communications skills in a variety sions, films and readings, HUSI partici- Beginning Ukrainian or the equivalent. pants gain a valuable broad perspective on • Advanced Ukrainian (eight units, Topics will include the historical emer- of real-life situations. An entry test deter- gence of Ukrainian on East Slavic territory, mines placement. The language program current Ukrainian history and culture. course No. 30230), taught by Volodymyr Students are required to enroll for a Dibrova, preceptor, department of Slavic its varied relationships to Russian, the sta- relies on Harvard’s extensive language tus of Rusyn within the Ukrainian lan- resources, including a library of recorded minimum of eight units of undergraduate languages and literatures, Harvard or graduate credit from the following University: an intensive course for students guage sphere, the typology and function of material, video films and programs, access Ukrainian linguistic hybrids (surzhyk), to Ukrainian radio and TV news and other courses offered this summer. who wish to enhance their mastery of the • Beginning Ukrainian (eight units, language. Reading selections include anno- current problems of Ukrainian standardiza- programs, regular language labs and tion and Ukrainian language politics. extracurricular activities aimed at creating course No. 30227) taught by Alla tated articles on contemporary issues in Parkhomenko, British Council, Ukraine: an business, economics, politics and culture. • “Theorizing Ukraine: Politics, Theory, a near immersion language environment. and Political Theory” (four units, course intensive course for students with little or Short written reports and oral presentations Students enrolled in the program can No. 31654), taught by Alexander J. Motyl, no knowledge of Ukrainian. Basic gram- will be part of the course. By the end of the take advantage of Harvard’s many research professor, department of political science, matical structures are introduced and rein- course the students will be able to discuss and instructional facilities – including the Rutgers University: a historically and com- forced through an active oral approach. By extensively a wide range of general interest largest Ucrainica library collection outside paratively informed examination of social the end of the course students are expected topics and some special fields of interest, of Eastern Europe – various museums, and science approaches to conceptualizing and to develop the ability to conduct short con- hypothesize, support opinions and deal with a state-of-the art language resource center. theorizing politics and political develop- linguistically unfamiliar situations. Classes Over the years participants have includ- versations in a range of familiar situations ments in Ukraine. The course investigates ed undergraduate and graduate students, as related to daily activities, understand sim- will be conducted primarily in Ukrainian. concepts and theories of the state, revolu- well as professionals from North and South ple factual texts, and write routine mes- • “20th Century Ukrainian Literature: tion, nation, nationalism, empire, elite, America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Western sages. They will be able to initiate, main- Rethinking the Canon” (four units, course socialism, totalitarianism, transition, civil and Eastern Europe, and Russia. Many stu- tain and bring to a close simple exchanges No. 31790), taught by George G. society, modernization, political culture dents now come from Ukraine, taking by asking and responding to simple ques- Grabowicz, the Dmytro Chyzhevs'kyj and democracy. Both concepts and theories advantage of new academic opportunities tions. A variety of genuine sources will be Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Harvard but also themselves serving as a resource used to establish an authentic environment. University: a survey of the major writers (Continued on page 24) 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5 No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 23 Veterans post celebrates holidays while remembering U.S. soldiers in Iraq by Zenko Halkowycz cally killed while serving in Iraq. The Ryndych family moved to America from CLIFTON, N.J. – Members of Kyiv in 1998. Ukrainian American Veterans Post 17 of Commander Fedorko also said he and Clifton, N.J., gathered for their annual his family would organize a group of Christmas party on December 10, 2006, carolers to visit Ukrainian friends in the at Lidia’s Ukrainian restaurant in Clifton. Clifton/Passaic area, and he called for Newly elected post Commander Jim volunteers to help carry out this Fedorko organized the event along with Ukrainian Christmas tradition. Vice-Commander Andrew Hadzewycz. Post 17 expressed special thanks to The two officers greeted the arriving representatives of UAV Post 19 of Spring members at the door. Valley, N.Y., Wasyl and Julie Schozda, The post commander announced that who attend the Christmas party. the Selfreliance (N.J.) Federal Credit The attendees enjoyed the party, and Union of Clifton-Passaic had made a were slow to leave as the food was very generous donation to help defray excellent and the camaraderie that exists the post’s expenses of sending care pack- Sgt. Venesa Papa Lt. Col. Michael Hrycak between old soldiers was exceptional. ages to Ukrainian American soldiers The next post meeting will be in serving in Iraq. The post also received a was Sgt. Venesa Papa, who received tra- anyone knows of other Ukrainian March and anyone interested in joining donation from the Selfreliance ditional Ukrainian food, a holy icon, plus American soldiers serving in Iraq to is encouraged to contact Membership Association in Clifton. a selection of candies. Commander please contact UAV Post 17. Officer Walter Kupecky, 16 Ellice St., The first recipient of a care package Fedorko announced that the next two Commander Fedorko respectfully Lincoln Park, NJ 07035, or Post recipients would be Lt. Col. Michael announced that the post will send its con- Commander Fedorko, 68 Washington Zenko Halkowycz is adjutant of UAV Hrycak and 1st Lt. Roman Olesnyckyj, dolences and flowers to the family of Ave., Rutherford N.J. 07070. (Dues for Post 17. both of New Jersey. He also asked that if Yevgeniy Ryndych, whose son was tragi- 2007 also may be sent to Mr. Kupecky.)

At that time painting had become my began preparations for solo exhibitions. I decided to pursue a future in the U.S.A. Ukrainian National Museum... profession. My talent developed with fur- With the assistance of a knowledgeable It seems this was the right decision, as (Continued from page 18) ther studies in Lviv, later in Kyiv, intermediary I was able to transport my fate brought me to the doorstep of the This unprecedented action, the first of its Warsaw, Berlin and now in Chicago. works to Warsaw, where I subsequently Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago. It is here that I shall present my first proj- kind in the history of this academic insti- moved with my family, and thereafter to Every artist enhances his God-given ect in February 2007. tution, led to direct threats against me as France, then Canada and the U.S.A. talents with training and art educa- My financial situation did not allow an officer, as well as against my family. * * * tion. Where did you attend school and me to exhibit on the grand scale for My wife’s steadfast moral support who were your teachers? which I was striving, and I was not will- The Ukrainian National Museum is allowed me to survive the pressure. ing to compromise my dreams. As an located at 2249 W. Superior St. in Political life in Lviv was driven by the When we moved to Lviv I was intro- individual who always achieved his goals Chicago. national Rukh movement, to which we duced to the Lviv Academy of Arts and belonged and for which we worked in became a student of Hryhory Kitsula. He both and Sumy, agitating for provided instruction in figurative painting. SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY. political activism and independence. The Instructors at the Krakow Art Academy Send contributions to: The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund, declaration in 1991 of an independent also gave my works a positive evaluation, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ukraine was truly a festive day for us. giving me confidence in my abilities. I 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5

first 20 years HUSI students were primarily studies in the West, it also serves to break and Post-Tsarist Southern Ukraine, 1871- Harvard... a mix of “heritage students” – children and down the barriers isolating Ukrainian stud- 1920.” He has taught European, Eastern (Continued from page 21) grandchildren of the Ukrainian diaspora – ies in Ukraine from the rest of the world. European, Russian and Ukrainian history at will be discussed in relation to one another, and smaller numbers who were studying And this has benefited the advancement of the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, in light of modern Ukrainian history and Ukrainian language, culture or history as true scholarship on both sides. Many Mass.) and at the Ukrainian Catholic part of their own purely academic pursuits. with reference to other countries. American and Ukrainian HUSI students University in Lviv, where he served as an Since the fall of the Soviet Union in have become lifelong contacts and profes- international visiting fellow under the aus- Prof. Flier also pointed out that “as in 1991 and the declaration of Ukrainian inde- sional collaborators. Ukrainian HUSI alum- pices of the Open Society Institute. past years, students have the opportunity to pendence, the mix of students has changed ni often go on to greater academic achieve- Admission to the HUSI program is come to Harvard in the summer to immerse substantially. The number of heritage stu- ment or reform in their home country. based on academic performance, a letter themselves in a unique, intensive Ukrainian dents has declined, while the numbers of Take for instance Lviv National of recommendation and an essay. To be experience they will not soon forget.” academically engaged students, especially University’s Center for Master’s Program eligible to apply, candidates must be 19 A wide variety of special events will graduate students, has increased. Even sen- Development in Sociology and Cultural years old or have completed one year of supplement the institute’s academic offer- ior scholars specializing in Russian or East Studies. The director, Iryna Starovoyt, is a college; exceptional high school students ings. The program for 2007 includes European studies have enrolled in order to HUSI alumna, and many of the center’s may be considered through the guest lectures by prominent faculty, gain familiarity with a country previously faculty are also HUSI alumni. This center Secondary School Program. roundtable discussions with visiting on the periphery of their interests. supports some of the most sophisticated Applicants must submit the Harvard scholars on current events in Ukraine, and An important new component in the and up-to-date graduate education and Summer School registration form, the cultural presentations, such as screenings student body has comprised practitioners research in Ukraine, and is instituting a non-refundable $50 registration fee of Ukrainian films and readings by a in such fields as government service, jour- reformed doctoral curriculum that will (payable to Harvard Summer School), a number of noted Ukrainian authors. nalism and business. Also the program has serve as a model for other academic separate Harvard Ukrainian Summer The Summer Program in Ukrainian benefited immensely from the strong new departments and institutions in Ukraine. Institute application form (available on the Studies was launched in 1970 by Prof. presence of students from Ukraine. Most In its 36-year history HUSI has wel- institute’s website: http//www.huri.har- Omeljan Pritsak, HURI’s co-founder, to of the Ukrainian students who come are comed more than 2,000 students and vard.edu//husi/husi_admissions.html, and maintain and strengthen a solid foundation outstanding young, future academics or boasts some outstanding alumni including the supplementary materials that are listed of Ukrainian studies in the West and to open professionals. Father Borys Gudziak, rector of the on that form by May 25 to: Ms. Tamara the Ukrainian course offerings at Harvard to As a result, HUSI’s mission has expand- Ukrainian Catholic University; Timothy Nary, Harvard Ukrainian Summer college students at other institutions. For the ed and, while still supporting Ukrainian Snyder, professor of history at Yale Institute, 1583 Massachusetts Avenue, University; Federigo Argentieri, professor Cambridge MA 02138. (Applications sent of history at John Cabot University in after February 23 need to be sent to HUSI Rome, who was instrumental in getting at 34 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA PREVIEW OF EVENTS Robert Conquest’s “Harvest of Sorrow” 02138.) published in Italian; Kazuo Nakai, a International applicants must include (Continued from page 28) prominent specialist in Ukrainian studies Summer School Form F with their appli- will take place at 2 p.m. at 2320 W. event cost $40. Donations are also wel- at the University of Tokyo, Japan; and cations. If they are requesting an I-20 Chicago Ave. Tickets are $15. For addition- come. All proceeds from the luncheon will William Gleason, the first director of the form for U.S. visa application from the al information e-mail webmaster@uima- go to support the Ukrainian Catholic Fulbright Program in Ukraine, who is cur- Summer School, they must submit all art.org or call 773-227-5522. University. For tickets, please send a check rently working at the U.S. Foreign Service materials by April 27. to: Philadelphia Friends of the Ukrainian Institute. Kateryna Yushchenko, the first Although full tuition for the Harvard Sunday, March 25 Catholic University, P. O. Box 16, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006. For more lady of Ukraine, is also an alumna. Summer School is $4,550, students enrolled JENKINTOWN, Pa.: A presentation and information call 215-947-2795. All friends Alex Dillon will be returning for his third in the HUSI program pay a subsidized luncheon for the Ukrainian Catholic and supporters of the Ukrainian Catholic summer as HUSI director. Prof. Dillon tuition rate $2,650 for eight units of credit. University will be held at 2 p.m. at the University and the Ukrainian Catholic earned his Ph.D. in Ukrainian history at Applicants with demonstrated financial need Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, Education Foundation, along with all other Harvard University in 2003. His disserta- may qualify for further fee reductions but 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 interested persons, are invited to this event. tion, supervised by Prof. Roman Szporluk, must apply by April 16 for consideration. (just outside Philadelphia). Tickets to the Organizations are also most welcome. was on “The Rural Cooperative Movement For further information contact the Harvard and Problems of Modernization in Tsarist Ukrainian Summer Institute, 617-495-7833. No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 25 Pianist Roman Rudnytsky continues his globe-trotting ways YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Concert Qaddafi gave up any pretensions to to Tunisia. Pending at the time of this pianist Roman Rudnytsky will have the nuclear weapons and gave up supporting writing are recitals and master classes in rare opportunity to travel to Libya to per- terrorism. It is nevertheless still quite dif- Bosnia through the Embassy there, which form a recital and conduct three master ficult for Americans to secure visas to are slated to take place in the fall of 2007. classes for local piano students under the travel to Libya. It was through the efforts Mr. Rudnytsky’s most recent recitals auspices of the U.S. Embassy there. of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli that Mr. took place in November 2006 in These events will take place on Rudnytsky’s visa was secured. Dillingham, Alaska and at Point Loma February 12-15 in Tripoli, the Libyan Mr. Rudnytsky, who performs all over the Nazarene University in San Diego. On capital. The recital will take place in one world and has now played in over 85 coun- December 8-22, 2006, he played six of the main venues in the “old city” area tries, has performed and conducted master recitals on a Caribbean cruise from of Tripoli – the Children’s Theater. classes in over 30 of these countries through Barbados of P&O ship Oceana. This is a very rare opportunity, as very the auspices of U.S. Embassies since 1984 – Other concerts by Mr. Rudnytsky few Americans have had the chance to first, through the United States Information coming up in 2007 include a recital in travel to Libya. There were no diplomatic Service (USIS) and, since 1999 when that late May in Bandar Seri Begawan, relations for a long time. The recent re- entity was abolished and its activities Brunei, his 10th New Zealand tour in establishment of diplomatic relations with absorbed into the State Department, through June (11 recitals), his 15th Australian that country occurred after Muammar the “public diplomacy” activities of the tour in July and August (14 recitals) and two P&O cruises – both of them to Pianist Roman Rudnytsky Madeira and the Canary Islands. He has done over 30 cruises for P&O as the Notre Dame College library embassies. His most recent such engage- classical pianist on board. ments took place in July 2006 in Jordan and Mr. Rudnytsky continues as a member in late October 2006 in Lithuania. of the faculty of the Dana School of to host exhibit of “rushnyky” During March, Mr. Rudnytsky will Music of Youngstown State University, play recitals and conduct master classes in where he has been based since 1972. He PARSIPPANY, N.J. — The Notre Dame represent the interrelationships of ancient tri- Tunisia and Azerbaijan through the U.S. received a Distinguished Professor College library will host “The ‘Tree of Life chotomies such as “underworld/earth/heav- Embassies there. It will be his third visit Award there in 1990. Motif’ on Embroidered Ritual Cloths – ens” and/or “past/present/future.” ‘Rushnyky’ – of Central Ukraine,” an This motif is thought by some to have exhibit of textiles from the private collec- its origins in the ancient depictions of the tion of Danylo Dmytrykiw, curator of the pre-Christian Ukrainian goddess Ukrainian Museum-Archives of Cleveland. “Berehynia,” the form of which, over The ritual cloths are unique examples time, became stylized and distorted, even- of original embroidered textiles dating tually transforming into the floral depic- from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries tion that we know and recognize today. that depict the “tree of life” motif and This exhibition was developed by Mr. originate from the Poltava, Kyiv and Dmytrykiw, and is being co-sponsored Chernihiv Oblasts. by the Ukrainian Museum-Archives. The The “tree of life” motif became popular exhibit will run from February 8 through in the 17th to 18th centuries as an adaptation March 23, with an opening reception on of local archaic symbols to the February 8 at 5-7 p.m. For more informa- Renaissance/Baroque styles of the time. tion, readers may telephone the UMA at They are artistic renderings of the complex 216-781-4329 or the library at 216-373- belief system of ancient times and thought to 5267. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 No. 5 No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 27 OUT AND ABOUT

February 7 Discussion with Vladyslav Kaskiv, “From the Orange February 17 St. Valentine’s Day dance, featuring music by Vidlunnia, New York Revolution to Durable Democracy: Ukraine’s Difficult Perth Amboy, NJ Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Path of Reform,” Columbia University, 212-388-0177 Blessed Virgin, 732-826-0767

February 8 – Art exhibit, “The ‘Tree of Life Motif’ on Embroidered February 17 Carnival 2007 dinner and dance, featuring music by March 23 Ritual Cloths – ‘Rushnyky” – of Central Ukraine,” Palos Hills, Ill. Karpatski Zori, sponsored by Lemko Branch 8, Avianna South Euclid, OH Notre Dame College library, 216-781-4329 or Banquet Hall, 708-707-0129 or 773-489-9225 216-373-5267 February 17 Mardis Gras dinner-dance, featuring music by Mozaika, Kenmore, NY sponsored by the Ukrainian National Women’s League February 9-11 Ukrainian film fest, Ukrainian League of Philadelphia, of America, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Philadelphia 215-684-3548 Church, 716-631-9096

February 10 Film screening, “The Orange Chronicles,” by February 17 Mardis Gras dinner-dance, featuring music by Good Whippany, NJ Damian Kolodiy, Ukrainian American Cultural Center Parma, OH Times, co-sponsored by Plast Ukrainian Scouting of New Jersey, www.orangechronicles.com Organization and the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM), Pokrova Parish Hall, 440-346-4723 February 10 Golden Horseshoe Volleyball Tournament, McMaster or 440-526-5670 Hamilton, ON Ukrainian Students Association, McMaster University, 905-320-5489 February 17 Debutante ball, featuring music by Vechirka, California Manhattan Beach, CA Association to Aid Ukraine, Marriott Hotel, February 10 Lecture by Vasyl Lopukh, “Migration Processes in 323-665-3703 or 800-228-9290 New York Ukraine Today: Trends and Statistics,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 February 17 Lecture by George Gajeckyj, “Hetman Petro New York Konashevych Sahaidachny and His Influence on February 10 Concert featuring the Svitanya Eastern European Ukrainian Culture in the First Quarter of the 17th Philadelphia Vocal Ensemble, Kimmel Center, 717-234-3844 or Century,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 215-844-1066 212-254-5130

February 10 Debutante Ball, featuring music by Zolota Bulava and February 17 Debutante Ball, featuring music by Vorony, Ukrainian Tarrytown, NY Na Zdorovya, Ukrainian American Youth Association Warren, MI Engineers’ Society of America, Ukrainian Cultural (SUM), Marriott Westchester Hotel, 845-647-7230 Center, 248-646-6933

February 10 Valentine’s Day dance, featuring music by Lvivyany, February 17 Lecture by Dr. Gayle Woloschak, “Orthodoxy Meets Jersey City, NJ Ukrainian National Home, 201-798-0132 or Montreal the Biological Evolution,” St. George Antiochian 201-656-7755 Orthodox Church, 514-481-5093

February 11 Pan-Slavic Festival, featuring the Svitanya Eastern February 17 “Music at the Institute,” the Mozart Piano Quartet Harrisburg, PA European Vocal Ensemble, Susquehanna Music Society, New York performs works by Suk, Faure and Strauss, Ukrainian 717-234-3844 or 215-844-1066 Institute of America, 212-288-8660

February 11 Fund-raising event for National University of Kyiv February 18 Kitka women’s vocal ensemble concert, Trinity Silver Spring, MD Mohyla Academy, St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Sacramento, CA Cathedral, 916-446-2513 or trinitycatherdral.org Church, 301-393-5516 or 301-873-2035

February 11 Presentation by Halyna Lemekh and Victoria Kurchenko, Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Please send e-mail to New York “Theories of Migrations and their Implementation: [email protected]. Items will be published at the discretion of the Post-Soviet Immigration of Ukrainians to the United editors and as space allows; photos will be considered. States,” The Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 212-222-1866

February 12 Lecture by Roman Szporluk, “The Traditional Scheme Cambridge, MA of 19th Century Ukrainian History and the Problem of Rational Restructuring of the History of Eastern Europe,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053

February 12 Lecture by Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Washington “Institutionalizing Change: Faculty Organization in Ukraine,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 202-691-4140

February 12 Concert featuring the Luba and Ireneus Zuk Piano Duo, Montreal McGill University, 514-398-4547 or 514-398-5530

February 15 Lecture by Hanna Shvashka, “The Legal Status of the Toronto Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Unitarian Ukraine: A Historical and Public Law Analysis,” University of Toronto, 416-946-8113

February 15 Film screening, “Bright is the Night” by Roman Balayan, New York Ukrainian Film Club, Columbia University, 212-854-4697

February 15 Gallery tour with Dr. Myroslava Mudrak, “Crossroads: New York Modernism in Ukraine, 1910-1930,” The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0100

February 17 Kitka women’s vocal ensemble concert, Glaser Center, Santa Rosa, CA 707-568-5387 or brownpapertickets.com

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Soyuzivka’s Datebook Saturday, February 10 information contact 212-854-4697 or [email protected]. WHIPPANY, N.J.: After a tremendously March 3-4, 2007 March 23-25, 2007 positive response following its screening at NEW YORK: A gallery tour of The Plast Fraternity “Khmelnychenky” Plast Sorority “Chornomorski the Anthology Film Archives in New York Ukrainian Museum’s exhibition Annual Winter Rada Khvyli” Rada City, “The Orange Chronicles” will be “Crossroads: Modernism in Ukraine, 1910- shown at 7 p.m. at the new Ukrainian 1930” with Dr. Myroslava Mudrak, profes- American Cultural Center of New Jersey, sor of art history at Ohio State University, 60 N. Jefferson Road. The screening, fol- an expert on Ukrainian modernism in art, lowed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, is is scheduled for 7 p.m. Prof. Mudrak, who co-sponsored by the UACCNJ. Admission contributed an essay to the exhibition cata- is $10. Refreshments will be available. logue, will discuss (in English) this cre- “The Orange Chronicles” opened the atively prolific period in Ukrainian art his- To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140 Helsinki Human Rights Watch tory with paintings and drawings on exhib- 216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 Documentary Film Festival in Kyiv, and it as examples. A question and answer ses- Kerhonkson, NY 12446 participated in the documentary festival in sion will follow, and refreshments will be E-mail: [email protected] Amsterdam. The film has been shown at available. Admission: $15, adults; $13, universities, conferences and Ukrainian Website: www.Soyuzivka.com museum members and seniors; $10, stu- institutions. For more information log on to dents. To attend, please register by calling www.OrangeChronicles.com. 212-228-0110, faxing 212-228-1947 or e- mailing [email protected]. NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Webpage: www.ukrainianmuseum.org. The Society (NTSh) invites all to a lecture by Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 E. Prof. Vasyl Lopukh (NTSh), candidate of Sixth St., New York, NY 10003. economic sciences, on the subject Attention Debutante Ball “Migration Processes in Ukraine Today: Saturday, February 17 Trends and Statistics.” The lecture will be presented at the society's building, 63 MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.: Kateryna Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th Yushchenko, first lady of Ukraine, is the Organizers! streets) at 5 p.m. For additional informa- honorary chairperson of California tion call 212-254-5130. Association to Aid Ukraine’s Charity Ball and presentation of debutantes to be at the Sunday, February 11 Marriott Hotel in Manhattan Beach (for As in the past, The Ukrainian Weekly accommodations call 800-228-9290 and is planning to publish a special section NEW YORK : The Ukrainian Academy of mention CAAU). Proceeds are designated devoted to the Ukrainian Arts and Sciences invites the public to a for Ukraine 3000 to build a Maternal and discussion on the topic of the Ukrainian Child Health Center in Kyiv. Tickets are community’s debutantes. immigration to the United States. The event $110 per person ($95 for adults/$85 for stu- The 2007 debutante ball section will feature two presentations. “Theories of dents if purchased prior to February 10). Migrations and their Implementation: Post- Music will be by Vechirka. A Silent Auction will be published in March. Soviet Immigration of Ukrainians to the will feature Hollywood items, Ukrainian The deadline for submission of stories United States” will be presented by Halyna gifts, artwork and baskets. In conjunction and photos is March 9. Lemekh, a sociologist lecturing at John Jay with the ball there will be a Friday Pub College of the City University of New Night at The Roxy Hollywood and a York. Victoria Kurchenko will focus on the Saturday afternoon golf tournament at the émigré archives located at the Ukrainian Marriott. For reservations please send Institute of America. The event will take checks to Roman Wasylyn, 4645 Noeline place at 2 p.m. at the Ukrainian Academy, Ave., Encino, CA 91436. For tournament Want to reach us by e-mail? 206 W. 100th St. (between Broadway and registration call Roman Wasylyn, 818-783- Amsterdam Avenue). For information call 9773. General inquires should be directed to Editorial staff: [email protected] 212-222-1866. Luba Keske, 818-884-3836; or Shannon Micevych, 818-774-9378. Production Department: [email protected] Monday, February 12 PARMA, Ohio: Plast Ukrainian Scouting Administration: [email protected] CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Organization and the Ukrainian American Ukrainian Research Institute will host a Youth Association (SUM) invite you to a Subscription Department: [email protected] lecture given by Roman Szporluk, Mardi Gras Dance at Pokrova Ukrainian Mykhailo S. Hrushevsky Research Parish Hall, 6812 Broadview Road, Parma, Advertising Department: [email protected] Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard Ohio 44134. Cocktails are at 6 p.m., dinner University. His lecture, “The Traditional at 7 p.m., dance at 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Dinner Scheme of 19th-Century Ukrainian tickets are $50 for adults and $30 for stu- History and the Problem of Rational dents; $25 for dance only. Music will be by Restructuring of the History of Eastern the Good Times orchestra of Chicago. Europe,” will be held in Room S-050 Costumes and masks may be worn as formal KLK Annual (Concourse level) of CGIS Building South evening attire. For ticket information call at 4-6 p.m. The South Building of the Iryna Danylyewycz, 440-346-4723; Natalie Center for Government and International Kuzyk, 440-526-5670; or Selfreliance Studies (CGIS) is located at 1730 Federal Cedit Union, 440-884-9111. All pro- Ski Races Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138. ceeds benefit the two organizations. For more information contact HURI, 617- Please join us at the KLK Annual Ski Races 495-4053 or [email protected]. NEW YORK: The “Music at the Institute” chamber music series invites the public to on Saturday, February 24, 2007 Thursday, February 15 Where: Windham Mountain, Windham, NY a concert by the highly acclaimed Mozart Piano Quartet from Europe. The program Registration: 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. at the Ski Lodge NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Film Club will feature the Piano Quartet in A Minor, of Columbia University will feature Op. 1, by Josef Suk; Piano Quartet No. 1 in “Bright Is the Night” (director Roman Lift ticket and races: adult, $50; junior, $45 C Minor, Op. 15, by Gabriel Faure; and Balayan, 2004), a psychological drama Race tickets only: adult, $10; junior, $5 Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 13, by that takes place in a home for deaf, mute Lift tickets only: adult, $45; junior, $40 Richard Strauss. A reception will follow and blind children. Two young teachers of the program. The concert will be held at the institution, Aleksey and Lika, are pas- the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. sionately in love with each other – so 79th St., at 8 p.m. Donation: $30; UIA DINNER AND AWARDS CEREMONY much so that they want the rest of the members and senior citizens, $25; stu- The Dinner and Awards Ceremony will take place at world to experience the sensation. They dents, $20. For additional information and the Hunter Mountain Ski Lodge at 6:30 p.m. decide to see if the children they were put reservations call 212-288-8660 or log on to Adults, $45; children (under 12) $15 in charge of are capable of experiencing www.ukrainianinstitute.org. love to the full and try to provoke the feel- For additional information ing of love in two inmates of the home, Sunday, February 25 Sasha and Olia, unsuspecting of the disas- please contact: trous consequences their risky and cruel CHICAGO: Ukrainian violinist Solomiya experiment can have. This full-length fea- Severin Palydowycz Ivakhiv is coming to the Ukrainian Institute ture will be screened in its original of Modern Art. Ms. Ivakhiv has performed (518) 263-4866 Russian-language version with English for the president of Ukraine, Viktor or subtitles, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 717, Yushchenko, during his visit to the United Orest Fedash Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, 1130 States, former President Gerald R. Ford and (201) 387-8061 Amsterdam Ave. It will be introduced by Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger. Yuri Shevchuk, director of the Ukrainian Don’t miss this opportunity. The concert Film Club, and followed by a discussion. SEE YOU AT THE RACES! Free and open to the public. For more (Continued on page 24)