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INSIDE: • U.S. envoy addresses U.S.-Ukraine Business Council — page 8. • Batkivschyna: the book — page 9. • Kules donate another $1M to Ukrainian studies — page 34. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXXV No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 $1/$2 in Ukraine Fourth Wave Ukrainians meet Tymoshenko one vote short in Kyiv for first Economic Forum of becoming prime minister by Zenon Zawada Union’s collapse in 1991, in what has by Zenon Zawada Kyiv Press Bureau become known as the Fourth Wave of Kyiv Press Bureau Ukrainian immigration, and found eco- KYIV – They arrived under the slo- nomic success abroad. KYIV – As a thick fog engulfed gan, “Ukrainians for Ukraine.” They’ve declared their interest in Ukraine’s capital on December 11, the Fourth Wave Ukrainians gathered in developing Ukraine, also realizing the political bout within the Verkhovna Kyiv on November 30 and December 1 country still has a long way to go. For Rada’s walls that afternoon proved just as for the first annual Economic Forum of example, on this trip to Ukraine Anatolii murky as it was bizarre. the World’s Ukrainians held at the Kondratiev said he visited a local univer- Yulia Tymoshenko came within one Ukrainian Home and organized by the sity where a poster in the economics parliamentary vote of returning as prime Ukrainian World Coordinating Council department titled “The World’s Great minister, only to be thwarted because and Fourth Wave (Chetverta Khvylia), an Economists” featured Karl Marx and deputies from her own coalition apparent- international organization of Fourth- Friedrich Engels. ly couldn’t command the electronic voting Wave Ukrainians. The lack of economic competence system. “The intellectual potential of extends from the universities to the current Party of the Regions of Ukraine politi- Ukrainians, which has colossal strength, government, he said. “The economists cians pounced on the technical difficulties, UNIAN is now being used for foreign countries,” who spoke, from [Presidential Secretariat characterizing them as an act of God, and said Oleksander Shokalo, coordinator of physically blockaded Parliament for the Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the First Assistant Oleksander] Shlapak to oth- eponymous bloc, watches with concern the forum’s expert council. ers, don’t know general economic princi- next two days to prevent a Tymoshenko “That’s why our forum’s slogan – government from replacing the acting during the December 11 parliamen- ples at all,” said Mr. Kondratiev, director tary session at which her own coalition Ukrainians for Ukraine – is aiming to re- of Progressive Technologies, a Ukrainian- government led by Viktor Yanukovych. orient our people toward the interests of “This is the will of the people and the deputies apparently failed to properly Canadian enterprise. vote for her nomination. our country and society,” he underscored. “When people don’t know basic eco- will of God,” said Inna Bohoslovska, a More than 180 businessmen and nomic principles and they address such a Party of the Regions deputy. “God allows little room for compromise or investors representing 22 countries, forum, that is only half bad. But when Himself doesn’t want Tymoshenko to lead power-sharing. including the Russian Federation, these people lead our nation, then that’s Ukraine’s government again and throw They include former Prime Minister Moldova, Kazakhstan, the U.S. and truly bad,” he commented. Ukraine again into a war.” Yurii Yekhanurov, who attacked Ms. Canada, arrived for the two-day forum. Among the biggest initiatives to When the dust settled that evening, it Tymoshenko’s campaign promises as Unable to realize their potential and emerge from the forum was the creation remained unclear who was at fault for the unrealistic; acting Minster of Defense establish themselves on their native land, vote being undermined. Anatolii Hrytsenko, who criticized her these Ukrainians left after the Soviet (Continued on page 30) Ms. Tymoshenko and the Our Ukraine proposal to end mandatory military serv- – People’s Self-Defense leadership ice by January; and Presidential accused the Party of the Regions of hatch- Secretariat Chair Viktor Baloha, who ing “a technical provocation” in rigging attempted to install Ivan Pliusch as Rada New Zealand postal issue the Parliament’s electronic voting system chair in an attempted power play. to tally 225 votes both times (one short of Mr. Pliusch, who favored a coalition marks anniversary of Holodomor a 226-vote majority). with the Party of the Regions, didn’t join “Today, at the hands of the Party of the the parliamentary coalition and risks hav- AUCKLAND, New Zealand – New Regions, the Verkhovna Rada opened a ing his deputy’s mandate confiscated by Zealand became the first country in the new disgraceful page in history,” Ms. his Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense world to have a postal stamp marking the Tymoshenko told a press conference that faction. 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian afternoon. “Today was the first falsifica- In his speech to the Parliament nomi- Holodomor. tion of electronic voting in the nating Ms. Tymoshenko, President The Ukrainian Association of New Parliament’s history. This was supported Yushchenko reaffirmed the necessity of Zealand (Northern Regions) (UANZ) on by all deputies whose cards were artifi- the pre-term parliamentary elections held November 10 announced the issuance of cially blocked during voting.” in September and called for policies that a commemorative postal stamp dedicated Coalition leaders called for an investi- uphold national interests. to the Famine Genocide in Ukraine. gation, to which the Security Service of To replace Mr. Yatsenyuk as foreign Stamps of the nominal values of 50 Ukraine (SBU), led by presidential ally affairs minister, Mr. Yushchenko nominat- cents and $1.50 (N.Z.) were issued in a Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, promptly ed Volodymyr Ohryzko, a career diplomat limited edition of 600 and were expected responded that evening. with firm pro-Western positions. Mr. to become a rarity shortly after the release. After forming a team of experts and Ohryzko’s candidacy for the same post The first day of issue, November 24, was reviewing the voting system that same had been rejected by the Russian-oriented the day of the national moment of silence night, the SBU reported the next morning parliamentary majority led by Oleksander in Ukraine to remember victims of the that in fact no one tampered with the vot- Moroz earlier this year. Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. ing system as the coalition leaders alleged In an even more surprising move, the A total of 103 first day covers (FDC) and that it was functioning properly. president nominated Mr. Yekhanurov to were to be canceled with the first day of One of New Zealand’s two stamps Although the coalition’s nomination of replace Mr. Hrytsenko as defense minister. issue postmark in Auckland. The UANZ dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Arseniy Yatsenyuk had been approved Mr. Hrytsenko is the only minister to issued three FDCs of the Exclusive the Holodomor. with minimal difficulty the previous week, remain from the Yushchenko administra- Edition, as well as 100 ordinary num- political observers expected Ms. tion’s first Cabinet, formed in February Edition Gift Sets will be gifted to the Tymoshenko’s candidacy would face 2005. bered FDCs. The Exclusive Edition FDC president of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, has a different design on the envelope, more challenges, particularly from within “Yekhanurov’s selection is strange,” and the governor-general of New the pro-presidential Our Ukraine – said Yurii Syrotiuk, a political analyst at and both stamps are attached. Ordinary Zealand, Anand Satyanand. The third People’s Self-Defense faction. the Kyiv-based Open Society Foundation, FDCs have one 50-cent stamp. Exclusive Edition Gift Set will remain An Exclusive Edition Gift Set also Numerous politicians within the presi- funded by American, British and Polish the property of UANZ. grants. “Hrytsenko was among most includes a sheet of 50-cent stamps in mint dent’s circle are known to disapprove of condition. Two of the three Exclusive (Continued on page 30) Ms. Tymoshenko’s governing style, in which she assumes much authority and (Continued on page 29) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 No. 50 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS New coalition passes first tests Yushchenko cites step toward stability… RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported. Ms. Tymoshenko said that the main goals by Pavel Korduban Ms. Tymoshenko approved Mr. KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko of the government under her leadership Eurasia Daily Monitor Yushchenko’s choice, saying that her bloc said on December 5 that the approval of would be energy security, judicial Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the chairman of the December 6 would back any candidate nominated by reform, improvement of the investment OU-PSD. The coalition accord’s conditions Verkhovna Rada is a step toward political climate in Ukraine and active social poli- The Our Ukraine – People’s Self- are such that it would be impossible for her stability in Ukraine, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian cy. Ms. Tymoshenko said that the new Defense (OU-PSD) bloc of Viktor to secure the position of prime minister if a Service reported. Mr. Yushchenko also government would take advantage of Yushchenko and the Yulia Tymoshenko representative of OU-PSD did not become said that Mr. Yatsenyuk will act as a Ukraine’s expanding relations with the Bloc (YTB) have managed to set aside Rada chair. Ms. Tymoshenko worked hard chairman for the whole Ukrainian EU. “I believe in the European future of their differences and create a majority to prove her bloc’s loyalty. On November Parliament, and not just for some fac- Ukraine,” she said. The Verkhovna Rada coalition in Parliament. OU-PSD accepted 30 the YTB went as far as openly naming tions. Mr. Yatsenyuk pledged to treat was expected to vote on Ms. Mr. Yushchenko’s choice for Verkhovna the PRU figures accused of trying to bribe lawmakers of all factions equally, and Tymoshenko as prime minister on Rada chair and dissenters in Our Ukraine several YTB deputies so that they would suggested offering some parliamentary December 11. (RFE/RL Newsline) (OU), the biggest party in OU-PSD, agreed not turn up at Parliament to vote on the leadership posts to the opposition. to sign a coalition deal with YTB. chair and the prime minister. The PRU Outgoing Prime Minister Viktor NATO awaits new Ukrainian government The coalition then passed the first seri- denied the allegation. Yanukovych, however, criticized the The PRU, the Communists and the manner in which Mr. Yatsenyuk was KYIV – NATO Secretary-General ous test for viability, unanimously approv- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on December 7 Lytvyn Bloc refused to give even a single elected. Mr. Yanukovych said that 227 ing the president’s choice for chair, Arseniy said that Ukraine conducted its pre-term vote to back OU-PSD’s choice for speaker. lawmakers of the Yulia Tymoshenko Yatsenyuk, when the rest of Parliament parliamentary elections in a democratic Mr. Yatsenyuk was elected chair in a secret Bloc and the Our Ukraine – People’s refused to back him. manner, and that NATO is now waiting ballot on December 4 with OU-PSD and Self-Defense bloc endured a “humiliating Eight representatives of the liberal, busi- for the formation of the new Ukrainian YTB votes only. Every single member of procedure” during the vote, in which the ness-oriented wing of Our Ukraine had government, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian the 227-strong coalition voted in his favor. leaders of the two blocs “checked out” refused to sign the coalition deal between Service reported. “The Ukrainian nation The PRU and the Communists said they how lawmakers voted. (RFE/RL OU-PSD and the YTB in mid-November. has made its political choice in a demo- would not recognize Yatsenyuk’s election. Newsline) They protested against the inclusion of sev- cratic manner,” Mr. de Hoop Scheffer eral Tymoshenko election promises that They argue that the voting process, which was supposed to be secret, was personally ...nominates Tymoshenko for PM said. He praised Ukraine’s participation they said were impossible to fulfill, and in NATO missions and the Ukrainian against the decision by the OU-PSD’s controlled by Ms. Tymoshenko and her KYIV – President Yushchenko on aides who checked the ballots of YTB Defense Ministry’s efforts to adapt the majority to nominate OU leader Viacheslav December 6 nominated Yulia armed forces to Euro-Atlantic standards, Kyrylenko for Rada chair. They suspected deputies at the voting booth. Tymoshenko, leader of the parliamentary PRU National Deputy Yurii adding that he expects Ukraine to contin- him of excessive sympathy toward Ms. bloc bearing her name, for the post of Miroshnychenko said that the PRU might ue its reforms in the defense and security Tymoshenko, who may run against Mr. Ukraine’s prime minister, UNIAN report- dispute the results of the vote in court. sectors. (RFE/RL Newsline) Yushchenko in the next presidential elec- ed. “The head of state announced several When Mr. Yatsenyuk’s election was tion. The coalition would not control the times that he would not delay the nomi- Yatsenyuk: I will resign if Yulia not elected announced late on December 4, the PRU majority in Parliament if the dissenters nation of the prime minister. Now he has and the Communists left the assembly hall KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman stood their ground. kept his word,” said Viktor Baloha, chief to protest procedural violations. Ms. Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on December 10 After a closed-door meeting with of the Presidential Secretariat. However, Tymoshenko did not deny their accusa- that he will resign if Yulia Tymoshenko is President Yushchenko on November 28, all the approval of Ms. Tymoshenko may be tions, but she said that Parliament can carry not elected as prime minister. Mr. but one dissenter agreed to sign the deal. delayed, as the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc They did not say what arguments Mr. on even without the two parties. Yatsenyuk said if the coalition doesn’t Mr. Yatsenyuk, unabashed by the and Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense vote for Ms. Tymoshenko with its full Yushchenko had used to persuade them. agreed in their coalition deal to pass a Simultaneously, Mr. Yushchenko asked demarche of the new opposition, promised complement “it will put an end to the equal rights to all caucuses and offered his package of bills regarding the function- democratic coalition.” The coalition has Our Ukraine members to change their mind ing of the future government before and nominate Foreign Affairs Minister thanks to the opposition for not disrupting 227 votes. (Ukrinform) the voting process. He said that his election approving the nominated prime minister. Yatsenyuk for chair instead of Mr. (RFE/RL Newsline) Defense, foreign ministers nominated Kyrylenko. Our Ukraine obeyed, although was the first vote in Parliament “without political corruption.” He promised to several representatives of its nationalist Nominee for PM announces priorities KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko ensure “European standards of parliamen- conservative wing made it clear that they attended the December 11 session of the tarianism” and suggested concentrating on KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko, who was agreed to Mr. Yatsenyuk only grudgingly. Verkhovna Rada and proposed Yurii national priorities rather than political dif- nominated by Ukrainian President Viktor Unlike Mr. Kyrylenko, who often does Yekhanurov for the post of defense min- ferences. Yushchenko for the post of prime minis- not display flexibility in dealing with politi- ister and Volodymyr Ohryzko as foreign At 33, Mr. Yatsenyuk is the youngest ter, met on December 7 with ambassa- cal opponents, Mr. Yatsenyuk is agreeable affairs minister. He made his proposal on Ukrainian Parliament chair ever, and the dors of European Union member-states to compromises. President Yushchenko the same day he nominated Yulia first to speak English fluently. Despite his and informed them of the presumptive prefers a cautious and flexible figure at the age, Mr. Yatsenyuk has rich experience in new Ukrainian government’s priorities, (Continued on page 28) helm of Parliament at a time when the both the private sector and the government. coalition that backs him is very fragile, A lawyer and economist by education, he numbering just two people beyond a simple claims to have founded his first private majority – 227 deputies in the 450-seat leg- business as a teenager. In 2001 he was HE KRAINIAN EEKLY FOUNDED 1933 islature. deputy chairman of Aval, one of Ukraine’s T U W Mr. Yatsenyuk may be exactly what Mr. biggest banks. 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Both men are discussed the posts of the first and sec- former vice-chairs of the Verkhovna Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3041 ond vice-chairs of the Rada and commit- Rada. e-mail: [email protected] tee chairmanships, and how they would According to National Deputy Nestor Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 be distributed among the representatives Shufrych of the Party of the Regions, his e-mail: [email protected] of the opposition and the majority coali- faction has taken a “tough stance” on the Mariyka Pendzola, subscriptions (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042 tion. candidacy for the Rada first vice-chair e-mail: [email protected] According to Ms. Tymoshenko, the and would insist on a “package vote.” No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 3 Helsinki Commission initiatives focus NEWS ANALYSIS: Ukraine set on Ukraine’s pre-term Rada elections to pay much more for gas in 2008 by Orest Deychakiwsky Rada and on December 4 elected acting RFE/RL least those structures whose existence is and Ronald McNamara Foreign Affairs Minister Arseniy not quite clear to us and who were pro- Yatsenyuk as the new chairman with a Ukraine’s outgoing government has posed by our partners in a certain histori- agreed to a significant price hike in a WASHINGTON – The Helsinki single vote to spare. cal context.” deal for supplies of natural gas from Commission undertook several initiatives On October 5 Helsinki Commission During negotiations for the 2006 sup- Russia, sparking an immediate denuncia- this fall in connection with Ukraine’s Chairman Alcee L. Hastings, together plies, President Yushchenko supported tion from the presumptive prime minis- September 30 pre-term parliamentary with 12 other House members, including the entry of RosUkrEnergo into the ter, Yulia Tymoshenko. elections, including deploying staff to Commissioners Louise McIntosh arrangement, over the objections of Ms. But she and other opponents of the observe the elections, sponsoring a Slaughter, Hilda L. Solis, G.K. Tymoshenko. agreement appear less concerned about Congressional resolution on the elections Butterfield, Christopher H. Smith, Robert Mr. Kupchinsky explains that the com- the nearly 40 percent price rise than the and convening a public briefing on their B. Aderholt and Joseph R. Pitts, spon- pany receives a commission – in the form specifics of the deal, which include the implications. sored a resolution congratulating the of gas – on transit fees for the 50 billion services of a murky intermediary, The elections – the fifth national bal- Ukrainian people for the holding of free, to 55 billion cubic meters of Turkmen RosUkrEnergo. loting in less then three years – came on fair, open and transparent parliamentary natural gas that Ukraine buys from the heels of a political crisis that had elections in a peaceful manner consistent Prime Minister-designate Tymoshenko called the government’s continued use of Gazprom. engulfed Ukraine’s president, govern- with Ukraine’s democratic values and “They then resell [that gas] in Europe ment and Parliament for much of 2007. national interest, and expressing continu- the middleman company’s services part of a “corrupt” and “brainless policy.” and make even more money,” Mr. The elections to the 450-seat ing Congressional interest and support Kupchinsky said. The market rate for gas Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, were for Ukraine. If she is confirmed as the head of a new government, however, Ms. imported to Europe is about $230 per judged by the International Election The resolution, which has garnered 1,000 cubic meters. Observation Mission (IEOM) led by the bipartisan backing, expresses strong sup- Tymoshenko will have little alternative Organization for Security and Cooperation port for the efforts of the Ukrainian people but to comply with the deal, which Moscow’s least-favorite PM returns in Europe (OSCE) to have been conducted to build upon the democratic gains of the appears to have the consent of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. It took nearly two months of maneu- “mostly in line with OSCE commitments Orange Revolution. The resolution recog- vering after Ukraine’s recent parliamen- and other international standards for dem- Russian monopoly gas provider nizes the link between the consolidation of tary elections for a coalition to emerge of ocratic elections and in an open and com- Gazprom announced after the conclusion democracy and the rule of law and the the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Our petitive environment.” on December 4 of negotiations with strengthening of Ukraine’s independence Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc. The September elections were moni- Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii and integration with the West, and, impor- The same day Gazprom announced tored by some 800 international Boiko that it will charge Kyiv $180 per tantly, serving as a positive role model for the gas deal, Ms. Tymoshenko’s bid for observers under OSCE auspices, includ- 1,000 cubic meters for gas supplies next all too many post-Soviet countries caught confirmation as prime minister got a ing Helsinki Commission staff members year, up from the current $130. in the vice of authoritarianism. boost with the election of former who observed the balloting in western The European Union was watching the In introducing the resolution, Rep. Foreign Affairs Minister Arseniy Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and talks closely for signs of a repeat of a Hastings expressed the hope “that Yatsenyuk to the post of Verkhovna Kyiv’s Podilskyi District. Swedish parlia- price dispute in 2006 that led Gazprom to Ukraine’s political leaders will form a Rada chair. Mr. Yatsenyuk, a member of mentarian Tone Tingsgård, the special briefly shut off supplies to Ukraine – government reflecting the will of the the president’s Our Ukraine party, coordinator of the short-term election through which 80 percent of Europe’s Ukrainian people as expressed by the received 227 votes in the 450-member observers for the IEOM and vice-presi- Russian gas supplies travel. results of the elections” and “that the new Verkhovna Rada. dent of the OSCE Parliamentary A similar crisis was averted in October Parliament and government will focus on “What is very strange is that they Assembly, stated that these elections the constitutional framework, especially of this year when Ukraine and Russia tried, and they succeeded, in signing the were conducted “in a positive and profes- the question of separation of powers, in came to an agreement on unpaid gas deal before the new government comes sional manner.” order to avoid the political uncertainty debts that had led Moscow to threaten to in – which will lock either Tymoshenko While there were shortcomings, that we witnessed earlier this year.” cut supplies again. Ukraine eventually or whoever becomes prime minister into notably with respect to the quality of On October 25 the commission con- paid RosUkrEnergo nearly $920 million this deal,” Mr. Kupchinsky noted. He voter lists and delays in processing vote vened a public briefing: “The Ukrainian to end that dispute. said it’s a “bad deal” to which counts in a few districts, OSCE observers Elections: Implications for Ukraine’s History of shady middlemen RosUkrEnergo “does not add any assessed the voting as good or very good Future Direction” with Ukraine’s value.” in 98 percent of the nearly 3,000 polling Ambassador to the United States Oleh The potential involvement of the During Ms. Tymoshenko’s seven- stations visited, and the vote count was Shamshur, as well as former U.S. Swiss-based intermediary in supplying month stint as prime minister following assessed as good or very good in 94 per- Ambassador to Ukraine William Miller, Russian gas in 2008 had also placed the cent of the IEOM reports. and Stephen Nix of the International recent negotiations under intense scrutiny the 2004 Orange Revolution, Kyiv’s rela- Commission staff observations were Republican Institute, who had both been in Ukraine. tions with Moscow fell to an all-time consistent with the assessment of other present at the elections as international Ms. Tymoshenko had urged Mr. Boiko low. Moscow previously sought her international observers. The voting observers. during negotiations to cut RosUkrEnergo extradition relating to corruption charges process was calm, orderly and, with very In his assessment of the elections, out of any new deal, and in the run-up to that stemmed from her role as president few exceptions, conducted in an efficient, Ambassador Shamshur noted that “for the September 30 parliamentary elec- in 1995-1997 of Unified Energy Systems professional and transparent manner. the second time in a row, Ukraine suc- tions, Mr. Yushchenko was highly critical of Ukraine – which served at the time as Members of precinct commissions repre- ceeded in avoiding most of the electoral of the company’s role as intermediary. middleman for Russian gas imports. senting various political parties and pitfalls. Aside from minor deficiencies, RFE/RL analyst Roman Kupchinsky The new agreement was not unexpect- blocs, as well as the party observers pres- there was no harassment of political commented that this is because ed, as it follows a jump in the price that ent, helped to ensure the integrity of the opponents, no media oppression, no so- RosUkrEnergo’s services “will cost Gazprom pays Turkmenistan for import- voting process. called creative counting or use of forged Ukraine about $1 billion a year.” ed gas. Last month, it was announced The most significant shortcomings absentee ballots ... Ukraine has once When negotiations began in the fall, that the Russian company would pay witnessed by staff stemmed from inaccu- again confirmed its democratic creden- Gazprom Chairman Dmitry Medvedev $130 per 1,000 cubic meters of Turkmen racies in the voter lists which led to tials. That’s the irreversibility of the dem- said that “we will probably revise the gas for the first six months of 2008, and inconsistencies regarding the treatment ocratic change spurred by the Orange scheme of our relations [with Ukraine] $150 for the second half of the year. of voters, including the disenfranchise- Revolution.” and give up any intermediary structures Ukraine is the end user of much of the ment of some at polling stations visited Ambassador Miller, who observed in that are not clearly understandable – at Turkmen gas imported by Gazprom. on election day. Ukraine as a member of the National The elections – with 60 percent voter Democratic Institute’s international turnout – saw Prime Minister Viktor observation delegation, called the elec- Yanukovych’s Party of the Regions come tions “relatively free and fair.” He Quotable notes in first with 34.3 percent of the votes. The expressed the “hopeful possibility” that “… The [Russian parliamentary] election raises two pressing questions. One most substantial gains over previous elec- the two democratic (Orange) coalition is the future political role to be played by Mr. [Vladimir] Putin … With the tions, however, were garnered by the elec- partners, Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Kremlin in control of two-thirds of the seats in the Duma, the lower house of toral bloc of former Prime Minister Yulia Yushchenko, “will fulfill finally the Tymoshenko (YTB), with 30.7 percent. promises they made with their hands on Parliament, it will be able to amend the Constitution to conform to Mr. Putin’s President Viktor Yushchenko’s Our their hearts” during the 2004 Orange ambitions – a state of affairs that deepens concerns about Moscow’s drift from Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc Revolution. democracy and pluralism. (OU-PSD) placed third with 14.15 percent. Mr. Nix, while noting that IRI’s elec- “Having systematically attacked the West, Mr. Putin for the first time blocked Two other parties passed the 3 percent tion observation mission found that the Europe from observing a Russian vote and then capped off his campaign by for- threshold required to enter the new elections “broadly met international stan- malizing Moscow’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces Parliament – the Communist Party with dards,” nevertheless urged the Ukrainian in Europe, which limits Russian and NATO deployments on the continent. Now, 5.4 percent and the bloc of former Rada Parliament and election officials “to on the heels of a tainted election, Western leaders must reassess Russia’s role in Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn with 3.9 address the quality of the voter lists to the G-8 and other democratic clubs whose ideals and principles Moscow holds in percent. ensure their accuracy for the next national such evident contempt.” The two electoral blocs associated election.” He also called upon Ukraine’s with Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution leadership to take steps “to resolve the – “In Russia, the backward march to czarism continues,” Editorial, The – YTB and OU-PSD – have created a constitutional issues that were the very Washington Post, December 4. razor-thin majority coalition in the new reason these elections were called.” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 No. 50 PROFILE: Western Canada’s newest Ukrainian Catholic bishop by Paulette MacQuarrie invitation, he was asked to keep the nomi- nation secret until it was official. No easy NEW WESTMINSTER, British feat; the day he got the call he was visiting Columbia – After a whirlwind of travel, his parents, who are very perceptive. Bishop Ken Nowakowski of the Eparchy He kept the secret of course, and was of New Westminster is finally settling into ordained and installed in Vancouver on his new home. July 24 at the Protection of the Blessed Since his ordination and installation on Virgin Mary (St. Mary’s) Ukrainian July 24 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Catholic Church. he attended a special seminar for recently Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski ordained bishops conducted by the was born on May 16, 1958, in North Pontifical Congregation for Bishops Battleford, Saskatchewan — the middle of (Rome), the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Sobor on the Youth of Our Church (Kyiv), three sons born to Stan and Roma and the Synod of Ukrainian Greek- Nowakowski. After high school, he spent Catholic bishops in Philadelphia (held in a year studying advertising and public the United States this year to celebrate the relations at Grant McEwan College in 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first Edmonton. Ukrainian Catholic Bishop in America). He returned to Saskatchewan and On October 7 Bishop Nowakowski entered the work force, but nothing in the began a two-month intensive eparchial secular world stirred his soul. So in 1980 visitation to become acquainted with his he entered Redeemer House of Studies in Sandra Shawchuk new flock. The eparchy covers all of Toronto, conducted by the Ukrainian Bishop Ken Nowakowski, eparch of New Westminster, British Columbia. British Columbia, the Yukon and part of Catholic Redemptorist Fathers. In 1984 he the Northwest Territories, with 15 parishes graduated from St. Michael’s College Josaphat’s Pontifical Ukrainian College in vice-president from 1994 to 1998 and then serving some 7,800 faithful. University of Toronto with a bachelor of Rome. Later that year, on August 19, he as president until 2001. He worked with To say that Bishop Nowakowski found religious studies and philosophy. was ordained a priest by Bishop Basil locals to set up humanitarian aid distribu- his appointment a surprise is somewhat of Soon after graduating from university, Filevich of the Eparchy of Saskatoon. He tion centers, soup kitchens, an orphanage, an understatement. He’d been rector of the he moved back to his home town of then returned to Rome to continue his the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Seminary Battleford and was hired by a non-govern- studies. Hospital, home-care programs, medical in Ottawa since November 2001 and had mental organization that assisted people in In Rome, this eager young priest’s tal- assistance and disaster emergency relief. just moved from the Canadian capital to job search and employment skills training. ents and skills were soon recognized. In Today Caritas Ukraine is one of Ukraine’s Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to serve as He became active in the local Ukrainian 1990 he was appointed vice-chancellor leading organizations fighting HIV/AIDS chancellor of the Eparchy of Saskatoon, Catholic parish, where he was encouraged and chief of staff to Cardinal Myroslav and human trafficking. when he got a call from Bishop Luigi by the parish priest to continue his forma- Ivan Lubachivsky, head of the Ukrainian In 2001 Father Nowakowski was Ventura, the apostolic nuncio. Assuming it tion for priestly ministry. In 1986 he was Catholic Church. He also established the appointed director of the Press Office of was just a friendly call to “catch up,” he accepted as seminarian for the Eparchy of Refugee Office of the Ukrainian Greek- the Catholic Churches in Ukraine for the was stunned when asked if he would Saskatoon and was sent to Rome for theo- Catholic Church for Soviet refugees. historic visit to Ukraine by Pope John Paul accept the pope’s nomination to be eparch logical studies. In 1989 Soviet authorities had officially II. Working with the Ukrainian govern- of New Westminster. In the spring of 1989 he received his begun to allow religious communities to ment and consultants, his team provided “I thought, ‘Wow, is this really being bachelor of sacred theology at the register themselves, which meant the end state-of-the-art technology and logistics for asked of me?’” he recalled. To make the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas of the clandestine existence the Ukrainian some 3,000 journalists covering the event. situation more surreal, after accepting the Aquinas while a seminarian at St. Greek-Catholic Church was forced to Having remained a priest of the endure since 1946 when the Soviets liqui- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon, dated it. Then, in March 1991, Cardinal Father Nowakowski had always assumed OBITUARY Lubachivsky’s exile ended. Faced with the he would return to Canada some day. In task of re-establishing the administrative November 2001 he did – as rector of Holy and pastoral structures in Ukraine, Spirit Seminary in Ottawa. Taras Zakydalsky (1941–2007), Cardinal Lubachivsky invited members of In 2002 he was also appointed press his Rome staff to assist him. officer/spokesperson of the Ukrainian “I thought about it for about 30 sec- Catholic Church in Canada, and served as scholar, translator, community activist onds and said, yes!” recalled Bishop the Vatican-accredited media personnel by Roman Senkus taught at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania Nowakowski. “I could not think of a liaison and assistant to the Press Office of more exciting place to serve the Lord, the Holy See during World Youth Day in before returning to Toronto in 1978. seeing the Church re-emerge from the Canada. TORONTO – Colleagues and staff at the Throughout his life Dr. Zakydalsky was catacombs and be part of the re-birth of While seminarians were off on their Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies an active member of Plast Ukrainian the Ukrainian nation.” summer break, he also provided pastoral (CIUS) mourn the loss of Dr. Taras Scouting Organization. In the 1970s and It was a busy time, with other roles in assistance to his own Eparchy of Saskatoon Zakydalsky, who died on November 8 after 1980s he took part in the defense campaigns addition to being chief of staff to Cardinal as well as other Ukrainian Catholic a brief battle with brain cancer. He was 66. organized by the Smoloskyp Organization Lubachivsky and later to his successor, eparchies in Canada. It was a task he cher- Dr. Zakydalsky was born in Lviv on for the Defense of Human Rights in Cardinal Lubomyr Husar. ished, as it allowed him to remain grounded February 2, 1941. He and his mother emi- Ukraine and by the Toronto Committee in In 1991-1992 Father Nowakowski was in understanding the role of a parish priest. grated from a displaced persons camp in Defense of Soviet Political Prisoners. Germany to Toronto in the late 1940s. vice-rector at Holy Spirit Seminary, the In his new role as the third bishop of Dr. Zakydalsky had a long relationship Lviv Archeparchy’s historic seminary the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New He majored in philosophy at the with the CIUS, serving as a translator University of Toronto and Bryn Mawr (which had been closed by the Soviet Westminster, Bishop Nowakowski’s (1978-1982), manuscript editor (1982- authorities in 1946). immediate goals involve getting to know College, where he wrote an M.A. thesis on 1993) and subject editor in philosophy Hryhorii Skovoroda (1965) and a Ph.D. dis- In 1994 he helped found the Ukrainian his clergy and faithful, and the pastoral (1988-2007) of the Encyclopedia of Catholic Church’s official charitable needs, strengths, gifts and challenges of sertation on Nikolai Fyodorov (1976). He Ukraine and as editor of the Journal of organization, Caritas Ukraine, serving as his eparchy. Ukrainian Studies (2003-2007). He taught philosophy at the Kyiv- Mohyla Academy National University (1994, 1995, 2000), edited the journal Russian Studies in Philosophy (1998- 2007), and served on the executive of the Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada. Those who knew Dr. Zakydalsky will remember him for his unflagging commit- ment to scholarship, enlightenment, human rights and the Ukrainian community, and for his playful wit and good humor. His family has requested that donations in his memory be sent to the Ostroh Academy, c/o 505 Annette St., Toronto ON, M6P 1S1. CIUS extended its sincere condolences to Dr. Zakydalsky’s mother, Natalia, his wife, Oksana, his sons, Danylo and Orest, his daughter-in-law Anna, his grandson, Taras, and his many other relatives, friends and colleagues in Canada, the United States Paulette MacQuarrie Taras Zakydalsky and Ukraine. Protection of the Blesssed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Vancouver. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 5 COMMENTARY: “A long time ago – and not true” by Roman Solchanyk But maybe we should not be so tough on our Russian As much as we would like to end on a positive note, friends. After all, it seems that most American high Rumor has it that when Ukrainians and Russians get unfortunately only a little more than a quarter of school students think that Canada borders on Germany, into a testy discussion about some particularly unpleas- Russians have it right about Ukraine – specifically, those or whatever, and that about one-fifth of Americans can- ant aspects of their relations over the past several cen- who feel that the country is chaotic and confused. not find the United States on a world map. Not to worry. turies – for example, the various bans on the Ukrainian How else does one explain that Serhii Kivalov, the This year’s entry in the Miss Teen USA beauty pageant language in the 18th and 19th centuries, the execution head of the Central Election Commission during the from South Carolina “personally believes” that the of an estimated 5,000 people in Kyiv during the city’s rigged presidential election in 2004, or Mr. “Pidrakhui” answer lies in the availability of more maps for “U.S. pillage and occupation by Mikhail Muravev’s Red as he is better known by his countrymen, was recently Americans.” awarded an honorary certificate and medal for his “con- Guards in January 1918, the meticulously planned In some sense, much more disturbing is the fact that siderable personal contribution in guaranteeing the real- Russification of Ukraine throughout most of the Soviet nearly half of Russians polled in the survey still – after ization of the constitutional electoral rights of citizens of period, the Holodomor in the early 1930s, the near anni- more than 15 years of the existence of separate Ukraine blah, blah, blah” by that very same Central hilation of the Ukrainian intelligentsia beginning in the Ukrainian and Russian states – think that Ukrainians and Election Commission, which is now headed by an latter half of the 1930s, the executions and mass depor- alleged supporter of President Viktor Yushchenko? tations of the population of western Ukraine after its Russians are the same people/nation. Mr. Kivalov was quoted as saying that his award rep- “liberation” in September 1939 and re-occupation in resents a “logical conclusion to the processes that began 1944-1945, the pogrom of Ukrainian intellectuals in the in 2004.” Really? One would have thought that perhaps 1960s and 1970s, etc., etc. – the final recourse of the WHAT DO YOU THINK: ARE RUSSIANS a rather more logical outcome would have been a hefty Russian side is to insist that all of this was “a long time AND UKRAINIANS ONE PEOPLE OR prison term. ago – and not true.” SEVERAL PEOPLES? (in percentages) Not to be outdone by the overseer of Ukraine’s elec- 1997 2006 2007 tions, Mr. Yushchenko bestowed the state award “For Merits” on Borys Kolesnikov, the former head of the DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SO-CALLED Donetsk Oblast Regional Council, who at the November One people 56 53 49 “HOLODOMOR”-FAMINE IN UKRAINE IN 2004 meeting of deputies in Siverodonetsk (Luhansk THE BEGINNING OF THE 1930s, AND, IF Oblast) called for the secession of Ukraine’s southern YOU DO, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING Two different peoples 37 41 46 and eastern regions and the formation of a new “federat- ASSERTIONS REGARDING THESE ed south-eastern republic” with its capital in Kharkiv. EVENTS MOST CLOSELY APPROXIMATES Difficulty answering 7 6 5 But wait, there’s more. YOUR VIEW? Mr. Kolesnikov was given the award by the president (in percentages) not only for his “significant personal contribution to Ukraine’s socio-economic, scientific-technical and cul- Readers should take note of a positive trend here. tural development and for his considerable achievements This was a purposeful extermination More Russians, however slowly, are beginning to join blah, blah, blah,” but also to mark, of all things, the of the Ukrainian nation carried out the ranks of the reality-based community. anniversary of the December 1 referendum confirming And there is further good news. Russians are increas- by the Stalinist regime 7 Ukraine’s declaration of independence in 1991. ingly abandoning the illusion that Ukraine wants noth- Try as you will, it is impossible to make stuff like this ing more than to draw closer to Russia, which was the These were mass repressions of the up. peasantry that were carried out not only in longstanding mantra of learned Soviet academicians and Maybe the next perfectly “logical” step in this pro- Ukraine, but throughout the entire USSR 34 propagandists and, lest we forget, that dynamic team of gression of events is to appoint Prof. Dmytro “Yeltsin democrats and reformers” of the 1990s. Tabachnyk, currently the acting vice prime minister for Remember them? All reports about the Holodomor are humanitarian affairs – who once characterized the rais- The majority of Russians are now convinced that the ing of the blue-and-yellow national flag in front of City strongly exaggerated by enemies of sympathies of Ukrainians are with the West, and that the USSR and Russia 6 Hall in Kyiv as a criminal act perpetrated by a crazed Ukrainians want to distance themselves from Moscow. mob of primitive fanatics – to head the officially estab- lished but practically non-existent Ukrainian Institute of I don’t know anything about this, National Memory. never heard of it 36 IN WHICH DIRECTION IS UKRAINE NOW MOVING? (in percentages) Difficulty answering 17 2005 2007 Demjanjuk challenges A survey conducted in November of this year by the Steadily drawing closer to Russia 10 8 Levada-Center, Russia’s foremost polling agency, offers immigration judge’s us a glimpse of the consequences of Moscow’s version Steadily drawing closer to the of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” When pollsters questioned countries of the West (European Russian citizens if they had heard of the Holodomor Union, U.S.) and moving away 2005 deportation order and, if so, what they thought about it, nearly 40 percent from Russia 49 53 said that they had no clue; another 34 percent said that CINCINNATI, Ohio – John Demjanjuk, the former these were mass repressions against the peasantry that autoworker whom the U.S. government had accused were conducted not only in Ukraine but throughout the The country suffers from growing back in 1977 of complicity in Nazi war crimes, is chal- Soviet Union. chaos and confusion 27 27 lenging the right of the chief immigration judge of the United States to order his deportation. Difficulty answering 15 13 On November 29 the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Roman Solchanyk is an international affairs analyst heard arguments challenging an order for deportation in Santa Monica, Calif. issued in 2005. It may take several months before the court issues a decision. Mr. Demjanjuk’s attorney, John Broadley, said the chief immigration judge was not authorized to judge the Camilla Huk among new appointees case because his position on the immigration review board is administrative, not adjudicative. The U.S. Department of Justice argued that the chief to New Jersey’s immigrant policy panel immigration judge is just that: a judge. “Why would that be the title if he wasn’t to be a judge?” argued Robert TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine happened to the Karanoukhs [a Ukrainian family deport- Thomson of the Justice Department. on December 10 signed an executive order expanding ed in February 2006] was a nightmare – and it happens For three decades, Mr. Demjanjuk, 87, has maintained the membership of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon to others who are too ashamed to ask for help and feel that he himself was a prisoner, captured by the Germans Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy from 27 to 35 hopeless about their situation.” during World War II, and that he is a victim of mistaken members. The other new appointees to the Governor’s Blue identity. Among the eight newly appointed members of the Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy are: Carol The Demjanjuk case dates back to 1977, when the panel is Camilla Huk, of Rutherford, N.J., a representa- Ann Brokaw (Plainfield), Stephen Moses (Englewood), Justice Department first accused him of being a guard at tive of the Ukrainian American community. Ramon Hernandez (Bridgeton), Councilman Manuel the Treblinka death camp. Ms. Huk served on the first Governor’s Ethnic Segura (Trenton), Vidalia Acevedo (Teaneck) and Isaac A naturalized U.S. citizen, he lost that status in 1981, Advisory Council in New Jersey under Gov. Brendan Fromm (Teaneck). when a court stripped him of his citizenship. He was Byrne and was later re-appointed by Govs. Jim The state of New Jersey established the Governor’s ordered deported and in 1986 was extradited to Israel, McGreevey, Richard Codey and Corzine. At present she Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy “to where a war crimes trial began a year later. is acting head of the council, which also counts develop recommendations for a comprehensive and He was sentenced to death in 1988, but that convic- Ukrainian American Michael Koziupa among its mem- strategic statewide approach to successfully integrating tion was overturned on appeal in 1993 by Israel’s bers. Ms. Huk is also spearheading efforts to create an New Jersey’s rapidly growing immigrant population Supreme Court, and Mr. Demjanjuk returned home to East European leadership caucus in the state. into the life of this state.” The governor signed Seven Hills, Ohio. His citizenship was restored in 1998. Speaking of her new appointment, Ms. Huk said: Executive Order No. 78 establishing the panel on In that 1998 ruling Judge Paul R. Matia cited fraud on “My passion is making sure that our people are not vic- timized, especially by the immigration process. What (Continued on page 32) (Continued on page 32) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 No. 50

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY A legacy of war Opening the archives A memoir by Anastasia (Smerechuk) inspected and then re-inspected. Our par- Seemingly lost among the recent news from Ukraine about the constantly shifting Pawlowsky as told to her daughter, ents interrogated at length. Our bodies political landscape was a very important news item about the country’s state archives. Alexandra Pawlowsky. subjected to medical examinations, the Among documents recently released by the Branch State Archive of the Security humiliation of de-lousing and then further Service of Ukraine (known by its Ukrainian-based acronym as SBU), were docu- September 27, 1944, as the Russian examinations. These seemed to last an ments which confirmed something that many had suspected for decades – although in front was approaching our native village eternity. Naked, we huddled together not some quarters the news might be perceived as downright sensational. of Rafayil, in the foothills of Ukraine’s so much out of modesty, but more so to Newly unearthed documents confirm that special groups of the Ministry of State Carpathian Mountains, our father made keep ourselves, and particularly our little Security and the Internal Affairs Ministry of the USSR were active under the guise of the difficult decision that our family had sister, warm. When the process was over, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army no choice but to forsake our home and we were issued new documents which (UPA) in western Ukraine. Their aim was to discredit the legitimate forces of the homeland and make our way westward. now identified us as forced laborers. OUN and UPA by acting in their name in various operations directed against the pop- Our family, the Smerechuks, my par- Linz, a picturesque Austrian city, ulace of the western oblasts of Ukraine. The undercover operations, which took place ents, Ivan and Maria, older sister Anna, stands on the banks of the Danube River between 1944 and 1950, were meant to undermine the OUN and UPA forces who age 17, younger sister Marusia, 5, and I, against the backdrop of the majestic fought valiantly against the “evil empires” of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in a 16-year-old, joined a group of like- Austrian Alps. Already an industrial hub, their struggle for the independence of Ukraine. minded Ukrainians following behind a it had been transformed into a center of According to Serhii Bohunov, chief of the SBU Branch State Archives, through the military convoy headed for Austria. wartime activity. Its munitions factories end of 1945 there were 150 such special groups, comprising approximately 1,800 per- Although history may say we were now and state-run farming operations were sons, sent by the Soviets to western Ukrainian lands. By February 1950, by which officially refugees, we felt distinctly filled with forced laborers. time most of the special groups were disbanded, there were 19 groups composed of more like prisoners. From our first steps Our family was promptly dispatched 130 persons. Mr. Bohunov, who announced the new findings back on November 30, behind the convoy we were under the to one of Linz’s huge state farms. Except indicated that most of the consolidated documentary materials directly related to these constant surveillance of the soldiers. And for Marusia, the rest of us worked seven special groups were destroyed in 1990; however, the SBU archives do contain various this feeling of imprisonment stayed with days a week, existing on meager food individual items that speak volumes about Soviet activity in this realm. us for the duration of the war. rations and sleeping in a communal For example, by studying these separate documents, scholars were able to deter- The journey to Austria was arduous; bunkhouse where any sort of privacy was mine that as of July 1, 1945, the special groups had liquidated 1,980 participants of much of it we made on foot. Our posses- an unheard of luxury. Hunger and fatigue underground resistance activity in Ukraine and had captured 1,142 persons. Other sions were few. Each of us carried a were constants in our daily lives. The documents reveal that the special groups brutalized ordinary residents of western small satchel and we all took turns carry- dire exigencies of war preyed on our Ukraine. Thus, it was ascertained that during the winter of 1947-1948 such groups ing 5-year-old Marusia. Our fellow minds and our bodies. We felt vulnerable active in the Rivne and Zakarpattia oblasts regularly robbed the locals, taking their sojourners behind the convoy marveled and powerless. money, personal possessions and food. Other documents reveal such atrocities as the that our family was making this trek with The nightly bombing raids rapidly 1949 rape of a woman in one village and the torture of a man in another village in the a young child in tow. But Marusia’s pres- became increasingly intense. The very Rivne Oblast with the aim of gathering information. ence was an asset to all of us, as her first wail of the air raid sirens sent us Archivists at the SBU are continuing their research and study of documents in their childlike exuberance about this unexpect- fleeing for shelter in a nearby stone base- possession. These documents are a veritable treasure trove that must be studied by ed adventure eased our more grown up ment. We were not the only ones fre- scholars from around the globe and revealed to the world in order to continue telling fears. quenting this “shelter.” Para-military the true story of the Soviet subjugation of Ukraine. Several weeks later, completely trainees from a nearby facility also exhausted, some of us now next to bare- sought refuge there. These were teenage foot, we arrived at our destination, a tran- girls about the same age as Anna and I. sitional refugee camp in Straushof not far We knew instinctively that we were ene- from Vienna. There our documents were mies. As such, even in the close confines Dec Turning the pages back... of the basement shelter, neither side Dr. Alexandra Pawlowsky has an spoke to the other and hardly dared to interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Ukrainian even glance at each other. 19 Five years ago, on December 19, 2002, the leaders of four Canadian heritage studies. She taught at On December 24, 1944, Christmas main opposition parties, including the Communist and Socialist the University of Manitoba for 25 years Eve, the sirens sounded shrilly. There, in 2002 parties, Our Ukraine and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, united in and is among the pioneers in the field of the relative safety of the shelter, we once resistance to the parliamentary tabulating committee formed Ukrainian Canadian studies. Often con- again encountered the trainees. That two days earlier by the pro-presidential majority to pass resolu- sidered a Ukrainian Canadian pop cul- evening the wait for the all-clear signal tions by voting outside the Parliament chamber. ture specialist, she has been interviewed seemed interminable. For a while we sat At a press conference, the leaders declared that they were ready to resort to street and quoted on a broad spectrum of top- in silence. However, as time passed, we demonstrations and mass strikes in order to make the majority meet their conditions, ics ranging from Ukrainian foods to poli- struck up a somewhat hesitant conversa- which included the cancellation of the parliamentary tabulating committee, the replace- tics. She has published articles – aca- tion with the Austrian girls. One of the ment of National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Chairman Volodymyr Stelmakh with Serhii demic and popular – and book reviews, girls brought out a paper bag filled with Tyhypko and the cancellation of the 2003 draft budget. edited books, presented papers at confer- cookies – an almost unheard of delicacy On December 17, 2002, opposition forces surrounded the presidium and rostrum of ences in her area of expertise and for us – and shyly offered us some. And, the Verkhovna Rada after deputies voted to consider the appointment of Mr. Tyhypko as worked on organizing such conferences. as the Austrian girls quietly began to sing NBU chairman in a repeat of the previous week’s blocking of the parliamentary cham- Of her family Dr. Pawlowsky writes: the magnificently serene “Stille Nacht” ber. National Deputy Igor Sharov then announced on behalf of the majority that it had My mother met my father, Petro (“Silent Night”), without any hesitation, agreed on the appointment of Mr. Tyhypko and that the majority had issued a resolution Pawlowsky, in a DP camp, in Austin, Anna and I joined in. forming an alternative to the existing tabulating committee in order to hold voting. The Austria, and they were married in 1947 in Once the all-clear signal sounded we committee, headed by National Deputy Volodymyr Zaitsev of the Social Democratic that camp. They emigrated to Winnipeg, made our way back out into the outside Party United, then decided to hold voting by assigned ballots (each deputy received a Manitoba, arriving on November 30, world without farewells. ballot with his/her name printed on it), rather than via the computerized voting in the 1949. My father, a shoemaker by trade, War had forced our family, like so session hall that opposition forces were successfully blocking for the second time. worked his way up to factory supervisor, many others, before and since, to forsake Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn then called a recess to hold a vote on Canada West Shoes, a position he held all that we cherished. Furthermore, the the draft resolutions prepared by the majority on the budget, the National Bank and the until his death in 1980. My mother was a countless hardships of refugee existence redistribution of Rada committees. Ballots were distributed by the tabulating committee homemaker. They had two children, and our uncertain future succeeded in to leaders of the Parliament’s factions and, amid much confusion, voting took place in Myron (a lawyer) and this writer. making us virtual prisoners of war. the office of Oleksander Zadorozhnyi. The tabulating committee then announced that Our parents instilled in their children Yet, the memory of that first the majority had succeeded in passing all of the measures. a deep and abiding love for their mother- Christmas away from home resonates Opposition leaders declared that they would seek to have the results invalidated in land, Ukraine, and what was to become with me to this day. On that first court, noting that even the regulations of the majority’s commission had been violated their new homeland, Canada. They were Christmas Eve the power of the holy as 30 ballots were submitted late. Ms. Tymoshenko said that a claim would be submitted thrilled with the limitless opportunities spirit of Christmas imparted a lifelong bearing the signatures of approximately 200 deputies. offered by a democratic country, such as lesson: that humankind, when motivated At the press conference, opposition leaders insisted that pressure on their deputies to join Canada. Here they nurtured their chil- to do so and without any huge effort, can the majority must end, that a moratorium must be declared on deputies moving from faction dren’s dreams and guided them toward work together to transcend even the to faction, and that deputies elected from a party list should be dismissed when they leave achieving their ambitions. worst human atrocity, war. their faction. If the majority agreed to these conditions, the opposition would allow the appointment of Mr. Tyhypko as chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine in exchange. The opposition leaders said they combined their efforts to prevent Ukraine from MAY WE HELP YOU? falling further into political chaos – a situation that could lead to economic catastrophe. They also commented that the current authorities were implementing a policy that could To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, result in the loss of Ukraine’s independence. 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DoubleDouble ExposurExposuree by Khristina Lew by Andrew Sorokowski Santa Claus is coming to town (twice) Have an alternative holiday My sister Olesia and I are struggling mother of the three boys, Tania We complain about the commercial- American Christmas. The main differ- with presenting a cohesive magical expe- Jarosewich. ization of Christmas, but we participate, ence is “Sviat Vechir” or Christmas Eve, rience for our three little children this Myrosia Dragan explains that her chil- and thus we perpetuate. Can we fail to with its traditional meal followed by holiday season. Is Sviatyi Mykolai the dren are satisfied with the answer that deliver presents to our children and Christmas songs – if we still remember grandfatherly figure in the priestly robes “just like there are different people who grandchildren, nieces and nephews, the words, and haven’t lost the habit of or the jolly man in the red suit, with a speak different languages, Sviatyi friends and associates? And so, we join singing. If we invite non-Ukrainians, we sleigh and eight reindeer? Does he bring Mykolai has different helpers around the the army of thickly clad shoppers besieg- can impress them with our ingenuity in presents on December 6, 19, 24 or on world – but the real one is Ukrainian.” ing the malls and department stores, pelt- devising a 12-course meal that contains January 6? Who’s the guy at the mall? Sviatyi Mykolai leaves gifts for the ing each other with coughs and sneezes, no meat or dairy products. We can enter- Sviatyi Mykolai, it seems, is a busy Hankewycz children, 8-year-old Terenia, pressed in on all sides like the Spartans at tain them with our exotic customs – the fellow. In Monkton, Md., his appearance 6-year-old Zachar, 4-year-old Orest and Thermopylae. Then comes the raising sheaf of wheat in the corner, the dish of coincides with his arrival at Ridna 2-month-old Nina under the pillow in and decoration of the Christmas tree, as kutia for the spirits of the departed – or Shkola (School of Ukrainian Studies) in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., on December 19, the obligatory a civic ritual as the emperor amuse them with stories of how our peo- Washington, which this year was on feast of St. Nicholas according to the cult in ancient Rome. Nor dare we ple used to talk to farm animals and December 15. Each member of the Julian calendar. The angel delivers addi- default at the holiday parties, with their throw kutia onto the ceiling. If they are Traska family waits for him by staking tional presents on Christmas Day, forced cheerfulness and their chit-chat on secular-minded, we can assure them that out a window and searching him out in January 7. work and weather, sports and gossip. all this is really pre-Christian, originating the evening sky. When a bell rings, the Ivanna Hodowanec has explained to Finally it’s Christmas morning, when when we were carefree pagans romping entire clan races downstairs, but, 1 our ravenous children rip open their pres- her children, Sofia, 7, Daniel 5 /2, and in the woods. Thus, our ethnic national- explains Lara Traska, “we never catch Alexia, 2, that Sviatyi Mykolai is the ents and scatter for the nearest video ism sometimes leads us, like the early him.” The gifts are left under the same person as St. Nicholas or Santa screen, while we puzzle over the 80-page practitioners of Kwanzaa, to favor folk- Christmas tree. Claus – only he is called by a different instruction manual for our latest gadget. lore over an inconveniently universalistic On Christmas Eve, December 24, the name in different languages. He comes Perhaps we stop by a church, though our faith. But basically it’s the standard minds are too cluttered with the logistics Traska children, Stefchyk, 5, and Maxim, on different days, she tells them, because American Christmas with ethnic color- of provisioning and transporting our fam- 3, receive presents from an angel, who in each country children wait for him on ing. also leaves them under the tree – but not ilies to pay much attention to the sermon a different day. In Jersey City, N.J., There is a radical alternative to all this, before delivering a little magic of her or the liturgy. The next day we’re back at Sviatyi Mykolai comes on the evening of but it’s not for everyone. It requires com- own. The “angel,” says Ms. Traska, is the malls, exchanging our gifts for what December 6, rings the doorbell and mitment, self-discipline and a willingness usually one of the older cousins who we really want. (And what do we really leaves a stack of gifts. to resist the current of the surrounding dresses in an angel costume and circles want?) culture. While everyone else is partying the house three times with sparklers “We are a mixed marriage – from And suddenly it’s over. We sink into a you begin “Pylypivka,” a 40-day fast while the younger children sing “O khto Ukraine and America,” said Ms. post-holiday depression, with nothing to between St. Philip’s Day and Christmas khto, Mykolaya liubyt?” (Who loves Hodowanec, who was born in Lviv. “In look forward to until New Year’s Eve. Eve, roughly corresponding to the Sviatyi Mykolai?). Ukraine we did not have angels, but here Then it’s more talk of work and weather, Western Advent. Not a strict fast, Then, on Christmas Eve according to we do,” so her children get additional sports and gossip, as we celebrate the Pylypivka fosters a mood of solemn the Julian calendar, January 6, in gifts on December 24-25. extraordinary fact that the earth has com- Toronto, the angel visits the Traska boys For the Kohout children of Lake pleted yet another revolution around the anticipation. At about the middle comes yet again. (Thank goodness my son, Forest, Ill., Sviatyi Mykolai delivers a sun – though that depends on your start- St. Nicholas Day, when you exchange Hryts, can’t read, or he would insist on small gift to 12-year-old Matthew, 9- ing point: isn’t it all relative anyway? gifts. For children, associating gift-giving becoming a member of the Traska family year-old Anna and 3-year-old Isabella at Late next morning we start the new year with the legends about St. Nicholas is a and trekking out to Maryland and Ukrainian School, and Santa Claus with a hangover and the gloomy realiza- lesson in charity, and separates the notion Canada.) leaves the remainder of the presents tion that there is no reason this year of presents from Christmas. Sviat Vechir In North Royalton, Ohio, Sviatyi under the tree on December 25. Areta should be any better than the last. is festive yet subdued, a prelude to the Mykolai delivers presents to Mykola, Kohout explains that her husband, Chris, Such has become the standard central event: the miraculous birth of 1 Christ, celebrated at liturgy that night or Danylko and Tymish Jarosewich, 4 /2, 2 is not Ukrainian and grew up with Santa American Christmas. As the U.S. 1 the next morning. /2 and 2 months, under the pillow on the Claus. Supreme Court remarked in County of morning of December 6, the feast of St. Allegheny v. ACLU (1989), “both And now, as the rest of society sinks Nicholas according to the Gregorian cal- * * * Christmas and Chanukah are part of the into post-holiday depression, you are just endar. The angel delivers the remainder same winter-holiday season, which has beginning the festivities. They last 12 of the gifts on Christmas, December 25. So my dear sister, whether it’s Sviatyi attained a secular status in our society” days, punctuated by New Year’s Eve. “We recently had to have a conversation Mykolai, Santa Claus or an angel with (492 U.S. 573, at 616). Indeed, it is Then comes “Schedryi Vechir,” the eve about the difference between Sviatyi pixie dust, whatever tradition we decide because Christmas has been “largely sec- of the feast of Theophany. Known in the Mykolai and Santa Claus when Mykola on will be a magical one for our children. ularized” that it can remain a national West as Epiphany, Theophany asked whether we could bake ‘tistochka’ Happy Christmas to all, and to all a holiday (see the 1999 federal district (Bohoiavlenia) is in Eastern tradition the (cookies) for Santa Claus,” said the goodnight! court decision in Ganulin v. United greatest holiday after Easter and States, 71 F.Supp.2nd 824, 832). Pentecost, for it proclaims Jesus as the Ever inventive, Americans have come son of God. Also known as “Yordan” up with alternative holidays, if not holy (after the river in which he was baptized days. In southern California back in by St. John), it is accompanied by the 1966, black nationalist Ron Everett, blessing of water and, in some places, of a.k.a. Maulana Karenga, invented a pan- a large cross cut out of ice. African “first fruits” festival called Those interested in this holiday alter- Kwanzaa, celebrated from December 26 native – which we can simply call to January 1. At first, Mr. Karenga, son “Christmas” – may wish to investigate of a Baptist minister from Maryland, Generations of Faith, an intergenerational denounced Christianity as a white man’s approach to religious education that religion. But later he decided that focuses on major feast days, extending Kwanzaa did not have to displace any- through the family to the broader com- one’s faith. munity. Both Ukrainian Orthodox and Then in December 1997 Daniel Catholic parishes have participated. O’Keefe, a scriptwriter for the television Which holiday, if any, will you cele- series “Seinfeld,” introduced Festivus. brate? Whatever your choice, it will say Invented by his father, a Reader’s Digest something about how you live and what writer and editor, the new holiday was a you believe – in other words, about who response to the commercialization of you are. Christmas. Festivus involves a variety of Further reading: “The Year of Grace mock-serious rituals, more or less in the of the Lord: A Scriptural and Liturgical spirit of the “Seinfeld” brand of humor. Commentary on the Calendar of the Naturally, we Ukrainian Americans Orthodox Church,” by A Monk of the have our own alternative to the standard Eastern Church (Crestwood N.Y.: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1992); Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at www.generationsoffaith.org. “Visit from St. Nicholas,” a glasspainting by Yaroslava Surmach Mills. [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 No. 50 U.S. ambassador addresses U.S.-Ukraine Business Council KYIV – An overflow crowd of U.S.- least by early 2008. business executives and owners participat- in the customs service, UPS has had Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) mem- USUBC members asked questions and ing in the meeting. A new USUBC mem- instances of desperately needed parts being bers and guests listened on Friday, discussed in detail with the ambassador a ber, the express delivery service UPS, delivered to Ukraine within one day, only December 7, as U.S. Ambassador William number of problems that continue to plague pointed out that the company has more to take two to three weeks for customs B. Taylor Jr. explained recent successes and most businesses in Ukraine. failures in the U.S. government’s attempts There was a consensus that the failure of trouble entering priority packages into clearance. to have a positive influence on the business the government to make VAT (value-added Ukraine than any other country the compa- climate in Ukraine. tax) refunds in a timely fashion is one of ny serves. – Excerpts from the Ukrainian Observer Mr. Taylor pointed to the increasing the major problems that has a very negative Because of outdated Soviet-era thinking of Kyiv, December 11 issue. number of American businesses that are effect on U.S.-owned and Ukrainian busi- making substantial investments into nesses at all levels. While U.S. businesses Ukrainian business and industry and that export from Ukraine are owed sums described the continuing problems faced in that exceed $200 million, there is at least UkrExImBank to open New York office certain areas. another $100 million owed to smaller U.S. The ambassador made specific reference and Ukrainian firms that are less able to by Zenon Zawada ing outside Ukraine, as well as financing to Pepsi, Holtec, Vanco, SigmaBleyzer, stand the loss of expected VAT refunds. Kyiv Press Bureau domestic and foreign businesses operating Boeing, Bunge, Horizon Capital, Shell and Ambassador Taylor assured all U.S.- within Ukraine. Its shares are entirely Marathon as having made recent major Ukraine Business Council members that he KYIV – The State Export-Import Bank owned by the Cabinet of Ministers of investments or sales in the Ukrainian mar- has continued to meet with Mykola Azarov, of Ukraine (UkrExImBank) will open the Ukraine. ket. acting first vice prime minister and minister doors to its New York representative office The UkrExIm Bank serves as the main The meeting, held in the conference hall of finance, who has oversight in this area, at 14 Wall St., 20th floor, on December 19. bridge for Ukraine’s foreign trade, and bor- of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF), and will meet with Mr. Azarov’s successor UkrExImBank has a pipeline of new rows funds from the World Bank to finance also heard a top Ex-Im Bank official, as soon as a new government is in place. projects to be financed in 2008 together the Ukrainian banking system, enabling it to Nikolay Oudovichenko, announce that USUBC President Morgan Williams, with the Export-Import Bank of the United lend to export-oriented businesses, Mr. Ukraine’s State Export-Import Bank is who is affiliated with SigmaBleyzer in States, said Mykola Oudovichenko, deputy Oudovichenko said. opening a representative office in New Washington, raised the continued problem chairman of the bank’s board of directors. Earlier, Ukraine’s ExIm Bank was pri- York whose primary function will be facili- of the U.S. government’s Overseas Private However, the bank wants more marily a corporate lending institution, but tating increased investment of Ukrainian Investment Corp. (OPIC) being closed for American investment in Ukraine, he said. small- and mid-size lending has increased capital in the U.S. economy. loan guarantees and other benefits to “Our representative office is a way of dramatically in recent years, he said, reach- Mr. Oudovichenko went on to explain Ukraine since 2005 because of the more consistent and efficient communica- ing 28 percent of the bank’s current loans. many of the innovations that have put the Ukrainian government’s unwillingness to tion between the two countries,” Mr. “The spirit of entrepreneurship in our State Import-Export Bank of Ukraine on find a solution to a relatively small judg- Oudovichenko told a December 7 meeting country is growing dramatically, but it the leading edge of state-owned banks in ment involving only $17 million. As Mr. of American businessmen in Kyiv. “We should be supported by reforms and strong the former Soviet Union. Williams pointed out, solution of this prob- should focus not on the big list of issues, but deregulation systems that would allow for a Ambassador Taylor was decidedly lem could open up several hundred million the most important priorities and industries real platform for sustainable growth,” Mr. upbeat about recent developments in dollars of U.S. equity investment funds, in for the development of bilateral relations.” Oudovichenko said. Ukraine, particularly in moving Ukraine addition to loan guarantees and political At present, Germany leads foreign direct The bank’s return on equity is above 20 even closer to accession to membership in risk insurance. All parties agreed that this investment in Ukraine, accounting for 22 percent, he said, which is comparable to the World Trade Organization (WTO). He problem would be near the top of the agen- percent, followed by the Netherlands (8 per- what top commercial banks achieve. expressed his confidence that, in spite of a da with the new government when it is cent), the Russian Federation (5 percent) Global Finance magazine named ExIm late roadblock put up unexpectedly by the constituted, and the U.S. ambassador said and the U.S. (5 percent). Bank Ukraine’s top bank in 2005. European Union on the issue of export he would meet with Ukrainian officials Founded in 1992, the State Export- The bank will host the grand opening of licenses, there is an outside chance of WTO regarding OPIC. Import Bank, which issues government its New York representative office at the membership becoming a reality for The Ukrainian customs service was loans, is a commercial bank geared toward Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79 St., Ukraine in the last few days of 2007 or at another matter that concerned many of the financing Ukrainian businesses in expand- on December 18 at 6 p.m. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 9 BOOK NOTES: Batkivschyna’s mission and a five-year adventure by Zenon Zawada Connecticut Friends of the Ukrainian “Misiya Batkivschyna” offers 370 Kyiv Press Bureau Expedition in New London, Conn., inviting photographs, as well as historical nuggets Capt. Biriukovych and his wife to visit. and descriptions about all the visited KYIV – It’s been more than seven The couple was awestruck. cities and sites, many with which years since the schooner Batkivschyna “Why are the Americans supporting Americans themselves aren’t familiar. made its legendary voyage across the Batkivschyna?” Capt. Biriukovych wrote. For example, it was President Andrew Atlantic, yet the American reception still “Steve and Lesia are understandable – Jackson who first used the phrase “O.K.” awes and inspires its captain, Dmytro they are Ukrainians. But why Michael And, did you know there are two Biriukovych, to this day. Lamperelli and Dorothy? We are Mississippi Rivers? “It was the brightest star on our jour- strangers to them. Why are they expend- Capt. Biriukovych said his book would ney,” Capt. Biriukovych said. “If anyone ing energy, time and money?” make an excellent Christmas gift, but, asked what most impressed you, it was The generosity of the New Londoners perhaps more importantly, he said he bor- the treatment of Americans, from the was but a drop in a flood. rowed the funds to publish it and now most common worker to the highest sena- The Batkivschyna set sail on April 17, needs to pay his creditors back. tor.” 2000, conquering more than 7,800 nauti- “Misiya Batkivschyna” costs $30, In dedication to his voyage and those cal miles across the Mediterranean Sea plus $9 in shipping costs, and those inter- who supported it, Capt. Biriukovych and Atlantic Ocean in just under two ested can call the Biriukovyches at spent 14 months writing “Misiya months, avoiding a threat from the Turks, (8044) 419-5998, or e-mail dbir- Batkivschyna” (Mission Fatherland), a losing a land-loving sailor and weathering [email protected]. 414-page Ukrainian-language opus about storms along the way. his five-year adventure (with a few The Batkivschyna’s captain, Dmytro Capt. Biriukovych describes how and * * * breaks, of course). why the crew got lost at sea for three Biriukovych. Humorously portrayed in The New weeks, causing them to miss the festival’s “I was surrounded by friends warmer To read The Weekly’s reports about the York Times, revered in the Ukrainian first two events in San Juan, Puerto Rico, than here,” Capt. Biriukovych told The American media and sarcastically dis- Batkivschyna’s participation in OpSail and Miami, and drawing a two-week Weekly back in his native Kyiv. “I can 2000, log on to www.ukrweekly.com and missed in the Russian American media, search by the Coast Guard. never forget that.” search the issues for the year 2000. the Batkivschyna’s voyage can now be Immediately, visitors were amused and viewed through the eyes of Capt. enamored with the Batkivschyna expedi- Biriukovych. tion, visiting the yacht and donating fuel, Published in August and written in the food, flowers and clothes. Ukrainian language, “Misiya Among the expedition’s stars were Batkivschyna” is akin to a daily log of the Petro Vaschyk, a Kozak who amused the journey, hatched during Kuchma-era crowds with his raucous accordion-play- Ukraine when all the average Westerner ing and boisterous song. really knew about Ukraine was Mr. Biriukovych hides little from the Chornobyl and Internet brides. reader, even describing how his original The kindness of strangers, rendezvous crew of 18 dwindled bit by bit, lured by with U.S. politicians, disinterest on the the comforts of American life. part of Ukrainian politicians, his crew’s Eventually, Capt. Biriukovych would desertion and abandonment by Ukraine’s travel throughout the East Coast, up the diplomatic corps are all described in Hudson River to the Erie Canal, through detail. the Great Lakes, the mighty Mississippi Capt. Biriukovych writes about his River, across the Panama Canal and up family’s decades-long devotion to sailing along the West Coast. going back to the post-World War II Among the key moments of Capt. years, when they invested their first large Biriukovych’s journey was his visit to sum of money into a boat. Chicago for the 10th anniversary com- A construction engineer, Capt. memoration of Ukrainian independence, Biriukovych and his colleagues at the leg- during which the captain presented endary Cruiser Yacht Club in Kyiv built Chicago Mayor Richard Daley with a the 89-foot Batkivschyna out of a 22-ton Kozak bulava. steel hull from a Soviet industrial ship. “Truly, the Ukrainian presence in Within three years, a sailing schooner Chicago is substantial,” Capt. with a cement hull was constructed and Biriukovych wrote of the festivities. christened in 1991. “Pride for my country filled my heart.” With his newly gained freedom, Capt. Among the other dignitaries Capt. Biriukovych began sailing to Turkey, Biriukovych encountered was Italy and Israel, participating in sailing Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, who festivals in Spain by 1999. In his travels, climbed aboard the Batkivschyna. Mr. Biriukovych saw how little Currently, the schooner is stranded on Europeans truly knew of his native Kangaroo Island off the coast of Ukraine and realized the need to create Australia, perhaps never to return to positive publicity for his fatherland. Ukraine. Capt. Biriukovych’s breakthrough Capt. Biriukovych said he was assured came with an invitation from U.S. support from the Ukrainian diaspora in President Bill Clinton to attend Operation Australia, led by Stefan Romaniw, only to Sail (OpSail) 2000, the U.S. sailing festi- be abandoned without any financial val for the new millennium. means of continuing the expedition. Though a “Let the World Recognize When Capt. Biriukovych approached Ukraine” Charity Fund was launched, it Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia failed to raise funds. Undaunted, Capt. Oleksander Mischenko for support, he Biriukovych set upon the journey with refused because the expedition was not about $5,500 donated from OpSail – a government-sponsored. mere tenth of what such a voyage normal- “Why are you bothering me?” Mr. ly requires. Mischenko allegedly told Capt. “There were no sponsors and no gov- Biriukovych said. “This is not my busi- ernment support,” he said. “Everything ness!” was done with American money. At Capt. Biriukovych returned to Kyiv by home, this interested no one, through I airplane with his wife, Nina, thanks to sent dozens of letters, knocked on doors tickets generously paid for by fellow sail- in the Rada. Zero. No attention.” ing enthusiast Ken Kling. Capt. Biriukovych’s Canadian son-in- The five-year journey had its ups and law Roy Kellogg worked miracles as the downs, but Capt. Biriukovych strikes a trip’s coordinator and public relations rep- stubbornly optimistic and hopeful tone resentative, but the book reveals that the when writing about them. greatest miracle of the journey of the Disappointment in Australia left Capt. Batkivschyna – “the little ship that could” Biriukovych even more grateful for the – was its utter reliance on the kindness of American reception. strangers, who soon become family. Mission Batkivschyna was a test of Before he even set sail, the Ukrainian international friendship and support, and diaspora kicked into gear. Americans, with and without Ukrainian Steve Femiak organized a support group, roots, passed with flying colors, he said. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 No. 50

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because Russian President Vladimir NEWSBRIEFS... Putin has revived a version of the Stalin- CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) era national anthem and some other sym- Tymoshenko for prime minister. Mr. bols associated with the dictator’s rule. TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 Yekhanurov was prime minister from Mr. Putin has also argued that some other or e-mail: [email protected] September 2005 to August 2006. Mr. countries, such as the United States and Ohryzko previously served as first vice Germany, have far blacker pages in their histories than did the Soviet Union. SERVICES minister for foreign affairs. Mr. The Farm at Novestroka Yushchenko congratulated lawmakers on (RFE/RL Newsline) A story of two Ukrainian women overcoming the political crisis, describ- Law on genocide denial proposed FIRST QUALITY and their struggle to survive during war ing it as “our common victory” obtained UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL-STYLE and its aftermath. 280 pages in a “peaceful, fair and lawful manner.” KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a Order today! Call 888-795-4274 (RFE/RL Newsline) MONUMENTS By Internet: [email protected] bill criminalizing any public denials of SERVING NY/NJ/CT REGION CEMETERIES Tymoshenko nomination fails the Nazi Holocaust or the Holodomor of 1932-1933, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service KYIV – Exactly half of the 450-seat OBLAST reported on December 10. The draft pro- Verkhovna Rada voted on December 11 MEMORIALS poses punishment of two years in prison in favor of approving Yulia Tymoshenko, P.O. BOX 746 or a fine of 100 to 300 times the leader of the bloc bearing her name, as Chester, NY 10918 Ukrainian monthly minimum wage, prime minister, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian 845-469-4247 which amounts to between $9,000 and Service reported. The voting was attend- BILINGUAL HOME APPOINTMENTS $27,000. Repeat offenders could be ed only by the coalition parliamentarians imprisoned for four years. The of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB) Verkhovna Rada in 2006 recognized the and the Our Ukraine – People’s Self- Great Famine of 1932-1933, orchestrated WEST ARKA Defense bloc (OU-OSD). According to 2282 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ont., Canada M6S 1N9 by the Soviet regime of Joseph Stalin, as the YTB and OU-PSD, the voting cards genocide against the Ukrainian nation. Fine Gifts of two coalition lawmakers did not func- (RFE/RL Newsline) Authentic Ukrainian Handicrafts tion properly due to a problem with the Art, Books, CDs, Ceramics Andrew R. CHORNY parliament’s electronic voting system. Restored Golden Gate is opened Embroidered Goods and Supplies Manager During the repeat voting, one card report- Gold Jewelery, Icons, Magazines edly did not function and Vladyslav KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Newspapers, Pysankas and Supplies took part in the opening ceremony of the All Services to Ukraine, Mail-orders Lukianov of the Party of the Regions pre- vented Rada Chair Arseniy Yatsenyuk restored Golden Gate of Kyiv architec- tural site dating back to the 11th century. Tel.: (416) 762-8751 Fax: (416) 767-6839 from casting his vote. The Security e-mail: [email protected] www.westarka.com Service of Ukraine intends to investigate “Every nation has its symbols, by look- the incident and the operation of the vot- ing at which one can say that it is being ing system. Mr. Yatsenyuk announced revived. One of these national symbols has always been the Golden Gate of PROFESSIONALS that the Verkhovna Rada would continue its session on December 12. (RFE/RL Kyiv,” the president said during the cere- Newsline) mony. During the festive re-opening of ïêàëíàçÄ ÅêéÑàç the Golden Gate there was a dramatized 6рофесійний продавець President: keep gas out of politics historical performance and a “City of забезпечення У Craftsmen” fair. The Golden Gate is a KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko historic gateway in the ancient city walls CHRISTINE BRODYN said on December 6 that the issue of the Licensed Agent of Kyiv. It was one of three gateways price for Russian gas supplies to Ukraine constructed by Prince Yaroslav the Wise Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. should be kept out of politics, RFE/RL’s and was reputedly modeled on the Ukrainian Service reported. Russia and Golden Gate of Constantinople, from 187 Henshaw Ave., Springfield, NJ 07081 Ukraine announced on December 4 that The Tel.: (973) 376-1347 which it took its name. In 1240 it was Russia’s Gazprom monopoly will supply partially destroyed by Batu Khan’s LUNA BAND gas to Ukraine at $179.50 per 1,000 Golden Horde. It remained as a gate to Music for weddings, zabavas, GEORGE B. KORDUBA cubic meters in 2008, up from the current the city through the 18th century, festivals, anniversary celebrations. Counsellor at Law rate of $130. “The price of $179.50 is a although it gradually fell into ruin. In OLES KUZYSZYN phone/fax: (732) 636-5406 great shock to the Ukrainian economy. Emphasis on Real Estate, Wills, Trusts and Elder Law 1832 the ruins were excavated and an ini- e-mail: [email protected] This once again forces us to revise the Ward Witty Drive, P.O. Box 249 tial survey for their conservation was MONTVILLE, NJ 07045 energy-consumption policy, especially in undertaken. Further works in the 1970s Hours by Appointment Tel.: (973) 335-4555 such sectors as housing, the private sec- added an adjacent pavilion housing a tor and some areas of industry,” Mr. museum. (Ukrinform) Yushchenko said. Yulia Tymoshenko, the party leader nominated by the president Visa-free travel for border areas LAW OFFICES OF for the post of prime minister, said that she will be able to arrange a reduction in KYIV – Ukrainians who reside in the ZENON B. MASNYJ, ESQ. 50-kilometer area bordering on Hungary the price after she takes office. “I would may visit the country visa-free although advise Ukrainian politicians not to politi- it will belong to the Schengen zone as of cize the issue of gas prices. This will In the East Village since 1983 December 21. A decision on the visa-free only cause harm,” Interfax quoted Mr. travel was ratified by the Hungarian Yushchenko as saying. Russian First Serious personal injury, real estate National Assembly. 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The coalition would have had its 226- Tymoshenko Bloc Deputy Mykola vote majority had Party of the Regions Tomenko, who is expected to become the Deputy Vladyslav Lukianov not reached Parliament’s vice-chair, brought in the by- for Mr. Yatsenyuk’s voting card and now-standard massive bouquet of roses to removed it from its slot just as the vote congratulate his leader. occurred. The coalition appeared to muster all “Give the card back,” Mr. Yatsenyuk 227 of its deputies, including Vladyslav shouted. Kaskiv, a deputy who recently underwent Mr. Lukianov returned the card only an operation and ascended the after the tally again produced a result of Parliament’s steps with the help of a metal 225 votes, causing Party of the Regions cane and fellow Deputy Andrii deputies to erupt in wild cheers and shouts Shevchenko. of “Hanba” (Shame) directed at Messrs. Ivan Spodarenko, the 76-year-old being Yatsenyuk and Yushchenko. treated in a hospital for heart troubles he Results posted on the Verkhovna Rada suffered weeks earlier, also was present. website revealed that the cards of Mr. After the president’s nomination, Ms. Denkovych and Mr. Omelchenko had Tymoshenko reaffirmed her intention to worked on the second vote, but that fulfill all her campaign promises, even Tymoshenko Bloc deputy Yaroslav UNIAN/ Oleksander Kosaryev those considered unrealistic, particularly Fedorchuk had abstained (in addition to Party of the Regions of Ukraine National Deputy Vladyslav Lukianov swipes the returning the $120 billion in bank deposits Mr. Yatsenyuk’s vote not registering). voting card of Parliamentary Chair Arseniy Yatsenyuk from its slot during a second destroyed by the hyperinflation of 1991- Mr. Yatsenyuk called a break and left vote on Yulia Tymoshenko’s candidacy on December 11. 1995. the presidium, followed by the president. Prior governments were able to return Party of the Regions deputies immedi- fixed the voting system, some experts sus- voting button needs to be held for two sec- billions in value-added refunds to ately rushed into the Parliament’s halls to pected possible sabotage from within the onds,” he said. “You can’t press the button exporters and other costs to corporations, speak with reporters to denounce the coalition itself. before the signal. But if that was truly the she said. “Somehow politicians don’t coalition’s stability and legitimacy. Having spent more than a decade in problem, then they could have voted the think about those kopeks that people held “This isn’t pragmatic, and this has no Ukrainian politics, New York native and next day. We don’t know the entire situa- on their savings books, which was their future,” said Hanna Herman, a Party of Ukrainian citizen Ivan Lozowy didn’t rule tion, but it’s apparent there are problems last hope in life,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. the Regions deputy. “This will happen at out the possibility of the Baloha faction, within the coalition.” “They offer explanations of inflation, every vote. What is necessary now is to including fellow Zakarpattia natives Vasyl Coalition leaders renewed negotiations an absence of funds, and that it’s not a pri- unite Parliament into a broad coalition, Petiovka and Ihor Kril, undermining the on December 13 with the Party of the ority issue. I would want for us to change select the governing organs and find com- vote. Regions on distributing control of parlia- our priorities so that Ukraine’s govern- promise even if this compromise will be Though the Verkhovna Rada website mentary committees. However, it became ment has the honor and conscience before painful for us.” listed all the deputies who voted and how apparent the Party of the Regions was the people, who for 30 years collected Unabashed and proud of his act, Mr. they voted, the official list could be sub- attempting to stall any agreement as long their rubles and then hryvni on their sav- Lukianov declared he was compelled to ject to easy manipulation, he said. as it could as its leaders shifted and ings books,” she added. swipe the speaker’s card because Mr. The Party of the Regions alleged two increased their demands periodically. The Communist Party of Ukraine Yatsenyuk had violated the parliamentary days later that Mr. Fedorchuk wasn’t even “In dragging out the discussion on voiced its opposition to Ms. rules in holding a vote to reconsider Ms. in the session hall on that fateful day, committees, the Regions are aiming to Tymoshenko’s candidacy, largely because Tymoshenko’s candidacy. implying a conspiracy on behalf of the open further division within the coalition,” of her poor handling of energy and eco- “Without the Parliament’s approval, he coalition. Mr. Fedorchuk’s seat is adjacent Mr. Syrotiuk said. “The longer nomic policy as prime minister in 2005. put the issue to a repeat vote,” he said. to Mr. Turchynov’s. Tymoshenko isn’t approved, the more The centrist Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc did- “That was a violation of the regimen, and A close observer of Parliament, Mr. likely coalition members are going to call n’t criticize or support her, while deputies it was the single possibility to prevent a Syrotiuk doubted any conspiracy. “The in sick.” of the Party of the Regions didn’t bother violation of the law and the Parliament’s registering for the session. work.” After Mr. Yatsenyuk announced the Mr. Lukianov’s Party of the Regions vote, gasps filled the session hall when the colleagues immediately set up a blockade number “225” flashed on the Parliament’s of Parliament, preventing any repeat vote scoreboard, with two abstentions. Mr. on Ms. Tymoshenko’s candidacy that Yatsenyuk’s eyes grew wide and his head evening and for the next two days. jerked back in apparent disbelief upon Soon enough, conspiracy theories viewing the results. began swirling about. Immediately, Oleksander Turchynov, Aside from Ms. Tymoshenko’s accusa- Ms. Tymoshenko’s right-hand man, tion that the Party of the Regions had

Association for Water Resource NEWSBRIEFS... Rehabilitation and Fish Selection, (Continued from page 28) Volodymyr Volkov, said he believes that man. Mr. Dzhemilev, 64, has been the Russia should pay Ukraine at least $1.5 Mejlis leader for 16 years. He wants to billion (U.S.) in damages following the resign that post and find a successor as shipwrecks in the Kerch Strait. He said he is a Ukrainian national deputy (Our the accidents have prevented fish migra- Ukraine – People’s Self Defense bloc) tion from the Bosporus and the and he finds it difficult to combine the Mediterranean Sea to Ukrainian waters. leadership of Mejlis with his work in the According to experts, the natural water Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. (Ukrinform) balance can only be restored through a 5,000 tons of oil from spill long-term program lasting at least five years. (Ukrinform) KYIV – A total of 5,152 tons of black oil fuel mixed with sand and seaweed Kyiv to introduce congestion charge have been collected on Tuzla Island and KYIV – Kyiv authorities intend to the Kerch Strait shore, reported the Emergencies Ministry in the introduce a congestion charge in the sum- Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The mer of 2008 in order to prevent traffic fuel was spilled by the Russian tanker jams and improve the city’s ecology, it Volgoneft-139 in a November 11 storm. was reported on December 7. According Need a back issue? to Kyiv Deputy Mayor Irena Kylchytska, Ecologists are monitoring the Kerch If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, over 800,000 cars have been registered in Strait, as well as the Black and Azov send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, Kyiv and 200,000 more enter Kyiv daily. seas’ shoreline, for new signs of pollu- 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. tion. The president of the Aquaculture (Ukrinform) 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 No. 50

of cultural matters is so poor that other Fourth Wave... governments appear more supportive. (Continued from page 1) For example, the government of of the Kyiv-based Small- and Middle- Kazakhstan is remarkably supportive of Sized Business Support and Coordination Ukrainian cultural initiatives, said Center, which will attempt to attract both Volodymyr Skrypnyk, director of the executive committee of the Ukrainians of domestic and foreign investment. It will Kazakhstan Council. work in conjunction with the Ukrainian More than 30 Sunday schools, and World Information Network established even a high school, have been estab- in Vienna and led by Dmytro Slavov, Mr. lished, he said. “Ukrainians in Shokalo said. Kazakhstan are [treated as] first-rate citi- The forum also proposed creating a zens,” Mr. Skrypnyk said. “Ukrainian National Commission for Ukraine’s Safe, culture isn’t any less tended to than here Stable Ecological Development, under the in Ukraine.” He called for a global infor- president’s oversight, which would have mation and economic network for the goal of implementing a strategy for Ukrainians. stable development of Ukrainian society. The forum placed particular emphasis Among the biggest topics discussed at on strategically developing Ukrainian the forum was maintaining the diaspora’s society through its agricultural sector, cultural and educational activities over- “which would ensure the foundation for a seas. rebirth of the nation’s gene pool and Those in the publishing industry com- material wealth.” plained of little or no support from the Its final resolution declared Ukraine’s Zenon Zawada Ukrainian government in their activities, agricultural sector as the most promising Dmytro Pavlychko, chair of the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council, opens particularly after the government of branch in developing Ukrainian society the first annual Economic Forum of the World’s Ukrainians. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych cut “because Ukrainian soil is an inex- financing for diaspora programs in the haustible, renewable national resource within villages and support villagers’ their own cost, the largest contingents budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. and the basis for the nation’s wealth.” management of large-scale agriculture on being from the Russian Federation and “In 2007 Russia earmarked $10 million “All our socio-economic problems can their own lands.” Moldova, he said. to support its mass media abroad,” said be solved only on the basis of renewing The budget for the first Economic “The fourth migrational-emigrational Mykhailo Petruniak, chief editor of the the village – the nation’s demographic Forum of the World’s Ukrainians was wave should become the last wave of Ukrayinets newspaper in Spain. “Ukraine stabilizer where the nation’s quality gene $50,000, which was drawn from Ukrainians spilling abroad and the first didn’t set aside a single kopek for its 7 pool is formed,” the resolution stated. Ukrainian businessmen within Ukraine, wave to return home,” said Volodymyr million emigrants and laborers abroad.” “The nation’s strategic task, therefore, is Mr. Shokalo said. Ilyin, an economics professor at Taras The Ukrainian government’s handling to develop the food production industry Those who attended the forum came at Shevchenko State University in Kyiv.

New Zealand... (Continued from page 1) Sixty ordinary FDCs and two sheets of 50-cent stamps will be gifted to several organizations, including the Ukrainian World Congress, for further distribution to member-organizations, as well as other New Zealand, Ukrainian and world organi- zations. Thirty-seven stamps – including 20 of the 50-cent stamps and 17 of the $1.50 stamps – were placed in postal circulation both in New Zealand and internationally by the UANZ for its own postal needs. The remaining articles were offered for a limited time for purchase to UANZ mem- bers and eventually released to collectors and general public via auction on http://www.trademe.co.nz portal. The only full sheet of $1.50 stamps was to be sold via online auction. More information about New Zealand’s Holodomor stamp is available at http://www.holodomor-stamps.info. Further enquiries should be directed to [email protected]. The UANZ is non-profit organization of Ukrainian New Zealanders, their families and others. It traces its roots to the Ukrainian immigrant societies in New Zealand founded in the 1950s. New coalition... (Continued from page 2) of the National Bank in 2004 while the bank’s formal chairman, Serhii Tyhypko, headed Mr. Yanukovych’s election head- quarters. After the 2004 Orange Revolution he served consecutively as Odesa Oblast vice-chair, Ukrainian economy minister and vice-chair of the presidential office. Mr. Yatsenyuk has been foreign affairs minister since March. On December 6 Mr. Yatsenyuk submit- ted Ms. Tymoshenko’s nomination for prime minister to President Yushchenko, who has two weeks to formally ask the Verkhovna Rada to approve her nomination. Sources: Interfax-Ukraine, November 28, 29; NTN TV, November 30; Channel 5, Ukrayinska Pravda, December 4, 6. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 31 Pittsburgh community commemorates the Holodomor by Nicholas C. Kotow of the Ukrainian and American flags to the tetrapod on the chapel altar dias. PITTSBURGH – The greater The children placed their flowers, a Pittsburgh Ukrainian community gath- remembrance of the 7 million to 10 mil- ered in solemn assembly at Heinz Chapel lion Ukrainians who perished in the on the campus of the University of Famine-Genocide, into a vase, which was Pittsburgh on Sunday, November 11, to then placed on the tetrapod. commemorate the 75th anniversary of the An ecumenical memorial service was Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933. co-officiated by Msgr. George The panakhyda (requiem) service and Appleyard, dean of the Central Deanery program were arranged by the Ukrainian of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Nationality Room Committee at the Josaphat in Parma, Ohio, and the Very University of Pittsburgh in affiliation Rev. Protopresbyter George Hnatko, dean with the Pittsburgh committee on the of the Pittsburgh Deanery of the 75th anniversary of the Famine chaired Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the by Marika Zaliszczuk, president of U.S.A. Branch 27 of the Ukrainian National Ukrainian Catholic clergy participat- Women’s League of America. ing were: the Very Rev. Canon Archpriest Representatives from area Ukrainian Philip Bumbar (Holy Trinity Church, Catholic, Orthodox and Baptist churches, Carnegie, Pa.), the Revs. Ivan Chirovsky the League of Ukrainian Catholics, (St. John the Baptist Church, Pittsburgh), Ukrainian Orthodox League, School of Ihor Hohosha (St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Studies (Ridna Shkola), Church, McKees Rocks, Pa.), Ivan Michael Komichak, master of ceremonies, speaks; in the background are Marika Ukrainian Selfreliance Credit Union, Smereka (Holy Trinity) and Valerian M. Zaliszczuk, chair of the local committee on the 75th anniversary of the Famine, Ukrainian Technological Society and the Michlik (St. George Church, Pittsburgh.) and the Choir of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Pittsburgh. Ukrainian Radio Program formed the Ukrainian Orthodox clergy participat- Famine Commemoration Committee of ing were: the Very Rev. Timothy Tomson from Dan Onorato, Allegheny County from the National Committee to Pittsburgh. (St. Mary Church, McKees Rocks, Pa.) chief executive, urging all Allegheny Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of As some 300 people entered Heinz and the Revs. Paisius McGrath (Holy County residents to join their neighbors the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932- Chapel, they were greeted by Christina Virgin Church, Arnold, Pa.), Roman of Ukrainian heritage in commemorating 1933 sent by Michael Sawkiw Jr., chair- Hlutkowsky, Eryna Honchar, Olya Lysak Yatskiv (St. Nicholas Church, Monessen, the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian man, and Daria Pishko Komichak, and Katrina Malarsky, all in traditional Pa.) and Steve Repa (Ss. Peter and Paul Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 on English-language secretary. Ukrainian dress, who gave each person a Church, Carnegie, Pa.). Sunday, November 11. Dr. George Kulchytsky, professor black remembrance wristband and a pro- Also participating were the Rev. Paul- Michael Komichak, chairman of the emeritus of Soviet and East European gram booklet. Alexander Shutt, OSB, from St. Vincent Ukrainian Nationality Room Committee history at Youngstown State University As people were being seated, the 22- Archabbey in Latrobe, Pa., and the Rev. at the University of Pittsburgh and host- in Ohio, spoke in Ukrainian and English voice choir of St. John the Baptist Deacons Jerry Ikalowych (Holy Trinity, director of the Ukrainian Radio Program, on the Soviet genocide against the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Pittsburgh Carnegie, Pa.) and Dennis Lapushansky acted as master of ceremonies. He first Ukrainian nation. His remarks included sang an overture of selections from the (Ss. Peter and Paul, Carnegie, Pa.). Laity introduced survivors of the Famine- original historical research that he had divine liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. responses were sung by the choir of St. Genocide who were present: Olya Didyk, conducted in preparation for the com- The choir then sang “Dostoyno yest” as a John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Kateryna Dowbenko, Daria Drechsler, memoration which documented that procession of some 20 children from the Church under the direction of Stephen Elizabeth Ivashchenko, Alexandra Kozak Joseph Stalin and the Communist Party Ridna Shkola, Kyiv dance group and Zinski. and Gregory Repa. They were acknowl- in Moscow instigated an artificial famine Baptist church, each carrying a carnation, After the panakhyda Ms. Zaliszczuk edged with applause. led the priests, deacons and flag-bearers welcomed all and read a proclamation Mr. Komichak then read a greeting (Continued on page 32) 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 No. 50

“God Bless America.” Judge Michael J. Creppy ruled that Mr. Pittsburgh... In closing remarks, Mr. Komichak Demjanjuk... Demjanjuk, could be deported from the (Continued from page 31) commended the ecumenical cooperation (Continued from page 5) United States; on December 28, 2005, he in the villages of Ukraine in 1932-1933. of the Ukrainian Catholic, Ukrainian the part of U.S. government prosecutors ruled that Mr. Demjanjuk be deported The Ukrainian Cultural Trust Choir of Orthodox and the Slavic Baptist churches and wrote that attorneys of the U.S. from the United States to his native Western Pennsylvania, comprising 18 and various Ukrainian organizations for Justice Department’s Office of Special Ukraine, or to Germany or Poland if voices under the direction of Dorothy participating in the 75th anniversary Investigations (OSI) “acted with reckless Ukraine refused to accept him. Waslo, sand “Pid Tvoiu Mylist,” “Koly commemoration of the Ukrainian disregard for their duty to the court and The U.S. government now claims that Vy Vmyraly” and “So Sviatymy Famine-Genocide and urged all to like- their discovery obligations” in failing to Mr. Demjanjuk – whom it once accused Upokoi.” wise participate in future commemora- disclose potentially exculpatory evidence of being the notorious guard know as Then Ms. Dowbenko, faculty instruc- tive events and those sponsored by the to the Demjanjuk defense. “Ivan the Terrible” at Treblinka – was a tor of Ukrainian in the department of national committee. Finally, he asked all In 1999 the Justice Department filed guard at the Sobibor, Majdanek and Slavic languages and literatures at the to remember the Holodomor’s victims in suit once again to seek revocation of Mr. Flossenberg Nazi concentration camps. University of Pittsburgh, recited the their private prayers. Demjanjuk’s U.S. citizenship on the Mr. Demjanjuk denies that he ever poem “Crime and Punishment” in The combined voices of all three grounds that he illegally gained entry served the Nazis, but admits giving false Ukrainian, written by the late Prof. Dr. choirs, under the direction of Dr. into the United States and illegally statements when entering the United Wasyl Jaszcun. Benham, then led the singing of “Bozhe gained U.S. citizenship because he had States in order to escape repatriation to The Rev. Vladimir Ivashchenko of the Velykyi Yedyny,” after which the clergy concealed his service as a camp guard. the Soviet Union. He says he served in Slavic Baptist Church of Pittsburgh recessed to end the commemorative His citizenship was revoked in February the Soviet army and was a prisoner of offered a prayer in English in remem- event. 2002, with Judge Matia saying there is war captured by the Germans. brance of those who had perished. Then Thanks were expressed to Michael J. enough evidence to prove Mr. Demjanjuk Mr. Demjanjuk’s son-in-law Ed the 21-member Slavic Baptist Church Jula, Who was in charge of dressing the was a guard at Nazi death and forced Nishnic was quoted by the Reuters news Choir, under the direction of Dr. Steve tetrapod and providing the bread, can- labor camps without eyewitness corrobo- service as saying that Mr. Demjanjuk, Benham, professor of music at Duquesne dles, kutia, hand cross and censor, as well ration. That ruling was affirmed in April who was not in court for the latest hear- University in Pittsburgh, sang “Pro as icon and rushnyk hangings for the 2004 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for ing in his case, is old and “not in good Blahodattiu Doliu Ukrayni” and podium, to Dr. Roksana Korchynsky for the 6th District. health.” He added, “He’s in a way oblivi- “Blahoslovy Dushe Moya Hospody.” the make-up of the program book, to In June 2005, Chief Immigration ous to what’s going on in the courtroom.” Mr. Komichak then invited all to also George Honchar, secretary, and the remember those in the military service on Ukrainian American Citizens Club of this Veterans U.S. Day with a resounding Carnegie for use of their flags. appointed by the governor. The 26 pub- Camilla Huk... lic members shall be broadly representa- (Continued from page 5) tive of the following subjects and con- August 6. stituencies: civil rights, commerce, com- According to a press release issued by munity-based organizations, education, the Governor’s Office, “The Governor’s faith-based organizations, immigration Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on advocacy, labor and service providers.” Immigrant Policy will examine a number The panel is chaired by Public of areas important to New Jersey’s immi- Advocate Ron Chen and must report its grant population, including education, findings and recommendations to the citizenship status, civil rights, fair hous- governor by the 15th month after its ing, health care, language proficiency organizational meeting. Also on the panel and employment and work force train- are two legislative members, one each ing.” from the African American and Latino Via Executive Order No. 91, the gov- legislative caucuses, and seven commis- ernor expanded the panel to 35 members, sioners or their designees who serve as “of whom 26 shall be public members ex-officio members. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 33 34 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 No. 50 Peter and Doris Kule create major endowment for Ukrainian Canadian studies EDMONTON, Alberta – Well-known sponsor conferences and disseminate the Edmonton philanthropists Drs. Peter and results of our research, you quickly real- Doris Kule have once again made a ize that even a million-dollar endowment major donation in support of Ukrainian only goes so far. Consequently, we plan Studies in Canada. to leverage some of the income by con- Having already given more than $1.1 tinuing to apply for project grants and by million to post-secondary institutions in appealing for other donors to come for- Edmonton and Ottawa, in July they con- ward, like the Kules have – to help us tributed $900,000 toward the establish- put Ukrainian Canadians studies on a ment of an endowment dedicated to the solid financial base into the future.” study of Ukrainians in Canada. In September the Kules were awarded Combined with the $100,000 they previ- a Shevchenko Medal by the Ukrainian ously donated to the Canadian Institute Canadian Congress in recognition of of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) to support their contributions in promoting research on Ukrainian communities Ukrainian scholarship and education. around the world, their donation repre- They were to be honored by the sents an outstanding investment in aca- University of Alberta on December 14, demic research on the Ukrainian experi- when a specially commissioned portrait ence outside of Ukraine. of them will be unveiled at a ceremony The $1 million donation will eventual- at the university’s Timms Center. ly be doubled through the government of As there are only a handful of individu- Alberta matching gifts program. In com- als who have supported education in bination with CIUS’s annual budgetary Canada on the scale of the Kules, they are allocation to the Ukrainian Canadian in a very exclusive club of philanthropists. Program, the endowment will in time “The money could not have come at a triple the amount of money available for better time,” noted Mr. Balan, “consider- the continued development of Ukrainian ing the interest that Ukrainians in Canadian Studies. Canada, as well as Ukraine, are showing In announcing the news of their dona- in the Ukrainian heritage in Canada. The tion, Jars Balan, the administrative co- founding of several diaspora studies cen- ordinator of the Ukrainian Canadian ters in Ukraine is one indication that Program at CIUS, described the Kules’ scholars and students there are starting to gesture as “unprecedented and hum- appreciate the remarkable contributions bling.” Drs. Peter and Doris Kule that Ukrainians have made in different “It is hard to adequately convey our countries around the world. And here, gratitude to the Kules,” explained Mr. at the same time supported other post- reductions in government funding to the many Canadians of Ukrainian descent Balan, “because they have given so gen- secondary programs at the University of university made it necessary for CIUS to are exploring their family histories, erously to so many other Ukrainian insti- Alberta in religious studies, business and seek grants and outside sources of rev- while at the same time wanting to learn tutions. The impact they are having on accounting. enue simply to keep pace with inflation. more about the history of Ukraine and Ukrainian scholarship is impossible to In recognition of their gift, the In the short term, the income from the the community in Canada.” underestimate. Indeed, they are not only Ukrainian Canadian Program is being endowment will help ease some of the Mr. Balan said he hopes that more supporting historical research, they are renamed the Kule Center for Ukrainian fiscal pressures experienced by the UCP, individuals will follow the example of making Ukrainian history in Canada.” Canadian Studies (KCUCS) at CIUS. while in the longterm, it will ensure the Kules and support Ukrainian The Peter and Doris Kule Center for The Diaspora Studies Initiative, which is greater self-sufficiency for Ukrainian Canadian studies at CIUS with donations Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore at the being coordinated by Dr. Serge Cipko, Canadian studies within CIUS. large or small. “Ideally, we’d like to see University of Alberta, the Sheptytsky will operate under the umbrella of the “Although it is a significant and much the endowment for the Kule Center grow Institute at the University of St. Paul, the new center, whose work it both comple- appreciated infusion of new money,” to $4 million, a quarter of which would Ukrainian Resource and Development ments and enhances. observed Mr. Balan, “when you consider then be earmarked for diaspora studies. It Center at Grant MacEwan College and, The Kule fund will provide much- the scope of our activities it will have to would be wonderful to be able to do most recently, the Chair of Ukrainian needed financial stability for the conduct be invested wisely to ensure that it yields comparative analyses of different Studies at the University of Ottawa, have of scholarly investigations into Ukrainian the maximum benefit. Given that we Ukrainian communities, and to make all been beneficiaries of major donations life in Canada. As has been the case with have to subsidize staff positions, hire Canada a leading source of expertise on by the Edmonton couple. The Kules have the humanities in general, cutbacks and contract researchers, writers and editors, Ukrainian achievements globally.” Yaworska Scholarships offered to music students in U.S. and Canada OTTAWA – The Marusia Yaworska Scholarship Fund administered by the University of Ottawa will provide at least two scholarships, each valued at up to $5,000 (Canadian), to talented students in Canada or Ukraine who are pursuing music studies at the graduate level. The fund, established from the estate of Marusia Yaworska, a music lover and her- self a pianist and violinist who taught per- forming arts for 40 years, awards scholar- ships to students at the master’s, doctoral or post-doctoral level. Candidates must be enrolled in a recognized music program in Canada, Ukraine or elsewhere, and be nominated by their own school of music. In 2007-2008 two students received a Marusia Yaworska Scholarship: Elliott Braganza and Bryan Wagom from the University of Ottawa. Each school is invited to nominate one student before March 31, 2008, with prop- er supporting documentation, including an official application form, a curriculum vitae, a recording of three works, official transcripts and reference letters. For information call 613-562-5800, ext. 2636, or e-mail [email protected]. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 35 Plast Spartanky sorority OUT AND ABOUT holds annual conference by Vera Chuma-Bitcon their annual elections. Irka Sawchyn-Doll December 23 St. Nicholas program, Assumption of the was re-elected as president, Petrusia Ottawa Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, SLOATSBURG, N.Y. – The senior Paslawska as vice-president and Lida 613-728-0856 Plast sorority “Spartanky” held its annual Prokop as secretary. conference here at St. Mary’s Villa run The Spartanky continue to work close- December 31 New Year’s Eve dance, music by Ostap by the Sisters Servants of Mary ly with Plast youths, organizing sporting Whippany, NJ Stakhiv and friends, and Tempo, Ukrainian Immaculate. Close to 40 Spartanky from events, a camp for 6- to 7-year-old Plast the tri-state area, as well as Pennsylvania children, and other activities within the American Cultural Center of New Jersey, and Vermont attended the September 28- various Plast branches. In addition, 973-599-0555 or 973-397-9651 29 gathering. throughout the year many Spartanky are Prior to the start of their meeting, the active in their respective branches, either December 31 New Year’s Eve party, St. Vladimir Plast members spent the morning hiking holding leadership positions or volun- Uniondale, NY Ukrainian Catholic Church, 516-481-7717 or the spectacular grounds of this historic teering their services when needed. 516-996-3231 estate. During their opening ceremony, On December 14 the Spartanky were the sorority inducted its latest member, to hold a traditional “Andriyivsky Roksolana Misilo. Vechir” at the Ukrainian American December 31 New Year’s Eve Gala, featuring music by In addition to planning the work for Cultural Center of New Jersey, located in Stamford, CT Hrim, St. Basil’s College, St. Vladimir’s the upcoming year, the Spartanky held Whippany. Organization of Young Adults, 203-329-8693 or 203-253-8005

December 31 New Year’s Eve ball, Ukrainian Educational Jenkintown, PA and Cultural Center, [email protected] or 215-663-1166

December 31 New Year’s Eve dance, music by The Wave Passaic, NJ Band, Ukrainian Center, 973-779-4017

December 31 New Year’s Eve celebration and potluck Ottawa dinner, Assumption of the Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 613-728-0856

January 4 Monthly social, The Washington Group, Washington Leopold’s Café, 240-381-0993 or [email protected]

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, December 22 dents; tickets purchased at the door will sell for $20 for adults; $10 for students. NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific For further information readers may con- Society invites all to a Literary Bazaar tact any board member or call the UNHH titled “The December Attack of Ukrainian Prose on New York.” Participating will be: office, 860-296-5702. Oksana Lutsyshyna (Uzhhorod-Florida), Saturday, January 19 prose writer, poetess, author of two books newly published by Fakt – a collection of WASHINGTON: You are cordially invit- stories “Ne Chervoniuchy” and a novel ed to attend Malanka 2008, sponsored by “Sontse Zakhodyt Tak Ridko” (Two of the Ukrainian Association of Washington Ms. Lutsyshyna’s books have been nomi- Metropolitan Area Inc. The gala banquet nated this year for the BBC book prize.); and ball will be held at the Georgetown Oles Berezhny (Washington), prose writer, University Conference Center, 3800 author of the collection of stories Reservoir Road NW. Music will be pro- “Chervonyi Borsch” (Kyiv: Fakt, 2007); vided by Canada’s Zolota Bulava. Tickets and Alexander Motyl (New York), prose are $115 if purchased prior to December writer and painter, author of two novels, 19. For tickets and information call Sophia “Whiskey Priest” and “Who Killed Andrei Caryk at 301-854-2062 or e-mail malan- Warhol.” The program will be emceed by [email protected]. Vasyl Makhno. After the reading, it will be possible to purchase the authors’ books. CARTERET, N.J.: St. Demetrius The bazaar will take place at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and St. Shevchenko Society’s building, 63 Fourth Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church are co- Ave (between Ninth and 10th streets), at 5 sponsoring a Malanka, which will be held p.m. For additional information call 212- at the St. Demetrius Community Center, 254-5130. 681 Roosevelt Ave. Music will be by Fata Morgana. Tickets are $50, which includes Sunday, January 6 admission, choice of sirloin beef or stuffed HARTFORD, Conn.: The board of capon dinner, open bar, midnight hors directors of the Ukrainian National d’oeuvres and a champagne toast. Home of Hartford (UNHH) invites you (Outside liquor is prohibited.) The St. and your family to a traditional Demetrius Center is located just blocks Christmas Eve dinner-concert at 6 p.m. from Exit 12 of the New Jersey Turnpike. at the UNHH, 961 Wethersfield Ave. The Doors open at 6 p.m.; dinner will be program includes a performance by the served at 7 p.m.; music begins at 8:30 p.m. Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble and For tickets and table reservations call a family-style dinner. Discounted tickets, Peter Prociuk, 732-541-5452. Tickets will to be purchased by December 31, are not be sold at the door. Deadline for tick- available for $15 for adults, $8 for stu- ets is January 14.

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Folk Costume & Folk Art Study Tour of Ukraine with Orysia Tracz

Aug. 5-21, 2008

Tour manager/guide -- Ukrainian culture specialist Orysia Tracz. Embroidery, weaving, pottery, wood- carving, beadwork, pysanky. Museums, artists, folk art masters, antiquity, tradition, excellent shopping and traditional Ukrainian food. Special sessions at four museums. Visits to ancestral villages arranged.

Depart from Winnipeg, connections from Toronto.

Contact Orysia at [email protected]

[email protected] 204-801-3610