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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXII No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 $2.00 Dozens die in Odesa battle, as expands offensive by Zenon Zawada NEW YORK – The Russian government’s undeclared war against expanded to Odesa on May 2, where the burning of the local trade union building killed 31 pro-Rus- sian fighters and injured about 50, according to police. They took refuge there after street fights that killed more than a dozen, including pro-Ukrainian fighters, and injured about 150, including 22 police. Ukrainian law enforcement authorities accused the Russian government of dispatching provocateurs to Odesa to incite the conflict, having arrested three Russian citizens. They also said the deadly fire was mistakenly set by the pro-Russian fighters themselves, who threw Molotov cock- tails that landed nearby. The Odesa street battle offered more proof of the Russian government’s plan to occupy southern Ukraine, observers said. It involves forming a Russian-controlled territory auton- omous from along the Black Sea that links Russia to the Transdniester, thereby blocking Kyiv’s access to the coastline. “The bloody pictures from Odesa have shown us that we are just a few steps away from a military confrontation,” German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier Oleg Kutsky/UNIAN said in an interview published in European newspapers. Pro-Ukrainian fighters watch as the Odesa Oblast Federation of Trade Unions building burns on May 2. Thirty-one Dmytro Tymchuk, director of the Center for Military- were killed in the blaze and 50 were hospitalized. Political Research in Ukraine, predicted the Russians would target Odesa two weeks before the battles erupted. peaceful pro-Ukrainian protesters – many of them stones, rocks, bats, Molotov cocktails and air pistols used “It’s an opportune moment to launch a scheme in Odesa Chornomorets Odesa soccer fans – with bats, chains and by both sides. while Ukraine’s attention is tied to Donbas,” he wrote on guns, pravda.com.ua reported. The pro-Russian forces They attacked the pro-Russian camp set up a few his blog on April 17. “Having lost Odesa, Ukraine will lose swelled throughout the day, unrestrained by local police as months earlier at central Kulykov Field and set it ablaze, the entire south.” they engaged in violence. causing the pro-Russian fighters to retreat to the trade As Mr. Tymchuk foresaw, the Odesa battle occurred just Indeed, photographs flooded the Internet of the pro- union building, from where they attacked the pro-Ukraini- as the Ukrainian government launched an anti-terrorist Russian fighters carrying guns alongside indifferent police ans with firearms and Molotov cocktails, reported dumska- operation in , a city in the Oblast located officers. Yet the Internal Affairs Ministry also reported that ya.net, an Odesa news site. on a key transportation route that has been taken over by three police officers were injured as they tried to separate Unfortunately for the pro-Russians, at least one of the pro-Russian fighters. the sides throughout the day’s street fights. Molotovs landed close enough to the building to set it afire, The Odesa street fights were provoked by about 200 Eventually, the pro-Ukrainian forces retaliated and the pro-Russian provocateurs, who attacked more than 1,000 battles escalated, involving fireworks, stun grenades, (Continued on page 13) Kerry: referendum in Ukraine’s east utilizes “the play-book”

RFE/RL who were involved in Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Speaking at the White House with visiting German Sanctions also have been imposed over ’s con- Chancellor Angela Merkel on May 2, Mr. Obama also said WASHINGTON – Washington has denounced what it tinued destabilizing actions in Ukraine’s east. that Germany and the United States had an “unwavering calls “contrived and bogus” plans by pro-Russia separatist U.S. officials have said that all Ukrainians should vote on Article 5 commitment to the security” of NATO allies. He groups in eastern Ukraine to conduct a weekend referen- their future governance in nationwide elections set for May 25. added that part of that Article 5 commitment was the use dum on self-determination. Ms. Ashton said after her talks with Mr. Kerry that “It’s of German military aircraft that are joining with NATO air The pro-Russia separatists that are planning the refer- for the people of Ukraine to decide what Ukraine is and will patrols over the Baltics, which border Russia. endum are pushing for autonomy and independence for be, and they will consider very carefully where they sit in Mr. Obama’s remarks came after Kyiv on May 2 launched parts of eastern Ukraine – a situation similar to a regional the world.” military operations at the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk referendum in Crimea on March 16 that led to Russia’s Meanwhile, both Mr. Kerry and Ms. Ashton criticized Russia – where pro-Russian separatist forces have seized govern- annexation of the peninsula. for failing to abide by an agreement reached in Geneva on ment buildings, blockaded the city, and detained a group of Speaking after meeting in Washington on May 6 with April 17 aimed at de-escalating tensions in eastern Ukraine. international monitors from the Organization for Security European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, U.S. They threatened that any move by Moscow to annex and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Secretary of State John Kerry said: “We flatly reject this ille- additional parts of Ukraine would be met by more sanc- Mr. Obama said that, “as Ukrainian forces move to restore gal effort to further divide Ukraine. Its pursuit will create tions. Such sanctions, they said, would go beyond penalties order in eastern Ukraine, it is obvious to the world that even more problems in the effort to try to de-escalate the already imposed on Russian officials and executives – and these Russian-backed groups are not peaceful protesters.” situation.” would be applied to entire sectors of the Russian economy, He called eastern Ukraine’s pro-Russian separatists Mr. Kerry described regional votes in the eastern including the defense industry, finance and energy. “heavily armed militants who are receiving significant sup- Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and as “the Crimea A few days earlier, President Barack Obama said the port from Russia.” Mr. Obama said that Ukraine’s govern- play-book all over again,” adding “no civilized nation is United States and Germany are united in their determina- ment in Kyiv “has the right and responsibility to uphold going to recognize the results of such a bogus effort.” tion to impose “costs” on Russia for its actions in Ukraine, law and order within its territory” and that “Russia needs Although Russia has de facto control over Crimea, few accusing Russia of providing “significant support” to “heav- to use its influence over these paramilitary groups so they nations recognize the move. The United States and Europe ily armed militants” in eastern Ukraine. He said those costs disarm and stop provoking violence.” have imposed sanctions against Russians linked to President include “coordinated sanctions” that will increase Russia’s With reporting by , the Associated Press and ’s inner circle and against pro-Russia Ukrainians diplomatic and economic isolation. Agence France-Presse. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 No. 19

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Despite Russian attacks, Crimean Tatars Putin calls for postponing referendums expressed their solidarity with Ukraine and determination to help Ukrainians resolve MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir the crisis. (Ukrinform) and Mustafa Dzhemilev will not retreat Putin has called on separatists in eastern Ukraine to postpone plans to conduct refer- Yatsenyuk: Violence engineered by Russia Mejlis, that nation’s de facto quasi-govern- by Paul Goble endums on self-determination planned for ing assembly. But instead, these actions Eurasia Daily Monitor May 11. Speaking after meeting on May 7 KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy only pushed the Crimean Tatars to unite with Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, Yatsenyuk has accused Russia of engineer- In sharp contrast to his handling of even more firmly behind Mr. Dzhemilev whose country currently holds the rotating ing the week’s violence in Odesa that left Western leaders in the course of the and their leader to declare that the Mejlis is chairmanship of the Organization for dozens of people dead. Speaking on a visit Ukrainian crisis, Vladimir Putin and the ready to go underground if need to be to Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to the southern port city on May 4, Mr. Russian occupation authorities in Crimea continue the struggle his people have been Yatsenyuk said the violence resulted from a Mr. Putin called on the pro-Russia separat- have consistently underestimated the “well-prepared and organized action engaged in since they were deported by ists to hold their referendums at a later date. Crimean Tatars and their irreplaceable against people, against Ukraine and against in 1944. The 70th anniversa- At the same time, Mr. Putin called on leader, Mustafa Dzhemilev. Mr. Putin Odesa.” He also blamed security forces for ry of this tragedy will be marked on May 18 authorities in Kyiv to immediately halt secu- thought he could buy off the Crimean Tatars failing to prevent the bloodshed. More than (15minut.org/article/dzhemilev-ne- rity operations in eastern Ukraine aimed at by offering them an autonomous republic if 40 people died on May 2 in clashes between iskljuchaet-chto-medzhlis-mozhet-ujti-v- wresting control of several cities and towns they supported his annexation of the pro-Russian separatists and pro-Kyiv pro- podpole-2014-05-05-13-02-00). from the pro-Russian separatists. The Ukrainian peninsula, but the Crimean testers. Most of the victims died in a blaze It is entirely possible that Mr. Putin and Russian president also said the planned apparently started by firebombs thrown Tatars generally, and Mr. Dzhemilev person- his Russian proxies in Crimea hope that presidential election in Ukraine, set for May inside the building where pro-Russia activ- ally, made clear that they are Ukrainian citi- driving the Crimean Tatars underground, 25, was a “step in the right direction” but ists had sought refuge amid the street fight- zens, see their future in Ukraine, and would tarring them with “Islamist” denunciations would not help solve that country’s prob- ing. Russia has accused Mr. Yatsenyuk’s gov- not participate in the referendum charade and organizing provocations will give the lems, as there are people in Ukraine who do ernment of provoking bloodshed in eastern that Moscow organized. Russian security services a free hand to not understand how their rights would be Ukraine with an operation to restore Kyiv’s The Russian occupation authorities then crush the Crimean Tatars once and for all. protected after the election. Mr. Putin also authority in a series of cities under the con- thought they could decapitate the Crimean But again, the Kremlin and the local claimed that Russian forces near the trol of pro-Russian rebels. Mr. Yatsenyuk Tatars by banning Mr. Dzhemilev from Crimean authorities are underestimating Ukrainian border had been pulled back but rejected the accusation, saying “The process returning to his homeland, only to see some the Crimean Tatars, their resilience and the added that those forces had withdrawn to 5,000 Crimean Tatars break through the support that this nationality has abroad of dialogue had begun, only it was drowned their areas of “permanent exercises.” out by the sound of shooting from automat- illegal Russian border posts to meet with (echo.msk.ru/blog/echomsk/1313408- Meanwhile, NATO said it could not confirm him, to see him win support for his much- echo/). ic rifles of Russian production.” Mr. that any Russian troops had been pulled Yatsenyuk also said the Odesa violence was persecuted people at the United Nations The Crimean Tatars have been fighting back from the border with Ukraine. provoked by pro-Russia militants. He has and especially from Turkey, and to watch for their rights for 70 years. And, unlike Moreover, Ukraine’s border control said blamed security forces for failing to prevent the Crimean Tatars gain the sympathy of some embattled nations, the Crimean Russian military maneuvers were continu- the bloodshed, and promised a full and public opinion in the West as the public face Tatars have an important ally in Turkey, to ing. (RFE/RL, with news service reports) independent investigation. (RFE/RL) of resistance to Moscow’s aggression. which they are closely linked linguistically And then, Moscow and the Crimean and culturally. As some in Moscow have EU ready for further sanctions Moscow calls for OSCE evaluation authorities decided that they could crush already noted, the last thing Russia needs – The European Union is the Crimean Tatars by refusing to recognize MOSCOW – On May 4, the Russian right now is to antagonize the Turks – and a ready, if necessary in case of destabilization their land holdings, cutting off the limited Foreign Affairs Ministry called on the sweeping crackdown on the Crimean of the situation in Ukraine, to introduce fur- supplies of water to Crimean Tatar areas in Organization for Security and Cooperation Tatars would certainly lead to that (echo. ther sanctions against Russia, European order to weaken them economically, charg- in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of msk.ru/blog/aiderm/1313194-echo/) Council President Herman Van Rompuy ing their leaders with extremism and Europe to “objectively evaluate” develop- said on May 7 after the EU-Japan summit in threatening to suppress the Crimean Tatar (Continued on page 16) ments in eastern Ukraine. It accused Brussels. “We decided at the European Ukraine’s government of conducting “puni- Council that further steps on the part of tive” operations in the country’s east and Russia to destabilize the situation in the West of imposing an “actual informa- Ukraine will lead to additional far-reaching tion blockade” on developments. The Hostages for trading: An innovation consequences in relations with Russia in a Ukrainian government accuses Russia of broad range of economic branches. The engineering the crisis in eastern Ukraine, European Commission’s preparatory work and Internal Affairs Minister of Putin’s Kremlin in Ukraine is in progress. We are ready to make deci- has said there were Russians and Chechens sions if necessary,” Mr. Van Rompuy said. among the pro-Russian fighters in by Vladimir Socor confirmed its control by offering to have He noted that the EU and Japan were agree- Sloviansk. Moscow denies it has special Eurasia Daily Monitor the hostages freed conditionally. Germany, which led the negotiations, refused any ing on positions to impose further sanc- On May 3, Russia’s proxy forces in direct trade-off. At that point, the Kremlin tions on Russia. The EU and Japan also (Continued on page 14) Ukraine’s city of Sloviansk released from again confirmed its control by simply captivity the military observers of the instructing the Russian field commander in Organization for Security and Cooperation Sloviansk, Col. Igor Strelkov/Girkin, to in Europe (OSCE). The German-led group release the OSCE observers. The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 of eight unarmed officers (four Germans Russian President Vladimir Putin and and one each from Sweden, Denmark, Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov public- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Poland and the Czech Republic) had been ly asked Germany and the OSCE to acknowl- a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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Similarly, according to Mr. Lavrov, ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA abducted the OSCE observers, whereupon those observers were wrong to enter the the Sloviansk command took them into area “without proper notification to the Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 custody so as to exempt Moscow from and advertising manager fax: (973) 644-9510 public structures that control the situation e-mail: [email protected] direct responsibility. there”; the OSCE should have requested While officially disclaiming any control Subscription Department (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 e-mail: [email protected] over its armed proxies, Moscow, in fact, (Continued on page 18) No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 3 NEWS ANALYSIS: The war over Ukraine by David Marples part, most obviously the Party of the political scientist Lucan Way to respond on www.latimes.com/opinion/commentary/ Regions and the Communists – but also the Facebook to one such analogy: “I think la-oe-herlihy-russia-ukraine-odessa- The tragic events in Odesa indicate the opposition party UDAR led by Vitali there should be a BAN on all Nazi analogies 20140501%2c0%2c1564808.story# escalating war in Ukraine: from separatists, Klitschko – it is hardly surprising that they for the next 10 years. We will all be the bet- axzz30Z862jQU) with regard to Mr. Putin’s to ultras (soccer fans) or the , lack representatives in the interim Cabinet. ter for it.” “New Russia” conception, its major towns, the groups involved are fanatical and deter- In fact, the Batkivshchyna Party, whose But the situation in Crimea and eastern Donetsk and Luhansk, owed their founding mined, though it is not always clear what members hold the positions both of acting Ukrainian cities merits a thorough analysis. to a Welshman and Englishman, respective- their respective desired outcomes would president and prime minister, has gained Their disaffection was noted by then Chair ly. Mr. Putin’s historical understanding be. Nor is it clear what the goals of Vladimir most. Prior to the Euro-Maidan, it was the of Parliament Leonid Kravchuk following exhibits a peculiar, if not completely igno- Putin are or when they will be revealed. second-largest political party in Ukraine. Ukraine’s declaration of independence in rant knowledge of the past. The Donbas, If we analyze the complaints and griev- Yet, even with the release of its leader Yulia 1991. He visited Symferopol in the latter however, was an important industrial ances of the separatists and their Russian Tymoshenko, there are few indications that part of that year (Pravda Ukrainy, October region of both the Russian Empire and the patrons, the following contentions spring in the event of a free and fair election, its 12, 1991, p. 1), heading off calls for a refer- . And perhaps most signifi- most readily to mind: representative will be the next president. It endum on independence. In Donbas there cantly, worker protests there have contin- 1. The takeover of power in Kyiv through is, somewhat ironic given that the Euro- were calls for the introduction of a federa- ued intermittently since the late 1980s, a coup allegedly conducted by a right-wing Maidan was in part a protest against cor- tive system and a secessionist initiative largely due to the economic downturn and paramilitary group that brought about the ruption and oligarchs, yet the chocolate (Pravda Ukrainy, October 3, 1991, p. 3). dire situation in the Ukrainian coalmines. ouster of the elected president, Viktor manufacturer leads con- Both regions ultimately supported the ref- It is critical that the Ukrainian govern- Yanukovych. vincingly in opinion polls (http://www.upi. erendum for an independent Ukraine and ment address the needs of industrial cen- 2. The establishment of an interim gov- com/Top_News/World-News/2014/ to postpone their grievances. ters in the east of the country. These towns ernment that largely excludes representa- 05/02/Billionaire-Poroshenko-leads-field- A crisis nonetheless quickly emerged in are run down and decrepit – , tives from the Donbas and the south. in-Ukraines-May-25-presidential-elec- Crimea in the early 1990s, when which I visited a decade ago, is among the 3. Threats to the rights of Russian- tion/3451399054225/). Republican Party of Crimea leader Yury starkest examples. Coal miners and steel- speakers throughout Ukraine and their Turning to the third question, namely Meshkov became president of the autono- workers are only too aware that in Russia, right to use their native language. the interim government established to con- mous republic. It was “resolved” only by including in that part of the Donbas coal- 4. Intrusions into Ukrainian politics both duct new presidential elections, it quickly Kyiv’s firmness and the abolition of the financially and personally by leaders of the rescinded an initial decision to abrogate the field that runs into Rostov Oblast, their sal- position of Crimean president (http:// aries could be up to six times higher over- United States and the European Union. controversial language law guaranteeing gazeta.zn.ua/POLITICS/zvezda_i_ 5. Fear that Ukraine will join not only citizens’ right to use their language if they night. They resent most bitterly the avarice, politicheskaya_smert_yuriya_meshkova. greed and selfishness of regional self-made European structures, but also, importantly, constituted more than 10 percent of the html). On the other hand, subsequently, the NATO alliance. A subtext here is the population. Aside from that instance, there billionaire businessmen who have exploit- there had been no major calls for indepen- post-2004 eastward expansion of NATO have been no threats to Russian-language ed their labor. dence on the peninsula or for joining and its threat to the interests and territory speakers anywhere in Ukraine. On the con- Still, taken overall, the claims of separat- Russia, other than from members of the of the Russian Federation. trary, they made up a substantial number ists and their supporters over the border Russian Duma and the then mayor of All five of these points have been cited at of those who took part in the Euro-Maidan. regarding Euro-Maidan are largely spe- Moscow, Yury Luzhkov. various junctures as reasons why separat- The fourth question is not so easily dis- cious. Though Western leaders may have The Donbas is a complex case. As ists have taken over towns in Ukraine’s missed, at least in terms of perception. The Patricia Herlihy remarked recently (http:// (Continued on page 18) east, established their own local leader- taped conversations of U.S. Ambassador to ships, fought battles against Ukrainian gov- Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt and Assistant ernment forces and now plan referenda on Secretary of State Victoria Nuland (http:// their future; and why Russia opted to annex www.bbc.com/news/world-europe- Crimea, following a contentious referen- 26079957), and the public appearances in dum. central Kyiv by Sen. John McCain did indeed Senators introduce Russian Taking the points in turn, none can be signal that the United States supported the described as obviously valid. No doubt the civic protests. Similarly, in my own country Aggression Prevention Act Euro-Maidan, at its peak a peaceful and sin- of Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Rob Portman would: cere demonstration against the govern- who visited Kyiv on March 22, supported (R-Ohio), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Bob ment and presidency of Mr. Yanukovych, the Ukrainian position unequivocally – Corker (R-Tenn.) on April 30 announced increase U.S. and NATO support for the the most corrupt leader in Europe, ulti- even before the invasion of Crimea (http:// they had introduced, along with several armed• require forces the of Poland,president Estonia, to substantially Lithuania mately turned violent with clashes against www.cbc.ca/news/world/stephen-harper- other senators, the Russian Aggression and Latvia; Berkut riot police. But, while not condoning pledges-continued-support-for-ukraine- Prevention Act. - the violence and the policies of leaders of 1.2582669). This legislation seeks to address the tion further sectoral sanctions in the event some right-wing forces (Dmytro Yarosh, Western leaders perceived the situation deteriorating situation in eastern Ukraine, of further• impose Russian immediate aggression; sanctions and posi , etc.), simply to allege that last November as one in which Ukrainians and Russia’s role in creating it, by providing the whole civic protest constituted a right- were deprived of their keen desire to sign a comprehensive strategy to strengthen the Russian officials and agents involved in the wing coup, led by neo-Nazis, is outright the Association Agreement with the EU. NATO alliance, deterring Russian aggression illegal • place occupation immediate of Crimea,new sanctions as well on as any on propaganda. And that may well be true, though there through tough new sanctions and strength- corrupt Russian officials and their support- Moreover, as the British analyst J. V. was also significant opposition. But their ening non-NATO partners like Ukraine by ers; Koshiw has convincingly argued (http:// open involvement without doubt incited in providing direct military assistance. www.jvkoshiw.com/#!Why-President-Yan- part the Russian response. “The United States and its allies must cross further into ukovych-fled-Ukraine/ck8a/F4D49016- It is also true that the prospect of stand with the Ukrainian people during this Ukraine,• impose or evenif Russia tougher further new annexes sanctions the if F69F-45D6-AE4A-027C10E02B79), former Ukraine joining NATO incensed Russia. Yet time of Russian aggression, and this legisla- sovereign territory of Ukraine or any other President Yanukovych was not overthrown; the idea was virtually inconceivable in tion will allow us to engage in a strong, country; rather, he abandoned his office – and ironi- Ukraine too, prior to the annexation of comprehensive approach to the deteriorat- cally at a time when, according to an agree- Crimea. And nothing Western leaders did ing situation in eastern Ukraine,” Sen. needs of the Ukraine armed forces and to ment brokered with EU leaders and merited the violent confrontations that Portman stated. “By imposing tough and provide• authorize $100 millionthe president worth toof evaluate direct mili the- observed by Russia, he could have have ensued. They are a result, it seems, of meaningful new sanctions, strengthening tary assistance to Ukraine, including anti- remained in power until the end of his legal two factors: first, the innate fears of NATO, and providing direct military assis- tank and anti-aircraft weapons and small term. Russian President Putin that, once again, tance to Ukraine, the U.S. will begin to send arms; and The interim government was elected his country seemed to be in full-scale a clear message that this Russian aggres- from within the Parliament. With the retreat before the onslaught of the liberal sion must end.” natural gas to all World Trade Organization departure of Mr. Yanukovych, the assembly West; and second, the alienation of many The Russian Aggression Prevention Act members.• provide authority for exports of U.S. naturally assumed leadership of the coun- parts of eastern and southern Ukraine from try pending new presidential elections. the changes in Kyiv. Though some parties chose not to take The Putin issue has been analyzed ad nauseam for several weeks in the Western Quotable notes media. He has his supporters (see, for David R. Marples is Distinguished “There is a war going on against us on our territory. Our hands and feet are tied example, http://www.thenation.com/ University Professor and director of the because of the civilian population around us. Some support us, others don’t. blog/176189/chance-putin-has-given- Stasiuk Program for the Study of Somebody supports the , others don’t. None of that matters. obama-diplomacy#) and more frequently Contemporary Ukraine at the University of Ukrainian soldiers cannot shoot at civilians. This is our limitation, which our enemy his detractors (http://www.faz.net/aktu- Alberta. is making full use of. Our enemy is hiding behind them and shooting at us. That is the ell/politik/ausland/timothy-snyder-about- The article above is reprinted from the main problem in a nutshell for you.” blog “Current Politics in Ukraine” (http:// europe-and-ukraine-putin-s-project- 12898389-p11.html ). Both sides in turn ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/) created – Ukrainian Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov speaking on May 6 to journalists have accused the other of being pro-Nazi by the Stasiuk Program, a program of the when he visited Ukrainian troops fighting pro-Russian separatists near the city of (http://lb.ua/news/2014/05/03/265204_ Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at Sloviansk in the country’s east, as quoted by RFE/RL. the University of Alberta. ostanovite_fashizm.html), causing Toronto 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 No. 19 No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Credentials Committee verifi es UNA Almanac for 2014 marks delegates to 38th UNA Convention two significant anniversaries

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Credentials Committee for the 38th Regular Convention of the Ukrainian National Association met at the UNA Home Office on April 24. Seen above are the committee members at work (from left): Maria Drich (UNA Branch 269), Valentina Kaploun (Branch 269), Bohdan Doboszczak (Branch 59) and Michael Bohdan (Branches 133/142). Yuriy Symczyk (Branch 42) was unable to attend. The Credentials Committee verified the status of all the delegates in accordance with the UNA By-Laws. All del- egates must be social members or have active policies and be in good standing as of December 31, 2013. The committee confirmed that there are 59 delegates eligible to be seated at this year’s convention. Professional agent presents UNA products

to Whippany parishioners PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Almanac of the Ukrainian National Association for 2014, which was released early this year, commemorates two significant anniversaries. Ukrainians around the globe are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ukraine’s greatest poet and national bard, Taras Shevchenko (March 9, 1814-March 10, 1861). The Ukrainian National Association and its member- ship throughout North America are marking the 120th anniversary of the UNA’s founding on February 22, 1894. Worth noting also is the fact that the UNA since its founding has considered Shevchenko its spiritual patron. Thus, the two anniversaries marked in this year’s almanac are fittingly intertwined. WHIPPANY, N.J. – Oksana Stanko, one of the Ukrainian National Association’s professional agents at the The 2014 almanac – the 101st released in the UNA’s long Home Office, on Sunday, April 6, presented UNA life insurance and annuity products to parishioners of St. history – also features sections on the Pereyaslav agree- John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic in Whippany, N.J. After divine liturgies, parishioners had the ment, including an article on “The History and Myths of opportunity to learn more about the benefits of UNA’s permanent insurance and deferred retirement plans 1654”; on Ukraine’s road to its self-discovery; notable per- when planning for the future. sonages and jubilees; and culture around the globe. As is customary, the almanac also includes both the Gregorian and the Julian church calendars. The editor of the 2014 almanac is Petro Chasto, a long- Young UNA’ers time member of the Svoboda editorial staff. The book’s cover and layout design are by Ihor Pylypchuk. Subscribers of Svoboda, the UNA’s Ukrainian-language weekly, received copies of the 2014 almanac earlier this year. Readers who would like to purchase a copy of the book may call the Svoboda administration at 973-292- 9800, ext. 3040, or e-mail [email protected]. Price is $15 (shipping included).

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Jackelyn Karol, daughter of Dr. Michael and Farrah Eve Stanko, daughter of Stefan and Meghan As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Josefina Karol of Danbury, Conn., is a new member Stanko of New Bern, N.C., is a new member of UNA Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its of UNA Branch 59. She was enrolled by her grand- Branch 37. She was enrolled by her grandparents members and the Ukrainian community. mother June Muc. George and Oksana Stanko. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 No. 19

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Smoke and mirrors Euro-Maidan, Crimea and eastern Ukraine prove On Wednesday of this week (May 7), when we posted “breaking news” on our Facebook page, we hoped against hope that the news was true, but deep down we Russian nationalism threatens democracy, peace felt this was yet another ruse by Vladimir Putin. The Russian president announced that Russian troops had been pulled back from the Ukrainian border and that he had by Taras Kuzio Josef Zissels, vice-president of the World asked separatists in eastern Ukraine to postpone their referendum on sovereignty. Jewish Congress and Chairman of Vaad Soon thereafter came news from NATO and the Pentagon that there was no evidence Discussion of the far-right nationalist (Confederation of Jewish Organizations and of troops being withdrawn from the border. threat in Ukraine by academics has some- Communities), had not been growing. Last Our favorite report on these developments appeared in The New York Times: “… times ventured deep into ideologies and year there were 27 anti-Semitic incidents in it remained unclear to analysts and political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic outright biases. I wrote about this last year Ukraine, compared to 612 in France, 800 in whether he [Putin] was truly reversing course on Ukraine or if this was just another in an analysis of a workshop at Columbia the United Kingdon, and a whopping 1,300 of his judo-inspired feints.” University on Russian and Ukrainian in Germany. Peter Dickinson, general pro- Then came news that the “separatists” were intent on holding their “referendum.” nationalism (The Ukrainian Weekly, May ducer of Jewish News One (JN1), the Some news media – we saw this first on CNN – were reporting on May 8 that the “pro- 19, 2013). Since then, the massive use of world’s only international Jewish TV news Russian separatists” were “choosing to defy Putin”; Reuters said their decision to pro- violence by the regime of Viktor network, which broadcasts out of Kyiv, said, ceed with the vote “contradicted the conciliatory tone set by Putin just a day earlier.” Yanukovych that led to over 102 murders “Kremlin claims that the protests in “Defying Putin”? “Conciliatory tone”? We think not. The news about Mr. Putin’s and the torture and violence by vigilantes Ukraine have been accompanied by rising pronouncements was subterfuge. Mr. Putin has simply taken another route to move point to the post-Soviet criminal-klepto- anti-Semitism simply don’t stand up to ahead with his plan – whose most immediate goal is to stop or disrupt Ukraine’s cratic structures and Vladimir Putin’s even casual scrutiny. There have been a May 25 presidential election. At the same time, he has acted to once again delay the Russian nationalism/imperialism as being imposition of additional, and stronger, sanctions and thus to buy himself more time small number of anti-Semitic incidents far more extremist, anti-democratic and to ensure that he continues to exert control over Ukraine. reported in Ukraine over the past few xenophobic than any groups on the Consider this: On May 6, speaking in Vienna, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister months of unrest, but Jewish community Sergei Lavrov had said, “Holding elections in a situation where the armed forces are Ukrainian right. officials regard them as likely Russian prov- being used against part of the population [a reference to the anti-terrorist operation Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the tor- ocations designed to discredit Ukraine’s being conducted by Ukraine’s authorities] is rather unusual. … Elections and refer- ture and murder of Tatars and threats to pro-democracy protest movement.” endums must be free and fair, and they must proceed in a situation excluding vio- ethnic cleanse them, coupled with a huge The Russian language, the language spo- lence and under objective and unbiased international monitoring.” After Western campaign of Ukrainophobia in the Russian ken by most Jews in Ukraine, was widely countries resoundingly declared that the May 25 election in Ukraine was crucial and media are not comparable to anything heard on the Euro-Maidan. Euro-Maidan had to take place, President Putin said on May 7 that he might consider the election found in Ukraine. And it is clear that self-defense units were multi-national. Three to be legitimate. He was quoted as saying “I want to underline that the planned pres- Russian extremist nationalism is present Jews, two Georgians, an Armenian and a idential elections in Kyiv are a move in the right direction, but they won’t solve any- within the Party of Regions and the Belarusian were among the 102 who were thing if all of the citizens of Ukraine don’t understand how their rights will be guar- Communist Party and that support for sep- killed in January and February. One of the anteed after the elections are held.” aratism in Eastern Ukraine has come from Jews, Alexander Shcherbatiuk, has two chil- Regardless, a “referendum” will be held in Ukraine’s east. Mr. Putin – who can these sources. dren who attend a Jewish school in now claim that he tried to have it postponed and that he does not control the “sepa- There are four factors that point to these Chernivtsi in western Ukraine. Two other ratists” – would prefer that it be held without the presence of Ukrainian government conclusions. Jewish protesters died from sniper fire on forces and only with the “assistance” of pro-Russian and Russian militants. Just as in First, political statements on “fascist” February 20 – Josef Shiling and Evgeniy Crimea, the vote will be falsified to provide the desired results. Afterwards, the vote influences and anti-Semitism in Ukraine Kotlyar. Pravyi Sektor gave a gun salute at in the “referendum” in Ukraine’s east will be used to undermine the upcoming presi- and Russia almost always overlook Russian the funeral of Mr. Shcherbatiuk – hardly the dential election. collaboration with the Nazis and Russian actions of anti-Semites. The Crimean results, we must add, came under more scrutiny this past week Nazi émigré movements such as NTS when Paul Roderick Gregory revealed on Forbes.com that “according to a major Mr. Dickinson continues: “In reality, (People’s Labor Alliance). These omissions Ukraine’s Jewish community has over- Ukrainian news site, TSN.ua, the website of the President of Russia’s Council on Civil are significant, because all of these tenets of Society and Human Rights (shortened to President’s Human Rights Council) posted whelmingly supported Ukraine’s Euro- Russian nationalism have their place in the Maidan protests. Jewish leaders have pub- a report that was quickly taken down as if it were toxic radioactive waste. According Putin regime, today’s Crimea (where self- to this purported report about the March referendum to annex Crimea, the turnout licly backed the protests, while Jews have proclaimed leader Sergei Aksyonov leads of Crimean voters was only 30 percent. And of these, only half voted for the referen- been a strong presence among the protest the neo-fascist Russian Party of Unity) and dum – meaning only 15 percent of Crimean citizens voted for annexation.” Another crowds. A number of those killed in the report cited in the Forbes article says the actual vote for annexation was between 15 within the Party of Regions. police crackdowns on protesters were percent and 30 percent. So much for the reported 83 percent turnout and 97 per- When organizing discussions of Russian Jewish, while the activists manning the bar- cent support for annexation in that bogus vote on March 16. and Ukrainian nationalisms, ignoring cer- ricades also included veterans of the Israeli Now, as we write this editorial on the eve of Victory Day (a holiday that marks the tain facts – such as the half million-strong army. In a bid to underline the falsity of the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the USSR in 1945), there is palpable fear in Ukraine Russian Vlasov army and also Eurasianism, Kremlin’s anti-Semitism claims, the Jewish about what May 9 might bring and uncertainly about what will happen on May 11, Stalinist national-Bolshevism, émigré community in Ukraine has arranged for a the date of the “referendum” in eastern Ukraine. However, a young man from Russian nationalists (NTS), the Russian number of wounded Euro-Maidan protest- Donetsk made a telling comment to The Washington Post: “Do you think our refer- nationalist approach to Ukrainian national ers to be flown to Israel to receive medical endum will be held the way things are done in America? …The referendum results rights, contemporary Russian nationalism care. Meanwhile, prominent members of will be falsified. No one will ask us if we want to remain in Ukraine or become part of such as that exemplified by Vladimir the international Jewish community, Russia. The argument of guns is stronger than anything else.” Zhirinovsky and, of course, Putinism – is to including France’s Bernard-Henri Levy and commit intellectual malpractice. Russia’s Mikhail Khodorkovsky, have After the Euro-Maidan murders, the ille- appeared on Kyiv’s Independence Square gal annexation of Crimea and violent sepa- to denounce the Kremlin’s lies and show ratism in eastern Ukraine, it is now obvious their support for Ukraine’s democratic that a discussion of Ukrainian and Russian May Turning the pages back... aspirations.” nationalisms should not ignore all the A Jewish “sotnia” (company of 100 volun- aspects of the latter. This is especially the Four years ago, on May 11, 2010, the Ukrainian Canadian teers) was led by five former Israeli Defence case in the light of the Putin regime being Congress (UCC), representing some 1.2 million Canadians who Force (IDF) veterans and included an 11 trace their roots to Ukraine (the second-largest Ukrainian com- increasingly described as fascist. Russian Orthodox Jew. Jews also worked as medical munity outside of Ukraine), issued a statement reflecting the fascists have travelled to Crimea and east- 2010 volunteers. Speaking about Mr. Putin’s deeply disturbing developments in Ukraine, concerning the ern and southern Ukraine to support sepa- claims of anti-Semitism on the Euro-Maidan, Black Sea Fleet, the Holodomor, Ukraine’s Parliament and ratists (http://tyzhden.ua/News/105811), one of the IDF veterans replied “I never saw Ukraine’s strategic assets. and the only observers who attended the any expression of anti-Semitism during the The fleet’s lease extension by 25 years, signed by Ukraine’s Viktor Yanukovych, was named Crimean March 16 referendum were from protests, and the claims to the contrary were “highly inflammatory and divisive” for the people of Ukraine. Besides the questionable consti- far-right and Nazi European parties part of the reason I joined the movement.” tutionality of this move, the UCC said that the move was “made precipitously and rushed (http://khpg.org.ua.index.php?id= Another Jewish Euro-Maidan self-defense through Parliament without any consultation with Ukraine’s citizens or its neighbors.” 1394946269). leader said, “At the end of the day, living in The UCC noted that Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper on April 29, 2010, had charac- As Jewish organizations have stated, this country has been worth it – because terized Mr. Yanukovych’s move as “having sold Ukraine into Russia’s sphere of influence in Jews living in Ukraine have little to fear we’ve lived to see the Maidan.” Seventeen exchange for subsidized natural gas which will largely be enjoyed by Ukraine’s oligarchs from anti-Semitism which, according to and industrialists.” wounded protesters were in Israel undergo- Mr. Yanukovych’s remarks in Strasbourg, France, the UCC statement underscored, con- ing medical treatment. tinued to “aggravate tensions in Ukraine by diminishing the enormous suffering of the Dr. Taras Kuzio is research associate at Tens of Jewish-Ukrainian businesspeo- Ukrainian people in the Holodomor, by saying it was a consequence of Stalin’s totalitarian the Center for Political and Regional ple, academics, religious leaders, journal- regime, rather than a genocide.” Mr. Yanukovych’s statement was contrary to Ukrainian Studies, Canadian Institute for Ukrainian ists and cultural figures rejected Russia’s law, the vast body of current academic research based on original Soviet archives in Studies, University of Alberta; and non-resi- justification for invading and annexing Ukraine, the position of the previous Ukrainian government, the current government of dent fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Crimea. They pointed out in an open letter Relations, School of Advanced International (Continued on page 13) Relations, Johns Hopkins University. (Continued on page 16) No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 7

A brew, a dollop, a dose The cockney cabbie’s solution When the Soviet Union disintegrated, the “the nascent national movements among to the Russo-Ukrainian crisis free world breathed a sigh of relief, exulted, the Slavs.” This tolerant ideal was co-opted and, confident that “all’s well,” relaxed. by Russians at the 1867 Pan-Slav Congress From time to time, the British satirical this his business? President Putin has Vladimir Putin didn’t do that. He mourn- in Moscow when “the visiting Slavs were journal Private Eye features the purported demanded that Ukraine withdraw its army ed the Soviet collapse, recovered, regained told that Slav unity demanded unity of views of a London cabbie on some problem from its eastern regions – perhaps to make his bearing and began to plot his path to faith, of alphabet and of language, the of the day. Invariably the cabbie, having room for the invading Russians. The power. He studied, pondered and dreamed acceptance by all the Slavs of Orthodoxy, of identified the responsible party, concludes breathtaking impertinence of such of Russian revanchism. The result today is the Cyrillic alphabet and of the Russian lan- with some such words as these: “There’s demands can throw one off balance. a witch’s brew – a world order designed by guage.” Pan-Slavism deteriorated into a only one way o’ dealin’ wi’ people like ‘at. In short, the Putin regime is behaving Putin Power. vehicle of Russian imperialism against the String ‘em up! It’s the only language they like a thug. This may seem like a harsh The basic ingredient of this brew is the West, a concept roundly rejected by most understand.” judgment. But as Maria Snegovaya has belief that Russia is a messianic nation, the Slavs. The Russian Pan-Slavic ideal lived on This satire of the proletariat’s proclivity argued, the young Mr. Putin’s experience in “Third Rome” destined to dominate the in Russian consciousness. It has gained for harsh, simple solutions to complex the back streets of St. Petersburg had a world, a 1510 concept articulated by new life under the Putin regime. “Mother problems is typical of the magazine’s major influence on his psychology. (Maria Filofei, a Russian Orthodox , in a let- Russia” is back! upper-class public-school humor. A gentle- Snegovaya, “Russia’s Crimean Invasion is ter to Muscovite Prince Vasily III declaring: A huge dose of fascism is the final stabi- man, after all, would try to reason with his Beginning of War in Ukraine,” New “Two Romes have fallen. The third stands. lizer of Mr. Putin’s witch’s brew. According adversaries and find a rational solution. Republic, March 11) According to this inter- There shall never be a fourth.” to Prof. Robert O. Paxton, among the char- That, no doubt, was what British Prime pretation, Mr. Putin, like Viktor Yanukovych, Rome, the first capital of Christian civili- acteristics of fascism are a sense of over- Minister Neville Chamberlain was thinking thinks and acts like a street criminal. Hence, zation was succeeded by Constantinople, whelming crisis, the belief that one’s group at Munich in September 1938. After all, he must be dealt with in the same way. the second capitol of the Christian world, is a victim, dread of decline under the cor- Hitler had a point: there were 3 million But what does Mr. Putin’s Russia really which fell to the Turks in 1443. Moscow is rosive effects of individualistic liberalism Germans living in Czechoslovakia’s want? Is the Crimea enough? Will it seize the third and final capital of Christianity. and alien influences, the need for authority Sudetenland; why shouldn’t Germany have Ukraine’s south and east – or all of left- The ideological pillars of the third Rome by natural chiefs, the right of a chosen peo- a right to that territory? If that was the price bank Ukraine plus Kyiv, as under the 1667 paradigm, autocracy, orthodoxy and ple to dominate others without restraint of peace, maybe it was worth it. Treaty of Andrusovo? Or does it want all of “narodnichestvo” (the Russian soul) remained from any kind of human or divine law. Col. Unfortunately, Chamberlain was not Ukraine, right up to the Polish border? That in place in tsarist times, in Soviet times Putin, the new “vozhd,” is convinced that dealing with a gentleman. It is difficult for would be consistent with the dream of (Marxist/Leninist orthodoxy was the new Russia’s 1990s crisis was due to Western the civilized to understand the mentality of restoring Kyivan Rus’ in Russian form. standard) and, now, in Mr. Putin’s Russia. manipulation. A muscular, remedial order the criminal. A thug does not keep his word. Perhaps what Russia wants is simply to President Putin, a former atheistic KGB must now be applied to protect Russia Moreover, he is inclined to threats, violence, annex a part of Ukraine and federalize the lieutenant colonel, has embraced Russian from the West and to restore her greatness. and deceit. Hence, the comparison between rest, rendering the central government Orthodoxy not because he suddenly became Fascism is back! Munich and the April 17 Geneva accord powerless. Or perhaps it would settle for a believer. No. Mr. Putin knows and appreci- During the past 15 years Lt. Col. Putin with Russia, though imperfect, does have Finlandization. ates the fact that Russian Orthodoxy has observed the United States and Western merit. Russia’s seizure of the Crimea had a So is force the answer? Certainly Ukraine consistently served as “Symphonia,” the glue Europe up close, concluding that NATO is a less plausible rationale than Hitler’s seizure must prepare for an invasion, although the of Russian imperialism, a Byzantine-style paper tiger, that European economic inter- of the Sudetenland: the Russians there have odds are steeply stacked against it, due to symbiotic relationship between Church and ests trump moral principle, and that the experienced privilege, not privation. years of corruption that eviscerated its mil- state. Notice how quickly Russian Orthodox United States is war weary, in economic President Vladimir Putin has been much itary capacity. But what about the West? priests hit the streets of Crimea following turmoil, still powerful but devoid of the quicker than Hitler in breaking his promis- Should it provide military assistance? the anschluss, harassing and expelling kind of principled leadership needed to es. And now, his regime continues to threat- If a nation, like an individual, has a right Catholic priests. “Holy Russia” is back! counter Putin’s power. America neither en Ukraine with violence, planting tens of to defend itself, then it follows that a strong In his studies, Lt. Col. Putin discovered deters its foes nor reassures its friends. thousands of troops along its borders and nation is justified in defending a weak one Ivan Ilykin, an anti-Bolshevik émigré who We underestimate Lt. Col. Putin at our filtering in armed subversives while repeat- from a powerful aggressor. Enhanced NATO fled Russia and authored “Our Tasks,” his own peril. He is a clever man (dummies ing lies about the “fascist” government in military readiness, aerial surveillance, war- proposed design for a post-Bolshevik don’t become KGB colonels), keenly con- Kyiv and the threat to Russians in Ukraine. ships in the Black Sea all create counter- Russia. “Three great ideas run through this scious of history and geopolitical realities, The propaganda, in fact, is worthy of a pressure. Non-lethal assistance – food, work,” wrote David Brooks in the March 3 oblivious to Western mollifications, deter- Joseph Goebbels. A typical tactic is the medical supplies, bullet-proof vests – is eas- issue of The New York Times. “The first is mined to have his way with the world. “stop, thief!” gambit. You accuse someone ier to justify ethically than weapons and Russian exceptionalism: the idea that In 1994, during the halcyon days of else of the crime you are in the course of ammunition. This can be more effective Russia has its own unique spiritual status early independence, Ukraine relinquished perpetrating. But Mr. Putin’s Russia has than one might suppose, as logistics is by and purpose. The second is devotion to the its nuclear arsenal in return for perpetual improved on it, making the accusation well far the greater part of a war effort. Training, Orthodox faith. The third is belief in autoc- guarantees of sovereignty and territorial in advance of the perpetration. Thus, the technical and intelligence support can go a racy.” According to Ilykinism, the rationalis- integrity from Russia, the United States and Russian authorities referred to the “neo- long way, considering that Russia is waging tic, materialistic West has had a corrupting the United Kingdom, guarantees now per- Nazis” in power in Kyiv long before repli- a new kind of war, using covert special-forc- influence on Holy Russia. “Having lost our ceived as rubbish by Lt. Col. Putin. es operations, cyberwarfare and disinfor- bond with God and the Christian tradition,” cating Hitler’s seizure of the Sudetenland Hollowed out by four failed presidents, mation. wrote Prof. Ilykin, “mankind has been mor- by taking the Crimea. They alleged that their crony capitalist buddies and govern- But in the final analysis, a thug’s trump ally blinded, gripped by materialism, irra- Ukraine’s interim government was illegally ment kleptocrats, is a shell, card is brute force. He steals your stuff, then tionalism and nihilism.” installed by a mob, but later used real mobs penniless, powerless, and alone. dares you to reclaim it. Hitler knew France Mr. Putin so loved Dr. Ilykin that he to set up rogue “people’s republics” in east- As I write this, a civil war appears to brought his body to Russia in 2005, had it ern Ukraine. They accused Ukrainians of and Britain would not fight over a piece of have erupted in eastern and southern buried at Donskoy with great persecuting the Russian minority, but then Czechoslovak territory, just as Mr. Putin Ukraine. Will Lt. Col. Putin move? Maybe ceremony and personally paid for the head- threatened Muslim Tatars and Ukrainian knew that neither the Europeans nor the not. He could delay, allow chaos and anar- stone. Greek-Catholic priests in the Crimea, Jews Americans would fight over the Crimea. chy to build, and monitor the results of the We find echoes of Ilykian thinking in the and Roma in the southeast. And when the Hitler correctly predicted he could seize yet May 11 referendum. If it fulfills his wishes, recent writings of Patrick Buchanan, who international community exposes their more territory without serious conse- another chunk of Ukraine will be his, also tends to believe the West is morally behavior, they can plead that it is no worse quences – just as Mr. Putin knows he can “legally.” If not, mayhem will return, and bankrupt and in decline. And, dare I men- than what the Ukrainian nationalists have take Ukraine’s southeast regions without the colonel will invade to restore tranquili- tion, also among Islamic fundamentalists allegedly done. risking Western military intervention. As ty and to protect Russians. Will the vozhd who condemn the West for being depraved, Another tactic is to create instability, for economic sanctions – Russia can weath- invade all of Ukraine? If the May 25 presi- degenerate and debauched. then use it as a pretext for intervention. er much more than that, its people content dential election in Ukraine is agreeable, he Adding flavor to Mr. Putin’s witch’s brew Russian agents and their well-armed sym- to suffer for the glory of their nation, until is a dollop of Pan-Slavism, initially a liberal won’t; if not, he might go all the way to Kyiv. pathizers block roads and seize buildings. Western banks and big business convince ideology in the mid-19th century aimed at Ukraine’s situation today is grim. When the Ukrainian authorities attempt to their governments to ease the pressure. uniting all Slavic peoples. Writing of the Ukrainians need to pray for the best and stop them, Russia cries “civil war” and Force is a last resort. But we are there. It Slavs, historian Hans Kohn wrote that prepare for the worst. An armed “partizan- threatens to intervene “for the sake of is, unfortunately, “the only language they “their national consciousness was weak ka” might not be bad idea. peace.” Sheer brazenness is yet another tool understand.” Most regrettable. and still in the process of formation...” in the criminal’s kit. Foreign Affairs Beginning in Prague in 1848, various Pan- Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is Minister Sergei Lavrov has declared that Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at Slavic congresses were held strengthening [email protected]. Ukraine must federalize its government. Is [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 No. 19 Diane Flacks wins 2014 Kobzar Literary Award for Luba Goy story by Oksana Zakydalsky TORONTO – The play “Luba, Simply Luba” was presented the fifth Kobzar Literary Award, during a ceremony at the Palais Royale in Toronto. “Luba, Simply Luba” was written by playwright Diane Flacks as a stage presentation for the incomparable Ukrainian comedienne Luba Goy. The book chronicles the life of one of the best known and successful Ukrainian Canadian actors, a 35-year veteran of the CBC’s political and cultural satire “Royal Canadian Air Farce,” while weaving through it a poignant immigrant story. The work was a collaborative effort, written by Ms. Flacks with assistance from Ms. Goy and director Andrey Tarasiuk. The runners-up included: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch’s “Making Bombs for Hitler” – the story of a young girl abducted from Ukraine in 1943 and forced to work for the Nazis in Germany; Barbara Sapergia’s book “Blood and Salt” – an imagined love story of a young man from Ukraine who comes to Canada to meet his sweetheart and, instead, is Andrew Lahodynskyj At the awards ceremony (from left): Frances Itani, Joe Kertes, Luba Goy, Andrey Tarasiuk, Olive Senior and Andrew Hladyshevskyj, president of Shevchenko Foundation. incarcerated in an internment camp; Michael Mucz’s book Maidan protesters. The guests joined the senator in a min- “Baba’s Kitchen Medicines,” which began as a botanical proj- ute of silence for all the heroes who had died on Maidan. ect which the author, a biology professor at the University of Fred Keating, actor/producer, who has served as master Alberta, interwove with Ukrainian healing traditions of ceremonies since the inaugural award, continued to do explained through real-life stories; Erín Moure’s quirky the honors, aided by Lada Darewych, actor/ director, who poetical work “The Unmentionable,” which tells the story of served as presenter. Musician Alexander (Sasha) Boychouk burying her mother’s ashes in Ukraine “in the village where provided multi-instrumental musical interludes. her maternal family was erased by war and time.” The award evening was delivered elegantly by the The ceremonial evening on March 5 attracted 260 Kobzar Award Ceremony Committee and its chair, Alla patrons and literati with guest speaker Sen. Raynell Shklar. Committee members included: Irene Bilaniuk, Andreychuk, an honorary patron of the Kobzar Literary Odarka Chudoba, Lesia Ferenc, Sonia Holiad, Irene “Luba, Simply Luba” by Diane Flacks with Andrew Award. Sen. Andreychuk had only recently returned from Hordienko, Dr. Christine Kowalsky, Winn Kuplowsky, Dr. Tarasiuk and Luba Goy (Scirocco Drama, J.Gordon Kyiv, where she was part of a Canadian government delega- Oksana Kuryliw, Nadia Luciw, Daria Olynyk, Iryna Revutsky, Shillingford Publishing, Winnipeg, 2013). tion that met with the new Ukrainian government and Olesia Romanko, Lesia Stefaniw, Zenia Turkewych-Miner, Olenka Wasley and Oksana Zakydalsky. Presented every two years, the $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award recognizes a Canadian writer who best presents a Canadian Ukrainian theme with literary merit. Four esteemed Canadian authors served as jurors for the award: Joe Kertes, dean of the School of Creative and Performing Arts at Humber College; Annabel Lyon, author of the award-winning book “The Golden Mean”; Olive Senior, prize-winning author of 13 books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction; and Frances Itani, an award-winning author of 15 books. The Kobzar Literary Award is sponsored by the Shevchenko Foundation. In the 10 years since its inauguration, the Kobzar Literary Award, under the leadership of Dr. Christine Turkewych as director of the Literary Arts Program of the Shevchenko Foundation, has become an established cele- “Making Bombs for Hitler” “Baba’s Kitchen bration of literature with a writers’ scholarship endow- by Marsha Forchuk Medicines” by Michael “Blood and Salt” by “The Unmentionable” by ment fund. It is fulfilling its goal to contribute to the literary Skrypuch (Scholastic Mucz (University of Alberta Barbara Sapergia (Coteau Erin Moure (House of arts of Canada by providing writers with an incentive to Canada Ltd, Toronto, 2012). Press, Edmonton, 2012). Books, Regina, 2012). Anansi Press, Toronto, 2012). explore Ukrainian Canadian themes. Will the Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation be homeless?

by Oksana Zakydalsky bazaars, rental of the gallery premises and some modest grants and donations. the KUMF Collection were exhibited and gifted to the TORONTO – The Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation Two years ago the family sold the building where the National• 1994 Art – Museum“The Return,” of Ukraine featuring in Kyiv. 40 works of art from (known by its Ukrainian acronym KUMF) on Toronto’s gallery is located. The KUMF directors signed a two-year Since 1975, responsibility for the governance of KUMF Bloor Street was established by Mykhailo and Yaroslava contract with the new owner with the condition that the has been held by its board of directors; of the 13 members Szafraniuk. Until World War II, they ran a business in owner would give them 120 days’ notice to vacate the of the initial board, 10 are deceased. But KUMF has always Ukraine; after the war they emigrated, at first to Argentina, premises. Recently, the other shoe dropped: KUMF has to been able to attract new volunteers who were willing to and then they came to Toronto, where for 16 years they vacate its 2118 Bloor St. premises by June 18. work to ensure the existence of this unique establishment. owned a retail furniture establishment. KUMF owns a permanent collection of over 500 works Currently the executive of the board is composed of: Taissa They collected Ukrainian art and, when they liquidated of art – the work of 155 artists from 1903 to today. The Matiyashek-Ruzycky (president), Bohdan Myndiuk (trea- their business, their art collection numbered about 200 majority are works by well-known Ukrainian Canadian and surer), Pavlo Lopata (secretary) and Irene Hordienko (pro- works. In 1975 they established KUMF for which, in 1979, Ukrainian American artists, as well as some Ukrainian clas- gram committee). they bought a building. After extensive renovations, it was sics such as Oleksa Novakivsky and Oleksander KUMF has become the best known Ukrainian cultural valued at $650,000. They donated 120 works of art from Hryshchenko (Alexis Gritchenko). There are sculptures by center of arts in Toronto. And now there is the danger that their collection and this became the basis of the KUMF Leo Mol, Mykhailo Chereshniovsky and Hryhorij Kruk. KUMF, on the threshold of its 40th anniversary, will Collection. In addition to the KUMF gallery, the building con- The goal of KUMF has always been to foster the develop- become homeless. tained the offices of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians ment of Ukrainian art. When artists-modernists started to What is the solution? Will a patron, who can take KUMF (today known as the Ukrainian World Congress) and the come from Ukraine, they were invited to exhibit at KUMF: under his or her protection, appear? One patron or a Toronto branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Committee (later Volodymyr Makarenko (1984), Anton Solomukha (1984) group? Perhaps a community organization will agree to Congress). The rest of the building was rented out. and Vitaly Sozonov (1986). share its premises with KUMF? The Szafraniuks supported KUMF financially, but with KUMF gallery had held 446 exhibits. Some notable ones: The KUMF gallery is the only Ukrainian gallery in their deaths – Mr. Szafraniuk died in 1991 and Mrs. Canada that is committed exclusively to visual arts. As Szafraniuk in 1996 – although KUMF was led to believe 88 artists from nine countries took part; such, it merits support from the Ukrainian community and that it would acquire ownership of the building, ownership • 1982 – international exhibit of Ukrainian art, in which community organizations. was passed on to the family. Until 2003, the KUMF gallery On March 9, the Ukrainian Association of Artists of received a financial contribution from the Pomich Ukrainy national• 1983 groups – anniversary and 82 artists exhibit participating; of Jacques Hnizdovsky; Canada, founded over 70 years ago, held its group exhibit Fund (established by the Szafraniuks). But after 2003, • 1984 – Toronto’s 150th birthday exhibit, with 39 there. financing of KUMF gallery came to depend on the commu- KUMF commissioned a large painting of “Baptism of The question is: Will this be one of the final exhibits at nity: membership dues, sale of works of art and Christmas Ukraine-Rus”• 1988 – to from mark artist 1,000 Yuri years Kozak; of Christianity in Ukraine, KUMF? No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 9 Congratulations to the UNA scholarship winners for 2013-2014

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Roman Krywulych (UNA Branch 266) Nadiya Pavlishyn (UNA Branch 130) Larysa Droczak (UNA Branch 283) Andrea Zelez (UNA Branch 277) is a student at Lehigh University. is a student at Stonybrook University. is a student at Rutgers University. is a student at Bryan University.

by Maria Drich classes offered by the Ukrainian Catholic University. Ukrainian community, and successfully completed Nadiya Pavlishyn, a member of Branch 130, won the Ukrainian school. Since she was 10, Andrea has been active PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian National Association Drs. Maria and Dmytro Jarosewycz Scholarship, in the with Ukrainian dance groups. She has annually competed this year marks its 120th anniversary. On February 22, amount of $1,000. Nadiya is an honors student in applied in the UAYA competition known as Zlet, where Andrea has 1894, 10 Ukrainian fraternal groups merged to form the mathematics and statistics at the State University of New won multiple medals. Andrea has worked as a counselor at UNA, which is one of the oldest Ukrainian organizations in York at Stony Brook. the UAYA Sports Camp and continues to be an active mem- North America. Who hasn’t heard of the performing Pavlishyn Sisters? ber of the organization. As a fraternal benefit organization, the UNA has never Nadiya is one of those sisters. She arrived in the United The remaining 53 scholarship winners received regular shied away from using its assets to assist in attaining wor- States with her parents when she was still little, having just financial awards. Sums are commonly based on year of thy community goals; it always has been and continues to completed the first grade in Ukraine. Settling in New York, study, and were distributed thusly: 10 freshman-year be an organizer and sponsor of numerous cultural, educa- she attended the St. George Ukrainian School, where she applicants received $125 each; 13 sophomore-year stu- tional, sports-fitness and religious endeavors. Since its began to sing with her younger sister. The sisters have per- dents were awarded $150 each; 11 junior-year students founding, the UNA has funded more than $2 million in formed at more than 450 concerts in Ukraine, Canada and received $175; and 19 students in their final year of study scholarships and awards to its student members. the United States, and have recorded three award-winning received $200. The UNA Scholarship Committee for the 2013-2014 albums of Ukrainian songs, including one that received an The Ukrainian National Association sincerely congratu- academic year recognized 57 student members with schol- award from Pope Benedict XVI. lates all of the scholarship winners for the 2013-2014 arships totaling $13,175, of which $4,250 was designated The union of music and math may seem a strange pair- school year. The UNA wishes all of them great success in for special scholarships. These special scholarships, which ing at first glance, but Nadiya wants to be a professional the future. allow for more financial assistance from the UNA, are biostatistician, and is a successful university student who Not all fraternal organizations can claim such a long- awarded based on scholastic achievement, Ukrainian com- continues to promote Ukrainian music and culture on standing tradition as the Ukrainian National Association. munity involvement and the financial needs of the appli- American soil. With this, we are thankful to you, our active members. The cant. Larysa Droczak, a member of Branch 283, is the recipi- success of the UNA as a fraternal benefits organization Roman Krywulych, a member of UNA Branch 266, was ent of the Joseph Wolk Scholarship, in the amount of $750. depends on its membership. Therefore, we place our hope awarded the Joseph and Dora Galandiuk Scholarship, in Larysa is an honors student at Rutgers University. For her, in you, the younger generation. We encourage you to sup- the amount of $2,000. Roman is an honors student study- a child of immigrants from Ukraine, Ukrainian music and port the UNA through its various insurance policies and ing civil engineering at Lehigh University and a 2010 grad- culture are like mother’s milk. She grew up in a household financial products, which the UNA promotes; subscribe to uate of the Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies in where Ukrainian traditions were honored and cultivated the weekly newspapers published by the UNA, Svoboda Whippany, N.J. For eight years he has performed with the for the future. Larysa attended Ukrainian Saturday school, and The Ukrainian Weekly; and visit the Soyuzivka Iskra Dance Ensemble, and in 2008, while performing with as well as Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA) Heritage Center, which is owned and operated by the UNA. the Barvinok dance group, he participated in an interna- camps and dance camps. At Rutgers University, she joined To future UNA members, the UNA says: you can take tional Ukrainian dance competition in . Roman cur- the Ukrainian Students’ Club and the Ukrainian volleyball advantage of all of the membership privileges provided by rently dances with Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of team. the UNA, and take up your role in the cultivation of New York and the Yunist Dance Ensemble. An active mem- Andrea Zelez, a member of Branch 277, was awarded Ukrainian culture and heritage. ber of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Roman has the Blackstone Scholarship, funded by the Ukrainian Fore more information about the Ukrainian National attended camps at Vovcha Tropa, as well as tennis and National Home Corp. in Blackstone, Mass., in the amount of Association, readers may visit the website www.ukrainia- dance camps at Soyuzivka. Roman hopes to visit Lviv, $500. Andrea is an honors student at Bryant University in nationalassociation.org or call 800-253-9862. where he plans to enroll in and culture Rhode Island. From childhood, she has been active in the (Translated by Matthew Dubas)

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Yuri Balaban Laryssa Boyko Cassidy Conroy Christopher Demczar Angela DeSantis (UNA Branch 401) is a student at the (UNA Branch 161) is a student at the (UNA Branch 242) is a student at (UNA Branch 13) is a student at (UNA Branch 230) is a student at University of Toronto. Catholic University of America. Wilkes University. Rochester Institute of Technology. Case Western Reserve University. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 No. 19 No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 11

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Taissa Hamulak Julianna Hanas Stephen Hryshchyshyn Marianna Kozak Joseph Kozak Andrew Lazirko (UNA Branch 37) is a student (UNA Branch 327) is a student (UNA Branch 83) is a student at (UNA Branch 83) is a student at (UNA Branch 83) is a student (UNA Branch 269) is a student at Rutgers University. at Towson University. Texas A&M University. New York University. at the University of Pittsburgh. at William Paterson University. $200

Ivanka Lazirko-Farrell Orest Michel Andrew Mikhalyuk Anna Solomeya Pylypiw Daniel Reft Andrew Salamak (UNA Branch 269) is a student at (UNA Branch 42) is a student at the (UNA Branch 277) is a student at (UNA Branch 269) is a student (UNA Branch 120) is a student at (UNA Branch 242) is a student George Washington University. New Jersey Institute of Technology. the University of Connecticut. at Rutgers University. The Ohio State University. at Penn State University. $200 $175

Aleksandra Teper Alicia Zagwoski Andriy Balaban Megan Ben Raphael Guida Alexander Kobryn (UNA Branch 206) is a student at (UNA Branch 288) is a student (UNA Branch 401) is a student (UNA Branch 230) is a student (UNA Branch 234) is a student (UNA Branch 130) is a student the University of Massachusetts. at Towson University. at York University. at Heidelberg University. at Manhattan College. at Mercy College. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 No. 19

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Grace Kobryn Mariya Kobylnyak Katherine Kopystanski Adrianna Krul Andrew Kuchta Erin Niedzwiecki (UNA Branch 130) is a student at (UNA Branch 283) is a student (UNA Branch 360) is a student (UNA Branch 15) is a student (UNA Branch 368) is a student (UNA Branch 372) is a student the State University of New York. at Cayuga Community College. at Ithaca College. at Montclair State University. at the University of Texas. at Rowan University. $175 $150

Andriy Vasiyschouk Nicholas Demczar Andrew Drozd Roman Kowalchuk Irena Mikhalyuk Paul (UNA Branch 269) is a student at (UNA Branch 13) is a student at (UNA Branch 240) is a student (UNA Branch 367) is a student (UNA Branch 277) is a student (UNA Branch 67) is a student at New Jersey Institute of Technology. the University of New Haven. at The Ohio State University. at Duke University. at the University of Connecticut. Western Connecticut State University. $150

Aleksandra Nagurney Lynn Nemeth Nataliya Pavlishyn Ivanna Peleschuk Paul Senica Allison Sweeney (UNA Branch 777) is a student (UNA Branch 83) is a student (UNA Branch 130) is a student (UNA Branch 59) is a student (UNA Branch 130) is a student (UNA Branch 42) is a student at Lafayette College. at Philadelphia University. at Hunter College. at DePaul University. at Manhattan College. at Georgetown University. $150 $125

Alexander Syzonenko Andrei Tabachouk Michaela Charlton Peter Chudolij Jessica Demczar Daniel H. Harper (UNA Branch 76) is a student (UNA Branch 269) is a student (UNA Branch 112) is a student (UNA Branch 42) is a student (UNA Branch 13) is a student (UNA Branch 247) is a student at Rutgers University. at Rutgers University. at the University of Tampa. at Rutgers University. at Ithaca College. at the University of Oklahoma. $125 The UNA announces Scholarships and Awards for students attending college in the 2014-2015 academic year.

Students wishing to apply for a UNA scholarship or award must meet the following criteria: • Have been an active, premium-paying UNA member for at least two Carly Rose Hawrylko Tatiana Matejko-Lima Taissa Michel years by June 1st of 2014 (UNA Branch 25) is a student (UNA Branch 234) is a student at (UNA Branch 42) is a student • Have had a single premium policy or an annuity, valued at a minimum at Montclair State University. Marymount Manhattan College. at Rowan University. of $5,000 during the last two years $125 • Be emolled as a full-time student in an accredited college or universi- ty, studying towards their first bachelor’s degree The application for a UNA scholarship or award must be postmarked no later than June 1,2014. For complete details and applications, please call the UNA headquar- ters or visit the Our Benefits page on the UNA website at: www.UkrainianNationaIAssociation.org

UNA, Inc. 2200 Route 10 Parsippany, NJ 07054 Darby Pochtar Lesia Sisung Anastasia Vandermark 800-253-9862 (UNA Branch 42) is a student at (UNA Branch 13) is a student (UNA Branch 137) is a student the University of Rhode Island. at Sacred Heart University. at Kansas State University. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 13

substances were employed. An international a statement on May 4 denying the Internal Odessa on May 7, after which the police Dozens die... investigation will confirm that most of the Affairs Ministry’s accusation and laying issued a warrant for his arrest. deaths were not the result of fire, but from blame on the local police leadership, imply- In Mr. Oleshchuk’s view, Ms. Tymoshenko (Continued from page 1) the inhalation of noxious fumes, he said. ing the guilt of Mr. Fuchedzhi. No one from could be suspected of sabotage, but there’s dumskaya.net reported. Pro-Russian fight- Mr. Poroshenko said those responsible the prosecutor’s office has been removed or evidence of other factors at play. Ukraine’s ers accused their enemies of setting the were Russian saboteurs and city government dismissed for the release of the prisoners. law enforcement organs are rotten and cor- blaze with Molotovs, which police acknowl- officials, who organized and financed the act. A handful of key politicians blamed the rupt, still serving the Party of Regions in edged were being thrown from various As it turned out, the police were just as violence on presidential candidate Yulia the southeastern oblasts. directions. passive after the conflict as during it. Tymoshenko, who is widely believed to The Yanukovych family continues to The fire began on the top floors where a On May 4, several hundred pro-Russian control the current interim government spend millions of dollars to destabilize Molotov was dropped, Serhii Chebotar, a dep- fighters stormed the local police headquar- that is being led by her closest political con- Ukraine, he said. Meanwhile, the govern- uty head of the Internal Affairs Ministry, said ters to demand the release of their allies. fidante, . ment led by the Batkivshchyna party is con- on May 6. On May 3, the ministry also offered Video surfaced on the Internet showing Odesa Oblast State Administration Chair tinuing to award key government jobs video evidence of the fire starting from inside police laying down their shields and retreat- (Governor) Volodymyr Nemirovskyi said on based on quotas awarded to each loyal the building and not caused by Molotovs ing under the applause of the pro-Russians. May 6 that he blames the May 2 provocations party member, he said. thrown from outside, thereby exonerating In response, the police released 67 sus- on Oleksandr Dubovyi, the head of the Odesa “So it’s possible to accuse Tymoshenko, oblast organization of the Batkivshchyna party and that’s possibly justified, but the full truth the pro-Ukrainian fighters of culpability. pects, alleging orders from the local prose- founded by Ms. Tymoshenko. is it can be a mix of selling out, state betrayal Most of the fatalities were the result of cutor, which drew harsh criticism, dismiss- He accused Mr. Dubovyi of buying the local and the quota principle of divvying up posts, asphyxiation caused by overwhelming als and removals of the Odesa police lead- enforcement chiefs to sabotage Ukrainian which is basically legalized corruption,” Mr. smoke and fumes, which forced numerous ership and a criminal investigation of the state efforts to combat the pro-Russian fight- Oleshchuk said. “The state mechanism so fighters to leap to their deaths. police by the interim government in Kyiv. ers. “As a result, the oblast leadership couldn’t decayed that it’s not certain she could stabi- “Many people died jumping from the “I don’t have words to express my anger influence them,” Mr. Nemirovskyi said, sub- lize the situation even if she wanted to.” fourth and fifth floors of the building, the with the disgraceful fact of the release of 10 mitting his resignation the same day. “His It seemed evident that the Russian govern- rest from carbon monoxide poisoning or provocateurs, who were responsible for 43 goal was to destabilize the situation to ment was planning for further military action were burned,” Vitalii Yarema, first vice deaths and 160 injured,” Internal Affairs undermine the presidential election.” in the Odesa region until Russian President prime minister of Ukraine, said on May 3. Minister Arsen Avakov said in a statement Indeed, a growing number of Ukrainian Vladimir Putin on May 7 issued a statement in “I was at the scene and saw a large num- released on May 4. politicians and observers have accused Ms. which he said he would accept the postpone- ber of bodies. And it was apparent that they The provocateurs were supposed to have been transferred to Kyiv the prior night, he Tymoshenko of allowing the current insta- ment of separatist referenda in the Donetsk died suddenly, very quickly. That is to say, bility to be fomented by Russia in order to and Luhansk oblasts in eastern Ukraine. said, which was later forbidden by the depu- some substance burned, emitting a gas, and disrupt the May 25 vote, enabling her to “Fulfilling two projects – holding the ty procurator general, Mykola Banchuk, who that gas very quickly affected the people remain in power by proxy. (She reportedly May 11 referenda and disrupting the presi- reportedly anticipated an attack to release who lost consciousness and died on the attended a meeting of the National Security dential elections – is very complicated,” them by pro-Russian forces. Afterwards, the spot,” he added. and Defense Council on March 1 though said Taras Berezovets, the director of the procurator general, Ihor Borshuliak, Those who survived were treated for she holds no state position.) Berta Communications personal and stra- wounds, arrested and in some cases declared their release, according to police. Ms. Tymoshenko is expected to lose the tegic consulting company. “That’s why “severely beaten” by their opponents, “This vigilante decision of the prosecu- presidential election to her longtime rival, Putin has backed off the referenda and now reported Howard Amos, a reporter for the- tor demands the most serious investiga- Petro Poroshenko. will concentrate on undermining the presi- guardian.com. He quoted a trade union tion,” Mr. Avakov said. “The release of the Euro-Maidan leader Yurii Lutsenko, an dential elections.” employee as suspecting burning plastic provocateurs can lead to new eruptions of advisor to Mr. Turchynov, also cited Mr. Mr. Putin also wants to delay the third doors on the first floor could have released violence in Odesa.” Dubovyi’s incompetence as a factor in the round of sanctions from the West, which toxic gases to the higher floors. The deputy chief of Odesa Oblast Internal violence, but he didn’t support the accusation will inevitably be imposed once the presi- “What was scary was the police inaction, Affairs (police chief) Dmytro Fuchedzhi, that he intentionally sabotaged police efforts. dential elections are disrupted, he told the even when it was clear people were getting who was photographed marching and com- “The events in Odesa are a result of gazeta.ua news site. killed,” Mr. Amos tweeted after the arson. municating with the pro-Russian fighters party quotas, above all,” said Mr. Lutsenko. “He understands that these sanctions Police arrested 172 suspects in an inves- during the street fights, was removed from “I said immediately that appointing a for- will affect him personally,” said Mr. tigation of the incident, among them three his post and released on his own recogni- mer Zakarpattia traffic officer, Lutsiuk, as Berezovets, who has worked with the Russian citizens. By the next day, the num- zance on May 7. Odesa police chief is absolute stupidity. Batkivshchyna party in the past. “$40 bil- ber of suspects was reduced to 127. He was the oblast’s acting police chief when Everyone agreed with this, including lion, which the Americans have already “All the grounds exist to claim that the arrested fighters were released on May 4. Avakov. But the Batkivshchyna deputy, found in Swiss banks, can be frozen in two tragedy was planned ahead and the act was His predecessor, Odesa Oblast Police Dubovyi, decided that Odesa is his quota in minutes. And he simply wants to delay this generously funded by the Russian intelli- Chief Petro Lutsiuk, was dismissed immedi- return for his allegiance.” moment and transfer the money to other gence services, the goal of which was to pro- ately after the May 2 street fights. Besides Mr. Fuchedzhi was de facto in charge of accounts and rescue his assets.” voke an eruption of violence in Odesa and provocateurs and fighters, imprisoned the police on May 2, Mr. Lutsenko con- destabilize the situation in all of Ukraine’s gangsters were among the dozens released firmed, as well as May 4, when the criminals Zenon Zawada, who is normally based in southern regions,” Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs on May 4, Mr. Fuchedzhi’s successor, Ivan were released. Mr. Fuchedzhi reportedly fled Kyiv, is reporting this week from New York. Ministry said in a May 3 statement. Katerynchuk, reported on May 7 The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) “Besides the law enforcement organs claimed on May 3 that the Odesa provoca- being corrupt, they are also simply unpro- Світова Федерація Українських Жіночих Організацій tions were financed by former First Vice fessional,” said Petro Oleshchuk, a political оголошує Prime Minister Serhii Arbuzov and former science lecturer at Shevchenko National Revenue and Fees Minister Oleksandr University in Kyiv. “This is evidence that the 31-ий літературний конкурс СФУЖО Klymenko, who responded with their own state mechanism is utterly rotted. It’s hard ім. Марусі Бек statements denying any involvement and to even talk about a fight against corrup- threatened slander lawsuits against the tion, which involves overcoming certain Вік учасників від 21 до 35 років. Ukrainian government. trends. The whole system here has to be TEMA - “Жінка в творах та картинах Т. Г. Шевченкa”. Presidential front runner Petro Poroshenko broken down. But I have yet to see a great Нагороди переможцям said on May 6 that the Odesa blaze was an desire to break down the system.” organized terrorist act in which poisonous Meanwhile, the Odesa prosecutor issued 1-ше місце кан. $750. • 2-ге місце кан. $500. • 3-те місце кан. $300. Термін надсилання творів – до 29 травня 2014 р. (твори ,які надій- дуть після 29 травня комісією жюрі розглядатися не будуть). Rada to reassure Ukrainians and the world Turning... that Ukraine’s sovereignty was not under Цьогорічну тему конкурсу “Жінка в творах та картинах Т. Г. threat from Russia by: not signing the Black Шевченкa” обрано з нагоди відзначення 200-ліття від дня народжен- (Continued from page 6) Sea Fleet lease extension; ceasing all discus- ня Тараса Шевченка. Літературний твір може бути у формі нарису, на- Canada, the Ukrainian World Congress and sions on the sale or merger of Ukraine’s state укового дослідження або оповідання, розміром від 1000 до 2000 слів the UCC. Instead, it used the Moscow inter- assets to Russia or any other party in the та підписаний псевдонімом. Додатково, в закритому конверті про- pretation of the Holodomor. areas of energy, infrastructure, aviation or симо вислати коротку довідку про автора , ім’я та прізвище автора , The UCC was disturbed by Ukraine Prime other strategic industries or assets of вік, підписану фотографію та адресу. Minister Mykola Azarov’s statements about Ukraine; and modernizing Ukraine’s gas tran- Друковані твори українською мовою з переліком використаних considering the Moscow-proposed merger sit system in a manner that leaves the owner- першоджерел просимо надсилати на адресу СФУЖО: of Russia’s Gazprom with Ukraine’s ship of this strategically important energy WFUWO Konkurs Marusi Bek Naftohaz, as well as the nuclear assets of and economic asset in the hands of Ukraine, 2118A Bloor St. W. Suite 205, Toronto ON, M6S 1M8 Canada such as the current proposal from the both countries, as suggested by Prime або на електронну адресу СФУЖО, Minister Vladimir Putin. Russia’s usage of European Union, which includes financing. energy as a leverage tool in Ukraine, and its The UCC also urged President Yanukovych [email protected] proposals for mergers would make Ukraine to issue a public statement and appear on Імена переможців будуть опубліковані в журналі „Українка в Світі”. Ukrainian television to reaffirm Ukraine’s entirely dependent on Russia. “Such a move Переможцям конкурсу урочисто будуть вручені нагороди . would be an unpardonable sell-out of position that the Holodomor was an act of Ukraine’s principal strategic assets and, genocide against the Ukrainian people. Запрошуємо всіх бажаючих до участі в конкурсі. indeed, its independence – something that no other nation in the world would counte- Source: “Ukrainian Canadians express За Управу СФУЖО nance,” the statement added. concern over recent developments in Орися Сушко Ірина Паттен Based on these noted concerns, the UCC Ukraine,”(Ukrainian Canadian Congress). The голова СФУЖО координатор конкурсу urged Mr. Yanukovych and the Verkhovna Ukrainian Weekly, May 23, 2010. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 No. 19

sian separatists. The death toll has current- tions in Ukraine. It also said those occupying arbitrarily detained persons, and vacate NEWSBRIEFS ly reached 46. (Ukrinform) buildings should leave them and lay down occupied public and administrative build- their arms. Mr. Lavrov said Ukraine’s author- ings, the statement said. (RFE/RL) (Continued from page 2) U.S. on ‘tragic loss of life in Odesa’ ities should pull back the army from eastern regions in order to de-escalate tensions. He OSCE fears for journalists’ safety forces operating in Ukraine’s east and WASHINGTON – Marie Harf, deputy also said it would be “rather unusual” to accuses the Kyiv government – which it spokesperson at the U.S. Department of VIENNA – OSCE Representative on hold elections in Ukraine while the army is refuses to recognize – of “waging war State, on May 2 made the following state- being deployed against the civilian popula- against its own people.” (RFE/RL) ment: “The United States today mourns May 2 renewed her call on all parties to with all Ukrainians the heartbreaking loss tion. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Freedomshow respect of the for Mediamedia Dunjafreedom Mijatović in Ukraine on Rada holds emergency meeting of life in Odesa. Today the international Andriy Deshchytsia rejected the demand following new cases of intimidation of jour- community must stand together in support that pro-Russian rebels be included in a pos- nalists, disappearances and a violent take- KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament held an of the Ukrainian people as they cope with sible new round of Geneva talks. He over of a television station. “On the eve of emergency session on May 6 to discuss the this tragedy. The violence and mayhem that demanded instead that Russia stop interfer- World Press Freedom Day we are witness- escalating crisis in the east of the country. led to so many senseless deaths and inju- ing in Ukraine ahead of the planned May 25 ing journalists in Ukraine being subjected to Security chiefs were expected to brief law- ries is unacceptable. We call on all sides to presidential election and set this as a condi- brutal violence, kidnappings and intimida- makers of the behind work together to restore calm and law and tion before there can be a new round of tion while media outlets are repeatedly closed doors on the situation in the east, order, and we call on the Ukrainian authori- talks. (RFE/RL, with news service reports) seized by armed individuals who switch off where pro-Russian forces have seized gov- ties to launch a full investigation and to Member of Mejlis beaten in Crimea Ukrainian broadcasts to replace them with ernment buildings and police stations in a bring all those responsible to justice. The Russian ones,” said the representative of the string of cities and towns. Internal Minister events in Odesa that led to the deadly fire PRAGUE – A member of the Crimean Organization for Security and Cooperation Arsen Avakov said 30 pro-Russian militants in the Trade Union Building dramatically Tatars’ self-governing body, the Mejlis, has in Europe (OSCE). That day, journalists from were killed during an operation mounted underscore the need for an immediate de- been beaten by a so-called self-defense BuzzFeed and the TV networks Sky News by government forces against the rebels in escalation of tensions in Ukraine. The vio- group in Crimea. The head of the Mejlis and CBS were detained by armed individu- the flashpoint city of Sloviansk. Mr. Avakov lence and efforts to destabilize the country department for external ties, Ali Hamzin, als for three hours at a road block in said four Ukrainian troops were also killed must end. We again call for the immediate told RFE/RL that unknown individuals in Sloviansk. They were blindfolded, interro- in fighting around Sloviansk on May 5. A implementation of the commitments made military uniforms stopped Abduraman Egiz gated and some of them reportedly beaten military helicopter was also shot down by in Geneva on April 17. The United States in Symferopol on May 6 and demanded before they were released. Also on May 2, a the pro-Russian fighters, the third to be stands ready to support this implementa- identification. Mr. Egiz refused to produce lifenews.ru correspondent in Sloviansk, shot down since the offensive began last tion.” (U.S. Department of State) his documents, demanding police be present Hermine Kotanjyan, reportedly received week. (RFE/RL) at the site. The men, who called themselves death threats through social media. On May Lavrov: Talks should include rebels members of the “Crimean self-defense force” 1, armed people entered a regional televi- Turchynov decrees mourning period attacked Mr. Egiz, beat him and searched his VIENNA – Russian Foreign Affairs sion station in Luhansk and programming vehicle. When they discovered that Mr. Egiz was changed from the First Ukrainian KYIV – Acting President and Verkhovna Minister Sergei Lavrov said any new interna- was a member of the Mejlis, they let him go. National Channel to Russia 24. On the same Rada Chairman Oleksandr Turchynov tional talks on easing Ukrainian tensions Mr. Hamzin says the incident will be report- day a journalist of Radio Liberty was intimi- signed a decree on two days of mourning should include pro-Russian rebels in the east ed to the police. He predicted that violent dated and bullied by the crowd in for the people killed during mass distur- and south of Ukraine. Following a Council of attacks against Crimean Tatars will likely while reporting on a protest, and had to bances in Odesa and an anti-terrorist oper- Europe foreign ministers’ meeting on May intensify in coming days ahead of the 70th seek police protection. (OSCE) ation in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian 6, Mr. Lavrov said he was not against a new anniversary of the Crimean Tatars’ deporta- Parliament’s press service reported. “May 2 round of talks in Geneva but said progress tion to Central Asia to be marked on May 18. OSCE observers safe in Germany was a tragic day for Ukraine... We have to was unlikely unless representatives of the The Mejlis has refused to recognize Russia’s draw the right conclusions from the trage- pro-Russian rebels were invited. He also said PRAGUE – Seven European military annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. (RFE/RL dy that occurred primarily due to an exter- “consistent efforts” were being made to observers arrived in after pro-Russian Tatar-Bashkir Service) nal provocation. Those guilty of organizing make “meaningless” the agreement reached separatists in eastern Ukraine released them and provoking these events will be pun- on April 17 in talks in Geneva involving Kyiv ditches separatist-linked ribbon from captivity. The Organization for Security ished,” Mr. Turchynov said. Three days of Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observer mourning were declared in Odesa for the European Union. That agreement called for KYIV – The St. George Ribbon, tradition- team landed in Berlin on the evening on May victims of the clashes initiated by pro-Rus- the dissolution of all illegal military forma- ally worn to mark victory against Nazi 3. German Defense Minister Ursula von der Germany in World War II, will be conspicu- Leyen said she was “filled with great relief” ously absent from Ukraine’s May 9 ceremo- that the men had “landed here safe and nies this year – at least in the country’s well.” The seven observers and five west. The ribbon has come to symbolize Ukrainian military officers had been held by separatist sentiment in eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists near the flashpoint where pro-Russia militants have seized city of Sloviansk since April 25. (RFE/RL) TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 government buildings in a dozen towns. or e-mail [email protected] Instead, many Ukrainians will be donning Moldova puts forces on alert poppies resembling those worn in Britain CHISINAU – Moldova has placed its bor- SERVICES PROFESSIONALS and other Western countries to commemo- der forces on alert, citing deteriorating secu- rate soldiers who have died in wars. A styl- rity and escalating violence in neighboring ized poppy created by Kharkiv designer Ukraine. Moldovan leaders announced the Serhiy Mishakin has been adopted as an move after Kyiv deployed an elite military official emblem for May 9. The initiative unit to Ukraine’s port of Odesa on May 5, and was launched by the Ukrainian Institute for after fighting in eastern Ukraine killed gov- National Memory, established in 2006 by ernment troops and pro-Russian separatists. then-President Viktor Yushchenko to shed Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti, Prime light on little-known episodes of Ukrainian Minister Iurie Leanca and Parliament history and to combat what it says are Speaker Igor Corman said in a joint state- Soviet-era misrepresentations. The insti- ment that Moldovan security forces had tute’s director, Volodymyr Viatrovych, said been ordered “to take all necessary actions the poppy was a fitting symbol since to ensure public order inside the country.” Ukrainian folk songs mention “poppies They also affirmed Moldova’s support for blooming where Kozak blood had been Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Moldova has spilt.” (Claire Bigg, RFE/RL) about 1,500 Russian troops stationed within U.N. concerned about Ukraine violence its breakaway Transdniester region. Separatists in Transdniester recently asked UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. High to be united with Russia. Moldova’s pro- Commissioner for Human Rights has European prime minister has warned about expressed concerns over the ongoing stand- “provocations” from Transdniester. NATO off between Ukrainian government forces officials have warned that Transdniester and pro-Russian armed groups in Ukraine’s could become a target of Russian military OPPORTUNITIES east. In a statement issued on May 6, the activity. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by the commissioner’s spokesman, Rupert Colville, Associated Press and Reuters) called on all sides involved in the conflict to Earn extra income! find peaceful solution of the crisis. Mr. President signs order for military draft The Ukrainian Weekly is looking Colville called on the Ukrainian government KYIV – Acting Ukrainian President for advertising sales agents. to ensure that military and police opera- Oleksandr Turchynov on May 1 signed an For additional information contact tions are undertaken in line with interna- order reinstating military conscription as Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, tional standards, and to thoroughly investi- pro-Russian separatist groups continue to The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. gate violence, including the fire in the labor storm and seize government buildings in union building in Odesa last week that killed eastern Ukraine. The order is effective dozens. The statement said that armed Run your advertisement here, immediately. Mr. Turchynov said in a state- opposition groups must stop all illegal ment the move was necessary “given the in The Ukrainian Weekly’s CLASSIFIEDS section. actions, including detaining people and seiz- ing public buildings, lay down weapons, free (Continued on page 15) No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 15

cial.” he said. “They are real, and we have no external target was to primarily demon- Russia amounts to almost $32 billion,” he NEWSBRIEFS doubts about the security. But people are strate to the world the strength and firm- said, adding that at least part of the remain- nervous.” (RFE/RL) ness of Russian positions. (Ukrinform) ing $68 billion is somewhere in European (Continued from page 14) banks. Mr. Makhnitsky conceded that part IMF approves loan for Ukraine Yanukovych “stole $100 B” deteriorating situation in the east and the of the missing money was used to “hire south, ...the rising force of armed pro-Rus- WASHINGTON – The International KYIV – Ukraine’s acting procurator-gen- thugs” to clamp down on the Euro-Maidan sian units and the taking of public adminis- Monetary Fund has approved a $17 billion eral, Oleh Makhnitsky, has accused former protests. He portrayed Mr. Yanukovych as tration buildings …which threaten territori- two-year aid program for Ukraine to help President Viktor Yanukovych of stealing the leader of a mafia structure that extend- al integrity.” Ukrainian police and security spur its economy and fill its depleted trea- some $100 billion from the country. Mr. ed into the Ukrainian government, law forces in eastern Ukraine have found them- sury. The decision by the IMF’s executive Makhnitsky said on April 30 that a check of enforcement agencies, the procurator’s selves in a delicate situation as they are board on April 30 includes an immediate financial records from Mr. Yanukovych’s office and the courts. Mr. Yanukovych fled expected to defend state buildings but disbursement of $3.2 billion to the govern- time in office showed close to $100 billion Ukraine in late February amid anti-govern- reluctant to use force against pro-Russian ment in Kyiv. The $17 billion aid deal will is missing. “Our operational information ment protests in Kyiv. He was last known to demonstrators, fearing that could trigger an allow Ukraine to also receive more than $10 says that the amount of cash taken out to be in Russia. (RFE/RL) invasion of Russian forces currently massed billion from the World Bank, the European along the two countries’ border. (RFE/RL) Union and other donors. The IMF said the deal “aims to restore macroeconomic stabili- Lithuanian FM on separatists ty, strengthen economic governance and It is with great sadness we inform that on the 1st of May, 2014 WASHINGTON – Lithuanian Foreign transparency, and launch sound and sustain- Minister Linas Linkevicius says Ukraine has able economic growth, while protecting the Stephen Szyszka the right and the obligation to use direct most vulnerable [members of society].” force, if necessary, to quell pro-Russian sep- Ukrainian officials have said the economy is born July 19, 1924 in the village of Toporiv in aratist movements in the eastern part of likely to contract by 3 percent this year, the Lviv oblast of Ukraine, the country. “It’s not just [a] right, it’s a duty while the IMF says it could contract by as son of Alexandra (Chuchman) and Ivan Szyszka to defend [the] sovereignty and territorial much as 5 percent. The government also passed into the embrace of Our Lord. integrity of the country,” he told RFE/RL on faces mounting debts to Russia for energy Stephen dedicated his life to his family, the Ukrainian community, the April 30. “And we definitely support [the] supplies while it also tries to deal with a pro- Ukrainian church and the Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Plast. Having actions of the government and we believe Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine. survived the Nazi youth camp where he was taken by the Germans in they are legitimate.” Mr. Linkevicius’s com- (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Reuters and 1944 during the Second World War, Stephen eventually settled in Bu— alo, ments came on the same day that Ukraine’s the Associated Press) NY. He was an active parish member of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, and later St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church. He acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, About Putin’s “” was active in the community and especially in Пласт - а member of the said the country’s military is on “full com- Chota Krylatykh fraternity, a camp director and leader of Plast-Bu— alo. He bat alert” as pro-Russian militias continue KYIV – Well-known political scientist married Gloria (Czeslawa) Choma in 1952, with whom lived happily until to seize government buildings in eastern Oleksandr Paliy criticized statements by 1992 when she was called to the Lord. He retired from Chevrolet-Bu— alo Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Affairs Russian President Vladimir Putin about the after working there for 25 years. In recent years he lived with his daughter Ministry said in an April 30 statement that alleged inclusion of “Novorossiya” into Mary Makar and her family, and was an active member of the St. Michael it was unnerved by what it described as Mr. Ukraine at the beginning of the 20th centu- the Archangel UGCC in Hillsborough, NJ. Turchynov’s “militaristic statements.” Mr. ry, as not consisting with historical reality. Speaking on the BTV channel on April 18, Grieving Stephen’s passing are: Linkevicius, however, praised Ukraine for daughter - Mary Makar with her husband John, “really showing restraint” in its attempts to Mr. Paliy said: “Absolutely absurd things son - Stephen Leo and his wife Julia (Fedyk) curtail the unrest in eastern Ukraine, which were said about the Ukrainian territory, grandchildren - Thomas , Mark and William Makar the United States and Lithuania’s other about some Novorossiya. I would just like to - Larissa and Stephen Roman (Gogo) Szyszka Western allies have accused the Kremlin of say to everyone who relishes this idea: close and extended family in the United States, Canada, Ukraine and stoking after Russia annexed Ukraine’s There never was a Novorossiya in Ukraine. Latvia. Crimean territory in March. U.S. troops Before the formation of only a province called ‘Novorossiya’ as a part of Russia, Funeral services were held 8 May at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic arrived in Lithuania last week in a show of Church with interment at St. Matthew’s Cemetery, 2644 Clinton Street, U.S. solidarity, assurances that Mr. there was, first, the Kyiv Principality with Bu— alo, NY 14224 . Linkevicius said are appreciated in access to the Black Sea – Oleshky, Kherson Lithuania and fellow Baltic countries region, Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky – it’s all up to In lieu of š owers, please make contributions in Stephen’s memory to: Estonia and Latvia, which were previously the 15th century. Since the 15th century • United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC) (www.uuarc.org), 1206 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111 controlled by the Soviet Union and have there was the Zaporozhian Sich – these • St Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, 308 Fillmore Ave, Buff alo NY ethnic Russian minorities. As NATO mem- were the lands of the Zaporizhia army. If the • St Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1700 Brooks bers, all three countries are guaranteed Sich was basely destroyed, it does not mean Blvd, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 protection by the military alliance’s Article that its lands suddenly became some • Plast - Chota Krylatykh c/o Danylo Darewych 5, which states that an attack against one Novorossiya – these are all Ukrainian lands,” 2074 Feldwood Rd. Mississauga, Ontario, L4X1E9, Canada member is an attack against all members. the expert said. Commenting on the Russian •. Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation (UCEF) (www.ucef.org) But reinforcements are nonetheless wel- president’s televised conversation with the 2247 West Chicago Ave. Chicago, Ill 60622 comed, Mr. Linkevicius said. “As a former Russian people on April 17, Mr. Paliy noted • Kyiv Sobor of the Holy Resurrection (www.kyivsobor.ugcc.org.ua) defense minister, I know through the con- that it was not by chance conducted on the 161 Glenbrook Rd. Stamford Ct 06902-3099 (Checks payable to tacts with military authorities, I know that day of the four-party talks in Geneva and “Eparchy of Stamford”) these Article 5 commitments are not artifi- had both external and internal targets. The

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ments were installed in different localities the biggest “nationalizers” in Ukraine were does not hold up to scrutiny. Euro-Maidan... in eastern and southern Ukraine during the always the Party of Regions who sought to As we can see from recent riots in four-year Yanukovych regime – such instal- establish monopolies in every facet of life. France against gay marriage rights (which (Continued from page 6) lations obviously and purposefully forgot Mr. Yanukovych and the Party of Regions included the protest suicide of a historian to Mr. Putin that most Ukrainian Jews are about Stalin’s three-year collaboration with sought to establish a Russian-speaking, in the Louvre), the issue of gay rights is one Russian-speaking and they do not need Adolf Hitler in 1939-1941. authoritarian “nationalizing state” similar that divides European societies as much as “defending.” They do not believe that anti- Second, some academics’ theoretical to Belarus, but with a gangster profile. In young democracies such as Ukraine. Semitism has been rife in Ukraine. (The let- and comparative understanding of nation- the end, their undoing was the attempt to The public discussion and study of such ter was reprinted in The Weekly on April alism is simply poor, as they associate monopolize power in a regionally divided a large topic as Ukrainian and Russian 16). “nationalism” only with right-wing country, which led to the Euro-Maidan nationalisms requires an objective Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Yaakov Don Ukrainian nationalism. Nationalism, in fact, uprising against them. The Brubaker approach, one unencumbered by ideologi- Bleich was a prominent speaker at Euro- is present across the entire political spec- framework of a “nationalizing state” is far cal bias, personal agendas or intellectual Maidan rallies. He recently protested trum and examples can be found as much more applicable to the Party of Regions laziness. This is surely what recent events Russia’s invasion of Crimea and ridiculed on the left (e.g., Scotland, Quebec, Cuba, than it is to Svoboda, which could never and developments on the Euro-Maidan, in claims of widespread anti-Semitism among etc.,) and among democratic parties, as hope to monopolize Ukraine. Crimea and in eastern Ukraine call for. Ukraine’s new government. well as on the right. By ignoring left-wing Fourth, single-minded attention to In contrast to the security of Jews in nationalism, some academics cannot fully Svoboda blinds discussants to other forms Ukraine, Crimean Tatars fear for their grasp the central role that this ideology has of intolerance in Ukraine. For example, peo- future after the Russian annexation of what played in Ukrainian history and why today ple raising the question of Svoboda’s gay- Despite Russian... they see as their homeland. The torture in Ukraine there are both pro-Ukrainian phobia overlook the fact that the Party of and murder of Crimean Tatar Reshat democratic left-wing parties (e.g., Socialist Regions had been in the lead in the (Continued from page 2) Ametov proves they are right to fear for life Party) and Soviet and national-Bolshevik Parliament in lobbying for the adoption of under Russian occupation. left-wing parties (e.g. Communist Party, anti-homosexual legislation (a key figure Despite Moscow’s hopes and expecta- It must be noted, first, that while memo- Progressive Socialist Party, etc.). being Ukrainophobe Vadym tions, the Crimean Tatars and Mr. ry wars in post-Soviet Ukraine are often Third – and this point flows from the Kolesnichenko, co-author of the 2012 lan- Dzhemilev show absolutely no signs of subjects covered in presentations, the same previous one and relates to the bias reflect- guage law). The counter-argument that, backing down. Aleksandr Formanchuk, a topic in Russia (where Mr. Putin has sup- ed in some academic discussions of the use yes, this is true, but the Party of Regions political analyst on that Ukrainian peninsu- ported a growth in adoration for Joseph of Rogers Brubaker’s “nationalizing state” was only doing this for election purposes la, says that Mr. Dzhemilev has effectively Stalin) is largely ignored. Stalin monu- framework to explain Svoboda’s ideology – while Svoboda went viral on this question, “declared war on Putin” and that every- thing Mr. Putin and his regime have done in response has worked to the advantage of the Crimean Tatars and their leader. Indeed, Mr. Putin’s policies may boost Mr. Dzhemilev’s chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize (ru.krymr.com/content/arti- cle/25373969.html). Denying Mr. Dzhemilev entry to Russian- controlled Crimea (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, April 28), in fact, has allowed the Crimean Tatar leader to demonstrate his continuing influence there. And his long- standing struggle for “national self-deter- mination” has now gained energy because he and his people are “fighting against Russian aggressors,” Mr. Formanchuk says. What is likely to happen next? Clearly, the Russian occupation forces are looking for anything they can use to blacken the reputations of the Crimean Tatars and Mr. Dzhemilev personally, and they are pre- pared to stage provocations on the May 18 anniversary. Indeed, Mr. Dzhemilev has already warned his people and the world that such provocations are coming. Those are likely to take three forms. First, Moscow will seek, as it has in the past, to paint the Crimean Tatars as Islamist radi- cals in order to deprive them of support from the West. But however hard Russia tries, this charge will not stick: the Crimean Tatars and their national hero Ismail bey Gasprinski have been the leading promot- ers of moderate and modernized Islam. Second, the Russian authorities in Crimea will attempt to trigger new conflicts over land, sending Russian “settlers” to claim territories that belong to the Crimean Tatars. But Moscow’s ability to play this card is limited: if it turns Crimea into a Palestine, as some have suggested it is already doing (polit.ru/article/2014/ 05/05/ukraine/), the Russian authorities will never be able to attract investment there, and the cost to Moscow of integrat- ing Crimea into the rest of the Russian Federation will rise. And third – and this is the most likely – the local authorities may move to arrest Crimean Tatar leaders still on the peninsu- la. However, many of them have been in Russian prisons before, and Mr. Dzhemilev, whom they have exiled, will continue to speak out abroad and attract support from Turkey and the West. In short, Moscow will continue to under- estimate the Crimean Tatars, and it will pay a high price for that.

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COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Saskatoon’s Shevchenko 200 concert attracts hundreds

Judy-Anne Chabun Andrij Hornjatkevyč recites “Zapovit.”

by Albert Kachkowski Chorus, followed by the recitation “Meni Trynadtsiatyi adults and children together, singing “Bozhe Ukrainu Mynalo” by Bishop Filevich School student Richard Zberezhy (Hospody Pomylui Nas),” music and words by SASKATOON, Saskatchewan – One hundred and fifty Kricsfalusy. Taras Petrynenko. Prior to the music beginning, the two entertainers, from seven of Saskatoon’s Ukrainian perform- The Lastiwka Choir and the Pavlychenko Folklorique children’s choirs filed up on stage, placing flowers in front ing groups, combined forces to deliver a stunning concert Ensemble dance troupe combined for two numbers, of a portrait of Shevchenko and then took their places in tribute to Ukraine’s bard Taras Shevchenko on the occa- “Kozak Vidyizhdzhaye” and “Ivan Pidkova – Nash Otaman across the front of the choir. With an image of Shevchenko’s sion of the 200th anniversary of his birth. Hamalia.” Both are stirring numbers of Kozaks going to monument in Kaniv, Ukraine, displayed on the video Over 300 people, some from as far away as Vancouver war, backed by strong choral renditions with orchestra. screen, soloists Andreya Karnaukh and Larry Klopoushak and Winnipeg, bought tickets to witness this commemora- An innovative item with a modern twist was a 10-min- alternated in singing the verses, while the choirs sang the tive event, which took place the evening of Saturday, March ute video titled “Taras Shevchenko: A Legendary Hero chorus after each verse. Musical accompaniment was by 8, at the Lakeview Church in southeast Saskatoon. Through Modern Eyes,” which was presented by students Mr. Hnenny on piano and Stepan Kodak on drums. The concert opened with the 80-voice combined choir of the Ukrainian 217 class at the University of A warm prolonged standing ovation from the audience rendering the cantata “Raduysia Nyvo Nepolytaya” (words Saskatchewan. It featured interviews with children, stu- greeted the performers at the conclusion of the finale. by Shevchenko and music by Mykola Lysenko), which was dents and members of the community expressing their Cec Kachkowski, organizing committee chairperson, stat- ably accompanied by pianist Paul Hnenny. A huge screen heartfelt and reverential views of Shevchenko and his ed, “All in all, this concert project was a gratifying endeavor, between the two halves of the choir carried projected images impact on the Ukrainian nation and the community today. uniting the efforts of the whole Ukrainian community of of Shevchenko’s artwork, his self-portraits and Saskatoon’s Saskatoon in a manner seldom experienced before. Those Shevchenko 200 logo, designed by Mykola Karnaukh. presented “Kozachchyna,” playing the bandura and singing who experienced it are still talking about it. Those who The masters of ceremonies for the concert were Sonia excerptsGuest fromartist “Chaika,” Andrij Hornjatkevyč “Zruynuvannia of Sichi”Edmonton, and “Pereyizd Alberta, didn’t attend have all heard the positive comments.” Kodak and local CTV television personality Michael Ciona. na Kuban.” The concert was sponsored by the Ukrainian Canadian They read a bilingual (English and Ukrainian) script that The adult choirs combined for the obligatory “Dumy Congress (UCC) Saskatoon Branch with financial support described Shevchenko’s life story, interwoven with the con- Moyi” and hummed one verse as a background while Mr. from the UCC Saskatchewan Provincial Council, Sask cert items. Lotteries and a number of individuals and Ukrainian com- “Selo” was beautifully sung by the Lastiwka Female The finale featured a mass chorus of all of the choirs, munity organizations. Hornjatkevyč recited “Zapovit.” Manitoba public school honors Taras Shevchenko by Oksana Shulakewych VITA, Manitoba – Did you know that there is a public “Shevchenko School” in Manitoba, Canada? Settled predominantly by Ukrainians, the town of Vita, Manitoba, was known as Szewczenko (the Polish spelling, since the Ukrainian immigrants from Halychyna had offi- cial documents in Polish or German). This school (Grades 1 to 12), located about 60 miles south of Winnipeg, contin- ues to be called Shevchenko School and is part of the Borderland School Division in Manitoba. The school has a bust of Taras Shevchenko by world- renowned artist Leo Mol prominently displayed in its main hallway. In March of this year the school celebrated the bicentennial of Shevchenko’s birth with a gala afternoon program. Helen Bialty wrote the following in the Carillon Newspaper of Steinbach, Manitoba on March 13. “It was appropriate for the afternoon program to have as guest speaker the Very Rev. Archpriest Roman Bozyk, who also led the opening prayer. The Rev. Bozyk was a for- mer Vita resident and student of Shevchenko School. He gave respect to the first people of the area and the develop- ment. …Greetings were extended by Jim Swidersky (reeve). Dr. John C. Lehr gave a visual presentation where the early settlers were referred to as heroes. Michele Thibodeau “‘The Sun is Setting’ was recited by Principal Peter Students of Shevchenko School, a public school in Vita, Manitoba. Osadchuk, who was also the emcee. Two dance groups entertained, the Susydka and Zvizda ensembles. A well- “For the love of our beloved Ukraine, through the contin- around the world.” documented biography was given by Aaron Klassen, a uation of celebrating Taras Shevchenko’s work, many gen- It is important to note that this area is composed of teacher. Prelude musicians were Greg and Katrina Bugera erations will be blessed to remember his songs and his fourth- and fifth-generation Ukrainian Canadians, who and Harry Hawryshko. writing which are now translated in many languages have not forgotten their roots. Shevchenko’s legacy lives on. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 No. 19

Sloviansk command in seeking to trade Hostages... hostages for political concessions. The crowning demand was for Kyiv to (Continued from page 2) “enter into dialogue with representatives of agreement from the “people’s self-defense [Ukraine’s] east and south,” and the OSCE forces” there (Interfax, April 26, 30; RIA to mediate between these “parties to the Novosti, April 27). That way, international conflict at the negotiating table” (implying organizations – the OSCE for starters – the two parties’ equivalence). Messrs. Putin would de facto have acknowledged the and Lavrov both used that formulation or slight variations on it. They invoked the authority of Russia’s proxies in territories April 17 Geneva statement as a basis for they have seized. appointing the OSCE to mediate between The second condition was an exchange “the sides,” in what Moscow depicts as a of the OSCE’s abducted observers for the conflict within Ukraine, instead of a Russia- secessionist militants detained by Ukraine conflict (kremlin.ru, April 30; Ukraine’s authorities in early April, prior Interfax, April 29, 30, May 1; see Eurasia to Kyiv’s loss of control in the Donetsk Daily Monitor, April 30, May 11). region. Commenting on the hostage situa- That demand remains at the top of tion in Sloviansk, Mr. Putin suggested, Moscow’s agenda for the upcoming Geneva “Kyiv’s authorities should release from 2 meeting. The OSCE helps Russia to detention the people in whom the accredit that mischaracterization of this [Donetsk] population has placed its trust, conflict, de facto equating Russia’s proxies and should talk directly with them” (krem- with Ukraine’s government in negotiations, lin.ru, April 30). and potentially encouraging Ukraine’s “fed- When Swiss President Didier eralization” This is not a quid-pro-quo for Burkhalter, the current holder of the Moscow ordering the release of OSCE OSCE’s chairmanship, called on Mr. Lavrov observers. This organization had shown to intercede with the hostage takers, Mr. itself ready to endorse Russia’s definition of Lavrov “drew attention to [Donetsk] com- the conflict, at Ukraine’s expense, well munity leaders detained in Kyiv for politi- before the hostage crisis. cal reasons.” Mr. Lavrov asked Mr. Ultimately, it was Germany that refused Burkhalter to obtain access to them and a direct trade-off, and the Kremlin that demand their release. The main figure arranged the hostages’ release by tele- among them is “Donetsk people’s gover- phone with the captors. Mr. Putin’s “special nor” Pavel Gubarev [Pavlo Hubaryov], who envoy for human rights,” Vladimir Lukin, led the early, abortive assaults on adminis- and his office made several telephone calls trative buildings in Donetsk (RIA Novosti, to Col. Strelkov/Girkin in Sloviansk. The April 2; Interfax, April 26, 30). Ukrainian authorities have posted the The third condition was for Ukraine to audio recordings of three calls, made on withdraw its military units from areas that May 1 and 2, on YouTube (https://www. Moscow wants to be defined as contested youtube.com/watch?v=fXZuHUyWQuw). areas. When Germany’s Chancellor Angela These conversations make clear that the Merkel called on Mr. Putin to help release Russian field commander had already the German-led OSCE group, Mr. Putin received orders from his own superiors in replied that Ukrainian troops should be Moscow (whom he does not identify) to removed from Ukraine’s “eastern and release the OSCE observers on May 3. Mr. southern regions [sic]” (Interfax, May 1). Lukin merely arranged some logistical and Ms. Merkel further asked Mr. Putin to let public relations aspects of the release with Ukraine’s presidential election be held on Col. Strelkov/Girkin. The release at the May 25 in Donbas. In the same context, snap of the Kremlin’s fingers (and revers- Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry warned ing the previous stance) confirms that Ukraine not to move against “community Russia controls the rebel command, not- defense volunteer units composed of local withstanding Russian diplomacy’s continu- citizens” there (Interfax, April 29). ing denials of that fact. The armed secessionists in Sloviansk and elsewhere in Donbas had issued those The article above is reprinted from same demands in their own name. Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Moscow spoke in unison with them. The its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Kremlin put its weight behind the www.jamestown.org.

about them – one that has struggled eco- The war... nomically for 23 years, but has never ques- tioned its own existence or territorial integ- (Continued from page 3) rity. And nothing Ukraine has done merits encouraged the association with the EU, such destruction. full membership for Ukraine was never on A solution amenable to Mr. Putin would the table. In fact, most EU members are be to elect as president another Alyaksandr wary of further expansion. The violence Lukashenka of Belarus, i.e. a hardline lead- that has ensued since March is the result of er who may stabilize the country, offer the actions of a militant minority that has some token national rhetoric, but ultimate- conducted kidnappings, carried out ly be loyal and subservient to Moscow. A assaults on locals and resisted government second option, which seems inconceivable, forces with the sort of weaponry of which is the division of the country, entailing the most terrorists could only dream. Its loss of its industrial heartland and Black actions have the covert and formidable Sea ports. backing of a substantial Russian army The third option is the one that has been parked around borders of Ukraine in three chosen: new presidential elections, which directions and the open support of a bellig- should be followed closely by new parlia- erent Russian president. mentary elections. All parts of Ukraine Again, none of the above is to suggest would then be represented in the new gov- that the temporary leaders of Ukraine have ernment. The separatists and their patron always acted wisely, but that reflects their seem determined to prevent such an out- predicament. They face a situation that come, decrying neo-Nazis and juntas that changes daily, as they encounter yet anoth- supposedly threaten them from Kyiv. er government takeover in eastern towns, Eliminating the separatists carries the led by self-appointed mayors and military threat of a full-scale Russian invasion. leaders who act like local satraps in the Doing nothing results in the proliferation of manner of Chechnya’s President Ramzan city takeovers. And the longer the conflict Kadyrov (lacking only their pet tigers). continues, the more polarized the sides Ukrainians see their country disintegrating become. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 19

May 11 Photo exhibit, “Maidan Through the Lens,” Ukrainian May 20 Presentation by Andriy J. Semotiuk, “Skills to Succeed: Trenton, NJ American Cultural Center, 609-392-2455 New York Young Professionals and Their Challenges,” Ukrainian Institute of America, [email protected] May 14 Presentation by Natalia Moussienko, “ Art: Washington Art of the Barricades, Voice of Ukraine,” Woodrow Wilson May 21 Wine tasting, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New International Center for Scholars, Ronald Reagan Building Whippany, NJ Jersey, www.facebook.com/uaccnj and International Trade Center, 202-691-4100 or [email protected] May 24 Book launch with Andrew Gregorovich, trilingual Toronto translation of Taras Shevchenko’s “Kobzar” in Ukrainian, May 16 Lecture by Michael McFaul, “A New Cold War?: Causes English and French, Taras Shevchenko Museum, Stanford, CA and Consequences of Confrontation with Russia,” Stanford 416-534-8662 or www.infoukes.com/shevchenkomuseum University, www.creees.stanford.edu/events/upcoming May 27 Panel discussion, “Poland/Ukraine 2014,” The Kosciuszko May 16 200th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko concert, St. New York Foundation, www.thekf.org/events/upcoming_events or Silver Spring, MD Andrew Ukrainian Cultural Center, www.sandrewuoc.org [email protected] (rsvp only)

May 16-18 St. George Ukrainian Festival, St. George Ukrainian May 31 Book presentation by Kristina Lew, “100 Nahirny New York Catholic Church, 212-253-2417 Philadelphia Churches: The Churches of Vasyl Nahirny,” Ukrainian League of Philadelphia, 215-840-7841 May 17 Concert, featuring a program of songs from the Ukrainian Alexandria, VA village, with trio Zozulka, The Washington Group, The June 1 Lemko Genealogy Workshop, with Mike Buryk, Stamford, CT Organization of the Defense of Lemkivshchyna, Ukrainian Lyceum, 301-229-2615 or [email protected] Museum and Library, 347-992-9038 or May 17 Book launch, “Volodymyr Makarenko. Painting,” [email protected] New York Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 or June 1 Religious Education Class, Immaculate Conception www.shevchenko.org Hillside, NJ Ukrainian Catholic Church, 973-599-9381 or May 17 Art exhibit opening, “We Are All Ukraine,” featuring art www.byzcath.org/immaculateconception New York by Waldemart Klyuzko, The Ukrainian Museum, June 3 Lecture by Tommaso Piffer, “The Allies, the European 212-228-0110 Stanford, CA Resistance and the Origins of the Cold War in Europe,” www.creees.stanford.edu or [email protected] May 17 Photo presentation and lecture, with Natalia Moussienko, Chicago “Art of the Barricades – Voice of Ukraine: Photographs June 6 Golf tournament fund-raiser, Friends of Ukrainian Village from Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution,” Ukrainian National Sherwood Park, AB Society, Broadmoor Golf Course, Women’s League of America Branch 85, Ukrainian www.friendsukrainianvillage.com Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 or www.uima-chicago.org Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events May 18 Performance, “Dark Night Bright Stars: In Concert,” by advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions New York Virlana Tkacz and the Yara Arts Group, The Ukrainian from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Museum, 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014 No. 19

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, May 17 Ukrainian architect and civic activist Vasyl in celebration of its 120 years NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Nahirny (1848-1921). The presentation will Society invites all to a book launch of be held at 7 p.m. at the Ukrainian League of of service to the Ukrainian community “Volodymyr Makarenko. Painting” (2013). Philadelphia (800 N. 23rd St, Philadelphia, PA The book contains 200 pages, over 150 color 19130). The event is free and co-sponsored illustrations, a number of photographs from by the ULP Cultural Trust and the Ukrainian invites the community to the personal archive of the artist, and fore- Community Foundation of Philadelphia. For words by Prof. Daria Darewych (Toronto) additional information call 215-840-7841. and Vita Susak (Lviv), an article by Jean Sunday, June 1 Claude Markade () and an interview UNA CONCERT with the artist by Alexander Demko record- STAMFORD, Conn.: Uncover your roots at a ed in Paris in 2008. Illustrated works by “Lemko Genealogy Workshop” at noon-2:30 Makarenko are from the artist’s collection, as p.m. on the premises of the Ukrainian “THE WORD well as from museums and private collec- Museum and Library of Stamford, 161 tions in the U.S., Canada, Germany, France Glenbrook Road, Stamford, CT 06902. The and Ukraine. Makarenko (born 1943) is a workshop will include how to research your contemporary Ukrainian artist who lives in family history, available a rchives and online OF TARAS” Paris. Mr. Demko and Jaroslaw Martyniuk resources, and tips for finding living rela- will participate in the presentation. The tives. The workshop will be conducted by on Friday, May 16, 2014, at 8 p.m. book launch will take place at the society’s Mike Buryk, who has 35 years of experience building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and with genealogical research in southeast 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional infor- Poland. Cost: $20 per participant. To register at Veselka Hall, mation call 212-254-5130. online, go to http://www.lemko-ool.com/ genealogy_workshop.html. The workshop is Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Kerhonkson, NY Saturday, May 24 organized by the Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna and the Lemko The concert is dedicated to Taras Shevchenko, UNA’s patron. TORONTO: The Taras Shevchenko Museum invites you to the book launch for the new tri- Research Foundation. For more information Starring: The Toronto Bandurist Capella lingual “Kobzar” of Taras Shevchenko in call 347-992-9038. Ukrainian, English and French. The event will Sunday, June 15 Under the direction of Dr. Victor Mishalow take place at 2 p.m. at the museum building, 1614 Bloor St. W. and will feature speaker HORSHAM, Pa.: The popular Father’s Day Performing: Ukrainian Fest will commence at 1 p.m., at Larysa Stilmashenko – mezzo soprano soloist of the Kharkiv Philharmonia, Andrew Gregorovich. Wine and cheese will be served. For additional information call “Tryzubivka” (Ukrainian American Sport Iryney Sulypka – bass soloist, Ivan Korbabycz – bandura virtuoso, Borys Ostapenko – 416-534-8662 or visit the website www. Center, County Line and Lower State roads). bandura virtuoso, Bohdan Temniuk – recitation of Taras Shevchenko’s poetry. infoukes.com/shevchenkomuseum. A 2 p.m. stage show will feature the Voloshky School of Ukrainian Dance, Karpaty ADMISSION $10 Saturday May 31 Orchestra and more (to be announced). A PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian League of zabava/dance to the tunes of the orchestra Philadelphia (ULP) invites you to a presenta- will follow. There will be plentiful Ukrainian tion by Khristina Lew of “100 Nahirny home-made foods and baked goods, picnic Churches: The Churches of Vasyl Nahirny” fare and cool refreshments. There is free (2013) by Khristina Lew, Vasyl Slobodian and admission and parking on both days. For Natalka Filevych. The book brings together, information call 215-362-5331, e-mail elu- for the first time, contemporary photographs, [email protected], log on to www.tryzub.org , original architectural renderings and histori- or check out the Facebook page of Tryzub cal accounts of churches designed by noted UkrainianClub.

The Ukrainian naTional associaTion in celebration of its 120 years of service to the Ukrainian community invites the community to

on saturday, May 17, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. soyuzivka heritage center, kerhonkson, nY

Cocktails: 7:30 p.m. on Veselka Patio Banquet: 8:30 p.m. in Veselka Hall

Keynote address: Honorable U.S. Congressman Chris Gibson Musical entertainment: Stan Kosiv

Program: Installation of newly elected General Assembly members Admission $60

rSVP Soyuzivka 845-626-5641