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HE Published byKRAINIAN the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXVIT UNo. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER W 14, 2008 $1/$2 in Ukraine European Union leaders delay Two scenarios emerge in Kyiv Ukraine’s integration efforts as coalition’s collapse is expected by Zenon Zawada by Zenon Zawada betrayal of the democratic coalition and Kyiv Press Bureau Kyiv Press Bureau Ukraine’s strategic course.” Ukraine’s citizens also don’t want pre- KYIV – European Union (EU) leaders KYIV – With almost no hope left for term elections, a view shared throughout the decided on September 9 to delay Ukraine’s pro-Western parliamentary coali- country, according to a Razumkov poll of Ukraine’s integration efforts by at least tion to mend its fences by a deadline extend- 2,379 respondents conducted on September half a year because of the conflict ed to September 16, politicians and observ- 4-5. between President Viktor Yushchenko ers began contemplating two likely scenari- In fact, 72 percent of Donetsk residents, and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, os for Ukrainian politics. and 68 percent of Lviv residents, oppose which has led to the expected collapse of Most widely suspected is that a new pre-term elections. The most support for a the pro-Western coalition government. coalition will emerge within a month pre-term election was in Dnipropetrovsk, Leaders and diplomats expected a new between the Party of Regions of Ukraine where 26 percent of respondents were in enhanced agreement on bilateral relations (PRU) and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc favor. would either be signed this fall or in the (YTB), which are already cooperating on Dnipropetrovsk and Donetstk residents spring of 2009, but EU leaders decided legislative initiatives in the Verkhovna also expressed the most support for a Party no new pact would be finalized until the Rada. of Regions-Tymoshenko Bloc coalition – 56 second half of 2009 and offered no assur- The other likely scenario is that no new percent and 54 percent, respectively. ances of eventual EU accession. coalition will emerge and that the president While the Party of Regions never ruled Infighting between Ukraine’s leaders will dismiss Parliament after a month of out forming a coalition with anyone, Ms. “undoubtedly influenced” the summit Official Website of Ukraine’s President failed coalition talks and will call pre-term Tymoshenko has insisted ever since the declaration’s final wording, an associate Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Viktor elections – the third in three years. Orange Revolution that her bloc would of top European Council official Javier Yushchenko in Paris. “Or perhaps a Tymoshenko Bloc-Party never form a parliamentary coalition with Solana told UNIAN, a leading Ukrainian of Regions coalition after pre-term elec- the PRU. news wire, three days before the summit. Diplomats began discussing plans to tions, also disguised until the following She aimed this policy at consolidating “Today’s political crisis pushed the relax visa rules and eventually establish a election,” suggested Vitaly Portnikov, a and solidifying her electorate in western EU to delay the agreement until later visa-free regime between the EU and Kyiv journalist and political pundit. “From Ukraine, which she won from the Our next year,” said Volodymyr Fesenko, Ukraine, the Ukrainian president said. now on, they will always disguise them- Ukraine bloc during the last two parliamen- board chairman of the Penta Center for Agreements were reached in unifying selves and they will always be together.” tary elections. Applied Political Research in Kyiv. energy systems and cooperating more Both Ms. Tymoshenko and Party of Such concern is valid, as the Razumkov “They understand just how complicat- deeply in aviation, he said. Regions leaders agree that pre-term elec- poll revealed that 69 percent of Lviv resi- ed the political situation is in Ukraine, In Mr. Yushchenko’s view, the tions would be the worst outcome of the dents are against a PRU-YTB union. and perhaps this is a way to influence the Association Agreement that will be collapse of the Democratic Forces At a September 8 press conference, presidential election campaign and say, signed in the second half of 2009 will be Coalition. reporter Serhii Leschenko of Ukrayinska ‘You should keep in mind Ukraine’s similar to what was extended to Central “I am categorically against pre-term elec- Pravda reminded Ms. Tymoshenko that she European prospects.’” and Eastern European countries that are tions, which will re-ignite complete chaos once said she would only unite with the At the same time, Ukraine’s foreign for a year, absolutely won’t allow passage now EU members. Party of Regions if she were abducted by a policy team made significant strides of the 2009 budget, and most importantly, However, the Financial Times reported UFO. toward EU integration, which Mr. either won’t change the make-up the politi- on September 9 that the Association “Our bloc can unite with the Regions Yushchenko proudly described as “histor- cal forces in Parliament at all, or will change Agreement is more similar to what is cur- only if a UFO takes me into its saucer, con- ic” at a brief September 9 press confer- them not in favor of the democratic coali- rently in place with Albania, Macedonia ducts illegal research on me and deprives ence that concluded the 12th Ukraine-EU tion,” Ms. Tymoshenko told a September 8 summit, held at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Continued on page 21) press conference. “Pre-term elections are a (Continued on page 21) Cheney assures Ukraine of U.S. support in aftermath of Russian-Georgian conflict by Zenon Zawada leaders issued statements affirming the Kyiv Press Bureau North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as the best guarantor of Ukrainian and KYIV – U.S. Vice-President Dick regional security. Cheney on September 5 met separately with “The events in Georgia demonstrated President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime that the single model ... for reliable defense Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. of a European nation’s territorial integrity, He arrived in Kyiv on September 4, as that of Ukraine or any other, is joining the part of a four-nation tour that included all-European, pan-European North Atlantic Azerbaijan, Georgia and Italy to discuss system of collective security,” Mr. with various leaders the effect of the Yushchenko said. Russian-Georgian war. The U.S. vice-president was more specif- Ms. Tymoshenko’s meeting with Mr. ic in his remarks, stating the Russian Cheney extended twice as long as had been Federation encroached upon Georgian terri- planned, followed by a meeting involving tory, and illegally and single-handedly used the Ukrainian and U.S. delegations. force to physically seize territory. The leaders discussed regional security “Ukraine’s support for Georgia, and issues, maintaining stability in Ukraine and especially your dramatic visit to Tbilisi in the region, and diversifying energy sources, the crisis’ first days, showed a courageous the government’s pres-service reported. example for others,” Mr. Cheney said. “The Afterwards, Mr. Cheney held a meeting Official Website of Ukraine’s President free world must follow this example deci- with the Ukrainian president, which also Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko with U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney. In extended longer than expected, and the two (Continued on page 21) the background is U.S. Ambassador William Taylor. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Crisis in Ukraine EU and Ukraine deepen ties all-European, pan-European, North Atlantic system of collective security.” He noted that by Pavel Korduban coalition, leaving her in the opposition. PARIS – European Union leaders told NATO’s eastward expansion “is an extra Eurasia Daily Monitor The Presidential Secretariat mounted an Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko that factor of stability in the region.” The presi- September 8 unprecedented offensive against Ms. he could expect an Association Agreement dent also said the recent visit to Ukraine of Tymoshenko in the second half of August, next year that would deepen ties between U.S. President George W. Bush gave an Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko following her refusal to back Mr. the 27-state bloc and Ukraine, but they impetus to bilateral relations. Vice-President is ready to call an early parliamentary elec- Yushchenko’s stance on Georgia. The stopped short of offering Ukraine member- Cheney, who arrived in Kyiv from Tbilisi, tion as his party, Our Ukraine – People’s Secretariat accused her of treason and ship in the EU. Reuters reported that a dec- Georgia, pointed out the importance of Self-Defense (OU-PSD), withdrew from a instructed the Security Service of Ukraine laration agreed upon by EU leaders and the Ukraine’s support for Georgia. Russia’s coalition with Prime Minister Yulia (known by its Ukrainian acronym as SBU) Ukrainian president acknowledged Kyiv’s invasion and illegal attempt to seize Tymoshenko’s Bloc (YTB). According to to check whether Ms. Tymoshenko refused EU aspirations and status as a European Georgian territory by force call into ques- Ukrainian law, OU-PSD has time until to condemn Russia’s actions in Georgia country and resolved to launch talks on tion its reliability as an international partner September 13 to change its mind; otherwise, because, according to Mr. Yushchenko’s visa-free arrangements for Ukrainian citi- of not only Georgia but also of the region either a new coalition will emerge or aide Andrii Kyslynskyi, Moscow reportedly zens. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on the whole, he stressed. Mr. Cheney Ukraine will see its third parliamentary elec- has earmarked $1 billion to back Ms. who holds the rotating presidency of the emphasized that he had been instructed to tion in four years. Tymoshenko’s presidential bid (UNIAN, EU, told a news conference on September deliver to the people of Ukraine a clear Russia, self-confident after the events in August 18). Furthermore, Mr. Yushchenko’s 9: “It is the first time that the European message from President Bush confirming Georgia, may play some role also in Ukraine Secretariat head, Viktor Baloha, instructed Union has made such a clear statement his country’s intention to strengthen rela- as both Ms. Tymoshenko and her possible the SBU to check his suspicions that Ms. about Ukraine’s European calling.... This tions with Ukraine both today and in the ally in a new coalition, Party of Regions Tymoshenko was conspiring to kill him Association Agreement does not close any distant future. Mr. Cheney said the (PRU) leader Viktor Yanukovych, have (Ukrainska Pravda, September 2). path and even opens some.” He added, Ukrainians have the right to choose whether apparently been seeking Moscow’s support. Although the accusations may seem far- “This relationship is already very strong. they wish to become NATO members or The crisis in Ukraine has both domestic fetched, Ms. Tymoshenko must have taken We want it to be deepened, we want it to not, adding, “No outside country gets a and international roots. On the one hand, them seriously. She counterattacked on become an exceptional relationship.” veto.” Mr. Cheney said Washington sup- both Mr. Yanukovych and Ms. Tymoshenko September 2, when Parliament re-convened President Yushchenko called the summit ported Ukraine’s bid to join the military “an absolute success,” noting “Today we rejected Mr. Yushchenko’s condemnation of after summer vacations. The YTB sided alliance, and that a NATO commitment to are starting a very ambitious plan that Russian behavior in Georgia. This prompted with the PRU both in rejecting a OU-PSD- eventually admit the former Soviet republic should lead us to ultimate victory.” the president to accuse them of betraying drafted resolution denouncing Russia’s “stands today.” Vice-President Cheney also (Reuters) the country’s national interests. On the other behavior in Georgia, and in passing a string met separately with Prime Minister Yulia hand, rivalry between Mr. Yushchenko, who of laws aimed at further weakening presi- Vice-President Cheney visits Kyiv Tymoshenko. (Ukrinform, RFE/RL) wants to run for a second term in 2010 but dential authority. Rada asks for Baloha’s dismissal is weakened by constitutional reform and As OU-PSD representatives walked out KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor low popularity, and Ms. Tymoshenko, who in protest, Parliament by the votes of the Yushchenko discussed three blocks of ques- KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada with 323 views her tenure as prime minister as a PRU, the YTB and the Communists tions with U.S. Vice-President Richard votes on September 5 approved a resolution springboard to presidency, has reached its approved laws simplifying the impeach- Cheney in Kyiv on September 5: the seeking the dismissal of Presidential climax. ment procedure, forbidding the president Russia-Georgia conflict, Ukraine-U.S. rela- Secretariat Chair Viktor Baloha. The Ms. Tymoshenko has been under serious from suspending Cabinet resolutions by tions and the political situation in Ukraine. authors of the resolution are Party of pressure from both Mr. Yushchenko and the referring them to the Constitutional Court, Mr. Yushchenko said of the Georgian con- Regions National Deputy Volodymyr PRU since the abortive no-confidence vote and depriving the president of the rights to flict that it “demonstrated there are security Sivkovych and Our Ukraine – People’s risks in the Black Sea region, so it is neces- against her in July (see Eurasia Daily choose the procurator-general, the Security Self-Defense National Deputy Volodymyr sary to prevent a spread of the threat to Monitor, July 16). The PRU promised to try Service chief and the regional governors Stretovych. Rada members want Mr. other territories.” The president focused on and topple Ms. Tymoshenko again in the (Interfax-Ukraine, Ukrainska Pravda, Baloha to be dismissed for “creating hin- fall, and Ms. Tymoshenko feared that Ukraine’s concern over a possible use of the drances to the activities of Ukrainian OU-PSD and the PRU would forge a new (Continued on page 17) Russian Black Sea Fleet deployed in national deputies and conducting illegal Ukraine during conflicts with third coun- operations with land, particularly that tries, “because this would powerfully draw belonging to the enterprises of the State Ukraine into military confrontation.” He Affairs Department.” National deputies of Has Ukraine’s Orange Coalition also pointed to the inadmissibility of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc unanimously Ukraine’s recognition of the independence backed the decision, as Mr. Baloha has of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, stressing made numerous accusations against Prime reached the point of no return? that the Georgian developments proved “the Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Internal Affairs only non-alternative model of reliable pro- Minister Yurii Lutsenko commented that by Jan Maksymiuk law on the Constitutional Court make it tection of territorial integrity” of any coun- RFE/RL impossible to appeal an unconstitutional rul- try, including Ukraine, “is accession to the (Continued on page 16) September 4 ing of the court. The government is outside any control, and the basic balance of gov- In announcing the collapse of the coali- ernment is ruined,” he added. tion government formed by the Yulia A similar law expanding the powers of THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 Tymoshenko Bloc and the Our Ukraine – the Cabinet was already passed by the YTB People’s Self-Defense bloc, Ukrainian and the PRU in December 2006 and reaf- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., President Viktor Yushchenko accused his firmed, following a presidential veto, in a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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NEWS ANALYSIS State of Ukraine’s military EU’s attention on Ukraine by Bruce Pannier forces last month – was engaged in shuttle is once again a concern RFE/RL diplomacy on September 8 to hammer out September 9 a follow-up deal to get Russian troops out by Roman Kupchinsky ment, many specialists are asking if the of undisputed Georgian territory. Eurasia Daily Monitor Ukrainian leadership will be forced to EU leaders shifted gears from the con- Mr. Sarkozy and Russian President September 4 resort to developing nuclear weapons as flict in Georgia to relations with another Dmitry Medvedev announced after a an answer to Ukraine’s military woes. nearby state lying in the shadow of a meeting outside Moscow an agreement to During the August 2008 commemora- In January 1994, after considerable resurgent Russia during key talks in Paris pull back hundreds of Russian troops still tion of the 17th anniversary of Ukrainian international pressure, Ukraine agreed with Ukrainian President Viktor stationed in so-called buffer zones outside independence, armored units of Ukraine’s with Russia and the United States to turn Yushchenko. Georgia’s breakaway republics of ground forces paraded down Kyiv’s over its nuclear arsenal to Russia. At that Before the September 9 EU-Ukraine Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Khreschatyk while air force planes flew time it adopted a military doctrine that summit, the bloc had signaled that it The Ukrainian president and his overhead in a show of Ukrainian military declared the country’s intention to be a would provide encouragement about clos- Georgian counterpart, Mikheil Saakashvili, might and preparedness. non-nuclear state and stated that Ukraine er ties, but, as expected, did not offer Kyiv were the key figures in the “colored revo- The decision to include a full-scale had no enemies, although the doctrine did a specific pledge on future membership. lutions” that saw pro-Western govern- military parade was made by President stipulate that any state “whose consistent The recent war between Russian and ments come to power in post-Soviet coun- Viktor Yushchenko at the last moment. policy constitutes a military danger for Georgian forces over the breakaway tries. That fact has never sat well with His decision was directly linked to his Ukraine, leads to interference in internal regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia has many in the Russian government, and Mr. support for Georgia in the Russian- matters and encroaches on its territorial lent urgency to the calls for the European Yushchenko has accused Prime Minister Georgian war and was intended to dem- integrity or national interests” is an Union to open its doors to Ukraine, where Yulia Tymoshenko of moving closer to the onstrate to the world that Ukraine had the enemy (Stephen Blank, “Proliferation Moscow has battled politically and eco- Kremlin in an effort to improve her status means to defend itself if Russia decided and Nonproliferation in Ukraine: nomically to limit Western influence. as a future presidential candidate. to invade the country. Implications for European and U.S. The break-up of Ukraine’s ruling coali- “In some ways the entire process of Mr. Yushchenko told the gathered Security,” U.S. Army War College, tion further complicates bargaining posi- Ukraine’s moving closer to the European crowd: “No one will ever tell us what 1994). tions in Brussels and Kyiv, particularly Union... says to Russia that the European road to follow. No one will ever measure On January 14, 1994, the presidents of given Mr. Yushchenko’s frequently stated Union doesn’t recognize spheres of influ- our borders, islands and peninsulas. ... I the United States, Russia and Ukraine hopes of bringing his country into the EU ence, and that countries on Russia’s border express the deepest condolences from signed a trilateral statement detailing the fold. like Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, those everyone, without exception, to the vic- procedures for the transfer of Ukrainian The EU has signaled it is willing to that Russia considers within its own sphere timized people of the undivided Georgian nuclear warheads to Russia and gave the bring Ukraine a bit closer, but did of influence, should have the right to make lands. ... Your pain is in our hearts” (The Ukrainians the security assurances they not define Ukraine as a “European” coun- their own independent foreign policy deci- Ukrainian Weekly, August 31). demanded. try at the meeting, let alone consider any sions. If that means joining the European The main question many Ukrainians Stephen Blank of the U.S. Army War fast-track EU membership. Union or even joining NATO, that’s their are asking, however, is how ready and College wrote in July 1994 that with the “The summit will not give Ukraine a right,” said Mr. Vlasek of the Center for capable is the Ukrainian military to with- conclusion of the tripartite accord “the European perspective, a key word for European Reform. “The European Union is stand a sustained Russian air, ground and United States has committed itself to eventual membership,” Tomas Valasek, saying in fact that it recognizes those rights, sea attack, and defend Ukraine’s indepen- involvement in all aspects of the Russo- director of foreign policy and defense at that the Georgia war doesn’t changed this dence? A recent poll by the Ukrainian Ukrainian relationship that are crucial to the London-based Center for European and that Ukraine should be free to choose Strategic Studies Institute found that 57 the security of the CIS [Commandwealth Reform, told RFE/RL ahead of the meet- EU membership.” percent of those polled did not believe of Independent States] and Europe. ing. “It will say all the right things about that Ukraine was capable of defending its Perhaps without realizing it, the United Ukraine’s importance and it will say that Energy hub territorial integrity and independence by States has become a permanent factor in Ukraine and the EU are on a path toward a itself (Ukrayinska Pravda, September 1). the regional security equation. The Ahead of the summit, Yushchenko progressively closer relationship, but that made the case that Ukraine is politically Ukraine’s largely conscript armed United States is seen by Kiev [sic], what- is diplomatic speak for, ‘We’re not quite forces consist of 191,000 military person- ever U.S. policy is in actuality, as being and culturally a good candidate for inclu- ready to seriously consider you as a candi- sion in the European Union and is work- nel and 43,000 civilian employees. They able to guarantee Ukraine against date.’ ” are generally considered to be underfund- Moscow’s pressures.” ing to meet EU social and political stan- ed and lacking in training. The issue of nuclear weapons reap- Georgia crisis dards. He also touted his country’s role as a future hub for Central Asian and According to a 2007 study by peared in the Ukrainian-Russian war of The crisis in Georgia was on the agenda Marybeth Peterson Ulrich of the Strategic words in February 2007, when Russia’s Caucasus energy supplies destined for in Paris, too, with both the Ukrainian pres- Europe. Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, then-president Vladimir Putin warned ident and the EU looking to send a mes- “The Ukrainian armed forces have been President Yushchenko that nuclear weap- But, for its part, the European Union sage to the Kremlin that Russia’s military had to consider the waning public support on a starvation diet, recently receiving ons would be aimed at Ukraine if they intervention in the South Caucasus would only 1.3 percent of gross domestic prod- cooperated with America’s missile for further EU expansion and the conse- not be tolerated in Ukraine. Mr. quences of further straining relations with uct (GDP). [If Ukraine were in NATO, it defense program. A similar threat was Yushchenko said during the post-summit would rank] third among NATO’s 26 made by the former chief of staff of the Russia, a major supplier of energy to EU press briefing that his country would not countries. countries in terms of size, but 127th out Russian armed forces, Yuriy Baluyevsky, recognize the independence of Georgia’s of 150 countries worldwide in expendi- last April. Some EU countries remain skeptical two separatist regions. that Ukraine is ready for EU membership, ture per serviceman.” Reacting to these and earlier Russian “We recognize the territorial integrity Ukrainian Defense Minister Yurii threats, Defense Minister Yekhanurov has noting Ukraine’s poor record on reform of Georgia. And Ukraine cannot recognize and high levels of corruption within the Yekhanurov has said that “The MOD said a number of times that Ukraine made the sovereignty of South Ossetia or [Ministry of Defense] has a very long a “foolish” decision to give up all its government. Abkhazia,” said Ukraine’s president. The EU also revealed details in Paris way to go in the area of defense, because nuclear weapons. In 2003 Mr. French President Nicolas Sarkozy took a systematic transformation of the UAF Yekhanurov stressed the importance of about its Association Agreement with the opportunity to reassure Ukraine over Ukraine, which conjures up parallels with [Ukrainian armed forces] requires enor- having a strong army and said that any fears Kyiv may have regarding Russia, mous efforts, clear coherence in actions Ukraine “could easily resume nuclear the agreements that Brussels has worked saying during a press conference after the out with its new, eastern member-states. and heavy daily routine” (Ukrainian weapons production if necessary” summit that Ukraine’s territorial integrity Mr. Yushchenko said that the agreement Ministry of Defense website www.mil. (Stolichnyye Novosti, October 28, 2003). is “non-negotiable.” represented progress on Ukraine’s path to gov.ua/index.php?part=white_ In late August, in a move designed to The summit was moved from its origi- full EU membership. book&lang=en, April 17). calm Ukrainian and Western concerns nal venue in Evian to Paris in large part “We agreed that the new document, On a more optimistic note, the Defense over Russia’s intentions, Mr. Putin said because Mr. Sarkozy – who brokered the which will define and regulate our rela- Ministry’s “White Paper” for 2007 made that Russia was not interested in annex- ceasefire that stopped the most intense the following assertion: “In general, in ing the Crimean peninsula; but many in fighting between Georgian and Russian (Continued on page 23) 2006 and 2007 the measures stipulated in the Ukrainian defense establishment take the State Program of Development of the little comfort from these words. The con- armed forces were mainly fulfilled. The flict over Crimea is only one facet of the amount of fulfillment affirms that the much larger picture, and the prospect of Quotable notes Ukrainian Armed Forces are approaching Russia targeting Ukrainian cities with the standards set for 2011. Combat organi- nuclear weapons along with the lack of “ …Russia …is seeking to overthrow a democratically elected government zation of the forces and their level of com- any meaningful Western security guaran- precisely because that government does not want to be subjugated to Moscow. bat readiness indicated during military tees might push Ukraine to heed Mr. [Russian President Dmitry] Medvedev’s claim of a Georgian genocide, after exercises, including international ones, as Yekhanurov’s concerns and begin a pro- his own government published casualty figures of 200 or so, is deliberately pre- well as during peacekeeping missions, gram to arm its military with a nuclear posterous; he is mocking the very idea of humanitarian intervention. As Russia affirm that the armed forces are ready and arsenal. under President-turned-Prime-Minister Vladimir Putin has become less and less capable of adequately reacting to potential democratic, it has become increasingly aggressive toward neighboring democra- threats and completing the reform to The article above is reprinted from cies. The more democratic those neighbors become – see Ukraine, Poland, acquire the characteristics of a modern, Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia – the more hostile Russia becomes. …” professional, mobile European force.” from its publisher, the Jamestown Despite this overly positive assess- Foundation, www.jamestown.org. – “Understanding Russia,” editorial, The Washington Post, September 2. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37 College students participate in UOC’s mission to Ukraine’s orphanages PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The 2008 Mission Team of College Age Students of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., returned from Ukraine in August after visiting the children at the Puhachiv and Znamianka orphanages in the Kirovohrad and Zhytomyr oblasts, respectively. Bishop Daniel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., along with Irene Mahlay, led this year’s mission team of 12, which included nine students: Andrea Komichark of St. Vladimir Cathedral (Parma, Ohio); Alexandra Hucul of Holy Ascension Parish (Maplewood, N.J.); Adam Kennedy, Melania and Matthew Trypupenko of St. Volodymyr Cathedral (Philadelphia); Lara Haluszczak of St. Vladimir Church (Pittsburgh); Anastasia Zawierucha of Holy Dormition Church (Northampton, Pa.); Madeline Melnychenko of St. Vladimir Cathedral (Silver Spring, Md.); Katherine Stecyk of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Parma; and the Rev. Stephen Masliuk, pastor of St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Bridgeport, Conn. The mission trip was organized by the Consistory of the UOC-U.S.A., including Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon, director of the Offices of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, and the Rev. Protodeacon Dr. Ihor Mahlay, director of the Offices of Missions and Christian Charity. The participants prayed with children, joined in arts and crafts, assisted staff Bishop Daniel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. (center) and members of the 2008 Mission Team pause out- with their daily responsibilities and side one of the orphanages in Ukraine. added fresh paint to these facilities. The in their daily routines. Zaluchia, the newest addition, is located involved as the Church looks forward and team learned and shared information on The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. begins to plan next year’s mission trip.” healthcare practices, including preventive U.S.A., in partnership with the Children “Every year there is a chance for all of us The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the care, diet, hygiene and medication. of Chornobyl Relief and Development to serve God and others through mission U.S.A., is planning a winter mission trip to According to the team members, the Fund, has in the past 10 years adopted work,” said Bishop Daniel. “It can be in Ukraine on December 21-28. The trip will staffers at both facilities do a remarkable three orphanages, which were selected another continent or much closer to home. be led by Bishop Daniel. Applications, job of being sensitive to the individual based on the particularly deplorable con- It can be hard work or something that is which should be submitted by September needs of the children, while integrating dition of these facilities. In addition to the very quick and easy, but it’s always reward- 26, are available at the Church’s website, modern healthcare and medical practices ones in Puhachiv and Znamianka, ing. We would love to have more youth www.uocofusa.org. A mission team member refl ects on the experience The following is the description by participating in the ministry of our Lord, bling. So while they may not be [what our ancestral homeland. Adam Kennedy, a UOC-U.S.A. mission and the satisfying feeling that results: that society calls] normal, they most certainly My experience is no greater than team member, of his trip to the it will always be enough to these children. are magnificent and nothing short of anyone before me and certainly not one Puhachiv and Znamianka orphanages A stroke on the cheek, a tight embrace, extraordinary. of dire importance. But at the very least in Ukraine, during the summer of 2008. the beauty and comfort in any human I can go on for pages praising the work it is an experience, and it is one I wish touch will go well beyond anything you we do there as Orthodox Christians, the to share. The train pulls into the station. The ever thought yourself capable of giving. children themselves, or how much prog- On my first trip [in 2007] I met two buildings are reminiscent of a Soviet trag- When you walk room to room, the ress has been made there over the years, children, who, had they lived in the edy. Bats line the bright night sky as you children do not appear as what our soci- but I am opting not to. This trip is an United States, would have lived very walk a weathered path. You have arrived ety deems to be “normal.” However, experience, an experience I believe every- different lives. Vitaly, who suffers from at the orphanage of Znamianka. The hall- within moments of time spent with any one should have, but in reality, not every- hydrocephalus, and Masha, who is mal- ways are blue, and during the days the child, it is apparent that these children are one can handle. Thus, you need to be, at nourished. They are my children. After hallways resonate with screams and cognitive, spiritual, but most of all hum- the very least, aware of the sufferings in leaving them, my thoughts and prayers laughter. At night, a deafening silence revolved around them over the duration cascades throughout the corridors, only of this past year and throughout its high to be shattered by the cries of a child in points as well as low ones. the early hours of the morning. I returned to Ukraine this year on the Disfigured children reside in this 2008 mission team in hopes of seeing foreign place, in this country of my both children again. The cruel reality ancestors. Foremost they are neglected, struck me during my stay at Znamianka. but unmistakably pure and innocent. I lost a child. I lost a child in my They are love without limitation, absence, an 11-year-old, a child I had unconditional. Some talk, some just waited a year to see, to love. And, in make noises. And while these children retrospect, nothing I have ever done in are truly astonishing, the cold hard fact life was harder than going to pray over remains: These children might never her grave and say my final good-bye, leave this place – they might die here. only to not be certain that it was her This is the bitter truth of it all. As a grave I was praying over. missionary, this bitter truth impacts you This is why we must go on, for with such tremendous force the last Masha and for those before her and time you see their faces, and chronical- those who are certain to follow. We ly strikes throughout the years to fol- must stay, the trips must continue, and low. This is why we go there, this is we must expand. Every child deserves why what is done there matters. We go to be shown the paternal love we as there to return that love which is given human beings are entitled to. copiously. The orphans of Ukraine are waiting I firmly believe that no matter how and they will receive you with open much affection we return, it could arms. never match the amount we receive Adam Kennedy brings fellowship to orphaned children during his 2008 mission Will you answer the call? trip to Ukraine. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM The Weekly’s summer intern: Tyrssa Korduba PARSIPPANY, N.J. – As happens during most years, this summer The Ukrainian Weekly hired an intern to work with the editorial staff at The Ukrainian Weekly’s home office in Parsippany, N.J. The Weekly’s 2008 intern was Tyrssa Korduba of Oakland, N.J., a student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville who is majoring in Eastern European studies. Ms. Korduba noted that she plans to write an under- graduate thesis on post-Soviet European nations, adding that she was inspired to choose that topic by reading articles in The Ukrainian Weekly about the political and cultural changes in Ukraine. Her previous journalism and writing experience included positions as editorials editor of the newspaper Accents and editorial staff member of the literary maga- zine Orb at Immaculate Heart Academy. Ms. Korduba’s assignments during her internship at The Weekly included rewrites, copy-editing and proofreading, as well as contacts with readers and writers. She also did original reporting, most notably a story about the admission of the National Organization of Scouts of Ukraine (NOSU), which includes Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization in Ukraine, into the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Ms. Korduba reported the reaction of Plast’s chief scout, Dr. Lubomyr Romankiw, to NOSU’s acceptance by the world scouting. In addition, during her summer stint at The Weekly, Ms. Korduba organized the English-language books in the new joint library of The Ukrainian Weekly and its sister publication, Svoboda, the Ukrainian-language weekly published by the Ukrainian National Association. Ms. Korduba is active in Plast and was a youth coun- selor in the Plast branch in Passaic, N.J. She is a gradu- ate of the Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies Matthew Dubas in Morris County, N.J. She is the daughter of Oksana Tyrssa Korduba at The Ukrainian Weekly’s editorial and the late Dr. Zdan Korduba. offices.

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THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Notes from the homeland Ugly politics in Ukraine by Danylo Peleschuk Ukrainian politics is rarely pretty, and Yulia Tymoshenko’s second term as prime minister became quite ugly. Both the Presidential Secretariat and the Cabinet of Ministers had long ago pre- pared for war: Ms. Tymoshenko appointed her own foreign affairs minister in Hryhorii Part III: The language issue Nemyria (who holds the post of vice prime minister for European and global integra- A former colleague put it in the sim- place like Kyiv, which is, quite unfortu- tion), while President Viktor Yushchenko enhanced the role of the National Security plest of terms: name another European nately, what many of our people seem to and Defense Council to compete with the Cabinet. Inevitably, their war would become capital in which the predominant language resort to when they visit. intolerable, inflicting too much damage. The ruling coalition in Ukraine is now you’ll hear on the street is one other than I shared very similar sentiments when I expected to collapse come September 16. that country’s official language. first arrived in Ukraine – I would cringe Certainly Presidential Secretariat Chair Viktor Baloha deserves much blame. You’d be hard-pressed, if it’s even pos- internally when I heard government Ever since Ms. Tymoshenko’s first government initiative, admittedly populist, to sible. Yet, in Kyiv the unfortunate reality employees and civil servants speaking return millions in bank deposits lost in the Soviet Union’s collapse, Mr. Baloha has led is that knowing Russian will probably get Russian. “How dare they!” I often thought the Secretariat on a destructive offensive against the Tymoshenko government, criti- you further than knowing only Ukrainian. to myself, naively believing that, because cizing its every move and undermining its policy initiatives. The last straw – or “ostan- Although most television programming they were serving the Ukrainian govern- nia kraplia” as they say in Ukrainian – for the Tymoshenko government was the and all government affairs and public sig- ment in the capital city, they should be Presidential Secretariat’s sensational accusations during the Georgian war, allegations nage are in Ukrainian, the rest – the expected to speak Ukrainian, and only that Ms. Tymoshenko is in cahoots with the Russians, who are helping her prepare to important, everyday stuff – isn’t. Taxi Ukrainian. Anyone who felt or acted oth- run for president. drivers and kiosk attendants almost erwise, I figured, should “go east.” What followed was even more outrageous, approaching the bounds of absurdity. In Soon, though, I realized that I was a letter addressed to Acting Chair of the Security Service of Ukraine Valentyn exclusively speak Russian, while many restaurant menus, real estate listings and actually the ignorant one. Nalyvaichenko, Mr. Baloha accused Ms. Tymoshenko of planning an assassination Sitting on Independence Square with a plot against him. Within days, the Procurator General’s Office sent Ms. Tymoshenko a street advertisements are in Russian. Likewise, most business is conducted in beer late one night, I met two young guys subpoena to answer questions about the president’s poisoning. (You remember, that my age from Donetsk – a major urban thing four years ago?) So, we are supposed to believe that Ms. Tymoshenko might Russian. In a country where about 70 percent of center in the Donbas region in eastern have been involved in poisoning Mr. Yushchenko, then plotting to assassinate Mr. Ukraine. They spoke Russian, I spoke Baloha four years later, all the while selling out Ukraine to the Russians. the population thinks and speaks in a lan- guage other than Ukrainian, the whole Ukrainian, and we understood each other. “Perhaps we’re also responsible for Hurricane Katrina and all the world’s tsuna- No tension, no frustration, no resentment. mis,” Ms. Tymoshenko retorted in late August. “I think [Baloha] isn’t original.” “language issue” is a hard pill to swallow. Like many other Ukrainian Americans When I asked them out of curiosity why He certainly isn’t. With his latest accusations, he not only humiliated himself, but they chose Russian over Ukrainian, their also caused significant harm to the institution of the Presidential Secretariat and the raised in a proudly pro-Ukrainian family, I developed a habit at cringing at even answer was simple: our grandfathers international image of Mr. Yushchenko, who is supposed to be his boss. spoke Russian, our fathers spoke Russian, Ms. Tymoshenko offered such political persecution as the reason she teamed up the slightest sound of Russian. Since both sides of my family hail from Halychyna, and now we speak Russian. with the Parliament’s pro-Russian forces to pass laws that severely reduce the presi- Although the Ukrainian language cer- dent’s authority – or as she put it, to “more clearly define” the president’s authority. where nationalism runs high and Soviet tainly deserves preservation and enrich- While Mr. Baloha’s behavior is disgraceful, Ms. Tymoshenko’s measure to strip the “occupation” was seen as one of the ment, the issue has to be approached president’s authority in foreign affairs, national defense and security, thereby reducing worst times in Ukrainian history, not properly and delicately – we can’t force the presidency to a figurehead post, was the wrong response. It played right into the wanting to speak or listen to Russian is or even expect more than half of the hands of the Russians, who desperately want Ukrainian foreign policy out of President understandable. It’s also built into the country to simply switch to Ukrainian Yushchenko’s realm of influence. land; Russian language had never really because the president and government As European observers noted, the timing could not have been worse. European played a role in the region’s nearly say so. We must not forget the country’s Union leaders duly informed Mr. Yushchenko at the September 9 EU-Ukraine summit 800-year history. complex history, which explains entirely in Paris that Ukraine could expect its new enhanced agreement no earlier than the sec- There is, however, a solid difference why and how the Russian language is so ond half of 2009. between simply preferring not to speak widespread today, especially in places Ms. Tymoshenko would have done more for Ukraine had she tolerated the Russian and intensely combating it in a like Kyiv, the east and Crimea. Presidential Secretariat’s provocations, which were convincing few Ukrainians and could have earned more voter sympathy. The Russian language in Ukraine, as Danylo Peleschuk is The Ukrainian I’ve learned, is not a sin – it’s a mark of But, given that the Presidential Secretariat has demonstrated little ability to work Weekly’s summer editorial intern at the with either the Tymoshenko Bloc, or the Party of Regions for that matter, no one Kyiv Press Bureau. (Continued on page 24) should be surprised that these two political forces might form the next parliamentary coalition. In the meantime, before September 16 arrives, there is much talk about whether a new coalition will be formed or whether the old Democratic Forces Coalition can, or IN THE PRESS should, be saved. Will President Yushchenko fire Mr. Baloha, as the Rada is demand- ing? Does Ms. Tymoshenko mean it when she says she wants the democratic coalition to be successful? Will Ukraine ultimately be forced into yet another round of elec- Russia and its wary neighbors tions? Stay tuned. The ugly politics are bound to continue. “Russia’s Delusion; A flurry of pres- lions of Russians live outside the country, idential statements on Georgia mix lies and he asserted the right as ‘commander with a dangerous new doctrine,” edito- in chief’ to ‘protect the lives and dignity Sept. rial, The Washington Post, August 28: of our citizens.’ He stated to the BBC: ‘In Turning the pages back... “In time with Russia’s unilateral rec- certain cases I have no choice but to take ognition of the independence of the two these kinds of actions.’ Georgian provinces it invaded this month, “… This is the rhetoric of an isolated, 15 One hundred and fifteen years ago, the first issue of President Dmitry Medvedev issued a authoritarian government drunk with the Svoboda, dated September 15, 1893, was published. Today statement, penned an op-ed and granted euphoria of a perceived victory and nurs- 1893 Svoboda is the oldest continually published Ukrainian- an unusual flurry of interviews. His intent ing the delusion of a restored empire. It is language newspaper. Svoboda’s first editor was the Rev. was to justify Moscow’s latest provoca- convinced that the West is too weak and Hryhoriy Hrushka, who later was a key founder of the tion of the West, which has been united divided to respond with more than words. Ukrainian National Association, the newspaper’s publisher. in condemnation – as was demonstrated If nothing is done to restrain it, it will In its inaugural year, the newspaper was printed semi-monthly. It became a weekly yesterday by a statement by the Group of never release Georgia – and it will not in 1894 and in 1914-1921 it was published three times a week. It appeared five times a Seven industrial nations. Instead Mr. stop there.” week from 1921 through 1998, and now is a weekly once again. Medvedev merely revealed the danger- Svoboda serves the Ukrainian community in the diaspora as the premier Ukrainian ously arrogant and reckless mood that news source. Svoboda keeps its Ukrainian-speaking readers informed about communi- “Why is Vladimir Putin so scared of seems to have overtaken the Kremlin in Georgia?” by Anne Applebaum, The ty events and highlights the achievements of Ukrainians in the diaspora. It also reports recent weeks. on developments in Ukraine. Daily Telegraph, August 15: “What’s striking, first of all, is the “… [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] The newspaper was instrumental in covering the Ukrainian struggle for indepen- spectacle of a leading head of state mak- dence during the violent Russian revolution in 1917, and expressed the Ukrainian Putin, like most of the people around ing statements that not only are lies but him, is steeped in the culture of the old diaspora’s support of the Central Rada, the creation of the Ukrainian National Republic that are easily shown to be such. Over and the Western Ukrainian National Republic. KGB. and over, Mr. Medvedev told interview- He has a deep belief in the power of Other major events covered by Svoboda included the Polish oppression of Western ers that Georgian forces were guilty of Ukraine and the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. the state to control the life of the nation: ‘genocide’ in South Ossetia. … events cannot be allowed to just happen, In its 115-year history, Svoboda informed Ukrainian immigrants and nurtured the “Mr. Medvedev was asked by more Ukrainian American community. During the war years and with the spread of commu- they must be controlled and manipulated. than one journalist whether Russia’s … nism, Svoboda highlighted the plight of Ukrainians behind the Iron Curtain and orga- aggression might be directed at other “Given his world view, it’s not very nized efforts in combating the Soviet regime. neighboring states, such as Ukraine, surprising that Putin and his entourage In serving the Ukrainian community, Svoboda supported the creation of the Moldova or the Baltic members of (Continued on page 8) NATO. He answered by noting that mil- (Continued on page 20) No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 7

Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas

Blocking the bully Agents of change On November 21-22, 1943, somewhere officially because foreign policy is not her Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama choice for everyone and wants more school near Zhytomyr, Ukraine, representatives of bailiwick. But though cynics accused her of have two things in common: they’re both accountability. Sen. Obama opposes school various nationalities met on the initiative of trying to please the Russians lest they U.S. senators and they both consider them- choice, but sends his daughters to private the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists destroy her presidential ambitions, her selves agents of change. After that, their schools. Although he supports merit pay for to work out a joint strategy of revolutionary silence befitted the head of government of differences are enormous. outstanding teachers, he believes schools struggle against Russian Communism. a country very much divided on Russian Sen. McCain, who prides himself on cannot improve without more money. Sen. Formalized in Munich in 1946 and led by issues. being a maverick, wants to change McCain believes teacher’s unions stand in Yaroslav Stetsko of the OUN’s Bandera With few exceptions, the North Washington. No more business as usual. the way of school improvement. Sen. faction, the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations American Ukrainian diaspora has taken the No more legislation written by lobbyists. Obama is beholden to teacher’s unions who (ABN) became a coordinating body of émi- view that the only alternative to Russian No more pork barrel spending and ear- have supported him consistently during his gré political groups representing as many domination is close security ties with the marked legislation. No more political parti- entire political career. as 17 nationalities, including Georgia. U.S. This contrasts with the view of many sanship. “Country first” is his campaign Although Sen. McCain has received a Some of its members had questionable his- in Ukraine, who prefer a European orienta- motto. lifetime rating of 82 percent from the tories, and its politics were openly rightist. tion. But others agree with President Sen. Obama, who prides himself on American Conservative Union (ACU), and But the underlying idea – the cooperation Yushchenko that the Georgian crisis has being a fresh and unsullied politician, wants a paltry 13 percent from the liberal of subjugated nations – was sound. proved the necessity of rapid NATO acces- to change America. No more poverty. No Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), Something of the spirit of the ABN was sion as the only realistic source of security. more unemployment. No more people los- some conservatives have disowned him for evident when, last August 11, the presidents One commentator argued that Ukraine ing their homes because they can’t pay not being “anchored by the philosophical of Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states must choose between NATO membership their mortgages. No more people falling ill tenets of modern American conservatism.” stood in solidarity with President Mikheil and subjugation to Russia; otherwise, there because they can’t afford health insurance. Sen. Obama has received a lifetime liberal Saakashvili of Georgia in the face of what might be war (Oleksander Sushko, “People first” is his campaign motto. rating of 100 percent from the ADA and a 0 many saw as the latest incidence of Russian “Ukrayina – nastupna?” Ukrainska Pravda, Sen. McCain believes life begins at rating from the ACU. No liberals have dis- conception. He opposes abortion on imperialism. August 12). owned him. demand and gay marriage. He supports To some observers, the Georgian war Given French and German attitudes, Sen. McCain has bucked the Republican all immigrants learning English, gun recalled the Sudeten crisis of 1938. Russian Russia’s European clout, and the Crimean establishment in Washington and has issue, Ukraine’s NATO prospects seem ownership rights, and the appointment of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s allegations reached out to Democrats. He has been of persecution of the newly minted Russian even dimmer now than they did in April. Supreme Court justices in the mold of scorned by certain GOP members for co- citizens in South Ossetia sounded all too While rapid NATO accession might ward Justices John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, authoring legislation with Democrat Sens. familiar. Yet the two situations were funda- off the Russians, it is unlikely to happen. A and Clarence Thomas. He will maintain Russ Feingold, Edward Kennedy and mentally different. Hitler sought Membership Action Plan would provoke current tax rates. Joseph Lieberman, for defending Sen. John Lebensraum. Mr. Putin is probably less them without providing any real security. Sen. Obama is not sure when life begins. interested in seizing territory than in con- Arguably, one lesson of the Georgian crisis He supports abortion on demand, even live- Kerry’s war record, for opposing President trolling governments, making sure that was the danger of openly aspiring to NATO birth abortions. He backs gay marriage, a George W. Bush’s war time tax cuts, and none of Russia’s neighbors poses a political membership without guarantees of Western restriction on gun ownership and a social- for supporting President Bush’s or military threat. intervention in case of attack. ized health care plan. He believes Supreme Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act This is small comfort to countries like As for war – it would be disastrous. For Court Justice Thomas is unqualified to of 2007. Moldova, where Russia has maintained although the crack 58th Army that invaded serve. He would appoint justices in the Sen. Obama has never bucked the troops and fomented secession in Georgia is atypical of Russia’s ramshackle mold of Justices Stephen Breyer, David Democrats. He is a creation of the Chicago Transdnistria. Indeed, Russian President armed forces, and although invading Souter, and Ruth Bader Gingsberg. He Daley machine (his campaign manager, Dmitry Medvedev recently told Moldova’s Ukraine would pose a much greater chal- wants the inheritance tax restored and much David Axelrod, is on loan from city hall), Vladimir Voronin that the Georgian war lenge than seizing Georgia, Ukraine’s higher taxes for “the rich.” the Emil Jones Democratic apparatus in the was a “serious warning,” and that “we defenses are abysmal (Alina Pastukhova, There are other differences. Sen. McCain Illinois State Senate, and the Bill Ayers should handle other existing conflicts in “Military in Poor Shape,” Kyiv Post, is a poor public speaker. Sen. Obama is wing of the national Democratic Party. this context” (Denis Dyomkin, “Russia August 20). By taking Crimea, Russia mesmerizing when he speaks to crowds. There have been many Democratic reform Warns Moldova against ‘Georgian could bully Ukraine into subservience. Sen. MCain is old and experienced. Much candidates in Chicago. Mr. Obama never Mistake,’ ” Reuters, August 25). Russia is Indeed, a more likely scenario than outright of his support comes from seasoned citi- supported any of them. already setting up an analogous situation in conquest would be a gradual zens leery of social change. Sen. Obama is How much change do we need? Is Ukraine, encouraging pro-Russian agitation Finlandization. young, lean, and impeccably dressed. Much America really broken? Are we facing in Crimea, questioning the permanence of But these are not the only options. of his support comes from youth, always economic collapse? Despite the gloom- Russia’s 1954 cession of the peninsula to Ukraine can, and should, do at least three eager for change. Sen. McCain graduated and-doom drum beats of the media, the Ukraine, and insisting on maintaining its things as soon as possible. First, Ukraine from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, United States remains the land of oppor- Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol beyond the must build up its defensive forces, reorient- flew navy jets, and was a war hero who tunity. The American system of govern- expiration of its lease in 2017. These strik- ing its military doctrine to prepare for inva- spent five and half years as a POW in a ment is sound and our economy, while ing parallels suggest a common modus sion from the north and east. Second, Hanoi prison. He was tortured and spent suffering one of its perennial downturns, operandi and a long-term strategy. Ukraine must win the loyalty of its Russian two years in solitary confinement. Sen. works fine for the great majority. Gas Further north there is the anomaly of and Russian-speaking population. And Obama graduated from Princeton and prices are obscene, but that cannot be Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast, separated third, Ukraine can pursue a variation on the Harvard and has no military experience. fixed by legislation. Do Republicans and from the motherland by parts of Poland and old ABN concept – an alliance of East Sen. McCain supported the military “surge” Democrats need to work together in Lithuania – a glaring invitation to push European and Caucasian nations. and believes we will win in Iraq. Sen. Congress for the common good? Nice through a new corridor. The four states of GUAM (Georgia, Obama was against the war in Iraq, did not thought. But let’s get real here. We’ve It is, of course, a strange notion of Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova), are support the surge and believes Iraq is lost. been talking about political harmony national security that prompts Russia to try complemented by four others on Russia’s Sen. McCain is an “old-line” patriot who since the early days of the republic. If to control every state on its periphery. It periphery: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and believes America is the greatest nation in change does come, it will be incremental, may reflect a national paranoia, born of a Poland. All have a common security inter- the world and the land of opportunity for the kind of change that people who have deep instability and a dread of foreign est. Through political, economic and mili- everyone. He also believes we live in a been baptized by fire and demonstrated attempts to exploit it. The Time of Troubles tary cooperation, these eight countries dangerous world and we must confront our principled action throughout their careers and Hitler’s invasion remain fresh memo- could form an arc of defense stretching enemies forthrightly. His response to can effect. Shouting “Yes we can” may ries. However remote, the spectre of both from the Baltic to the Caspian. Unaffiliated Russia’s invasion of Georgia is a sample of make us feel good, but it doesn’t quite with Russia’s American archrival and inde- Georgia and Ukraine as members of NATO what we can expect from a McCain presi- cut it in the political arena. pendent of an undependable Western must be dispelled. Sometimes, having dency. Given their character, backgrounds and Europe, they would pose no threat to Sen. Obama is a “new” patriot who Russia as a neighbor is like having a psy- legislative records, which of our two exem- chopath for a roommate. And you can’t Russia. Yet with a genuine commitment to believes America needs to improve plary presidential candidates do you believe move out. mutual aid motivated by sheer survival, because opportunities are still beyond the is a genuine change agent – the fashion- In response to the August 8 invasion, they could resist. reach of many. He fancies himself a citi- able, dazzling orator with no reform cre- President Viktor Yushchenko was quick to No doubt geo-politicians will find fault zen of the world, a president willing to dentials who has never reached out to support his friend President Saakashvili. He with an airy scheme that eschews Western meet with the leaders of Iran, Venezuela Republicans, or the experienced one who then demanded advance notice of Russian involvement. But sometimes the best way and North Korea without preconditions. Black Sea Fleet movements. Ukraine to deal with the neighborhood bully is not His original response to Russia’s inva- has actually worked with Democrats to objected to the use of the Sevastopol base to call the cops, but to organize the neigh- sion of Georgia was overly cautious – produce reform? Think about this as the in a war of aggression – though it was not borhood. what one might expect from a citizen of campaign intensifies. clear what sanctions Ukraine would apply the world. if its objections were ignored. Prime Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at Sen. McCain believes our public school Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is Minister Yulia Tymoshenko kept mum, [email protected]. system is broken. He supports school [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37 Ukraine prepares for Holodomor commemorations in November by Zenon Zawada every stricken oblast are busily editing the youth groups are participating in a nation- Kyiv Press Bureau volumes of documents and testimonies they wide campaign in which the youths take gathered that will eventually compose the turns for 33 minutes reading the names of KYIV – In Ukraine and throughout the Holodomor Victims National Remembrance Holodomor victims who perished in the par- world, efforts have accelerated to prepare Book, which aims to offer the most compre- ticular district and city hosting the cam- for the monthlong commemoration in hensive documentation of the Holodomor. paign. November of the 75th anniversary of the Libraries throughout Ukraine will receive “33 Minutes” will visit at least 10 Kyiv Holodomor, the Famine-Genocide hatched the Remembrance Book’s full edition, as districts, as well as the cities of Poltava, by the Soviet government that resulted in well as versions produced for every oblast. Cherkasy and Kirovohrad. the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. Holodomor commemorations in Ukraine Meanwhile, Mr. Vasiunyk said he is “During these three months, a very con- will involve traditional rites, such as “Light working to ensure that the first phase of the crete task is before Ukrainian diplomacy a Candle,” in which Ukrainians place a can- Holodomor Historical Memorial Complex and the global Ukrainian community – to dle in their window, but new initiatives are will be unveiled in November. intensify and mobilize their work,” Vice already under way, such as the International The Ukrainian government has invested Prime Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Holodomor Torch Relay, which will have about 133 million hrv to build the memorial, Ivan Vasiunyk told the Ukrainian World traveled to 32 countries before it reaches and Mr. Vasiunyk extended particular grati- tude to Kyiv City Administration First Congress (UWC) on August 21. Ukraine in November, Assistant Chair Anatolii Holubchenko for Meanwhile, Holodomor researchers in Meanwhile, Ukraine’s scouts and other his assistance in the construction effort. “Without him, we would not have solved very many problems in the last few months,” Mr. Vasiunyk said. Working with the Institute of National Memory, Mr. Vasiunyk is close to disclosing Zenon Zawada the conditions for an international competi- Stefan Romaniw, chair of the Inter- tion to build the museum complex. “This is national Holodomor Commemoration supposed to be a grand museum complex, Coordinating Committee of the and though we may want it within a half- Ukrainian World Congress. year or a year, it’s not even worth setting such tasks,” he said. A separate company by government-sponsored researchers and must be created to allow donors to contrib- task groups. ute to building the museum, which will be “It’s a little, and it’s a lot,” Mr. Vasiunyk far more expensive than the memorial, Mr. said. “It’s a lot because it’s very time-con- Vasiunyk said. suming work that’s well done. It’s a little For example, the Holocaust Museum in because every day of life of every citizen of Washington cost more than $100 million to that group is dear, from the point of view of build. their testimony and information about those Among the events planned for the world- horrific times.” wide commemoration is a November 22 Under the leadership of Acting Chair international forum in Kyiv, which Mr. Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, the Security Vasiuknyk said could draw as many as 20 Service of Ukraine released more than heads of state. 10,000 documents on the Holodomor, and Official Website of Ukraine’s President oblast archives have opened unprecedented The “33 Minutes” program in memory of the victims of the Holodomor is kicked The Institute of National Memory, led by access to documents as well. off in Kirovohrad. Dr. Ihor Yukhnovskyi, will host an academic conference to discuss the Holodomor’s his- The State Archives of Ukraine has begun torical consequences. compiling an electronically available archive The Ukraine’s ministries of education of Holodomor-related documents, Mr. and culture are hosting several competitions Vasiunyk said. to recognize Ukrainian students’ creative B.C. Toms, a Kyiv-based lawyer, is also work commemorating the Holodomor. involved in an effort to compile an electron- Furthermore, five new films about the ic database of Holodomor-related materials. Holodomor are expected to be released in The UWC’s International Holodomor November, Mr. Vasiunyk said. The films are Commemoration Coordinating Committee by Ukrainian and foreign filmmakers. chair, Stefan Romaniw, praised the efforts of The Ukrainian government made signifi- Ukrainian government officials in the prepa- cant progress in establishing monuments in rations, particularly Mr. Vasiunyk, SBU every population center affected by the Chair Nalyvaichenko and Foreign Affairs Holodomor, the minister said. Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko. About 12,160 cities, towns and villages All three officials were appointed by were terrorized by the Holodomor. More Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko – than 3,660 burial sites of Holodomor vic- appointees he stands to lose if his parliamen- tims have been identified, and more than tary opponents, including the Yulia 5,000 monuments have been erected to iden- Tymoshenko Bloc and the Party of Regions tify cities, towns and villages that suffered. of Ukraine, succeed in overriding presiden- “We can say that we did our work from tial vetoes and removing these offices from one angle, but a lot of work remains,” Mr. his authority. Vasiunyk said. “Unveiling monuments in When asked in late August by The these places is an event that renews the his- Weekly whether the coalition’s collapse torical memory of everyone, young and old. would affect efforts to prepare for the 75th Our grandfathers and grandmothers, who anniversary, Mr. Romaniw said the coordi- had feared to speak and think of what they nating committee had reached agreements saw in those years, shed their fear.” with those officials in the current More than 1.4 million Ukrainians are Tymoshenko Cabinet and would have to re- more than 80 years old; from among them evaluate the situation if it the Cabinet’s com- close to 169,000 testimonies were gathered position changes.

works, including works on Ukrainian Turning the pages... history and literature, also were pub- (Continued from page 6) lished. Ukrainian Congress Committee of The Svoboda archives house a wealth America in 1940, and regularly featured of information in regard to Ukrainian his- supplements for various youth, communi- tory. The staff at Svoboda is working to ty and cultural organizations in the United make all issues of the newspaper avail- States. able on the Internet at www.svoboda- In addition to the newspaper, Svoboda news.com had its own press. Since 1896 it has pub- lished over 300 Ukrainian-language Source: “Encyclopedia of Ukraine,” books, reference guides, memoirs, by Danylo Husar Struk, University of monographs, anthologies, almanacs and Toronto Press, Toronto, 1993; www.svo- other literary works. English-language boda-news.com. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 9 Changing dynamics of the new wave of immigrants from Ukraine by Oleh Wolowyna

CONCLUSION

Observed changes among immigrants The main objective of this article is to document pos- sible changes in the evolution of the Fourth Wave migration stream in the last 10 years. We will divide the migrants into two groups: a) earlier migrants, i.e., those arriving in the U.S. between 1995 and 1999; b) more recent migrants, i.e., those arriving in the U.S. between 2000 and 2005. Both groups of migrants will be ana- lyzed at the ending year of their time of arrival period, that is, earlier migrants will be analyzed as measured by the 2000 census, and more recent migrants will be ana- lyzed as measured by the 2005 and 2006 American Community Surveys. (Because the sample sizes of the ACS are much smaller than the census sample, we aver- aged the values from the 2005 and 2006 ACS to obtain more stable estimates, and denote these average values by 2005.) The earlier migrants are defined using 1995 as the starting year of arrival to the U.S. (instead of 1992) for two reasons: a) comparing migration cohorts with simi- lar time intervals in terms of years of arrival (five years for the earlier migrants and six years for the more recent migrants) avoids distortions in the analysis of character- istics like age, and makes the comparisons more valid; b) a later starting year reduces the number of Jewish migrants in the first group (it was mentioned at the beginning of this article that until 1995 the majority of migrants from Ukraine were Jewish). The main focus of our analysis of the Fourth Wave migrants is to estimate the head of household, we observe the following differ- to have positive implication in terms of their labor force their potential contribution to Ukrainians in the U.S., ences between the earlier and more recent migrants. The status. For persons age 16 years or more, among and it is unlikely that ethnic Jews from Ukraine will percent of siblings (brothers and sisters) has increased migrants who arrived between 1995 and 1999, only 53 become active in the Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S from 1.4 percent to 3.2 percent, the percent of parents percent were in the labor force according to 2000 data, Comparing the age structure of the earlier and the has increased from 3.2 percent to 4.2 percent, and the while the respective percent in 2005, for migrants arriv- more recent migrants, we see that there are no signifi- percent of spouses has increased from 24.5 percent to ing between 2000 and 2005, was 62 percent. Thus, it cant differences between them, that is, the age structure 25.7 percent. seems that the more recent migrants were better able to of the migrants arriving during the late 1990s is basical- Another indicator of family structure is the distribu- find employment after their arrival than the earlier ly the same as of those arriving during the early 2000s. tion of household/family types. Families are composed migrants. The female-male distribution, on the other hand, has of a head of household and biological and/or legal rela- In Table 4 we present a fairly detailed distribution of experienced some changes. Overall, the percent female tives living together, while households are composed of occupation categories for earlier and more recent was basically the same in both groups of migrants: 53 a head of household and non-related persons living in migrants. Here the situation for the earlier and more percent and 52 percent, respectively, that is, in both the same dwelling. The percent of families with male recent migrants is mixed; the somewhat higher educa- cases there were more females than males, but we heads of household and wife not present increased from tion level and better knowledge of English among the observe some changes in the different age groups, 3.5 percent for earlier migrants to 4.0 percent for more more recent migrants is not necessarily correlated with For age groups 17-24, 25-44 and 45-64, we observe recent migrants, while the percent of families with higher-status occupations in the U.S. The more recent similar values of percent females in both migration female head of household and husband not present migrants have slightly higher percentages in the top two groups, with an average of 54 percent females. For small increased from 11 percent to 15 percent. Considering all occupational categories, management and business- children (0-4 years), the percent female was 46 percent families with one of the two spouses not present, they financial; however, earlier migrants are more predomi- for the earlier migrants and only 33 percent for the more constituted 14.5 percent for earlier migrants and 19 per- nant in the next three categories comprising high level recent migrants. For the 5-17 age group there were 50 cent for more recent migrants. The earlier migrants have professionals: 6 percent compared to 3 percent for com- percent females among the earlier migrants and 45 per- resided in the U.S. between fie and 10 years by 2005, puter-mathematics, 2.5 percent vs. 2 percent for archi- cent among the more recent migrants. In the age group 65 and had time to bring other members of their family tects-engineers, and 1.5 percent vs. 0.55 percent for life- or more years, the percent females was significantly from Ukraine; the more recent migrants, with an average physics and social sciences. higher among the more recent than among the earlier residence of three years, had little time to start bringing One possible explanation of this pattern is that during migrants, 62 percent and 54 percent, respectively. members of their family. 1995-1999 a high percentage of the migrants from Thus the main changes between the earlier and more Among non-family households we observe a different Ukraine were Jewish and many of them were highly recent migrants are: lower percent female in the 0-4 and dynamics. The percent of households with only one per- qualified professionals who managed to get research and 5-17 age groups among more recent migrants with sig- son in the household increased from 76.5 percent for teaching jobs in their areas of expertise thanks to their nificantly more males in both cases, and significantly earlier migrants to 83 percent for more recent migrants. qualifications and the support of Jewish organizations in higher percent females among more recent migrants in In the case of more recent migrants we have probably the U.S. Also, most of the migrants in the computer- the 65 or more age group. more cases of persons migrating by themselves and liv- mathematics category have computer-related jobs, and The higher percent of male children and adolescents ing alone, while they get established and eventually start there were few good opportunities for these profession- among the more recent migrants is puzzling. It would bringing other family members. als in Ukraine during the second half of the 1990s. seem that migrants with more sons than daughters are In terms of level of education, the more recent Recently the situation for computer professionals has more likely to migrate and this tendency has increased in migrants tend to be somewhat better educated than earli- improved significantly in Ukraine, and they do not need recent years, or that they tend to take with them sons and er migrants. Among persons 25 or older, almost 3 per- to migrate to the U.S. or Western Europe to get good leave daughters at home. Both hypotheses make no sense. cent of earlier migrants had no education, while the jobs in their field. One of the main characteristics of the more recent respective percent for more recent migrants was about The hypothesis of the Jewish effect on the earlier migrants is family reunion. First, one or two family 0.5 percent. Also, 58 percent of earlier migrants had migrants is also supported by the health-technical and members migrate and, once established, they start bring- some higher education (one or more year of post-sec- health-care support occupational categories. The first ing other members of the family. According to U.S. ondary level), while the respective percentage for more category comprises physicians, dentists and high-level Immigration statistics, the percent of legal migrants who recent migrants was 66 percent. For persons with a uni- health technicians, while the second category comprises were immediate relatives of U.S. citizens (spouses, chil- versity degree (four or more years of college), the per- nursing aides and health assistants. The higher percent- dren and parents) has been gradually increasing since cent among earlier migrants was 36 percent, while the age for earlier migrants in the first occupation category 1995. Taking as the total the following types of percent among more recent migrants was 41.5 percent. is consistent with the hypothesis of a higher percentage migrants: immediate relatives, employment-based Recent migrants also seem to have a better knowl- of professionals in the group of Jewish immigrants migrants, “lottery” migrants and other family-sponsored edge of English than earlier migrants. Although slightly among earlier migrants, while the higher percentage in migrants, the percent of immediate relative migrants has fewer of the earlier migrants than more recent migrants the second category among more recent migrants is con- been growing steadily from 31 percent in 2000 to 54 said that they do not speak English, 12 percent and 13 sistent with a migration stream consisting mainly of eth- percent in 2005. percent, respectively, a significantly higher percent of nic Ukrainians, with a lower percentage of highly quali- This increase is reflected in changes in the family more recent than earlier migrants claimed to speak only fied professionals. structure between earlier and more recent migrants. English, 8 percent and 2 percent, respectively. If we add For lower-status occupations, more recent migrants Looking at the distribution of persons by relationship to all persons who claim to speak only English, speak have higher percentages than earlier migrants in service- English very well or well, the percent for earlier sector occupations, like the food preparation services, Oleh Wolowyna is president of Informed Decisions migrants was 53 percent, while it was 60 percent for build-ground cleaning-maintenance and personal care Inc. based in Chapel Hill, N.C. A demographer, he has more recent. services occupation categories. Also their participation written previously for The Ukrainian Weekly about the Higher education and better knowledge of English U.S. Census and Ukrainians in the United States. among migrants arriving between 2000 and 2005 seem (Continued on page 10) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37 Changing dynamics... (Continued from page 9) in the construction-extraction occupations is much larg- er than that of earlier migrants, 16 percent and 8.5 per- cent, respectively. One possible reason for this is the construction boom in the U.S. in the early 2000s, pro- viding job opportunities for recent migrants with special skills like electricians, masons, carpenters, etc. Earlier migrants, on the other hand, had higher percentages than more recent migrants in the production occupations and transportation categories. The first category is composed mainly of non-skilled factory workers, while occupa- tions prevalent in the second category are truck and taxi drivers and freight laborers. Finally we look at the evolution of Ukrainian and Russian-speaking migrants from Ukraine in the last 10 years or so. We saw earlier that we if consider in 2005 all migrants since 1992, the percent migrants speaking Russian at home is significantly higher than the percent speaking Ukrainian. Here we investigate if there have been changes in language spoken by the migrants between the earlier and the more recent migrants, and examine this dynamics for the different age groups. Table 5 presents the percent distribution of Ukrainian and Russian speaking migrants by age, comparing earli- er migrants with more recent migrants. We see that for persons migrating from Ukraine between 1995 and 1999, 50.5 percent were Russian speakers and 46 per- cent Ukrainian speakers. For these migrants in 2000, the percent Russian speakers is higher than the percent Ukrainian speakers for all age groups except the 5-17 age group. In the 25-44 age group these percentages are equal, but in general the higher the age the larger the difference between Russian and Ukrainian speakers. Among the more recent migrants we detect a signifi- cant change in this pattern. By 2005, for all migrants in the last six years the percent Ukrainian speakers is high- er than the percent Russian speakers, 50 percent and 40 United States, its potential impact on the Ukrainian group. In 2000 14.1 percent of all persons of Ukrainian percent, respectively, and the percent Ukrainian speak- diaspora in the U.S. is extraordinary. As of 2005, they ancestry spoke Russian at home, compared to 13.3 per- ers is higher than the percent of Russian speakers for all constitute 16 percent of all persons of Ukrainian ancestry cent speaking Ukrainian; five years later this relation- age groups except the last one, 65 years or more. in the U.S., and they comprise more than 60 percent of ship has not changed: 14.9 percent speak Russian and The last panel of Table 5 shows the ratios of percent all immigrants among the close to 1 million Ukrainians 13.7 percent speak Ukrainian. Ukrainian over percent Russian speakers. Let us examine in the U.S. With the likely exception of the immigration If the trend of more migrants speaking Ukrainian than the 2005 column, the ratio of percent Ukrainian/ percent wave at the turn of the 20th century, this is definitely the Russian continues, this relationship is likely to change Russian speakers for migrants arriving between 2000 and most important migration wave in the diaspora’s history. in favor of more Ukrainian than Russian speakers. 2005. For migrants under age 25 in the number of This conclusion is based on what are most likely only The migration stream from Ukraine is undergoing Ukrainian speakers is more than 40 percent higher than legal migrants from Ukraine. If we add the number of significant changes. We make comparisons between ear- the number of Russian speakers; for the 25-44 age group illegal migrants from Ukraine residing in the country, lier migrants, i.e., migrants arriving to the U.S. between the number of Ukrainian speaker is more than 25 percent the implications are even greater. 1995 and 1999, as observed in 2000, and more recent higher than the number of Russian speakers, and the The article documents a few characteristics for all migrants, i.e., migrants arriving between 2000 and 2005, number of Ukrainian speakers for the 45-64 age group is Fourth Wave migrants as of 2005, and then we analyze as observed in 2005. slightly higher than the number of Russian speakers. some of the changes in the characteristics of the earlier As expected, earlier migrants are using legal mecha- Overall, among the more recent migrants the number of migrants, compared with those of the more recent nism to reunite with close family members that were left Ukrainian speakers is about 25 percent higher than the migrants. behind in Ukraine; the percent of close-family (children, number of Russian speakers. Thus it is seems that the lan- In terms of the age-sex distribution of all the migrants, spouses and parents) migrants increased from 31 percent guage situation of migrants from Ukraine is improving. there are more females than males overall, and the pro- for earlier migrants in 2000 to 54 percent the more In Graph 3 we show the yearly trend in the numbers of portion of females increases with age, probably reflect- recent migrants in 2005. Ukrainian-and Russian-speaking migrants from Ukraine, ing to some degree the increasing excess of females over Compared with earlier migrants, more recent migrants between 1992 and 2005. The predominance of Russian males with increased age due much higher male than tend be somewhat better educated than earlier migrants speaking migrants observed in 1992 diminishes gradually female mortality in Ukraine. (have a greater percent with higher education), and have a and by 1998 the number of Ukrainian speakers surpasses This being mainly an economically motivated migra- somewhat higher proportion of persons who claim to the number of Russian speakers. After 1998 the numbers tion, there are relatively fewer children and older per- have a better knowledge of English. These characteristics for the two groups are roughly similar for a few years and, sons among the migrants and a high proportion in work- seem to have improved the chances for the more recent starting in 2002, the number of Ukrainian speakers becomes ing force ages. migrants to get jobs; among earlier migrants 53 percent consistently larger than the number Russian speakers. We also document the fact that not all legal Fourth were in the labor force in 2000, while 60 percent of more This trend is closely correlated with the yearly evolu- Wave migrants remain in the U.S. once they get here. recent migrants were in the labor force in 2005. However, tion of the ethnic composition of the migration stream Data seems to suggest a significant rate of return migra- these apparent advantages do not seem to be reflected in from Ukraine. The Ukrainian Institute of Statistics tion to Ukraine. better occupations for the more recent migrants. (Derzhkomstat) provides information on the numbers of As measured by the question “does this person speak Compared to earlier migrants, recent migrants have migrants from Ukraine to the U.S. by ethnicity of the a language other than English at home?” a higher per- slightly higher percentages in the management and busi- migrants between 1994 and 2001. In the first row we centage of Fourth Wave migrants speak Russian than ness-financial occupation categories, but have lower show the difference between the number of Russian and Ukrainian at home, 50 percent and 43 percent, respec- percentages in high level science and engineering occu- Ukrainian speakers, according to U.S. statistics. In the tively, and this relationship holds for all age groups pations. Recent migrants have also higher percentages in second row we show the percent ethnic Ukrainians except the youngest one, 5-17, where there are more service-type occupations and construction-related occu- among migrants from Ukraine to the U.S., according to migrants speaking Ukrainian than Russian at home. pations, while earlier migrants have higher percentages Derzhkomstat statistics: However, this situation seems to be changing. in production-type occupations and transportation-relat- Comparing earlier migrants in 2000 with more recent ed occupations. These differences seem to be related, to 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 migrants in 2005, we observe a changing pattern: 50.5 some degree to contextual factors. The higher percent- 4,404 3,777 3,997 2,452 -1,156 623 -450 -162 percent of earlier migrants spoke Russian compared to ages of earlier migrants in high level science and engi- 27% 38% 42% 48% 63% 64% 70% 72% 46 percent speaking Ukrainian in 2000, while in 2005 neering occupations may be related to the fact that a only 40 percent of the more recent migrants spoke high percentage of earlier migrants were Jewish, with a These figures show that, to a large extent, the higher Russian, compared to 50 percent speaking Ukrainian. high proportion of scientists and engineers. For more percent of Russian speaking migrants in earlier years is In spite of the larger number of Russian speakers, the recent migrants, the construction boom in the earlier correlated with the fact that more than half of the Fourth Wave has injected into the Ukrainian diaspora in 2000s may explain to some degree their higher percent migrants were not ethnic Ukrainians. A large percent of the U.S. a total of 64,000 Ukrainian-speakers, with a in construction-related occupations. them were Jewish, and probably most of them speak large potential for strengthening youth organizations and The characteristics of the Fourth Wave migrants and Russian, not Ukrainian. Once the percent ethnic schools of Ukrainian Studies. their potential impact on the Ukrainian diaspora in the Ukrainians in the migration stream surpasses 50 percent, We have noted in previous articles that, given the U.S. are very important research topics. It is not easy for the number of Ukrainian-speaking migrants becomes large number of Fourth Wave migrants and the high pro- any organized community to absorb a sudden large larger than the number of Russian-speaking migrants. portion of Russian-speakers among them, this has affect- influx of migrants with different ways of thinking, dif- ed the percent Ukrainian and Russian speakers for all ferent priorities and behavior shaped by the former Summary and conclusions persons of Ukrainian ancestry in the U.S., resulting in Soviet Union. This type of research may provide useful Given the size of the Fourth Wave migration to the more Russian than Ukrainian speakers for the whole information to address some of these issues. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 11

Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations

that takes place in the Wildwoods every North Wildwood, N.J. August. This is evidenced by the over 150 people gathered here today.” NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. – He was referring to the hundreds of Approximately 150 people took time off Ukrainians who come to the Wildwoods from their vacations in the Wildwoods during what has come to be known as during Ukrainian Week to attend a spe- Ukrainian Week. cial ceremony on Saturday, August 23, “Today at this ceremony there are peo- dedicating the Ukrainian flag at the Island ple from all the mid-Atlantic states and of Flags display near the North Wildwood from as far as California, Washington Community Center. state and Florida. and even Canada. There Eugene Serba, advisor of the Ukrainian are people here from Ukraine as well,” National Association, who owns a home Mr. Serba related. “There are students in North Wildwood, addressed the gath- from Ukraine who have chosen to work ering to explain how it came to pass that this summer in the Wildwoods.” Indeed a the Ukrainian flag will now fly at the group of those students arrived dressed in Island of Flags. embroidered Ukrainian shirts. “As a child I always saw the Ukrainian All age groups were represented flag only at Ukrainian functions or among the attendees, and entire families churches. I never saw the flag in the com- were present. Many wore Ukrainian munity outside of our Ukrainian people,” T-shirts, or the blue and yellow colors of he commented. “The Island of Flags Ukraine to mark the proud occasion. exhibit in North Wildwood displays flags Mr. Serba concluded his remarks by of people who have been part of the noting: “Tomorrow is Ukrainian 100-year history of North Wildwood. I Melanie Temnycky Independence Day. It has been 17 years Priests bless the Ukrainian flag held by Roman Stelmach. wondered: Why couldn’t a Ukrainian flag since the ‘new’ Ukraine officially became also be displayed?” independent. I am proud of that fact. I am Mr. Serba noted that he first petitioned sure visitors to North Wildwood, both Mayor William Henfey, Councilman Ed Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian, share that Koehler and Superintendent of Recreation joy of independence.” Buddy Tarbotton about a Ukrainian flag The Rev. Volodymyr Klanichka from being on permanent display in North St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church Wildwood in 2006. “After many discus- in Wilmington, Del., and the Rev. Myron sions and a formal request to the City Myronyuk from St. Nicholas Ukrainian Council, North Wildwood agreed, pro- Catholic Church in Philadelphia then vided I was able to offer sponsorship of blessed the Ukrainian flag. this project,” he continued. “The All present sang the Ukrainian national Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit anthem as Mr. Stelmach raised the Union of Philadelphia readily agreed to Ukrainian flag on the Island of Flags. The sponsor this project.” Mr. Serba thanked ceremony was concluded with the sing- Halyna Gellar and Roman Stelmach of ing of “God Bless America” and the the credit union for their support. Ukrainian religious hymn “Bozhe Velykyi Mr. Serba, who has been coming to Yedynyi.” North Wildwood for 53 years, also noted, Now the newly blessed Ukrainian flag “Ukrainians have been coming to the waves proudly alongside the flags of the Wildwoods for many years. While I real- United Sates, Australia, Canada, Finland, ize that North Wildwood has an official Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Norway, Irish festival, Italian festival and Greek Poland, Scotland, Sweden and the United festival, let me assure you there is defi- Nations on North Wildwood’s Central Melanie Temnycky nitely an unofficial Ukrainian festival Avenue between Ninth and 10th streets. Ukraine soccer shirts: the perfect Ukrainian Independence Day garb for all ages.

Roma Hadzewycz Some of the group who attended the Ukrainian flag-blessing ceremony in North Wildwood. In the foreground on the left are Roman Stelmach and Eugene Serba. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37

Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations

Ukraine’s independence in the United States Boston and said that the first time occurred in 1994, on the country’s third anniversary, when he by Peter T. Woloschuk was one of the first Ukrainian students at BOSTON – Under the auspices of the the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. Ukrainian Congress Committee, Boston He said “that memory, and the realities of Branch (UCCA-Boston), the greater Boston today, call to my mind what our feelings Ukrainian American community celebrated and dreams were about our country’s future the 17th anniversary of the proclamation of at the dawn of independence, what was Ukraine’s independence and protested the achieved in the following years, what les- Russian invasion of Georgia with a flag- sons were learned, and what we feel and raising ceremony at Boston’s City Hall on dream today about the future of Ukraine. Friday, August 22, and molebens, a flag Ukraine has come a long way and is now raising and picnic on the grounds of Christ being measured against countries that have the King Ukrainian Catholic parish on been independent for much longer.” Sunday, August 24. He concluded by saying “however, in Friday’s flag-raising began at noon with view of the sometimes slow and frustrating, more than 100 people in attendance, includ- but still overall positive developments in ing some members of the local Georgian Ukraine, it is important to remember that community and Ana Karchava, a visitor our progress, to a significant extent, is a from Georgia, who came with a Georgian result of the support and encouragement by Vsevolod Petriv flag. friendly democratic nations, in the first At the Ukrainian Independence Day picnic (from left) are Anna Hoshovsky, The Rev. Yaroslav Nalysnyk, pastor of instance the United States.” Stephania Zarytsky, Lyubov Gentek, Mariya Yashchyshyn and Iryna Zhovnirchyk, Christ the King, gave the invocation, which Greetings and a proclamation from reciting a poem “Riatuymo Ukrainu” by Andriy Hrushchak. was followed by the playing of the Boston’s Mayor Thomas M. Menino were Ukrainian and American national anthems read by UCCA-Boston’s secretary, Maria and the hoisting of a 9-by-15-foot Ukrainian Saxe, and the benediction was given by the flag by Ostap Nalysnyk on the City Hall’s Rev. Roman Tarnavsky, pastor of St. main flag pole. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Attorney Paul Rabchenuk of Salem, Sunday’s celebrations began with appro- UCCA-Boston’s second vice-president, priate homilies and liturgical observances in served as master of ceremonies, and open- both Ukrainian churches and then continued ing remarks were made by Lyubov Gentyk, with a formal program, which included UCCA-Boston’s first vice-president. The poetry readings and songs at Christ the act passed by the Ukrainian Parliament pro- King’s parish grounds, that attracted several claiming Ukraine’s independence was read hundred participants. in Ukrainian by Volodymyr Seneko. The Ukrainian flag was brought to the Vsevelod Petriv, UCCA’s external affairs dais by local Ukrainian American veterans, officer, gave greetings on behalf of the orga- Mr. Rabchenuk again served as master of nization. ceremonies, and the two Ukrainian priests The principal remarks were then made by Boston City Council President Maureen delivered the invocation and benediction. E. Feeney and Leonid Polyakov, research The Swiss consul general gave greetings, fellow at Harvard’s Ukrainian Research the Parliamentary declaration of indepen- Institute and Weatherhead Center for dence was read in English and Ukrainian, International Affairs, who is a former and Mr. Polyakov gave the major address in Ukrainian vice-minister of defense Ukrainian. (2005-2008). The UCCA-Boston choir sang a number In her extensive remarks, Council of selections, while Lyubov Gentyk and her President Feeney outlined Ukraine’s long sister, Stephania Zarytska, sang a duet. struggle for freedom and independence and Lyubov Gentyk, Slavia Szczudluk, Iryna then talked about the contribution that Zovnyrchyk, Maria Saxe, Hania Kurniawka, Ukrainians have made in the city of Boston. Nastusia Kurchak and Natalia Ivaniv, a She also mentioned that she had hosted a guest from the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, read group of students from Harvard’s Ukrainian poems. The Rev. James Morris, pastor of St. Summer Institute (HUSI) and said that they John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church truly gave her hope for the future. She con- of Salem, Mass., was in attendance and rep- cluded by reading a proclamation that she resented his community. had introduced in the City Council designat- Following the official program, attendees ing Friday, August 22, as Ukrainian Day in were able to watch the Independence Day the City of Boston. celebrations in Kyiv via a satellite down- Mr. Polyakov mentioned that this was the link, as well as view a repeating slide show second time that he was celebrating of Friday’s ceremony at Boston City Hall. Flanked by Georgian and Ukrainian flags, Paul Rabchenuk speaks. Bethlehem, Pa. by Mathew Koziak BETHLEHEM, Pa. – On Friday, August 22, members of the Ukrainian American community gathered at Bethlehem’s City Plaza to celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day. Oksana Kipa of Branch 91 of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America served as mistress of ceremo- nies. The program began with Orest Harasymovich, member of the Ukrainian American Veterans Post 42, raising the American flag, and Eugene Mychajliw, a member of the 1st Ukrainian Division of the Ukrainian National Army, raising the Ukrainian flag. Leading the singing of the American and Ukrainian anthems were Carol Hanych and Tekla Morrison. Father Daniel Gurovich, pastor of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church, provided the benediction, after which the mayor of the city of Bethlehem, John Callahan, presented a proclamation commemorating Ukraine’s independence. The day’s program concluded with recitations by Olya Cehelsky and Rosalia Polanska. The Ukrainian community annually gathers at City Hall to celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day. Included among this year’s participants Ukrainian Americans at Bethlehem’s City Plaza. were several guests visiting from Ukraine. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 13

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Organization, and the stunning success of San Francisco the underrated and underfunded by Nestor Wolansky Ukrainian Olympic team in Beijing. Svitlana Merlichenko, Ivanna Taratula- SAN FRANCISCO – Bay Area Filipenko and Maria Tscherepenko per- Ukrainians gathered in San Francisco’s formed a wonderful song to the words Golden Gate Park on August 24 to cele- and music of L. Yashchenko. Ms. brate Ukraine’s 17th anniversary of inde- Tscherepenko, one of the Bay Area’s pendence. A large crowd, estimated at most prominent community activists, not 750, enjoyed a fog-free Sunday afternoon only performs, but was the event’s pro- of singing and dancing. Many have trav- gram director and the driving force. eled from Sacramento, where a thriving The Kalyna Ensemble returned with Ukrainian community is making its pres- its superb rendition of the “Hopak,” a tra- ence known. ditional dance that defines who The national anthems of Ukraine and Ukrainians are. the U.S. opened the celebration. The tra- The Glad Tidings Men’s Choir of the ditional Ukrainian welcome of bread and Gospel Temple Church of San Francisco salt was presented by the Kalyna Dance performed under the direction of Ensemble of Sacramento, followed by Mychajlo Mukha. the Trembita Choir of the Greater Bay And finally, there would not be a true Area, under the direction of Vera Vizir Ukrainian Day event in the park without and Maria Tscherepenko, performing a the world-famous Golden Gate Park Ukrainian folk song, “The River Flows,” Roman Nedilsky of Ukraine’s Consulate in San Francisco speaks. with Sviatoslav Stus as tenor solo. Band, one of San Francisco’s most cher- The Kalyna Ensemble continued with ished institutions – going on 126 years – a lively dance from the Bukovyna region. performing Ukrainian melodies under the Juliana Filipenko, the young daughter of superb direction of Michael Wirgler. the well-known artist, Ivanna Taratula- Ukrainian Day was sponsored by the Filipenko, a Lviv Opera soloist, sang a Ukrainian American Coordinating lovely children’s song, “I am a Little Council, in cooperation with the Ukraine Ukrainian Girl.” Svitlana Merlichenko, Heritage Club of Northern California, accompanied by Ella Belilovskaya, fol- Immaculate Conception Ukrainian lowed with a medley of songs, and the Catholic Church and St. Michael’s Vocal Ensemble from Sacramento, under Ukrainian Orthodox Church of San the direction of Ivanna Taratula-Filipenko Francisco, St. Volodymyr Mission of performed two songs. Santa Clara, the Ukrainian Fraternal The youthful Roman Nedilskyj, vice Association Assembly 270, Ukrainian consul of the Ukrainian Consulate in San National Association Branch 486, the Francisco, warmly greeted the audience Ukrainian Medical Association of in English, reminding everyone that Northern California, Ukrainian National Ukraine has made notable progress on Women’s League of America Chapter many fronts during this year, especially 107, and the Ukrainian Professional and with its accession to the World Trade Business Group of Northern California. The Kalyna Ensemble of Sacramento. Riverhead, N.Y.

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – The blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine flew at the Town Hall of Riverhead, N.Y., in celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day. The commemoration was spearheaded by St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church of Riverhead. – Bob Kent 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37

Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations Horsham, Pa. by Eugene A. Luciw HORSHAM, PA – The blue and yel- low colors adorning the Ukrainian American Sport Center’s (Tryzubivka’s) festival stage and grove gleamed with special vibrancy in the gorgeous after- noon sun that greeted the people, young and old, as they assembled on Sunday, August 24, to celebrate 17 years of Ukraine’s independence. Banners danced gracefully in the light summer breezes that invigorated the senses with a unique- ly Ukrainian spirit. The anticipation was palpable, as the Karpaty Orchestra warmed the crowd with a rich variety of folk songs. Everyone expected a grand explosion of color, movement and energy: Ukraine was celebrating its 17th anniversary of freedom regained. Tryzub’s president, Ihor Chyzowych, Christine Syzonenko greeted the people. Auxiliary Bishop The Syzokryli of New York strike a dramatic pose on the festival stage. Ivan Bura of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Philadelphia then led the “Some moments in the dance you just get faithful in prayer. Bandurist-soloist Taras chills. You’re happy about what you’re Lazurkeych (Lviv) opened the stage pro- doing and being Ukrainian.” He said the gram with particularly stirring renditions audience clapping and cheering boosts of Ukraine’s national anthem and a spiri- the dancers’ energy levels. ... tual song, “Moya Ukrayino (“My “Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union Ukraine”). Some were less successful for so long that having our independence than others in forcing back the tears. means a lot to us,” said Syzokryli dancer Tryzub’s festival favorite, the Deanna Rakowsky. “It’s a very significant Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of event in our history.” ... Philadelphia, joined the renowned Andra Vasko of Wyncote and Larissa Syzokryli Ukrainian Folk Dance Zaika of Cheltenham were among those Ensemble of New York City in an espe- in the crowd of about 2,000 people seated cially diverse and varied collection of under the trees to watch the dancers on energetic folk dances, intertwined with the outdoor stage. [Zaika] was moved by Ukrainian folk, pop and modern music an impassioned plea that some people performed by the Sisters Oros Duo (New from the country of Georgia made York), Svitanya Eastern European between the performances. ... Women’s Vocal Ensemble (Philadelphia), “They got up on stage to talk about the the Luna Band (New Jersey) and Mr. plight in their homeland and to ask for Lazurkevych. The people showed their Ukrainians to support them,” Vasko said. appreciation with ovations matched only “There’s a real concern that if Russia by their smiles. moves into Georgia that they would move Tanya Husar and Eugene Luciw into Ukraine. There’s real concern that served as program arrangers and MCs. they want to create an empire again.” ... Nika Chajkowsky served as the festival Eka Vardanashvili, who’s lived in committee’s chief coordinator. Philadelphia for 10 years, is from the A dance number performed by girls of the Voloshky ensemble of Philapdelphia. *** Republic of Georgia. “I wanted to reach out to the people here and voice the truth Vardanashvili said. “They are not helping statement by Rachell Canelli. The following day, the noteworthy of what is going on in our country,” she the people.” She thanked the Ukrainian “This is our opportunity to showcase Philadelphia area newspaper The said. Russia claims it is going in to people for giving Georgia the support that our beautiful, colorful and vibrant cul- Reporter recorded the following inter- Georgia to defend nations on the territory it has so far. ture,” said Gene Luciw… While there views in an article titled “Nothing Else of Georgia, but Vardanashvili said the were no fireworks, Luciw pointed out that *** Like It: Ukrainian Fest Marks Russians are really creating the problems the Ukrainian Independence Day is com- Independence” written by Evelyn Short. so they can come in as peacemaker with Voicing similar themes, in an article memorated with the same joy and love as “There’s nothing else like it,” said the mission to seize the country. “They titled “Ukrainian culture: feast for the America’s Fourth of July. Nick Kobryn, who’s been dancing with want to re-establish their dominance by senses,” another area newspaper, The And the performers’ crimson and ceru- the Syzokryli dance group for five years. taking over the countries they have lost,” Intelligencer, reported the following in a lean costumes and acrobatic routines were just as bright and vivid as a pyrotechnics show illuminating the night sky. ... While they celebrated, many of the Ukrainians prayed for their family and friends in their native country, who are worried about the recent turmoil between Russia and Georgia. “They’re nervous to be next to it. It’s a little scary,” said Taras Lewyckyj, a Warminster resident and artistic director of the Jenkintown-based dance ensemble Voloshky. “But that’s why today is a nice way for our community to get together and see what Ukraine is all about.” “Freedom is very fragile,” [Luciw] said. “Even America learned from 9/11 that an evil force can invade anytime. It’s a grave concern for our brothers and sis- ters.” That’s one of the reasons people like Katherine Turner attended the festival — to show moral support. “It’s about trying to connect and iden- tify with others,” said the Korean English as a Second Language Teacher from New The Svitanya Eastern European Women’s Ensemble performs. (Continued on page 23) No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 15

Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations Saskatoon by Al Kachkowski SASKATOON, Saskatchewan – A beau- tiful cloudless day on August 23 greeted an estimated crowd of over 7,000 as the eighth annual Ukraine Day in the Park celebrated the 17th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine. This year’s version of Saskatchewan’s only outdoor Ukrainian festival was presented by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Saskatoon Branch (UCC-SB). The event began with breakfast on the patio of the Ukrainian Museum of Canada in the morning. Later that day the celebra- tion continued in the traditional location in downtown Saskatoon’s Kiwanis Park, immediately south of the city’s landmark hotel, the Delta Bessborough. Fifteen per- forming groups from Toronto, Prince Albert, Yorkton, Melfort and Saskatoon provided a dynamic program of entertain- ment on the large outdoor stage. The museum opened its galleries free-of- charge all day long and reported a 50 per- cent increase in attendance over last year. At 11 a.m., an ecumenical prayer service was led by Bishop Bryan Bayda and an Al Kachkowski assembly of Orthodox and Catholic priests The Barveenok ensemble on stage during Saskatoon’s Ukraine Day in the Park. on the main stage at the festival site. Many festival participants and passers-by respect- display consisted of photographs and text in the city He mentioned the fact that aged and more than 30 lives have been lost. fully listened to the service. describing the history of Ukrainian Kozaks. Saskatoon’s twin city in Ukraine, Chernivtsi, The MCs pointed out that the Ukrainian After the service, City Councillor Bev Another new feature this year at will be celebrating its 600th anniversary in Canadian Social Services – Saskatchewan Dubois presided over the raising of the Ukraine Day in the Park was the “Village October and that he will be attending that Branch was stationed in the park to accept Ukrainian flag. The flag was raised by of Origin” display manned by Ludvik celebration on behalf of the citizens of donations to aid the cause providing flood two costumed dancers, Sarah Srayko and Marianych of Smokey Lake, Alberta. Mr. Saskatoon. relief to the victims. Many generous dona- Bill Chabun. Joining Councillor Dubois Marianych, a school teacher, spent the Saskatoon Member of the Legislative tions were received from members of the on the flag-raising platform were Cathy entire afternoon discussing Ukrainian ori- Assembly and Saskatchewan’s attorney gen- audience before the end of the day. Schabel, Board member from the UCC gins with patrons of Ukraine Day. The eral, Don Morgan, greeted the audience on To conclude the opening, the MCs men- Saskatchewan Provincial Council (SPC) Bayda Kozaks provided a number of cos- behalf of the government of Saskatchewan. tioned that Chernivtsi is located in the eth- and Joe Bayda of the Bayda Kozaks. tumed members to “stand guard” at the Danylo Puderak brought greetings on behalf nographic region of Bukovyna. Tribute to Elaine Maksymiuk chaired the proceed- exhibit and pose for photographs. The of the UCC-SPC the region of Bukovyna and Saskatoon’s ings. With the flag waving boldly in the committee in charge organized a “make- Serhiy Kostyuk, immigration officer for twin City of Chernivtsi was paid by way of breeze, everyone present participated in your-own head band or book mark” activi- the UCC-SB, spoke in Ukrainian and recog- a Bukovynian Dance performed by the the singing of the Ukrainian national ty for children, while a face-painting and nized the many new arrivals to Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble. anthem. The flag was transferred from picture-coloring station was provided by Saskatchewan from Ukraine who were pres- Theresa Sokyrka from Toronto, of City Hall, where it had flown to mark the Mendel Art Gallery. The Saskatoon ent at Ukraine Day in the Park (attending Canadian Idol fame, showed off her Ukraine Week, which was proclaimed by Children’s Discovery Museum provided from Regina, North Battleford, Saskatoon Ukrainian repetoire to the Ukraine Day in the Saskatoon City Council. interactive activities at their station. and other centers) and welcomed them to the Park audience for the first time. A partic- Attention was then diverted to the festi- George Hupka and Lesia Sorokan presid- the province, wishing them every success in ularly appreciated item, “Srible Kolo,” was val stage, where a continuous program of ed over the official opening ceremonies. their new lives here. a duet performed with her sister Christina. music, song and dance continued all day The MCs commented on Ukraine’s centu- The MCs then stated that, although Other out-of-town entertainment came from and extended well into the evening. Food ries-long aspirations and struggles for free- Ukraine Day in the Park is essentially a joy- the Troyanda Dancers of Wishart, and the and beverage service was supplied by ven- dom that finally led to the independence that ous celebration, they needed to inform the Barveenok Dancers from Prince Albert. dors representing various Ukrainian organi- was declared on August 24, 1991. audience of the recent tragedy that had Father Jeffrey Stephaniuk of Melfort, per- zations. The beer garden again featured Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison greeted occurred in western Ukraine – the flooding formed on the bandura, Ukraine’s national Ukraine Day’s own private label beers, the crowd and commended the Ukrainians that resulted from the non-stop rain of July instrument. Zabava and Boodmo. The featured cultural for organizing such a popular annual event 23-25. Some 40,000 homes have been dam- One of western Canada’s best-known Ukrainian dance bands, Tut i Tam, provided stimulating musical interludes during the afternoon. Another musical ensemble Pokhid Skladnyj, marked its first appearance at Ukraine Day with its renditions of popu- lar Ukrainian items. Appearing for the first time at Ukraine Day in the Park was Leleka, Saskatoon’s newest dance troupe. Rounding out the schedule of entertainers were the Saskatoon dance groups Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Ballet Ensemble, the Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble, Rushnychok, Boyan, Sonia’s, Sonechko, Vesnianka and the Saskatoon School of Dance. The stage show concluded with the now- traditional launching of 500 blue and yellow helium-filled balloons that sparkled in the sunshine as they rose into the sky to the stir- ring patriotic sounds of the musical record- ing “Ukraino” by Taras Petrynenko. Ukraine Day in the Park, an ever-more- popular event, is possible only with the support of its sponsors: the New Community Credit Union, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Saskatchewan Provincial Council, Saskatchewan Lotteries, the Shevchenko Foundation, Burger King, SaskTel and the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, as well as many Children get ready to release blue and yellow balloons to celebrate Ukraine’s independence. financial contributors. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37

works and gives results,” she underscored. NEWSBRIEFS The prime minister refuted the president’s CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) accusation that the coalition’s breakdown is Mr. Baloha “has from the very beginning the result of a YTB-run scenario dictated TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 done everything to destroy the democratic from Moscow. In fact, Ms. Tymoshenko coalition,” therefore, if Mr. Baloha is dis- said, destruction of the democratic coalition started from the first day of its creation SERVICES PROFESSIONALS missed, “the democratic coalition will have a chance to continue its effective work in under the personal supervision of the chair the Parliament and the government.” of the Presidential Secretariat, Viktor (Ukrinform) Baloha. 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These actions on the part nal situation in Ukraine, and about events of the president, she said, aim “to destroy” in the Verkhovna Rada in particular, the her as a potential competitor in the upcom- president expressed his opinion that the ing presidential elections. “The president alliance among the Yulia Tymoshenko clings to power and sacrifices the future of Bloc, the Party of Regions and the his country for the sake of power,” Ms. Communist Party is unstable and will not Tymoshenko stressed, citing as an example last long. At the same time, he assured the the fact that 50 governmental documents G-7 envoys that, regardless of decisions designed for carrying out strategic reforms within the Parliament on the formation of were vetoed by the president. 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Cooperation in Europe has been present Ossetia”; most of these monitors, recruit- and improving awareness of energy effi- NEWSBRIEFS on the ground since 1992, with a field ed from OSCE participating states, are on ciency. He also discussed a project aimed at (Continued from page 16) office in Tskhinvali since 1997. The field the ground, while consultations on the promoting gender equality in the decision- Mr. Yushchenko said Ukraine wants rela- office was operational until it could be modalities for the remaining monitors are making process. Ambassador Kopaj visited tions to be equal and mutually beneficial, evacuated in the afternoon of August 8. under way. (OSCE) the Novobohdanivka ammunition site, as they should be between two strategic Prior to the conflict, the mission had where the OSCE has assisted Ukraine in OSCE coordinator in Zaporizhia partners. “It is not our aim to increase ten- some 200 staff, including eight unarmed removing unexploded ordnance under a sion,” he said, adding, however, that military monitoring officers mandated to ZAPORIZHIA – The OSCE Project project completed in 2007. “This project Ukraine’s position is not always under- carry out continuous monitoring in the Coordinator in Ukraine Lubomir Kopaj vis- has received a lot of attention from OSCE stood by its Russian partners. (Official zone of conflict and report back to the ited the Zaporizhia region beginning on delegations, and we are looking at the pos- Website of Ukraine’s President) OSCE chairmanship and participating August 21 to evaluate the effectiveness of sibility of implementing similar projects in states in Vienna. On August 19 the OSCE existing projects of the Organization for other regions of Ukraine. We came to OSCE Mission to Georgia Permanent Council in Vienna agreed to Security and Cooperation in Europe and to Novobohdanivka to study how effectively VIENNA – With tensions between increase the number of OSCE monitors in discuss developing new ones. During the the equipment provided by the OSCE has Georgia and Russia rising last month, the the Mission to Georgia to up to 100. The three-day visit, Mr. Kopaj meet with local been used and to learn about the progress OSCE Mission to Georgia worked inten- decision called for 20 unarmed military authorities to discuss the results of a project made by Ukraine’s Ministry for Emergency sively to defuse the situation. The mission monitoring officers to be deployed imme- on retraining military officers, as well as Situations in cleaning up the ammunition of the Organization for Security and diately to “areas adjacent to South activities aimed at economic development site,” said Mr. Kopaj. (OSCE)

OU-PSD revokes its September 3 decision “In such cases, when the future of the in the 2010 presidential ballot. Has Ukraine's... to leave the coalition, the government may country is decided, we need to convene a The accusation seems preposterous and, (Continued from page 2) continue to operate as if nothing happened. general meeting of the coalition. as recent polls suggest, a majority of of the Presidential Secretariat and its head, If not, another parliamentary coalition needs Unfortunately, this has not been done,” he Ukrainians consider it a dirty PR trick Viktor Baloha, in the government’s preroga- to be created within 30 days. If this fails to said. “It is 32 degrees Celsius in Kyiv today against Ms. Tymoshenko with an eye to the tives. YTB lawmaker Volodymyr happen, the president has the constitutional and, in my opinion, everybody has become upcoming presidential election. Bondarenko told RFE/RL’s Ukrainian right (but not obligation) to dissolve overheated.” But if the Yushchenko camp has actually Service on September 3 that the YTB passed Parliament and call for snap elections. Mr. Karamzin may be right. Ukraine’s begun a presidential campaign by portraying the bill on the Cabinet jointly with the oppo- It seems than no political party in the cur- domestic and foreign policies in the past few Ms. Tymoshenko as a pro-Moscow stooge rent Verkhovna Rada is ready or willing to years were dictated more by personal ani- sition in order to save the country from and promoting Mr. Yushchenko, who has participate in new pre-term elections just mosities and private interests than truly “being ruined.” given unambiguous support to Georgia, as one year after the previous ones and two national concerns. “We do not have any [secret] arrange- an anti-Moscow politician, then Ukraine is years after the regular ones. But what may Almost all analysts and commentators ments with the Party of Regions. These poised to plunge into even deeper political happen now is anybody’s guess. explain the uneasy relationship between turmoil than it experienced in 2004. votes yesterday were oriented toward saving Theoretically, the YTB and the OU-PSD President Yushchenko and Prime Minister The evil spirits of the country’s East-West the state,” Mr. Bondarenko said. can make peace and continue running the Tymoshenko by their hidden rivalry over civilizational divide may again be called to “Because what is being done today – government for a while until the next row. who is to become the president in 2010. It when regional governors ask the permission The OU-PSD can also make a coalition deal appears that this rivalry is now coming to a work for private political interests. And the of [Presidential Secretariat deputy head] with the PRU, as already occurred following head. vision of a united Ukraine, so passionately Roman Bezsmertnyi before visiting the the parliamentary elections in 2006. A coali- Last month, in a move that is widely promoted by both Mr. Yushchenko and Ms. prime minister, and the vertical of power is tion contract between the YTB and the Party believed to have been masterminded by Tymoshenko during the Orange Revolution, being ruined – hardly makes a state [out of of Regions cannot be ruled out either, Presidential Secretariat Chair Baloha, a pres- may once again fade away for many years Ukraine].” although it is less probable than the other idential aide accused Ms. Tymoshenko of to come. Political maneuvers options. betraying Ukraine’s state interests to Russia. OU-PSD legislator Yuriy Karamzin told Details are unknown, as the case is still Copyright 2008, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Speaking on television late on September RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service on September being investigated by the Security Service with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ 3, Prime Minister Tymoshenko called on the 3 that there is no unity in the OU-PSD ranks of Ukraine, but everything reportedly boils Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense as to the bloc’s formal decision to abandon down to the accusation that Ms. Washington DC 20036. (See http://www. (OU-PSD) bloc to return to the ruling coali- the coalition. According to Mr. Karamzin, Tymoshenko promised Moscow to keep rferl.org/Content/Has_Ukraines_Orange_ tion. the dispute can be quelled and the coalition quiet about the recent Russian-Georgian Coalition_Reached_Point_Of_No_ If within the subsequent 10 days the with the YTB restored. conflict in exchange for Moscow’s support Return/1196377.html)

announced that proof of illegal arms trade Crisis... has already been found (Interfax-Ukraine, (Continued from page 2) September 4). September 2-4). Mr. Yushchenko has painted himself into After that, nothing was left to OU-PSD a corner. If OU-PSD does not change its but to declare its coalition accord with the mind, there will be either a YTB-PRU coali- YTB null and void. The ministers appointed tion, or an early election. Neither outcome is to the government on OU-PSD’s quota good for President Yushchenko. A YTB- refused to attend a government meeting PRU alliance would control more than two- chaired by Prime Minister Tymoshenko. thirds of the seats in Parliament, enough to President Yushchenko, addressing the nation pass any laws, override any presidential vetoes and amend the constitution. on September 3, accused Prime Minister In case of an early election, OU-PSD Tymoshenko of masterminding a coup by may fail to clear the 3 percent barrier. forging a new de-facto coalition with the According to a poll by the Ukrainian PRU. He said that he would call an early Academy of Sciences’ Sociology Institute, parliamentary election if no formal coalition the PRU would likely win a snap election emerges in the Verkhovna Rada (Channel 5, with 26.6 percent of the popular votes, fol- September 3). lowed by the YTB with 22.2 percent, and Mr. Yushchenko said later that OU-PSD the Communists with 5.4 percent. Less than would return to the coalition with YTB on 4 percent of voters might back OU-PSD, two conditions: if YTB helps him veto the the poll showed (Interfax-Ukraine, “anti-constitutional” laws passed on September 4). September 2-4, and if it backs his position In case of an election, the PRU and YTB on Georgia, including his condemnation of may leave OU-PSD no chances altogether. Russia’s use of the Sevastopol-based Black YTB Deputy Serhii Teriokhin has drafted a Sea Fleet in actions against Georgia bill that suggests raising the barrier to 10 (UNIAN, September 5). This ultimatum will percent (Channel 5, September 4). If it is hardly be accepted. passed, Ukraine may wind up with a two- Parliament has already managed to over- party system, with no place for Mr. run several of President Yushchenko’s most Yushchenko. According to PRU Deputy recent vetoes. Russian Duma Deputy Vadym Kolesnychenko, the PRU and the Speaker Lyubov Sliska complimented Ms. YTB could also choose to impeach President Tymoshenko on her “absolutely correct Yushchenko over Ukrainian arms supplies DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS behavior” (Interfax, September 3), and Mr. to Georgia although this seems unlikely Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. Yanukovych reaffirmed his support of (Interfax-Ukraine, September 3). Russia on Georgia (Channel 5, September Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. 5). What is more, the PRU and the YTB set The article above is reprinted from Telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; e-mail, [email protected]. up an ostensibly pro-Russian ad-hoc investi- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person. gative commission to probe arms supplies to its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Georgia, and its head, Valerii Konovaliuk, www.jamestown.org. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37 No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 19 Counterpoint Chorale to present concert in memory of Holodomor TORONTO – Counterpoint Chorale, under the artistic direction of William Woloschuk, on Sunday, November 2, will perform a choral repertoire of Ukrainian and other solemn and sacred music to remember the victims of the Holodomor – the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine of 1932-1933. As the concert highlight piece, the chorale will perform “Mass for the Deceased – Requiem” by Gabriel Faure. The Requiem’s Kyrie, Offertory and Sanctus will be sung in Latin with guest soloist Inga Filippova, soprano; Tanya Navolska, mezzo-soprano; Taras Chmil, tenor; and Montreal native Taras Kulish, baritone. Counterpoint Chorale is dedicated to bringing classical choral music from Canada and from around the world to entertain and educate its audiences, offer- ing “global repertoire” – performing cho- ral pieces from different cultures, eras and languages. Counterpoint is dedicated to highlighting Canadian talent – soloists in performances, vocal performance stu- dent internships and Canadian composer commissioned works. In an interview, chorister and Concert Committee volunteer Valentina Kuryliw The Counterpoint Chorale of Toronto. stated that Counterpoint’s commemora- tion of the Holodomor’s 75th anniversary perform a diverse selection of choral Dmytro Bortnianskyj. Artistic Director William Woloschuk, a has appeal to Ukrainians and non-Ukrai- pieces that offer a mood of respect and Counterpoint Chorale has six years of native of Sudbury, Ontario, completed his nians alike. Several choir members are of reflection. This includes the following experience performing a range of choral graduate studies in choral conducting at Ukrainian heritage. The choir’s executive works, some of which are Ukrainian in repertoire with relevance to many of the Faculty of Music, University of and committee appreciated the gravity of origin: “Vladyka Neba i Zemli” by Semen Canada’s ethno-cultural communities. Of Toronto. Mr. Woloschuk had been the the Holodomor and “after one rehearsal, Hulak-Artemovsky; “Agnus Dei” by special interest is the chorale’s communi- long-time dean of music for St. Sophia most members stayed to watch the docu- Samuel Barber; Movement II of Sergei ty outreach and grounding. Counterpoint Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in mentary film ‘Harvest of Despair’ and Rachmaninov’s Vespers “Blagoslovy has entered into a collaborative mentor- Montreal. He also studied under the tute- understood the tragic lessons to be Dushe Moju, Gospody;” “Crossing the ship with the Surrey Place Center lage of Maestro Volodymyr Kolesnyk of learned, not only by the members but by Bar” by Graeme Morton (conducted by Symphonic Passion Chorus, where the the Kyiv State Opera, Ukraine. the Chorale’s loyal audience base of Assistant Conductor Lesia Hrynash Chorale has the pleasure and privilege to Counterpoint Chorale’s performance of about 450 supporters,” said Mr. Kuryliw. Deacon); and Concerto XXXII “Skazhy work with a choir of adults with develop- On November 2 the choir will also My, Hospody, Konchynu Moyu” by mental disabilities. (Continued on page 24)

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NATO, but also the BBC World Service, mass rally of Georgians that they stood working around the Age of Romanticism. Russia and... say, or the British Council – can be united in the face of Russia’s new imperi- Ukrainians have been rejecting a unified (Continued from page 6) brought into the 21st century, not merely alism. East Slavic nation headed by the Russians have been so openly hostile, not only to counter terrorism, but to argue the case “All six countries had their own indi- since at least the middle of the 19th cen- towards Georgia, but also towards for Western values, once again.” vidual centuries of despotic rule by tsars tury. The Russians, however, are still pur- Ukraine and Estonia, the post-Soviet and commissars. Mr. Yushchenko was the suing this fantasy, believing they can countries that present the greatest con- “The Putin Doctrine, Coming to most courageous of the five: after all, the intimidate Ukrainians into a cultural and trast to his vision of Russia. … Terms with Ukraine’s New Geopolitical other four countries were members of political union that will restore Russian NATO and could, if Russia attacked their control over the heartland of East Slavic “It is not mere nationalism that makes Realities,” by Taras Kuzio, Business countries, count on NATO’s article five culture and Orthodoxy. … leaders such as the Georgian president, Ukraine magazine, August 25: to defend them. … “Many western journalists and histori- Mikheil Saakashvili, or the Ukrainian “… A new version of this imperial “The Putin Doctrine’s next target ans still represent Russia as a 1,000-year- president, Viktor Yushchenko, try to posturing is now beginning to gain inter- national notoriety in the wake of the could be the Crimea. The State Duma old state, with its first seat of power in escape the political influence of Russia Russian invasion of Georgia. made territorial claims against Sevastopol Kyiv, thereby falsely conflating the and to move closer to the West: it is also “This ‘Putin Doctrine’ consists of four as recently as two months ago. During immense influence of the Kyivan state on the desire to make their countries more inter-locking policies: provoking ethnic NATO’s Bucharest summit then-Presi- Russia with Russia itself. Of course, if open, more liberal, more authentically clashes, introducing its own troops as so- dent Vladimir Putin warned that so-called ‘Russians’ ruled in Ukraine in democratic. called ‘peacekeepers,’ distributing Russian Ukraine’s alleged ‘fragility’ would lead it the 10th century, then why not today? “… the Russian leadership’s dislike of passports and arming separatists. … to disintegrate if it joined NATO, imply- ‘[Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] Georgia also reflects hatred – and fear – “The Putin Doctrine’s assertion of the ing that Russia would use the Crimean Putin relies on such deceptive wisdom to of the kind of democracy that Georgians right to intervene in defense of Russian card to try and halt Ukraine’s NATO disarm the West. At the NATO summit have chosen. minorities is a direct threat to Ukraine, membership. … last April, Putin asked U.S. President “Georgia’s Rose Revolution, like Latvia and Estonia, where Russian speak- “NATO’s unwillingness [at the George W. Bush: ‘Do you understand, Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, is precise- ers (in Russian parlance ‘compatriots’) Bucharest summit] to offer Georgia and George, that Ukraine is not even a state?’ ly the kind of popular uprising that the number around a third of the population. Ukraine MAPs may have sent the wrong insisting that most of Ukraine’s territory Russian elite fears most deeply. Putin’s “Ukraine’s Crimea or Estonia’s Narva signal to Moscow that the organization was ‘given away’ by Russia. paranoia about Georgia is – unlikely could be the next flashpoints. Russia has was divided over extending its security “Typically, Russia never admits that though it may sound – at base a paranoia said that it plans to hold a referendum in umbrella into what Berlin and Paris still much of so-called Russian territory is the about Russia itself. Georgia’s separatist enclaves, no doubt seem to recognize as Russia’s sphere of result of imperial conquest and the sup- “What this means, of course, is that modeled on that it held in Chechnya three influence. pression of indigenous populations. any Western support for the Georgian years ago to international disdain, that “Russia’s provocation of Georgia into Russian propaganda instead creates ‘fake’ cause will only increase Russian para- would support their independence, or a conflict through its illegally armed countries, questioning the legitimacy of noia. And yet, at another level, we have annexation by Russia. South Ossetian proxies, coupled with Ukraine and Georgia, in order to dis- no choice: Western credibility is on the “This element of the Putin Doctrine Moscow’s blatant disregard for Georgian member them in the name of a ‘real’ line here, too. … could in turn be applied to other frozen sovereignty, has probably swung the bal- Russia. …” “What we are left with, then, is not conflicts in the former Soviet Union or to ance in favor of those NATO members “The moral of Georgia is that it can exactly a new Cold War, but an unavoid- the Crimea. As a result, the Georgian- who support extending MAPs to Georgia either herald the last gasp of Russian able, possibly very long-term ideological Russian crisis has important strategic and Ukraine. Imperialism or the dawn of a new, per- battle with Russia, above and beyond the ramifications for Ukraine. … “…the Putin Doctrine… may have haps, unprecedented conflict. This is the normal economic and political competi- “With Russian tanks poised perilously over-extended itself. Russia’s brazen time to consolidate the gains of the post- tion. close to the Georgian capital Tbilisi, imperialism in Georgia may have Soviet era and make clear to Russia that “We need to start thinking again about [Ukraine’s President Viktor] Yushchenko, changed the minds of enough NATO greatness comes through co-operation, what it means to be ‘the West,’ and about together with the leaders of Poland, fence sitters in support of the U.S. and not confrontation. Until Russia rejects its how Western institutions – not just Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, told a the Eastern Europeans who support old ideology and enters into constructive NATO membership for Georgia and relations with its former imperial sub- Ukraine. … jects, both Georgia and Ukraine should “In four months NATO has the oppor- be under NATO’s umbrella.” tunity to rectify its mistake in Bucharest by supporting two young democracies “Ukraine: No Chicken Kiev,” and inviting Georgia and Ukraine into Investors Business Daily, New York, MAPs. By inviting Georgia and Ukraine August 18: into NATO the organization accomplish- “…NATO leaders from 26 member- es two important steps. It would ensure countries are scheduled to meet Tuesday presents a that their democracies can continue to to consider possible responses to the flourish in a secure environment. It would Russian invasion of Georgia. A move we SPECIAL CONCERT IN MEMORY OF also avert a more serious threat to inter- would recommend is approve the mem- national order and European security if bership of two former Soviet satellites – ROMAN STECURA the Putin Doctrine were applied to Georgia and Ukraine. (1929 - 2007) Ukraine. …” “The NATO bureaucracy has dragged its feet on the issue. …But as its Georgian “The Georgia-Ukraine analogy: aggression has shown, Russia is operat- Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 2 p.m. What’s the real lesson?” by Oleh S. ing on its own timeline and an agenda Ukrainian Institute of America Ilnytzkyj, Edmonton Journal, August that includes reconstituting its former 2 East 79th Street, New York City 20: empire. Being a democracy under “If the Georgian conflict holds a les- Russian guns should qualify a country for OKSANA KROVYTSKA, soprano son for Ukraine and the West, as many fast-track consideration. As its own his- commentators suggest, it is important to torical experience demonstrates, Europe OLEH KRYSA, violin draw the right conclusions from this pain- cannot afford, as Winston Churchill once NATALIA KHOMA, cello ful educational experience. Some say put it, to feed the crocodile hoping it will LARYSSA KRUPA, piano Russia must be allowed its own sphere of eat Europe last. “The delay in admitting Georgia to TATIANA TCHEKINA, piano influence, for it is her natural and histori- cal birthright as a great power – and that NATO was a clear green light to the new MYKOLA SUK, piano smaller states like Georgia and Ukraine czars in Moscow. Had Georgia been in VOLODYMYR VYNNYTSKY, piano may need to be sacrificed to ensure the NATO, today’s conversation would be ALEXANDER SLOBODYANIK, piano European Union’s access to Gazprom’s different. natural gas. “It’s time to put up a big sign that says “A truer understanding would be to ‘stop’ and take down the one that says THALBERG: Fantasy on “Moses in Egypt” by Rossini, Op. 33 realize that Russia is resorting to an old ‘yield.’ Western attempts to bring Russia TCHAIKOVSKY: Meditation imperial mindset in a futile – yes, futile – into the world community have obviously attempt to re-establish an outdated sense failed. PAGANINI-KREISLER: La Campanella of greatness that can only lead to a pan- “…Ukraine in NATO is Moscow’s CHOPIN: Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49 European disaster. Vladimir Putin has worst nightmare, as is the prospect of POPPER: Hungarian Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, Op. 68 been laying the groundwork for this out- American warships armed with the Aegis dated national ideology since the day he anti-missile system cruising the Black LIUDKEVYCH: “Mystery” came to power, by crushing Chechnya Sea from a base in Ukraine. It should not PUCCINI: “Visi d’arte” (Tosca), “Un bel di” (Madama Butterfly) and embracing the symbolism of the for- be NATO’s job to help Putin sleep at RACHMANINOFF: Études-Tableaux, Op. 39, Nos. 2 and 5 mer empire and Soviet Union. night. It should admit Ukraine – and RACHMANINOFF: Romance for two pianos (recording) “If the brutal invasion of tiny Georgia Georgia. is a warning to Ukraine about its “When Hitler marched his horse- RAVEL: La Valse for two pianos (recording) European orientation, then it is also a drawn infantry into the demilitarized pathetic attempt to resurrect a model of Rhineland in 1936, Europe failed to call ‘Russian’ nationality and identity that his bluff. Admission: $30, UIA Members and Senior Citizens: $25, Students: $20 subsumes Ukrainians and Belarusians “As Putin marches into Georgia, this For Further information: (212) 288-8660 under Moscow’s rule as ‘fraternal’ East time the West’s reaction needs to be quite Slavic people, a strategy that stopped different.” No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 21

Ukrainian-American Coordinating Group’s Cheney assures... fourth meeting on September 12. FOR THE RECORD: (Continued from page 1) U.S.-Ukraine trade has increased from sively and patiently. Russia’s actions cast $3.3 billion in 2007 to a projected $5.3 to Cheney’s address in Kyiv doubt on its dependability as an international $5.5 billion by the end of 2008, Mr. Yushchenko said, adding it’s “a wonderful partner not only for Georgia, but the whole Following is the text of Vice-President dynamic” that shows “active bilateral rela- region.” Dick Cheney’s remarks in Kyiv on tions.” On this journey I Mr. Cheney re-affirmed the U.S. govern- September 5, delivered after his meeting ment’s support for Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic The recently established Ukraine-U.S. with President Viktor Yushchenko. The am proud to reaf- integration efforts, and stressed the impor- Council on Trade and Investment will meet text was released by the Office of the tance of maintaining political stability in on September 22 to discuss bilateral eco- Vice-President. firm America’s Ukraine. nomic relations. “The partners agreed in Bucharest that Meanwhile, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Thank you, Mr. President, and good deep commitment Ukraine will be a NATO member, and that State for European Affairs Daniel Fried is afternoon to you all. It’s a tremendous statement remains valid today,” he said. expected to visit Ukraine this month, the pleasure to be in Kyiv, and to see my to this remark- “I want to remind you that I was in Kyiv Associated Press reported. good friend President Yushchenko. 20 years ago when I was a congressman. At To conclude his visit to Kyiv, Mr. We’ve met many times before – in able, rising demo- the time, obviously, Ukraine was an Cherney and his wife, Lynne, joined the America, in Poland and in Lithuania. I’m cratic nation that enslaved people, which the empire consid- Ukrainian president and First Lady Kateryna delighted to be with you, sir, in the great ered its province. It’s an honor and joy to be Yushchenko in placing floral wreaths at the capital city of your country. I appreciate has won the in this nation again, on its free land among Holodomor Victims Memorial at St. your kind words and hospitality. And to free people, and see the progress you Michael’s Square in Kyiv. all Ukrainians, I bring warm greetings respect of the achieved despite all the hardships.” Mr. Yushchenko asked Mr. Cheney for from President George W. Bush and the The two leaders reached agreements on a assistance in promoting a resolution of the people of these United States. entire free world. series of steps to further develop relations Holodomor resolution for consideration by Mr. President, I arrived here last night between the two nations in various sectors, the 63rd session of the United Nations from Georgia, a young democracy that in believe that a closer strategic relationship which will be further enhanced at the General Assembly. the last month has been subjected to a is in the interest of all. As free countries, Russian invasion, and to an illegitimate, we believe in representative government, unilateral attempt by force of arms to open trade and common security. We dismember its territory. The people of believe in the right of men and women to Georgia are looking to both our coun- live without threat of tyranny, economic tries, and to the rest of the free world, to blackmail, or military invasion or intimi- support them in this time of great trial dation. Ukraine’s best hope to overcome and testing, and we must answer the call. these threats is to be united – united Ukraine’s support for Georgia – and, in domestically first and foremost, and unit- particular, your dramatic trip to Tbilisi in ed with other democracies. We believe the first days of the crisis – have provid- that cooperation among democratic ed a courageous example for others. The nations will lift the prospects of long- free world must follow that example with term prosperity and the peace we all firmness, with patience and resolve. desire. Russia’s actions have cast grave Ukraine’s support for freedom is clear. doubts on Russia’s intentions and its reli- As President Bush noted here in Kyiv ability as an international partner – not five months ago, Ukraine is the only non- just in Georgia, but throughout the NATO country supporting every NATO region. Against that background, mission, from Afghanistan to Kosovo. President Bush has asked me to give a Ukrainians have a right to choose whether clear message to the people of Ukraine: they wish to join NATO. And NATO has Official Website of Ukraine’s President The United States has a deep and abiding a right to invite Ukraine to join the alli- At the Holodomor memorial (from left) are: Lynne Cheney, U.S. Vice-President interest in your well-being and security. ance when we believe – that we believe Dick Cheney, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Kateryna For almost two decades, we have stood that you are ready and that the time is Yushchenko. by you to help you secure your indepen- right. No outside country gets a veto. The dence, sovereignty and integration into allies agreed in Bucharest that Ukraine the international community. Today, we will eventually be a NATO member. And said Regions deputy Inna Bohoslovska, proclaim our unwavering determination that commitment stands today. Two scenarios... because it became apparent to Tymoshenko to strengthen the bonds between our Finally, I’d like to mention that I have countries – not just now, but for the long (Continued from page 1) Bloc lawmakers that their own leader, First visited Kyiv on one previous occasion – Vice Prime Minister Oleksander Turchynov, term. more than 20 years ago, as part of a con- me of my memory and brain,” Ms. Mr. President, we have seen the deep gressional delegation. At the time, of Tymoshenko stated in an online conference allowed the ships to dock even before the war in Georgia. courage of Ukrainians in everything they course, Ukraine was a captive nation, hosted by Ukrayinska Pravda in January have struggled to accomplish in recent claimed by an empire as a mere province. 2006. At the September 8 press conference, Ms. Tymoshenko said creating a coalition years to consolidate the gains of democ- To be in this country once again – to The prime minister told Mr. Leschenko racy. The work has not been easy. On this stand on free soil, among free people, and her position hasn’t changed since. between her bloc and the Party of Regions would “allow the Parliament to work, allow journey I am proud to reaffirm America’s to see the progress that you’ve made “I absolutely stand by these words when the government to continue its work and deep commitment to this remarkable, ris- despite all difficulties – is a privilege and they were said and now,” she replied. “And offer the possibility of a constitutional ing democratic nation that has won the a joy. Having seized their independence, I expect a renewal of the democratic coali- majority to change the Ukrainian respect of the entire free world. the people of Ukraine are writing a new tion. But, at the same time, if the president Constitution and initiate in Ukraine a nor- My country’s position is clear: The and momentous chapter in the history of chases the coalition into a dead end, and if mal, stable constitutional model.” United States fully supports the right of this land – one that has important impli- he completely destroys it, then I will gather Forming or reformating a parliamentary Ukraine to build ever-stronger ties of cations, not just for Ukraine, but for the you all together again and we will decide coalition isn’t easy thanks to the January cooperation and security throughout future peace and security of our world. whether to hold elections and put an end to 2006 constitutional reform, which requires Europe and across the Atlantic. We Thank you. democratic government as a whole and give that a coalition be formed between the blocs the country to you-know-who, or restructure or parties that qualified for Parliament, not the coalition.” individuals. “Be clear that this agreement shuts no With those comments, Ms. Tymoshenko Five blocs and parties qualified in the European Union... door, and maybe it opens some doors,” revealed that uniting with the Party of September 2007 election, and no outcome is (Continued from page 1) said European Council President Nicolas Regions is indeed an option. She already has likely other than a union of Ukraine’s two and Serbia, and even falls short in not Sarkozy. “This is the most we could offer, done so on a “situational basis,” as most powerful political forces, which are offering any guarantees to Ukraine. but I believe it to be a substantial step.” Ukrainian politicians call it. financed and supported by the nation’s big- The Ukrainian president estimated that If Ukraine’s political instability per- The Tymoshenko Bloc joined the Party gest businessmen and oligarchs. about 65 percent of the document is sists through 2009, the EU could very of Regions and the Communist Party of A recent poll conducted by FOM- well delay the Association Agreement Ukraine in passing four bills at the already completed, and his foreign policy Ukrayina indicated that, if elections were team will begin work on another docu- until 2010, Mr. Fesenko said. September 2 parliamentary session that held August 24, four of the five blocs and ment that will replace the Ukraine-EU Ukrainian officials spent a year and a severely reduced the president’s authority – parties would return to Parliament, without half drafting the preliminary agreement, particularly his influence in Ukraine’s the independent Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc. Action Plan. defense, foreign affairs and security spheres. The Tymoshenko Bloc would earn 23 Although Mr. Yushchenko declared the with exceptional progress occurring in Several days later, the PRU and YTB percent, the Party of Regions would earn 20 summit a triumph for Ukraine’s European the last two months, Mr. Yushchenko voted jointly to request that the foreign percent, the Our Ukraine – People’s Self integration efforts, his counterparts were said, thereby “consolidating Ukraine’s affairs and defense ministers explain to Defense bloc and the Communist Party of far more measured in their assessment. European identity for the first time.” Parliament why U.S. warships were allowed Ukraine would each earn 5 percent. to dock in Crimean ports on their aid deliv- FOM-Ukrayina didn’t disclose when the eries to Georgia. poll was conducted, how many respondents The PRU complied with the YTB’s were surveyed or in what regions they Visit our archive on the web: www.ukrweekly.com request to drop the initiative the next day, reside. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37 No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 23

The Ukrainian president said he expect- EU's attention... ed that agreement to be signed in the sec- NEWS AND VIEWS (Continued from page 3) ond half of 2009. tions in the near future, will be titled an Association Agreement,” Mr. Yushchenko Copyright 2008, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Summer conferences in Ukraine said. “This agreement, is therefore, based with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ on the same philosophy and is close to the Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, association agreements that were signed in Washington DC 20036. See http://www.rferl. a draw for CIUS researchers the 1990s with countries that have since org/content/EU_Attention_Turns_To_ by Andrij Makuch including Ukrainians in Canada, were dis- joined the European Union.” Ukraine/1197531.html. and Serge Cipko cussed as well. The Lviv conference concluded with a As members of the Kule Ukrainian plenary that passed a host of resolutions Canadian Studies Center (KUCSC) at the stemming from the different conference Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies sectors. These can be viewed at the MIOK (CIUS) in Edmonton, Alberta, these writers website (http://miok.ukrhost.com/) along attended international conferences in Lviv with the conference programe and the and Kyiv this summer to share the results texts of the greetings from the official of their ongoing work. We presented papers opening. The papers presented at the first at the gatherings and, at the same time, MIOK diaspora studies conference, which established or renewed contact with other was held in 2006, can also be found at the scholars working in their respective fields. institute’s website (go to the link “Viddil The first event was sponsored by the kultury ta zv’iazkiv”). International Institute of Education, Contact throughout the summer has Culture and Ties with the Diaspora been maintained with conference partici- (Ukrainian acronym: MIOK). Held at the pants by responding to requests or fielding Lviv Polytechnic National University on queries. Issues of the Ukrainian Diaspora June 18-20, its theme was “The Diaspora Studies Initiative’s electronic newsletter as a Factor in Strengthening the “Ukrainians Abroad: News and Views” Ukrainian State within the International and the Kule Center’s informal e-quarterly Official Website of Ukraine’s President Community.” More significantly, the con- Presidents Viktor Yushchenko and Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. Field Notes from Ukrainian Canada have ference brought together some 400 schol- been sent to new subscribers in Ukraine ars, activists and individuals from 28 and other countries. countries with an interest in Ukrainian The seventh congress of the International life outside of Ukraine’s borders. Association of Ukrainian Studies (Ukrainian IN THE PRESS: Yushchenko The conference began with a plenum acronym: MAU) was held in Kyiv a week held at the Lviv Opera Theatre featuring an after the diaspora conference in Lviv. The in the Wall Street Journal array of distinguished speakers. The role of two KUCSC representatives gave presenta- the diaspora as a potential “resource” or tions dealing with the coverage of the “Georgia and the Stakes for Ukraine,” representation in the peacekeeping force in “partner” in the present and future develop- Holodomor in the Edmonton press in by Viktor Yushchenko, The Washington the conflict area. A new multilateral format ment of the Ukrainian state was emphasized 1932-1933 and on the relationship between Post, August 25: mandated by the United Nations or the in several speeches. the Ukrainian Canadian left and Soviet Organization for Security and Cooperation The conference then carried on with an Ukraine during the interwar era. “The conflict in Georgia revealed prob- in Europe is the only way to guarantee secu- academic plenum followed by concurrent The MAU Congress also featured other lems that extend well beyond our region. rity in the conflict zone. sessions devoted to specific topic areas. papers on diaspora and Ukrainian Canadian Recent events have made clear how perilous “I strongly hope that that plan will be One of the liveliest of these dealt with the themes and provided another useful oppor- it is for the international community to strictly implemented by the conflicting par- contemporary Ukrainian labor migration tunity to meet with scholars working in ignore ‘frozen conflicts.’ The issues of ties. We are ready to join international in Europe, which increasingly has been these fields. breakaway regions in newly independent efforts to provide relief and help victims forming more settled communities. This, In the meantime, the KUCSC’s admin- states are complex; too often, they have resume their peaceful lives. Ukraine also naturally, begged the question as to what istrative coordinator, Jars Balan, attended been treated as bargaining chips in geopolit- stands ready to take part in the U.N. or proportion of these migrants are likely to the annual meeting of the Canadian ical games. But such ‘games’ result in the OSCE missions by sending peacekeepers. return home. Older diaspora groups, Association of Slavists, held at the end of loss of human lives, humanitarian disasters, “…This conflict has proved once again May at the University of British economic ruin and the collapse of interna- that the best means of ensuring the nation- Andrij Makuch is research co-coordi- Columbia. He delivered a paper on tional security guarantees. al security of Ukraine and other countries nator of the Kule Ukrainian Canadian Canadian novelist Ralph Connor’s long “Ukraine has become a hostage in the is to participate in the collective security Studies Center, and Serge Cipko is coor- and sometimes controversial relationship war waged by Russia. This has prompted system of free democratic nations, exem- dinator of the Ukrainian Diaspora with the Ukrainian Canadian community Ukrainian authorities and all of our coun- plified today by NATO. In accordance Studies Initiative at the Kule Center at on a panel that also featured presentations try’s people, including those living in the with national legislation and its foreign the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian by fellow literary specialists, Drs. Lisa Crimea, to ponder the dangers emanating policy priorities, Ukraine will continue Studies. Grekul and Lindy Ledohowski. from the fact that the Russian Black Sea following the path of Euro-Atlantic inte- fleet is based on our territory. … gration. This is the path of democracy, “Ukraine favors a wider international freedom and independence.” Ukrainian League of Philadelphia

programs in tip-top shape.” Horsham, Pa. Ms. Chajkowsky added, “the success to participate in art studio program of the day is a testament to the strength of (Continued from page 14) PHILADELPHIA – This year the sis, touching on themes of Americanism, the Ukrainian spirit and the love that Jersey. “It broadens your horizon and Ukrainian League of Philadelphia ethnicity, tradition and family. Ukrainians have for their heritage and makes you reminisce about your own cul- (ULoP), located at 800 N. 23rd St. in the • Oleh Roman Hasiuk is a designer of ture. I can hopefully use this in my class their homeland.” She was especially Fairmount section of Philadelphia, is par- print and web, as well as tattoos, furni- to help mend and soften any judgmental pleased to see Ukrainians of all genera- ticipating in the Philadelphia Open Studio ture, jewelry, wallpaper, typefaces and lines.” tions, immigrations, religious confessions Tours (POST). POST is a program of the clothing. He is also is a printmaker and and areas of origin in Ukraine celebrating *** Center for Emerging Visual Artists, a sculptor. together as one. “A significant non-Ukrai- non-profit career development organiza- • Andrij Korchynsky of Lviv currently “The affair was a huge success – and nian multi-ethnic presence shows that tion that creates opportunities for artists resides in Philadelphia. He works mainly in all respects,” said Tryzub’s vice-presi- Ukraine and its rich traditions are finally to reach their professional goals. The in painting, printmaking and computer dent, Orest Lesiuk. “It is a reflection of finding their place in the sun,” said Ms. mission of the Arts Committee of the graphics. the heroic efforts of Tryzub’s volunteers Chajkowsky. ULoP is to preserve Ukrainian culture • Halyna Mizak, currently living in the – the ladies in the kitchen, our facilities This year’s festival also featured an and tradition by promoting and exhibiting Philadelphia area, completed her higher managers, our sound and stage produc- arts and crafts bazaar and, of course, a lot Ukrainian ethnic and contemporary art. education in Lviv. Her favorite art media tion people, and a tireless crew of orga- of Ukrainian and other foods and refresh- On Friday, October 3, at 7 p.m. the are graphics and ink/oil on glass. nizers and people of good will that keep ments. ULoP will host a preview of the POST • Dimitri K. Woznyj states “I’m a doo- Tryzubivka and its sports and cultural It was a true feast for the senses. show for the public. At 9 p.m. musical dler. I have always been a doodler. That stylings of “Likwid Blue,” a jazz and was the only way that I was able to sit blues band, will be featured. On Saturday through school... I also got really into rap Wherever you are, and Sunday, October 4-5 from noon to 6 and hip-hop music, which I think influ- p.m., the ULoP will again open its doors enced a lot of my artwork.” The Ukrainian Weekly can be there with you. to the community as a POST participant. For additional information, about this The league will display the works of event at the ULoP readers may call the following five artists. 215-684-3548, or e-mail ukrainian- Check out THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY online at • Nina Bilynsky is a Ukrainian [email protected]. Information www.ukrweekly.com American artist residing in Philadelphia. about other POST venues can be found at Her work is an exercise in identity-analy- www.philaopenstudios.com. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37 Basilian Nuns to celebrate 50th anniversary of contemplative monastic life CAMPBELL HALL, N.Y. – The Basilian Minor. St. Basil’s sister, St. Macrina, found- Europe, monasticism followed. Because of On June 2, 1951, a dramatic change Nuns of the Sacred Heart Monastery in ed a contemplative women’s monastery Ukraine’s ties with Constantinople and occurred when the Holy See issued a decree Middletown, N.Y., will celebrate the golden nearby, in which she, their mother and other Bulgaria, it was Eastern Christianity that that centralized the Basilian Sisters’ monas- jubilee of their contemplative monastic women, followed the monastic rule of St. Ukraine embraced under St. Vladimir in teries into an order, placed it under a general foundation that began on September 8, Basil. 988. Consequently, from the start, Ukrainian superior and granted it pontifical status. The 1958. This celebration will begin with the St. Basil had developed and begun to live monasticism embraced the ideals of St. decree contained a provision aimed at pre- Divine Liturgy of Thanksgiving on his ideals of monastic life after over a year Basil the Great. The Basilian monasteries of serving the cloistered women’s monastic Saturday, September 20, at 11a.m. at St. spent traveling and observing the ways in nuns were autonomous, as well as cloistered tradition, including the privilege of solemn Andrew the Apostle Ukrainian Catholic which monasticism was practiced in the and contemplative. vows. Although each province was thereby Church in Campbell Hall, N.Y. Bishop Paul East. He saw monastic life as the ideal way In 1911, at the request of Bishop Stephen required to establish a contemplative mon- Chomnycky, OSBM, eparch of Stamford, to follow Christ. Basing his entire monastic Soter Ortynsky, OSBM, and with the per- astery that would be under the direct super- will be the main celebrant and homilist for doctrine of ascetical teachings and their mission and blessing of Metropolitan vision of the general superior, it was the this occasion. The Dumka Chorus will sing application on the sacred scriptures, St. Basil Andrey Sheptytsky, the first Basilian Sisters Philadelphia province that succeeded in the responses to the liturgy. A reception will established the monastic discipline for both arrived in the United States. It soon became doing so. From among the sisters who vol- follow. monks and nuns as no one before him had evident that, in helping the Bishop to fulfill unteered, four were chosen to begin the con- Prior to September 1958, the Basilian done. In addition to regulating the common the spiritual and corporal needs of the peo- templative foundation of the Sacred Heart Order did not have a contemplative monas- house, common table, study and labor, St. ple, the Sisters could not remain cloistered Monastery in Astoria, N.Y., on September 8, tery in the United States. The foundation of Basil also regulated the hours of prayer to or maintain the prayer schedule for all the 1958. the contemplative community of Basilian be prayed in common. Despite the impor- liturgical hours, as they had in Ukraine. In 1992 Sacred Heart Monastery relocat- nuns in Astoria, N.Y., on the Feast of the tance of all the principles laid down by St. Thus, this first foundation and the others ed to Middletown, N.Y. Here, away from Nativity of the Mother of God in 1958, con- Basil, he made it clear that they were not the that came to the Americas were, necessarily, the noises and distractions of the city, the tinued the tradition of the order’s founder, end in themselves, but a means to union active religious communities, as well as Nuns of St. Basil the Great continue to live St. Basil the Great, who had established his with God. autonomous and under the jurisdiction of their contemplative monastic life in a setting first monastery 1,600 years earlier in Asia As Christianity spread throughout the bishop in whose eparchy they existed. much like that of their founders, St. Basil and St. Macrina.

The language... (Continued from page 6) history, for better or for worse. Despite what we “Westerners” would like to think, Russian-speaking Ukrainians don’t speak Russian just to spite Ukrainian American tourists during the summer season; they do it because that’s what they know and it’s how they were raised. If we, from America, Canada and the rest of the Western world, call ourselves true Ukrainian patriots, then we must come to accept that Russian will exist in Ukraine for a very long time to come. But, we mustn’t battle it with blindly pro-Ukrainian sentiment and stubborn hatred for Russian speakers; we must but accept it with contextual understanding and respect. We should encourage the Ukrainian language gradually, through the arts, education and culture, instead of instantly forcing upon people a language that they never really spoke at home. Only then can Ukraine begin to move forward, toward one nation and one lan- guage.

Counterpoint Chorale... (Continued from page 19) Faure’s “Requiem” and other solemn music in commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Holodomor Famine Genocide and remembrance of its victims will take place at St. James United Church, 463 rue Ste. Catherine Ouest (Metro: McGill) on Sunday, November 2, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 when purchased in advance at: Caisse Populaire Desjardins Ukrainienne de Montréal 3250, rue Beaubien Est Montréal (Québec); tele- phone 514-727-9456. Tickets may also be purchased at the door for $25. For more information readers may log on to www.counterpointchorale.com. * * * Founded in 2001 Counterpoint Chorale is a 40-member ensemble of vocalists gathered from all over the greater Toronto area. The group provides a three-program season of varied classical choral music each year, including a robust Christmas program in December in concert with the Counterpoint String Players, a second program highlighting a major choral work in exchange with a regional chamber choir and a season finale performance in June. The choir also is committed to vocal training and holds periodic workshops with world-renowned opera singers. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 25

NOTES ON PEOPLE

role of advocate.” He credits Judge ty of ballot proposals. Joins Attorney General’s Cleland for setting high standards and Before clerking, Mr. Fedynsky worked “demonstrating the virtues upon which in Grand Rapids and then Detroit as a Office in Michigan our bench and bar rely.” research attorney for the Michigan Court Mr. Fedynsky will litigate a diverse of Appeals. He graduated with honors LANSING, Mich. – As of September caseload in state and federal court. He from the University of Michigan Law 2, John Fedynsky began work as an will be one of about 15 attorneys in the School in 2004. He earned a bachelor’s assistant attorney general for the State of Public Employment, Elections and Tort degree with honors in government and Michigan. He will join the Government Division. philosophy from Georgetown University, Affairs Bureau and practice civil law. According to the Attorney General’s spending his junior year at the London The attorney general employs over 300 2005-2006 Biennial Report, this division School of Economics. attorneys throughout the state, with most, “handles nearly all public employment, A native of metropolitan Detroit, Mr. like Mr. Fedynsky, working in Lansing. election, tort and military affairs litigation Fedynsky attended Immaculate “It will be an honor to appear in court filed against the State of Michigan, Conception Ukrainian Catholic Schools on behalf of the people of Michigan and including a substantial appellate docket in Warren, Mich. He is a member of the their governmental entities,” said Mr. that often involves significant constitu- Chornomortsi fraternity of Plast Fedynsky. “It is the kind of public ser- tional issues.” The division also receives Ukrainian Scouting Organization and is vice opportunity that first guided me special assignments. Recent examples active within Plast’s Michigan regional toward a life in the law, and I am grateful include cases involving the state employ- leadership. He is a lifelong member of that Attorney General Mike Cox extend- ee fingerprinting policies, the state sex Ukrainian National Association Branch ed me that opportunity.” offender registries and the constitutionali- 20 in Detroit. John Fedynsky Since July 2006, Mr. Fedynsky has served in Detroit as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland. He said he looks forward to “moving to the other side of the bench and learning the

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“Dyvizia Halychyna”... (Continued from page 27) All vechirky included a “kolomyi- ka,” where everyone gets in a circle to perform Ukrainian dance moves. On “Den Plastuna” the yunaky marched out, carrying a “portable” brama that we set up in front of everyone within seconds. Then our komandant stood on it and told the story of the brave Dyviziynyky. We also sang our camp song, called “Dyvizia, Hey Ridna Maty!” This was the first camp in many years where we all felt the absence of Father Pavlo Hayda, who would traditionally spend time with us in discussions called “Rozmova z Bohom” (Conversation with God). We miss him at the camp chapel and in the kitchen, where we would see him scrubbing pots and pans. We thank Father Ihor and Deacon Michael from St. Andrew’s for cele- brating divine liturgy for us. We were lucky to have great lead- ers and counselors who provided us with inspiration and a positive exam- ple. In addition to those already mentioned, they were Mykola Stecyk, Khrystofor Bej, Mykhas Koniuch and Hryhoriy Homick. Not only did we learn scouting and strengthen our outdoor skills, but we also made lifelong friends. Most importantly, we were inspired by the bravery and sacrifice of those who gave their lives for Ukraine. This experience gave us a sense of being a part of something larger than ourselves. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37 OUT AND ABOUT

Current through November 9 Art exhibit, “New Print Politik: Post-Soviet September 21 Organ and piano recital featuring Paul Chicago Politics and Contemporary Art,” Ukrainian Alexandria, VA Stetsenko, Westminster Presbyterian Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 Church, 703-549-4766 September 16 Ukrainian Famine exhibition, U.S. State Washington Department, Ralph J. Bunche Library, September 21 Concert, “A Special Concert in Memory of 202-647-3609 New York Roman Stecura,” Music at the Institute, Ukrainian Institute of America, September 18 Film screening and reception, “The Soviet 212-288-8660 Washington Story,” the Heritage Foundation, Allison Auditorium, 202-546-4400 September 21 Recital by Taras Kulish, Ukrainian Canadian Ottawa Professionals and Businesspersons September 19 Concert featuring Julian Kytasty and the Association, First Unitarian Church, New York New York Bandura Ensemble, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 613-228-0990

September 19 Film screening, “Before the Rain” by Milcho September 21 Ukrainian Heritage Day Festival, Holy Philadelphia Manchevski, Ukrainian League of Astoria, NY Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church, Philadelphia, 215-684-3548 718-932-4060 September 19 Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Choir, September 21 Ukrainian Heritage Festival of Minnesota, Saratoga, CA Sacred Heart Men’s Club, Sacred Heart Church, 408-370-9030 Minneapolis Ukrainian Event Center, 612-781-8204 or 612-379-3913 September 20 Ukrainian Festival, St. Josaphat Ukrainian New Britain, CT Catholic Church, Polanka – Falcon Field, September 26-27 Ukrainian American Veterans national 860-225-7340 Somerset, NJ convention, Holiday Inn, 732-888-0494 September 20 Potato Bake and Pig Roast, Ukrainian September 26-28 Chess tournament, Ukrainian Sports Lehighton, PA Homestead, 215-235-3709 Toronto Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, September 20 Golf tournament, Plast Ukrainian Ukraina Sports Association, Round Lake Beach, IL Scouting Organization, Renwood Golf 416-535-0681 or 416-231-5445 Course, 630-574-1961 September 27 Fall Fest, featuring live music, food and a September 20 Ukrainian Harvest Festival, Ukrainian Horsham, PA biergarten, Ukrainian American Sports Whippany, NJ American Cultural Center of New Jersey, Club Tryzub, 215-343-5412 201-213-4321 or 973-545-7614

September 20 – November 8 Art exhibit featuring works by Andrey Washington Kushnir, “New Works,” American Painting Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. We welcome submis- Fine Art, 202-244-3244 sions from all our readers. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 27 UKELODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION “Divizia Halychyna” is theme of Plast camp in Ohio by Dmytro Deychakiwsky MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio – This past July, my fellow scouts and I, participated in Ukrainian Plast camp (tabir), at Pysanyi Kamin (PK), located in Middlefield, Ohio. I had heard of the town Brody from my great grandparents, Dr. Stephan and Emilia Wolanyk. Both were born nearby and worked in Brody until they left for the West to flee communism. My great grand- parents, who are now 100 years old, live in Parma, Ohio. The historical theme of this sum- mer’s camp at PK was “Dyvizia Halychyna,” a division of Campers and counselors of the camp for Plast scouts at the Pysanyi Kamin campground in Middlefield, Ohio. Ukrainian forces that was formed as part of the retreating German The traditional “khreschennia,” tive shelter with sticks and leaves, Every Thursday the campers had Army to fight against the Soviet or blessing, of our tabir was our to sleep in the forest for a night. We vechirky (dances) at which every- occupation of Ukraine. We learned most moving experience. It began learned about ourselves and con- one danced. There were wonderful about the Battle of Brody, where with guests walking down a path quered the fear of being alone in DJs who played excellent music. 11,000 Ukrainian “Dyviziynyky” illuminated by candles. Two coun- the woods, without a flashlight or fought for their land. Unfortunately, selors (druhy), Osyp Tobianski and contact with other humans. (Continued on page 25) the Red Army prevailed, and only Mykola Murskyj, played the bandu- 3,000 Dyviziynyky were able to ra from the depths of the forest. regroup. Once the guests arrived the pro- Mishanyna I also became aware, that during gram began. Huge fireworks lit up This month’s Mishanyna brings up a topic that, well, perhaps you’d World War II, Ukrainian soldiers our tabir. A group of yunaky, repre- rather not hear about: readings of Ukrainian literature (“lektury”) for fought against each other, brother senting the “Dyviziynyky,” emerged Schools of Ukrainian Studies. Find the names of authors you might against brother, caught between from the forest. Our “bunchuzhnyi,” encounter in your literature courses hidden in the Mishanyna grid. two dictators, Hitler and Stalin. Dmytriy Hryciw, narrated our Whether they fought in the Dyvizia, tabir’s theme and the history of the Ivan FRANKO Mykhailo KOTSIUBYNSKY Vasyl STEFANYK the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Battle of Brody. Firepits erupted in Oles HONCHAR Panteleimon KULISH Vasyl STUS (UPA), or the Soviet Army, flames throughout the surrounding Olha KOBYLIANSKA NESTOR the Chronicler Vasyl SYMONENKO Ukrainian blood was spilled on all forest. The remainder of the yunaky Lina KOSTENKO Oleksander OLES Lesia UKRAINKA sides. came out representing the Red It is a tradition for a tabir to Army. They encircled the Ivan KOTLIAREVSKY Markian SHASHKEVYCH Marko VOVCHOK build a “brama,” a gate-tower. We Dyviziynyky, who then fell to the Taras SHEVCHENKO began the construction of our ground, symbolizing the casualties brama early the first week, some- at Brody. The Dyviziynyky then times during rainy conditions. We stood up to represent the 3,000 that chopped already dead trees, car- survived to tell the world about ried them back to our camp, sawed their fight and dream for an inde- them into correct sizes, and roped pendent Ukraine. them together using sophisticated Then our “komandant,” Markian knots. After we had a few segments Kuzmowycz, standing on the top completed, we used steel-core rope, level of the brama, relayed the story with two groups of the strongest of his grandfather’s experience in yunaky, to pull upright the huge the Battle of Brody. structures. We dug holes so that Every year, yunaky along with the structures could fit safely in the yunachky (scouts age 11-17) go on ground. Druh Oles Mykyta (coun- a challenging trek. This year we selor), our camp’s scribe, designed hiked with backpacks through for- the brama and was the leader of the ests and mountains for many miles. project. We drank water from streams and springs, purified by small water fil- Dmytro Deychakiwsky, 14, ter pumps. The hike lasted three attends Thomas Wootton High days in the Allegheny National School, in Rockville, Md. He also Forest. attends the Taras Shevchenko Three of us accomplished a merit School of Ukrainian Studies in badge in survival called “Dva Pera” Washington. (Two Feathers). We built a primi- 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 No. 37

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, September 20 dents, $20. For further information call 212-288-8660. Soyuzivka’s Datebook NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all to a presentation of Saturday, September 27 Volume 9 (Book 2, Part l) of Mykhailo September 12 - 14 – UNA General October 4 - 5 – Private function HORSHAM, Pa.: Tryzubivka, the Assembly Hrushevsky’s “History of Ukraine-Rus’ ” in English translation. The presentation by Ukrainian American Sport Center located October 10 - 13 – Private function at Lower State and County Line roads, September 15 - 17 – Bayreuth Dr. Frank Sysyn (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies) and Dr. Serhiy Plokhy will host Fall Fest 2008 at 3-11 p.m. The Gymnasium reunion, cocktail October 18 - 19 – Private function (Harvard University) will take place at the festival grove “Biergarten” will come to banquet Tuesday evening society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. life with continuous live music, featuring October 24 - 26 – Halloween (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. The Mango Men Band, winners of Kenny September 19 - 21 – KLK – weekend festivities For additional information call Chesney’s “Next Big Star” competition, weekend and Pershi Stezhi Plast 212-254-5130. “Dog Bite Money” and other bands and Sorority 60th anniversary November 1 - 2 – Private function ensembles. Enjoy imported and domestic NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The New Britain specialty beers (with free sampling and September 23 - 25 – November 7 - 9 – Orlykiada Ukrainian Festival sponsored by St. tasting), expertly selected for pairing with Mittenwald Gymnasium reunion, Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church will an international menu: “The Best of the cocktail banquet Wednesday November 27 – Thanksgiving take place at Polanka – Falcon Field on Wursts,” grills, BBQs, and tasty Ukrainian dinner; rooms available in Farmington Avenue at noon-10 p.m. The and other ethnic foods. Fall Fest will be concert featuring Zolotyj Promin held rain or shine; the event will be held September 26 - 28 – Private Main House building only Ukrainian dance ensemble, among others, function under a roof in the event of rain. begins at 2 p.m. Traditional Ukrainian Admission is $15 per person; young adults food will be served, along with assorted age 18-20, $5; under age 18, free (with brands of Ukrainian beer; also featured parent or guardian). For further informa- will be vendors and raffles. A “zabava” tion call 215-343-5412 or visit the website (dance) ends the evening. Tickets: $4 in www.tryzub.org. Proceeds benefit youth advance (age 12 and over); $6 purchased sports and cultural programming. at the gate. For tickets and information call 860-225-7340. Sunday, September 28 Sunday, September 21 ALEXANDRIA, VA.: The Washington Group Cultural Fund Sunday Music Series NEW YORK: Music at the Institute To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140 (MATI) presents “A Special Concert in inaugurates its 2008-2009 season with the 216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 Memory of Roman Stecura” (1929-2007) folk ensemble Cheres in a virtuoso perfor- Kerhonkson, NY 12446 at 2 p.m. at Ukrainian Institute of America, mance of lively music from the foothills of E-mail: [email protected] 2 E. 79th St. The concert features perfor- the Carpathians, featuring a variety of Website: www.Soyuzivka.com mances by: Oksana Krovytska, soprano; instruments, including cimbalom, violins, Oleh Krysa, violin; Natalia Khoma, cello; bass, flute, accordion, bagpipe and percus- Laryssa Krupa, piano; Tatiana Tchekina, sion. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. at piano; Mykola Suk, piano; and Volodymyr The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St. Vynnytsky, piano. The late pianist Suggested donation: $20; free for students. Alexander Slobodyanik’s performance will A reception to meet the artists will follow be via recording. Admission: $30; UIA immediately after the concert. For further Got a group? Need The Weekly? members and senior citizens, $25; stu- information call 301-229-2615.

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