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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIII HE No.KRAINIAN 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine ReliefT officials outragedU at U.N. report Yushchenko promisesW new government downplaying Chornobyl disaster’s toll focused on economic stability, pragmatism by Andrew Nynka letter submitted to The New York Times. The U.N. report was published by NEW YORK – Nearly two decades Chernobyl Forum and released on after the nuclear disaster at Chornobyl September 5 during a meeting of the spewed a lethal cloud of radiation over forum at the International Atomic Energy Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, a United Agency’s headquarters in Vienna. Nations report now says the actual death The forum, created in 2003 to address toll from the accident is far less than had the nuclear fallout from the 1986 Chornobyl been previously reported. disaster, comprises eight U.N. agencies – Outraged by the report, longtime including the International Atomic Energy Chornobyl aid workers and relief organi- Agency (IAEA) and the World Health zations have since strongly criticized the Organization (WHO) – and the govern- 600-page document, questioning the cred- ments of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. ibility and motivation of its authors, and The report said that people who lived calling its conclusions doubtful at best. in contaminated territories have “died of The report, titled “Chernobyl’s [sic] diverse natural causes that cannot be Legacy: Health, Environmental and attributed to radiation. However, wide- Socio-Economic Impacts,” concluded that spread expectations of ill health and a only several thousand people could poten- tendency to attribute all health problems tially die of radiation exposure from the to exposure to radiation have led local accident, and that fewer than 50 deaths residents to assume that Chernobyl-relat- can be directly attributed to the disaster. ed fatalities were much higher.” Zenon Zawada “Claims have been made that tens or Critics have voiced outrage recently President speaks with Western journalists at a September 13 even hundreds of thousands of persons over such statements, as well as strong press briefing at the Presidential Secretariat building. have died as a result of the accident,” the skepticism of the IAEA’s role in the report says. “These claims are exaggerat- report. They argue that the IAEA, a U.N. by Zenon Zawada are his new priorities. ed: the total number of people that could agency tasked with promoting and over- have died or could die in the future due Press Bureau In the two press conferences he held seeing nuclear power throughout the since firing his Cabinet on September 8, to Chernobyl-originated exposure over world, influenced the report. KYIV – As he forms his new Cabinet the lifetime of emergency workers and reform was a word seldom mentioned. The report concluded that “the largest of Ministers, Ukrainian President Viktor “I told a colleague in Parliament, ‘Let’s residents of most contaminated areas is public health problem unleashed by the Yushchenko has announced that econom- estimated to be around 4,000.” accident,” rather than death or various ic stability and government pragmatism (Continued on page 9) That information, as well as other radiation related illnesses, is “the mental parts of the report, has drawn strong criti- health impact.” cism from Chornobyl relief organiza- Dr. Fred Mettler, an expert with the tions. “The notion that the deaths of only World Health Organization and a member Tymoshenko declares separate path 4,000 of these workers and downwinders of the team of more than 100 international will be attributable to the accident is scientists who conducted research for and dubious at best,” said Alexander Kuzma, wrote the report, said stories from the press in Ukraine’s 2006 parliamentary elections executive director of the Children of by Zenon Zawada and Yana Sedova Tymoshenko declared she would blaze a Chornobyl Relief Fund, in the draft of a (Continued on page 9) Kyiv Press Bureau path that is parallel, yet separate from that of President Viktor Yushchenko, toward KYIV – After her sudden firing last the March 31 parliamentary election. week, former Prime Minister Yulia Ms. Tymoshenko said she does not want to align with Our Ukraine People’s Diaspora leaders note growth Union because of the corruption that the president’s entourage is mired in. “It does not mean we are at war,” she of creditby Zenon Zawada unions ofin 20 percent Ukraine belonging to it, there would told a national television audience on Kyiv Press Bureau be a majority,” Mr. Kish said. September 9. “But we have two different North American credit union leaders teams, two very different sets of people. I KYIV – Credit unions in Ukraine are met with their Ukrainian counterparts at will not go to the elections together with the rapidly growing their membership but the National University of Kyiv Mohyla people who have so discredited Ukraine.” still require more support and strengthen- Academy August 22 at an interim confer- In declaring her independence, Ms. ing from the Ukrainian diaspora. ence aimed at re-establishing relations Tymoshenko also revealed her determi- Currently, there are 711 credit unions after the Orange Revolution, said Bohdan nation to reclaim the prime minister’s with more than 942,000 Ukrainian mem- Kekish, president of the Ukrainian World position. bers, a 20 percent increase during the Cooperative Council (UWCC). She expressed full confidence in her first half of 2005, according to Walter North American credit unions played ability to harness enough votes to give Kish, field manager of the Ukrainian an active role in the Orange Revolution. her party or faction the most members in Credit Union Strengthening Project. Canadian credit unions raised more the Verkhovna Rada’s next session. A Their assets total more than $277 million. than $1.5 million to support the faction may be a coalition of political About 20 percent of these credit Revolution, said Olha Zawerucha parties or individuals. unions belong to the National Swyntuch, president of the Council of Under the constitutional changes that Association of Credit Unions in Ukraine Ukrainian Credit Unions in Canada take effect January 1, the party or faction (NACUU). (CUCUC). gaining the most parliamentary seats will “We have been working with NACUU “To support the Orange Revolution, AP/Efrem Lukatsky nominate the prime minister. Currently, for almost a year and we will continue to those people who gave their time to stand during an interview the president does that. work to strengthen it to make it a more with the Associated Press on representative organization so that instead (Continued on page 8) September 12. (Continued on page 23) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 No. 38

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Yushchenko finally acts Yushchenko orders investigation Yekhanurov candidacy submitted to Rada KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko to clean up his government instructed the Security Service of Ukraine has submitted the candidacy of Yurii by Taras Kuzio “destabilization” while scrambling to (SBU) on September 12 to investigate Yekhanurov for the Verkhovna Rada’s Eurasia Daily Monitor find out more than what they had read on within the next 10 days the allegations of approval as the head of a new Cabinet of the morning wires. corruption in the presidential entourage that Ministers, Interfax Ukraine reported on On September 8 President Viktor Russia’s President Vladimir Putin were voiced earlier this month by former September 13, quoting the presidential Yushchenko fired his government and appeared overjoyed at the crisis (The presidential chief of staff Oleksander press service. Mr. Yushchenko appointed removed top officials accused of corrup- Guardian, September 6). He repeated Mr. Zinchenko, Interfax-Ukraine and UNIAN Mr. Yekhanurov, chairman of the tion. Oleksander Zinchenko, the former Zinchenko’s accusations of corruption, reported. Mr. Yushchenko gave this instruc- Administration, as head of the Presidential Secretariat, had tion while introducing new SBU Chief Ihor acting prime minister on September 8, leveled the startling corruption charges Drizhchanyi. Mr. Drizhchanyi replaced shortly after the dismissal of Yulia four days earlier, after resigning on Oleksander Turchynov of the Yulia Tymoshenko. Mr. Yekhanurov said that his September 2 (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, By acting decisively Tymoshenko Bloc, who tendered his resig- first task is to ensure that “government September 8). to remove officials nation on September 8 when President members continue their work, and there The crisis that engulfed Mr. Yushchenko sacked Prime Minister Yulia should be stability,” Interfax reported, cit- Yushchenko’s team after Mr. accused of corrup- Tymoshenko and her Cabinet. According to ing his press secretary. “Therefore, my goal Zinchenko’s accusations was no ordinary Mr. Yushchenko, Mr. Turchynov’s per- now is to set up a government and start political crisis. Indeed, Socialist Party tion, Yushchenko has formance was highly unsatisfactory. “[The working efficiently.” Mr. Yekhanurov was leader Oleksander Moroz described it as SBU] proved unable to radically change reportedly traveling to Kyiv from Odesa to a “crisis of the system” (Ukrayinska shown that his presi- the situation during the past seven begin negotiations with former government Pravda, September 8). months,” Mr. Yushchenko said, criticizing members and party leaders on September Suddenly Ukraine’s Orange dency differs from the Turchynov-led service particularly for 9. Mr. Yekhanurov, 57, was head of the Revolution received its first negative that of Kuchma, who the situation on the state border. “The prob- State Property Fund in 1994-1997. He held headlines from the international media. lems of trading in humans and narcotics the positions of economy minister, first The Daily Telegraph’s September 7 condoned corruption and of refugees have remained at last vice prime minister and first deputy chief headline was typical: “Ukraine’s Orange year’s level,” the president stressed. of the presidential administration in the era Revolution loses its luster.” in exchange for polit- Commenting on the reasons he fired Mr. of former President . He Worse still, Ukraine’s leaders failed to Turchynov, President Yushchenko also has worked with Mr. Yushchenko since quietly forewarn the United States, the ical loyalty. cited unsatisfactory investigations into the 1999; he organized Mr. Yushchenko’s par- and Russia of President murders of journalists Heorhii Gongadze liamentary election campaign in 2002 and Yushchenko’s imminent housecleaning. and Ihor Aleksandrov. (RFE/RL Newsline, presidential election campaign in 2004. Not surprisingly, many observers gloating, “We said this before and no one Ukrinform) Last March Mr. Yekhanurov was elected remained concerned about possible wanted to listen to us.” head of the central executive committee of Ultimately, the main fallout was in the Tymoshenko: campaign has begun Mr. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine People’s Dr. Taras Kuzio is visiting professor at domestic arena, as the crisis called into Union Party. Mr. Yekhanurov supports KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko said in an the Elliot School of International Affairs, question President Yushchenko’s person- Ukraine’s membership in the Single interview with the Kommersant-Daily on Economic Space with Russia and is consid- George Washington University. The article al leadership style. Few wanted to say above, which originally appeared in The September 13 that last week’s dismissal ered to be a liberal economist. Mr. publicly what everybody was saying pri- of her Cabinet has inaugurated a cam- Yekhanurov needs 226 votes in the 450- Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily vately; namely, does Mr. Yushchenko Monitor, is reprinted here with permission paign for the 2006 parliamentary elec- seat Verkhovna Rada for approval. His from the foundation (www.jamestown.org). (Continued on page 15) tions in Ukraine. “I think a parliamentary predecessor, Ms. Tymoshenko, was campaign has started, therefore, attempts approved in February with a record number are being made to remove all possible of votes: 373. (RFE/RL Newsline) competitors from it,” Ms. Tymoshenko Ukrainian president sacks government, said. “I know that the fight will be very President seeks Rada leaders’ support harsh and intense. It will be the fight of KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko those who want to wipe me off the politi- met with leaders of parliamentary factions offering more questions than answers cal map of my country. [This fight] will on September 9 in an effort to convince be very unfair. But I have fought for by Jan Maksymiuk well-known saying, has started to devour them to support acting Prime Minister eight years to finally make my country RFE/RL Newsline its children. Yurii Yekhanurov, international media The dismissal of the Ukrainian gov- acquire moral ideals, and I will without reported. “Nobody wants conflict and President Viktor Yushchenko on ernment took place amid allegations of fail follow this path to its logical conclu- September 9 dismissed the Cabinet of misunderstanding,” he said in a closed- corruption in the president’s inner circle, sion in order to have a government that door meeting, according to his website Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and which were publicly voiced by Mr. does not steal, to have officials that do accepted the previous day’s resignation (http://www.president.gov.ua). “If this Zinchenko and Ms. Tymoshenko’s clos- not steal, and to have a country that happens, I am sure we should face things of National Security and Defense est aide, Mykhailo Brodskyi. Both men could be relieved of this oppression.” Council Secretary . A pointed to Mr. Poroshenko as the main (RFE/RL Newsline) (Continued on page 20) few days earlier, Mr. Yushchenko accept- backstage operator in Ukrainian politics, ed the resignation of his chief of staff, or who allegedly obstructed the govern- ment’s activities and pursued private interests in his official position. FOUNDED 1933 ... many expect a bit- President Yushchenko, in explaining HE KRAINIAN EEKLY his decision to sack Ms. Tymoshenko’s TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., ter election con- Cabinet and Mr. Poroshenko, said his a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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Ukrainian experts contacted by Our Ukraine faction in Parliament, Mr. Yekhanurov, born in Yakutia in RFE/RL believe that Mr. Zinchenko’s Mykola Martynenko, of blocking parlia- present-day Russia in 1948, is a Buryat Kyiv, home of the Orange Revolution, charges have more to do with conflict of mentary public hearings on the killing of by nationality and is presently the head was first thrown into shock by the resigna- interest issues than the blatant corruption journalist Heorhii Gongadze. of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast tion of Oleksander Zinchenko, the head of of the era of former President Leonid Interfax on September 8 quoted Mr. Administration and a member of the pre- President Viktor Yushchenko’s administra- Kuchma. Tomenko as telling a press conference sidium of the Parliament. tion, on September 5. The repercussions There is a lack of clear legislation on that, if nothing had changed following The conflict in the Ukrainian presiden- of this resignation led to a major crisis and conflict of interest in Ukraine, and earlier the previous day’s late-night talks tial administration has been brewing for the dismissal of Yulia Tymoshenko’s gov- in 2005, for instance, Justice Minister between President Yushchenko and some time, as has the broader conflict ernment on September 8. Roman Zvarych was accused of lobbying Prime Minister Tymoshenko, “then it’s between Ms. Tymoshenko and Mr. Long-time Yushchenko supporter Yurii his wife’s business interests. Mr. Zvarych evident the scenario of some people Poroshenko. Over the past few months, Yekhanurov was appointed acting prime did not resign. stealing, and other people resigning” the two have exchanged disagreements minister and instructed to form a new President Yushchenko accepted Mr. would continue. publicly and President Yushchenko has government. Zinchenko’s resignation immediately and As the resignations began coming in, unsuccessfully tried to maintain peace Mr. Zinchenko, the president’s chief of appointed Oleh Rybachuk, the deputy the Verkhovna Rada voted to deprive within the ranks. staff, accused two members of Mr. prime minister for European integration, some members of the Yushchenko The major issue dividing the two sides Yushchenko’s closest entourage, Petro to replace him. administration of their seats in was the delineation of responsibilities Poroshenko, the head of the National Mr. Zinchenko did not accuse Mr. Parliament. According to Ukrainian law, between the Cabinet of Ministers and the Security and Defense Council (and god- Poroshenko of any specific corrupt activ- executive-branch officials are not National Security and Defense Council. father to one of Mr. Yushchenko’s chil- ities, but limited himself to criticizing allowed to serve in Parliament. Ms. Tymoshenko charged that Mr. dren), and Oleksander Tretiakov, Mr. him of staffing his apparatus with people Mr. Poroshenko had delayed submit- Poroshenko was attempting to take too Yushchenko’s top aide, of “corruption.” “close to him” and “blockading the presi- ting his resignation and this had led to much power and this was leading to con- As an example of Mr. Tretiakov’s dent from meeting with people” who charges that he was trying to maintain his fusion, especially in such matters as ener- alleged corrupt activities, Mr. Zinchenko were hostile to Mr. Poroshenko. Soon parliamentary immunity from prosecu- gy policy. cited Mr. Tretiakov’s membership on the after Mr. Zinchenko’s accusations were tion. He eventually submitted his resig- In August, Mr. Poroshenko announced supervisory boards of Oschad Bank, one aired at a Kyiv press conference, the nation. unilaterally that he would go to Moscow of Ukraine’s largest banks, and of SBU announced it would investigate his However, on September 8, after he to negotiate with Russia on gas prices Ukrtelekom, the state-owned telecommu- charges. resigned from the National Security and and supplies. Critics close to Ms. nications giant. Mr. Poroshenko resigned on Defense Council, Mr. Poroshenko tried Tymoshenko charged that Mr. He also charged that Mr. Tretiakov September 8, as did Vice Prime Minister to reverse his decision to leave Poroshenko was not qualified to do so. plays a “controlling role” in the oil-and- for Humanitarian Affairs Mykola Parliament – but Parliament rejected this Some critics have charged that gas sector. He had earlier been named Tomenko. Mr. Tomenko had not been bid. Moscow was lobbying on behalf of Mr. by critics as the person lobbying for a accused of anything, but explained his The same day, Mr. Yushchenko Poroshenko and was adamant in refusing continuation of earlier schemes in the resignation by claiming that Messrs. announced that he was dismissing the to deal with Ms. Tymoshenko, who had gas sector that were being investigated Tretiakov and Poroshenko had formed a government and named Mr. Yekhanurov frequently accused the Russian state-con- shadow government and that a acting prime minister, ordering him to trolled gas giant Gazprom of corruption Roman Kupchinsky is editor of “Byzantine system of management” had take charge of forming a new govern- in the transfer of gas from Turkmenistan RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism evolved. ment. He also said that he had accepted to Ukraine and Russian oil companies of Watch. Mr. Tomenko blamed the two men, Mr. Poroshenko’s resignation and had price-fixing in Ukraine.

U.S. ambassador to Ukraine hosts Quotable notes “Having organized an information blockade around the president, having taken him to a virtual, unreal world, cynically distorting reality and true accents 9/11 commemorative concert in Kyiv of life, [these high-ranking officials] are step-by-step carrying out their plan to Embassy of the United States rorism darken their skies – Madrid, maximally use government posts in order to increase their own capital, to priva- London, Bali, Riyadh – but, at the same KYIV – United States Ambassador to tize and get into their hands everything they can. ... Their goal is a monopoly on time, we have seen even more nations Ukraine John E. Herbst on September 11 key government functions.” come together in common determination hosted a memorial concert at the to build a safer world. – Oleksander Zinchenko, chairman of the Presidential Secretariat (a position National Philharmonic in honor of all Although September 11 marks a sad also known as the president’s chief of staff), speaking at his September 5 press worldwide victims of terrorism. date in American history, this is not an conference at which he announced his resignation. Mr. Zinchenko identified The evening featured a performance American commemoration. It is a recog- National Defense and Security Council Secretary Petro Poroshenko and senior by the Liatoshynsky Ensemble of presidential adviser Oleksander Tretiakov as corrupt officials. Classical Music under the artistic direc- nition of the common struggle of all humanity against an extremism that tion of Valentyna Ikonnyk-Zakharchenko “I would like to emphasize that Petro Poroshenko is an absolutely self-suffi- and conducted by Ihor Andriyevsky, and embraces and even celebrates terrorism. To win this struggle all nations need to cient person and that he has never clung onto a [government] post and never included several musical works written in will,” Mr. Poroshenko said in his own defense. “He has not become one kopiyka honor of September 11, as well as a piece work together. This requires not just a military response but a growing under- or one share richer since he became a government official, and he will leave from Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Requiem.” office in the same way. I emphasize now that the Security and Defense Council Featured soloists included Myhailo standing that terrorism has no justifica- tion. secretary has no influence either on the Procurator General’s Office, or on the Chaikin and Dmytro Tretiak Security Service of Ukraine or on the Internal Affairs Ministry.” (contrabass) and vocal soloists Oleh In the years since September 11, Ukraine has always stood as a loyal ally Chornoschokov, Vira Pototska, Hanna – Petro Poroshenko speaking after Oleksander Zinchenko at the September 5 Labut and Olha Shvydka. in the fight against terrorism. We are press conference convened by the outgoing chairman of the Presidential In his remarks to the audience of sen- heartened by your continued commit- Secretariat. ior Ukrainian government officials, lead- ment to this cause, including troop con- ers of Ukraine’s cultural, academic and tributions in Iraq and overflight rights for “We will head into the elections with Viktor Yushchenko on parallel paths. business communities, and diplomatic planes heading to Afghanistan and Iraq. This doesn’t mean there’s a war. This means there will be two separate parties colleagues, Ambassador Herbst thanked Ukraine also makes valuable contribu- with absolutely different compositions. I will not head into the elections with the people of Ukraine for their support in tions to regional security through peace- people who discredit Ukraine. I’m not referring to the president, but rather his time of America’s need after the attacks keeping missions to war-torn regions circle.” of September 11 and in the global strug- elsewhere, such as the Balkans and sub- gle against terrorism. Saharan Africa. – Yulia Tymoshenko, speaking on September 9, the day after she and her Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs At this point, I would like to ask you Cabinet of Ministers were sacked by President Viktor Yushchenko. Borys Tarasyuk and Acting Vice Minister to join me now in a moment of silence in of Culture and Arts Olha Kostenko also honor of all those individuals throughout spoke at the event. the world who have lost their lives to ter- Following are excerpts of Ambassador rorist acts. Herbst’s remarks. Tonight we have with us representa- Want to reach us by e-mail? tives of many other nations who have * * * shared our tears and our successes in Editorial staff: [email protected] ...four years after that tragic day in these recent years. On behalf of the peo- New York, Washington, and ple of the United States, I want to thank Subscription Department: [email protected] Pennsylvania that launched our current you for your support. And we’d like to Advertising Department: [email protected] struggle against terrorism. thank the people of Ukraine for their In the years since then, we have seen offers of assistance and expressions of Production Department: [email protected] many other places have joined the list of concern in the wake of Hurricane those cities who have seen the evil of ter- Katrina. ... Preview of Events: [email protected] 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 No. 38 Young theologians celebrate opening of new theological center in Lviv by Matthew Matuszak (UCU) and Holy Spirit Seminary organ- fessor there of iconography and sacred priests. Since graduation from the UCU, ized Kairos (classical Greek for “the cru- architecture, “The word ‘theologian’ many have received advanced degrees or LVIV – The new Theological Center cial time”), a conference for young the- belongs to those concepts which are are still working on them at institutions for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church ologians, held on the premises of the new exceptionally difficult to explain in the like the University of Notre Dame, the was inaugurated in Lviv on August 28. center on August 28-30. language of modernity. The associations Catholic University of America and even To celebrate the occasion, 250 graduates According to Marko Filevych, a for- that it brings often link it with some old Oxford University. Some of the young of the Ukrainian Catholic University mer student at the UCU and now a pro- images of the Middle Ages. The phrase theologians are now working in theologi- ‘modern theologian’ sounds like an cal institutions of the UGCC, including anachronism ... Theologians of the new the UCU. generation are called to change this “The young face of Ukrainian theolo- stereotype.” gy was the main ‘calling card’ of the con- The Kairos conference became a ference,” said Mr. Filevych. “Our theolo- meeting place for representatives of vari- gy is not only for men or clergy. Our the- ous theological centers, schools and ology has many faces, filled with possi- viewpoints. It was also a continuation of bilities and prospects.” the ceremonies for the inauguration of In the first decades of the 20th century, the new Theological Center of the the UGCC had a few dozen professional Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church theologians, generally concentrated in (UGCC). The center will combine the small centers in Lviv, Peremyshl and new premises of Holy Spirit Seminary, Ivano-Frankivsk. In the second half of which serves as the main center of priest- that century, Ukrainian theology went ly formation for the UGCC Archeparchy through a crisis, with only a handful of of Lviv, and the classroom building of theologians entirely dedicated to the “scholarly harvest,” as Mr. Filevych put the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy it. “Against such a more than humble of the Ukrainian Catholic University. background,” added Mr. Filevych, “the In his opening greeting at the confer- beginning of the 21st century looks like it ence, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of has much promise.” the UGCC, noted that theological experi- On the first night of the conference, ence and the fruitful life of the church are the young theologians made a gift to inseparable. Cardinal Husar: their dissertations, pub- Most of the participants of the confer- lished reference works and journal arti- Graduates of the Ukrainian Catholic University gather for a conference of young ence were in their 20s or 30s, lay people, theologians. as well as male and female religious and (Continued on page 16)

The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: August Wireless company in Ukraine holds Amount Name City O. Makarushka-Kolodiy Maplewood, N.J. $150.00 Oksana Zakydalsky Toronto, Ontario Bohdan Samokyszyn Parma, Ohio $100.00 Danya Grunyk Naperville, Ill. Joseph Szafranski West Bloomfield, Mich. charity benefit for Chornobyl relief Roman Klufas Seekonk, Mass. Peter Yewshenko Neshanic Station, N.J. by Alexander Kuzma Bohdan Sereda New York, N.Y. $15.00 Valery Bardash Gardiner, Maine George and Motria Oakbrook, Ill Lidia and Orest Bilous Osprey, Fla. KYIV – This summer, the Ukrainian wireless giant Sosenko Barbara Boyd Lake Suzy, Fla. UMC (Ukrainian Mobile Communications) held a $55.00 Bohdan and Olena Glendora, Calif. Gene Diduch Augusta, Ga. Buchynsky Peter Hawrylciw Ludlow, Mass. series of public events to celebrate a landmark achieve- Yaroslaw and Karen Ann Morristown, N.J. Ksenia R. and Volodya Warren, Mich. ment as it surpassed its goal of 10 million customers by Chelak Horobchenko the year 2005. As a token of appreciation for its many John Husiak New York, N.Y. Joseph Liszczynskyj Utica, N.Y. loyal customers, UMC held a special televised charity Maria Polanskyj Matawan, N.J. Valentina Poletz Minneapolis, Minn. marathon offering 1 million free calling minutes to 10 Victor Rud Ridgewood, N.J. $10.00 Ellen Barlit North Falmouth, Mass. lucky customers as part of a nationwide raffle to support Anna and Walter Old Field, N.Y. Taras Borkowsky Westfield, N.J. Sczcupak Peter Bubna Parma, Ohio the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. $50.00 Antin and Julianne Walpole, Mass. Natalia Chaykovsky Morris Plains, N.J. Contestants were invited to send their answers to a Galonzka Victor Decyk Culver City, Calif. televised quiz by sending an SMS message to a special Bohdan Guran Venice, Fla. Anatol Grynewytsch Newport News, Va. hotline for the cost of 1 hrv for each response (about 20 Andrea Lozinski-Webb Glen Ridge, N.J. Bohdan and Maria Howell, N.J. cents at the current exchange rate of 5.05 hrv to the dol- George Pryjma Glenview, Ill. Harhaj John Stecura Middleburg Hts., Ohio Anne Iwach Manhattan Beach, Calif. lar). UMC customers raised over 671,948 hrv, or Jerema Wolosenko Brookline, Mass. Ludmilla Lozowy New York, N.Y. $133,000 through the raffle, and the company matched $45.00 Helena Mann- Owings, Md. Alice Messina North Bergen, N.J. this public response for a combined contribution of Melnitchenko Mykola Mirchuk Livingston, N.J. 1,343,896 hrv, or $266,118 (U.S.). Ihor Koszman Montgomery, Texas Victor Nadozirny Cleveland, Ohio UMC’s charitable donation is scheduled to be trans- Amelia Lambert Coventry, R.I. Katherine Panchesine Woodbine, N.J. ferred to the Children of Chornobyl in mid-September. Bohdan Steciw Palo Alto, Calif. Olga Pishko Monessen, Pa. Wasyl Wowchuk Naperville, Ill. Omeljan Pritsak Wellesley, Mass. The grant was announced at a press conference on $40.35 Orest Cap Winnipeg, Manitoba Daria Samotulka Hillsborough, N.J. August 18 at the UNIAN press center that was covered $25.00 Oksana and Volodymyr Highland, N.Y. Christina Sitko Garrettsville, Ohio on national television throughout Ukraine. UMC’s Chief Bakum Peter Urban Latham, N.Y. Executive Officer Eric Franke expressed his company’s Frank Bugryn Bristol, Conn. Maksym Wasyluk Washington, D.C. trust and confidence in the Children of Chornobyl and Sophie and Stephen Pawleys Island, S.C. Philip Witenko New Milford, Conn. Chmil $5.00 Max Barelka Chandler, Ariz. the fund’s ability to implement effective programs in its Roman and Marta Princeton, N.J. Henry Bolosky Kingston, Pa. partner hospitals with the funds that have been raised. Juzeniw C. Drebych Edison, N.J. “We are sincerely grateful to our customers who Joseph and Luba Sunnyvale, Calif. Andrew Germansky Pittsburgh, Pa. responded to our SMS action and made their contribu- Kladko Stephan Goras Jersey City, N.J. tion to this charitable project of UMC,” said Mr. Boris Lushniak Rockville, Md. Peter Hrycak Cranford, N.J. Franke. “We have achieved a unique result: never Joseph B. and Martha T. Danville, Calif. Richard Iwanik Farmington, Conn. Mazuryk Merle and Bonnie Toledo, Ohio before in Ukraine has a charitable event generated such Eugene Moroz Concord, Mass. Jurkiewicz significant sums. I’m convinced that these funds will Arkadij Oceretko Sun City West, Ariz. Tanya Kosc-Farmiga Rochester, N.Y. help thousands of Ukrainian children.” Jerry Petrasz Chicago, Ill. James Lewicki Springfield, Pa. Appearing on behalf of the fund, Maryana Voronovych Taras and Lubow South Orange, N.J. Edward Mikol Staten Island, N.Y. congratulated UMC on its great commercial success and Shegedyn Larysa Mykyta Raleigh, N.C. thanked the company for its outstanding contribution to Wladyslaw Sidorowicz South Fallsburg, N.Y. Olena Papiz Warren, Mich. Oksana Sullivan Palo Alto, Calif. Natasha Reidy Lorain, Ohio the well-being of Ukraine’s children. “We will do every- P. and A. Switnicki New York, N.Y. Steffi Sarvady Northlake, Ill. thing in our power to make sure that this grant has a sig- $20.00 Svitlana Andrushkiw Maplewood, N.J. Jaroslaw Staneckyj Elmira, N.Y. nificant impact on the health of children who are suffer- Jaroslawa Komichak Upper St. Clair, Pa. $3.91 Martha Noukas Houston, Tex. ing from a wide range of life-threatening illnesses.” Ms. John Kozeletz Falls Church, Va. Voronovych announced that the UMC donation would be Patricia Krysa Orlando, Fla. TOTAL: $2,449.26 Ivan and Marta College Park, Md. designated for pioneering programs in three hospitals in Kryvutsky Sincere thanks to all contributors Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk and Chernivtsi. Marta Kuzmowycz North Scituate, R.I. to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. The Lviv Regional Clinical Children’s Hospital S. Makar-Laudi Brooklyn, N.Y. (Okhmadyt) will receive technology, training and instru- Roman and Julianna Bloomfield Hills, Mich. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the mentation for its cardiac and thoracic surgery program. Maziak Under the leadership of Dr. Roman Kovalsky, this center Natalie Newmerzhycky Englewood, Fla. only fund dedicated exclusively to supporting the work of this publication. (Continued on page 17) No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM New York Capital District holds its annual meeting at Soyuzivka by Slavko Tysiak KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Representatives of the five branches that make up the New York Capital District of the UNA recently traveled to Soyuzivka, one of the landmarks of “Batko Soyuz,” to hold their annual dis- trict meeting. Although not intentional, Mykola Fil, district chairman, said that when he real- ized the branches had not held their annual meeting, he decided there was no better time to hold such meeting than on June 19 at what has become for the dis- trict’s branches an annual celebration of Father’s Day at Soyuzivka. So, after a delicious buffet, branch members in attendance were invited to attend the annual district meeting. About a dozen members came to attend the annual dis- trict business meeting. The New York Capital District is com- posed of five branches, including Watervliet (Branch 13, among the UNA’s Participants of the New York Capital District’s annual meeting at Soyuzivka with UNA Treasurer Roma Lisovich. olderst), Cohoes (Branch 57), Amsterdam (Branch 88), Kerhonkson Shewchuk, honorary chairman; Ms. that UNA branches need to stay visible in UNA in general. A number of the com- (Branch 200), and Amsterdam (Branch Hawryluk and Mr. Sawkiw, senior vice- their local communities and that there’s ments dealt with the need for new 266). chairpersons; Mr. Tysiak, secretary; and definitely more public interest in the brochures and artistic flyers to tell about Chairman Fil called the meeting to Mr. Krywulych, treasurer. Also, re-elect- UNA. However, she noted that it still is the UNA and to explain both the need for order at 2:30 p.m. and in opening ed were the members of the Auditing difficult to establish the need for life life insurance and the different insurance remarks welcomed everyone, including Committee Mr. Shewchuk, Stanley insurance among the newer immigration. products sold by the UNA. Mr. Kwochka, a Ukrainian guest from Mochulsky and Andrij Demczar; as well She observed that it is quite ironic that District Chairman Fil closed the meet- , before introducing Roma as members of the Nomination the UNA must sell life insurance in order ing by thanking everyone for attending Lisovich, UNA treasurer, as the guest Committee, John Udycz, Peter Spiak and not to die as a viable business enterprise. and then asked for a motion to close the speaker from the UNA Home Office. Wasyl Terlecky. Following her remarks, members meeting. The annual business meeting After thanking everyone for coming, After the election results were official- voiced a number of comments and sug- closed at 3:30 p.m. upon a motion by Mr. Mr. Fil reviewed the agenda and then ly accepted by members in attendance gestions regarding UNA branches and the Kushnir that was seconded by Mr. Spiak. turned over the next portion of the meet- and an enthusiastic welcome of the ing to Pavlo Shewchuk, as interim chair- returning officers and committee mem- man, and Stefania Hawryluk, as interim bers, District Chairman Fil resumed secretary, to conduct and record the leadership of the business meeting and annual business meeting, including the thanked Mr. Shewchuk and Ms. election of new officers and committee Hawryluk for helping conduct and record members. the results of the annual meeting. Slavko Tysiak, district secretary, read Mr. Fil once again introduced Ms. the minutes of the 2004 annual district Lisovich who, after extending her best meeting, and upon acceptance of the wishes for a Happy Father’s Day, provid- minutes, Mr. Shewchuk moved on with ed an overview of what’s been happening the reading of filed reports. at the UNA from a financial perspective. Mr. Fil followed by providing a sum- The UNA treasurer recounted several mary of district activity for calendar year significant observations gleaned from the 2004. He reported that Capital District UNA’s 2004 Annual Statistical and branches had signed up 22 new mem- Financial Report. She highlighted that bers, approximately two-thirds the estab- the UNA had more members in 2004 lished goal of 32 new members in 2004. than the year prior and that the UNA sold He thanked the advisors and branch sec- more insurance policies but earned less retaries for their efforts and expressed profit than in 2003. She further com- hope that better results can be achieved mented that the investment portfolio is in 2005. Mr. Fil noted he was especially strong but not earning the same rate of pleased by the efforts of Branch 13 return as in years past due to lower inter- members who contributed funds in sup- est rates. The sales of annuities have port of last year’s Orange Revolution in dropped off due to members’ interest in Ukraine. buying higher yielding certificates of Next, Mr. Shewchuk read a financial deposits. report submitted by District Treasurer Shifting her focus to Soyuzivka, Ms. DoDo youyou knowknow whywhy we’rewe’re soso happy?happy? Walter Krywulych and approved by the Lisovich mentioned that she understands Auditing Committee. The district report- that Soyuzivka had a higher occupancy ed a year-end cash balance of $1,296.52. rate than in years past but that operating Our parents and grandparents invested in our future by After the reading of reports, Mr. costs continue to climb partly due to the Shewchuk moved to the main event: the need for significant repairs to the age of purchasing an endowment and life insurance policy for election of district officers and commit- the buildings and equipment. She also each of us from the Ukrainian National Association, Inc. tee members. A motion was made by mentioned that the cost of doing business Michael Sawkiw Sr., seconded by continues to rise especially for property Yaroslav Kushnir, calling for re- taxes and liability insurance. The busi- They purchased prepaid policies on account of the low installing the 2004 slate of officers and ness side of the UNA’s publishing enter- premium rate for our age group. If you’d like to be committee members for 2005. Hearing prise also continued to be a concern. no objections or suggestions for other Ms. Lisovich also said that the newly smiling like us, please have your parents or grandpar- potential candidates, Mr. Shewchuk established Soyuzivka Heritage called for a unanimous vote to be cast to Foundation Inc. would be filing for not- ents call the UNA at 1-800-253-9862. reinstate the same officers for 2005. for-profit status as a 501(c) (3) corpora- They will be happy to assist you! District officers for 2005-2006 include tion. the following: Mr. Fil, chairman, Mr. The UNA treasurer closed by saying

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Reporter’s notebook HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T U W by Zenon Zawada The Orange Revolution continues Kyiv Press Bureau “... I realize that this conversation is long overdue, as this is not a matter of relations among the Cabinet, the national security service and the state secre- tary. We are just watching the country deteriorating ... “... on a daily basis I had to intervene in a conflict between the National Security The Ukrainian Catholic Church moves to Kyiv [and Defense] Council, between the Cabinet and the Verkhovna Rada. In other words, A scuffle erupted at the divine liturgy, been targeted with such hate. these conflicts became the government’s daily agenda.” and I was snapping photos when a But perhaps that is the burden the fol- “babushka” (Russian for grandmother) lowers of Christ must carry. Turning the With the words above, President Viktor Yushchenko addressed the nation on with an icon around her neck began other cheek might mean you take abuse September 8 to announce he was sacking his prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, the yelling at me in Russian. and humiliation, but, ultimately, you’ve entire Cabinet of Ministers and the secretary of the National Security and Defense “Why did you come here? We don’t ensured peace and sanctity by not Council, Petro Poroshenko. The president did the right thing, albeit reluctantly, fol- want you here!” responding to provocations to conflict. lowing days of crisis talks with officials in his administration. “The key issue was I thought I’d ignore her. However, I Some of the wiser Ukrainian Catholics the issue of trust. If there had been a possibility to preserve the team spirit, to remain should have learned a long time ago that can receive the protest as an honor and together, it would have been the best answer,” he said. But the reality was this: babushkas don’t like to be ignored. tribute. Consider that no one protested a infighting and jockeying for position among his administration’s ministers, allega- This one charged toward me and gave mosque being establishing in Kyiv, or a tions of corruption and abuses of power, such as influence peddling. me one heck of a shove. new evangelical church, or a Jehovah’s It is now clear that the coalition that effected the Orange Revolution was united in I weigh a good 180 pounds, so I can Witness Kingdom Hall. its opposition to the Kuchma regime and its ilk, but agreed on little else. True, there assure you this woman had apparently “Why are they trying to deny the was general support of the revolution’s ideals, but there was great disagreement on spent many years toiling in the wheat Ukrainian Catholic Church? Because it is how to pursue those ideals, especially once the new administration assumed office. fields of Ukraine because she sent me too much of a Ukrainian Church,” said Most notably, there was competition for power between Ms. Tymoshenko and Mr. flying. Pavlo Fareniuk, 67, a Ukrainian Catholic Poroshenko and even between the prime minister and the president. By the time she gave me my second worshipper at the liturgy. In what can be described as a frank conversation with the citizens of Ukraine, the shove, I found myself flat on my behind, “Its liturgies have always been in president underscored that he had chosen loyal people who had stood by him on the down on the ground, in the middle of a Ukrainian, and it has been a patriotic maidan to join his team, but later “witnessed zero trust among my partners,” which led scuffle. The throng of Russian Orthodox Church that has defended Ukraine’s inde- to divisions and scandal, while the new Ukraine was losing momentum and entering a protesters suddenly huddled over me, to pendence. It became illegal after World period of stagnation. Mr. Yushchenko emphasized that he ran for president “not to see which I cried, “I’m a journalist!” War II, when Stalin had hundreds and key state institutions struggling to find understanding and failing to find accord and Perhaps that wasn’t the best move. thousands of priests killed, and the rest mutual trust. ... it was not for this that millions of people stood in squares.” “From where?” demanded a cynical sent to Siberia.” Mr. Yushchenko pledged to act quickly in naming a new government – “a united woman with a sneer. He’s right. Organizers of the protest team” – so that the promises of the Orange Revolution that were made on the A police officer cleared the crowd. As targeted the Ukrainian Catholic Church maidan could move forward. He has already nominated the pragmatist Yurii I got back on my feet, the God-loving because it has done so much to ensure an Yekhanurov as his prime minister to replace the populist Ms. Tymoshenko. He also babushkas resumed their pursuit of me. It independent, faithful and dignified met with 11 of the Parliament’s 13 factions, including the Party of the Regions led took another 30 seconds to shake them Ukraine. And, it has defended the by his opponent in the 2004 presidential election, , proposed a off. and culture. “stability pact” and invited them to propose candidates for Cabinet posts. A new This was part of my experience at the The spiritual wisdom of Major government is expected to be announced within two weeks. historic August 21 divine liturgy honor- Archbishop Lubomyr Husar deserves Meanwhile, Ms. Tymoshenko is now in opposition to President Yushchenko. ing the transfer of the Ukrainian Catholic attention. Knowing the possible tensions The fiery and charismatic leader will be a formidable opponent in the 2006 parlia- Church’s headquarters from Lviv to at the event, he kept publicity at a mini- mentary elections, and beyond. Already she has begun courting other parties. She Kyiv. mum. Only 3,000 worshippers attended. pledged to unite “the orange and the blue” [the color of the Yanukovych cam- After the political hysteria died down Had there been more, there might have paign]. “If we put these two colors together we get our national flag [which is blue during the next several days, what sur- been more potential for conflict. and yellow] ... I want us to combine the best we have in our colors,” she stated. prised me most was that virtually none of Ukrainian Catholic University Rector In the midst of the upheaval in Ukraine, many questions remain. Just who will be the the major mass media in Ukraine had rode in the same car with new administration appointees and what will they represent? Will the president take reported the verbal and, in a few isolated the Church’s leader from Lviv to Kyiv advantage of this opportunity to clean house by not asking tainted officials to return? cases, physical attacks these radicals had the day before. Will business interests continue to exert their influence? Will opponents of the Orange heaped upon the Ukrainian Catholic wor- “I am impressed with what calm and Revolution be brought into the new government as some analysts have asserted? shippers that day. spiritual integrity Patriarch Lubomyr Our primary hope is that President Yushchenko will go back to the ideals of the Their vitriol included such classics as, made this voyage, took this very impor- maidan and will invigorate the program that was intended to transform these ideals “Banderites,” “Banderstad,” and tant step,” Father Gudziak said. “It’s a into concrete achievements. As well, we hope that the president will take charge – step that his predecessors Metropolitan that he will truly lead and not leave the running of the country up to administration “Fascists.” Admittedly, they weren’t too creative. Sheptytsky, Patriarch Josyf [Slipyj], officials. The window of opportunity for him to act between now and the constitu- Patriarch Myroslav Ivan [Lubachivsky] tional reforms due to go into effect in January 2006 is small and getting smaller. And I personally wouldn’t be bothered if someone labeled me a Banderite. After dreamed of and waited for. It’s a step he And then there are the parliamentary elections two months later to consider. made with great dignity and great spiritu- All that said, we firmly believe that reports of the Orange Revolution’s death have all, Stepan Bandera is a Ukrainian hero. The vilest scene of the whole day was al centeredness with his characteristic been greatly exaggerated. Ultimately, the revolution was about the people of Ukraine. humanity.” And the people, having been awakened and empowered by the events of November- when three women protesters stood at the entrance to the site of the outdoor liturgy I also have my doubts as to whether December 2004 have been inalterably transformed – and with it Ukraine. The people these people were sincere about their and Ukraine deserve leadership that takes account of that reality. and yelled slurs into the faces of wor- shippers. protest. The sight after the divine liturgy Many were too stunned to react. was bizarre. Others trembled, restraining their anger. I The same protesters yelling hateful slurs against the Ukrainian Catholics saw a middle-aged woman reduced to Sept. were suddenly strolling alongside them tears. on the road back to the metro station. Turning the pages back... Clearly, these protesters had received There were no assaults, no shouting, orders from above to provoke a fight. only a few scattered debates on the side 20 It was a trap set for the Ukrainian of the road. One Catholic woman waved Catholics. Had they taken the bait, they Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, first secretary of the Communist her handkerchief in the face of an would have been humiliated on televi- 1989 Party of Ukraine, was ousted from the USSR Politburo on Orthodox woman who insisted she had sion, which could have possibly por- September 20, 1989, in what was widely characterized as a strayed from the true faith. trayed them as violent descendants of, major purge of the Communist Party leadership effected by Another common thread in all these well, “Fascists.” President . Mr. Shcherbytsky, whose “imminent” removal had been anti-Ukrainian protests is that the men However, these followers of Jesus rumored for years and had been the subject of countless analyses by Sovietologists, always seem to be hiding behind the Christ had put into practice the teachings had been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the since skirts of their women. 1971. He was one of the last holdovers from the “stagnant” era of . of their Savior: “If someone strikes you During the anarchic Verkhovna Rada Mr. Shcherbytsky, along with several other Soviet officials, was dismissed at the conclu- on the right cheek, turn to him the other debates over World Trade Organization sion of a two-day closed session of the Communist Party’s Central Committee. The ousters also.” (Matthew 5:39) bills, the pro-Russian national deputies were seen as the most significant party shake-up in the four and a half years since Mr. As a result, it was the Russian handed over some of their football horns Gorbachev came to power. The purge came in the wake of a warning issued by the Soviet Orthodox extremists who looked like and megaphones for the women to carry leader a couple of months earlier when he said that it appeared the Communist Party was aggressors and fools. and create noise. losing the initiative in implementing and in dealing with ethnic unrest. As a rational-thinking human being, I Yet again, the trap was set. Of course, There had been many calls emanating from Ukraine for Mr. Shcherbytsky’s ouster. The can no longer deny that a double standard no Ukrainian gentleman would even most recent of them had come at the founding meeting of the Popular Movement of Ukraine exists in the Ukrainian media. think to assault a woman by seizing her for Perebudova, where the suggestion was greeted by congress delegates with cheers. Imagine the ruckus created had megaphone, especially on national televi- Halychany done the same to Russian sion. Source: “Shcherbytsky ousted from Politburo,” The Ukrainian Weekly, September Orthodox worshippers in Lviv. Imagine 24, 1989, Vol. LVII, No. 40. the outrage had other religious groups (Continued on page 23) No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 7 IN THE PRESS: Commentaries Faces and Places on Ukrainian Cabinet’s sacking The New York Times editorial of enable him to strengthen his team and by Myron B. Kuropas September 9 titled “Ukraine’s Orange work on long-range strategy for the Flame, Dimmed”: country.” ... So ends the Orange Revolution, at Le Monde editorial of September 10 least Act I. After months of increasingly titled “Crisis in Ukraine” (translation Don’t panic! All is well nasty disputes, Ukraine’s president, by The Ukraine List): Pointing to corruption at the top, allegations of government corruption Viktor Yushchenko, fired his charismatic Oleksander Zinchenko, President Viktor made by Mr. Zinchenko and Vice Prime If the revolution does not devour its prime minister and nominated a caretaker Yushchenko’s right-hand man, resigned. Minister Mykola Tomenko against Petro children, they devour each other some- to replace her. The fired prime minister, There was a ripple effect and within Poroshenko and his associates is a good times. This is what is happening right Yulia Tymoshenko, has said nothing – hours the top echelon of the Orange first step. This was not easy given that now in Ukraine. President Victor yet. But she will. Her fiery speeches and coalition was gone. Mr. Poroshenko is godfather to one of Yushchenko, who arrived to power at the powerful presence were a major factor in “So ends the Orange Revolution,” the president’s children. There are com- beginning of the year following the the popular uprising that brought Mr. gleefully opined The New York Times. mittees and there are committees, howev- Orange Revolution, has just dismissed Yushchenko to power last fall, and she is President Yushchenko “finally moved to er. Some get to the bottom of an issue his entire government under the leader- certain to turn these weapons on the pres- end a political crisis that was disrupting quickly, most tend to drag their feet. ship of Yulia Tymoshenko, the heroine of ident and his new government, especially his government and undermining busi- It is also a healthy portent that the movement that placed Ukraine on the with elections for Parliament scheduled ness confidence,” intoned the Financial Ukraine’s president is having press con- road to democracy. The crisis was for March. All that is a serious blow to Times. “An act of strength or a sign of ferences explaining his actions and pro- already brewing for some time, as the the hopes and expectations that had been weakness?” asked the Wall Street Journal. jecting a transparent administration. divergence between the president and the raised for the future of Ukraine, and for So what really happened? Although Mr. Yushchenko must encourage the prime minister on the speed and depth of reformers in Belarus and other former expectations for change were high during country’s top prosecutor to resolve the reforms became more and more apparent. Soviet republics. ... February, March and April, the Ukrainian Gongadze case that has polluted The accusations of corruption expressed people were realistic, willing to give their Ukraine’s moral climate for far too long. by a person close to Yushchenko against Commentary by Richard H. Shriver new president time to sort things out. There must be closure so that the country the members of the government, and titled “Orange Revolution Not Over,” By the middle of summer, however, can heal and move on. notably against an oligarch who financed published in the September 13 issue of anxiety began to creep in. The government Mr. Yushchenko should also pay atten- the Orange Revolution, were the trigger- The Washington Times: appeared to be adrift. The people yearned tion to some of the analyses and commen- ing element. The resignations that fol- for change, any change, some dramatic taries published by Ukrayinska Pravda on ... The fact is, no matter what else the lowed evidenced the fragility of power. future holds, the Orange Revolution event – a symbolic gesture even – to September 8. Dmytro Vydrin, director of Most importantly, they demonstrated the the Institute for European Integration and moved Ukraine irrevocably toward the demonstrate that a new era had truly begun. persistence of the system of power Development, suggested that: “In select- West and Western norms. The next presi- Instead of taking advantage of the enor- against which the united crowds protest- ing a team, what ought to happen is that dent will be truly elected, not appointed mous good will he enjoyed, however, Mr. ed during several weeks at the end of one distinguishes between excellent can- by a Russia- or oligarch-controlled mafia. Yushchenko hesitated and the country suf- 2004 in Kyiv. ... didates and substandard performers. If the As one Ukrainian said, “No one kills fered. According to the Wall Street Journal, team will be assembled once again on the journalists any more.” In January, newly September 9 editorial of the Financial “growth in the first half of the year col- basis of personal loyalties and on the prin- elected President Yushchenko had to Times titled “Bitter Oranges”: lapsed to 3.7 percent,” compared to “13.5 ciple of political approval, this would appoint a government, one made up, ide- percent in the same period last year.” Prices mean that substandard people would once ally, of trustworthy people who shared his Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine’s president, rose. Inflation reached 15 percent. again be admitted. On the other hand, if vision for Ukraine and knew how to run a yesterday finally moved to end a political Spending much time justifiably court- the team will be built on the principles of democracy, people the voting public crisis that was disrupting his government ing foreign governments, President and undermining business confidence. But Yushchenko seemed out of touch domes- high professionalism, and social and respected for their honesty and compe- moral responsibility, then the jobs will go tence. Unfortunately, hardly any people in Ukraine cannot hope for real stability until tically. Back-biting within his inner cir- after next spring’s parliamentary elections, cle, especially between his rich and to excellent candidates.” Ukraine met all these qualifications. Another cogent analysis was made by This was an impossible job and Mr. by which time the domestic and interna- ambitious prime minister, Yulia tional goodwill generated by the Orange Vadim Krasov, director of the Institute for Yushchenko instead installed people who Tymoshenko, and his equally rich and Revolution may be lost. Global Strategy, who believes that in act- helped him become president, many with ambitious National Security and Defense Mr. Yushchenko was right to over- ing as he did, President Yushchenko little ability or long-term loyalty to Mr. Council secretary, Petro Poroshenko. come his innate caution and sack Yulia demonstrated the qualities of a political Yushchenko or his vision. That his gov- Support for the government dwindled. Tymoshenko, his populist prime minister. leader as well as a statesman. “It was not ernment came unraveled should neither The Wall Street Journal reported that an By appointing Yuri Yekhanurov, a long- possible to tolerate the continuation of a surprise nor shock. ... August poll of Ukrainians found that 43 standing ally and veteran technocrat, he percent “believed the country was on the situation in which two parties were splin- The Christian Science Monitor, may bring some much-needed consisten- wrong path, a jump from 23 percent in tering the country,” said Mr. Krasov. These September 12, commentary by corre- cy to the government. However, the vic- April. The August poll found just 32 per- two forces embodied “different grouped spondent Fred Weir titled “Ukraine’s tors of the Orange Revolution, who over- cent felt the country was doing well, down business interests.” The Tymoshenko fac- Orange Rebels Splinter”: threw the authoritarian rule of former sharply from 54 percent last spring.” tion “exhibited a revolutionary, Jacobin, President Leonid Kuchma, are suffering It didn’t help that the mother of mur- Robespeirresque line, while the other [the ... The stage is now set for an acrimo- the classic problem of regime-changers. dered journalist Heorhii Gongadze com- Poroshenko faction] was more conserva- nious face-off between the formerly unit- United mainly in their opposition to Mr. plained bitterly about the lack of tive, at some moments even oligarchical ed pro-Western democrats in parliamen- Kuchma, the new rulers have fallen out progress by the Procurator General’s and counterrevolutionary.” The two “were tary elections next March, which could over power, policy and patronage. ... Office investigating her son’s seemingly fighting within the government for access facilitate a comeback by forces of the never-ending case. It was alleged that the to the powers that be.” previous regime, led by Viktor Commentary titled “Peeling Away same people accused of corruption by As painful as the entire affair appeared Yanukovych, who remain strong in the Revolution” by Robin Shepherd Mr. Zinchenko were also guilty of frus- to me at first blush – another Ukrainian Ukraine’s heavily Russified east. published in the September 9 issue of trating the Gongadze investigation. screw-up, I thought – after some investiga- But many experts say the falling-out the Wall Street Journal: Nor did Viktor Yushchenko help his tion it seems that the Orange Revolution is among the Orange revolutionaries was still evolving. Think of it. A presidential An act of strength or sign of weak- cause with his reaction to the revelation probably inevitable and need not be fatal aide resigns because he believes there is ness? Actually, Viktor Yushchenko’s deci- that his son was openly acting like a to Ukraine’s struggling democracy. too much corruption. Ukraine’s president sion to fire his entire government yester- royal prince – not quite as bad as Leonid “What we’re seeing here is the end of the acts decisively, albeit reluctantly. The press day smacks of both: strength because it Kuchma’s son-in-law who became one of bright and shining myth, born in the the richest men in Ukraine, perhaps, but takes its shots. The players involved go on allows him to form a Cabinet of allies television to explain their side of what streets of Kiev [sic] last year, that rather than rivals; and weakness because inappropriate at best. “Caesar’s wife Yushchenko and Tymoshenko were com- must be above suspicion,” as the saying happened. Analysts offer their sage opin- he was all but forced to do it to answer ions. The press reports again. And no one pletely like-minded leaders,” says damaging accusations that he was tolerat- goes. The same holds for Caesar’s son. Alexander Shushko, an expert at the Why did Mr. Zinchenko, Mr. is beheaded! Sorry, New York Times. The ing corruption in his own inner circle. ... Orange Revolution is still alive, still well, Institute of Euro-Atlantic Integration in The key question now, therefore, is Yushchenko’s campaign chairman, take Kiev. “We always knew they were such a dramatic move? It is inconceiv- still a work in progress. this: Can Mr. Yushchenko and his new Will there be more of the same in the together for political convenience; the government recreate unity among the able that he didn’t first try to convince contradictions and competition between Mr. Yushchenko, a gentle man, that all future? Sure. That’s what happens with a country’s democratic forces, or are they parliamentary government patterned after them was never a secret.” heading for collapse? was not well within the coalition. Was Yurii Yekhanurov, a liberal economist the president willing to listen? Did he those of France and Italy. We can expect ... the big picture in Ukraine remains more eruptions, more uncertainty, more with a reputation for political neutrality, one of hope and progress. This time last close his eyes? was named acting prime minister. Declaring that he was tired of being “a power struggles, more re-writing of the year, the country was run by a group of Constitution in the future. Don’t panic. “Perhaps now we’ll have a government people who it would be kind to describe nanny” for his fractious coalition, Mr. of technocrats, who will turn to problem- Yushchenko finally did what he had to do All is well. Ukraine, God bless her, will as thugs. The country still may have a survive and prosper! solving,” says Iryna Podlutska, president long way to go, but we are at least past to preserve an image of leadership and a of the independent Europe XXI the stage at which opposition journalists semblance of order. Foundation in Kiev. “Maybe this will He must do more. Quickly. His cre- Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is: give Yushchenko some breathing space, (Continued on page 20) ation of a committee to investigate the [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 No. 38

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

We would like to tailor our response in cal scientists and one an anthropologist, Orange Revolution, which was the sub- Authors’ response two ways. and all were present in the first-year of ject of their report (“CIUS and the Firstly, let us look at the record of the Shklar Fellowships in 2001-2002. Orange Revolution” by Bohdan Klid, to letters to the editor HURI itself on contemporary Ukraine The reason for this focus in the Shklar The Ukrainian Weekly, May 1). HURI (taken from its own website at Fellowships is explained by the HURI has yet to publish a similar report about Dear Editor: www.huri.harvard.edu) to see if it is website: “By their professional profile its public outreach during these historic Dr. Roman Procyk and Dr. George indeed as committed to this field of and areas of interest the group mostly events of 2004. Kasianov replied in defense of the teaching and research as Drs. Procyk and reflects the specializations of HURI’s Secondly, another factor to raise in Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Kasianov believe it to be. own faculty: history, literature and lan- this discussion is how the low priority (HURI) in The Ukrainian Weekly We should say at the outset that HURI guage.” In 2002-2003 these included: afforded to contemporary Ukraine can be (August 21). The two letters were in is not unique in not devoting sufficient “five historians and four philologists, rectified. There are probably insufficient response to our joint article titled “A attention to contemporary Ukraine. Let including specialists in both literature funds within the Ukrainian American and guide to who’s who in D.C.’s Ukraine- us define this as the salaried employ- and language.” Ukrainian Canadian communities, as related activities” (August 7). ment of a full-time (or more than one Since 1995, of the 11 Vasyl and Maria well as too little support within estab- The two letters referred to only one full-time) individual who teaches, Petryshyn memorial annual lectures held lished Ukrainian studies academic cen- paragraph that dealt with HURI. To place researches and writes on contemporary at HURI, four dealt with contemporary ters, to provide for further chairs or even this into context, the paragraph dealing Ukraine during the entire academic year. Ukraine. tenured academic professors. with HURI was only one out of 64 para- This, therefore, excludes teaching on HURI’s website also provides a list of An alternative could be to hire full- graphs that the lengthy article included. contemporary Ukraine within the frame- 72 books published since HURI was time lecturers in contemporary Ukraine. It is perhaps understandable that Dr. work of the Summer School, although established in 1973. Of these 72 books, Based on student enrolment in Dr. Procyk takes any criticism of HURI per- this provides an important contribution only five (7 percent) deal with contempo- Kuzio’s courses at the Universities of sonally because of his direct involvement to this field, as it does not take place rary Ukraine and one covers Belarus. Toronto and George Washington in raising funds for HURI through the during the two semesters of the regular Another book includes a special collec- University, as well as in Dr. Kasianov’s Ukrainian Studies Fund. But, this does academic year. tion of Prof. Szporluk’s work that mainly Harvard Ukrainian Summer School not mean that discussion should not Now let us apply this definition not covers his articles on Soviet Ukraine and course, there is high demand from stu- remain civil and refrain from personal only to HURI but throughout North Soviet nationality policy. dents for political science courses on attacks. Our joint article deliberately did America where there are five centers of It is striking that of the five books contemporary Ukraine, particularly after not point accusatory fingers at individu- Ukrainian studies: University of Ottawa published on contemporary Ukraine only the Orange Revolution. als in the Ukrainian American organiza- (Chair of Ukrainian Studies Dominique two (gender issues and international rela- The hiring of lecturers would not be tions we discussed. Arel), Canadian Institute of Ukrainian tions) are written from a political science financially prohibitive as they would cost Dr. Procyk is wrong to minimize disil- Studies (Edmonton-Toronto), University perspective. Three of the five books are less than tenured professors (and a lot lusionment with HURI in its unwilling- of Toronto (Chair of Ukrainian Studies written by Ukraine’s former Defense less than endowed chairs). They would ness to expand its scope to give greater Paul R. Magocsi), Columbia University Minister Konstantin Morozov (one of also increase the contemporary Ukraine attention to contemporary Ukraine. This and HURI (Chairs of Ukrainian Studies which is a memoir that Taras Kuzio research and publications profile of view is out there in the Ukrainian , George Grabowicz, reviewed positively for the journal established Ukrainian studies academic American community, including among Michael Flier). Europe-Asia studies) and Ukraine’s for- centers. those who donated funds to HURI in the Of these five academic centers only mer Ambassador to the U.S. Yuri Three conclusions can be made from 1970s and 1980s, and this disillusion- one – the University of Ottawa – Shcherbak. this reply to Drs. Procyk and Kasianov. ment draws upon the weak development employs an individual (Prof. Arel) whose The reason that 65 of HURI’s 72 pub- Firstly, HURI continues to focus, as its of contemporary Ukrainian studies at research and teaching are devoted to con- lished books are in non-political science website explains, primarily on the three HURI. temporary Ukraine. This conclusion is areas is explained by the HURI website. areas it was established to deal with: his- This disillusionment is in no way an surprising coming 14 years after Ukraine HURI’s book publication, “reflects the tory, language and literature. These are attempt to downplay the important work became an independent state. specializations of HURI’s own faculty: the three fields in which its three that HURI does, as HURI’s website Let us now look at the invited scholars history, literature and language.” endowed chairs are: Prof. Szporluk (his- states, in the “specializations of HURI’s who have come to HURI. Of the 30 Unfortunately, among these 65 books tory), Prof. Flier (language) and Prof. own faculty: history, literature and lan- Eugene and Daymel Shklar Fellowships there is no history of Ukraine written Grabowicz (literature). This is not a criti- guage.” HURI continues to remain the in residence at HURI between 2001 to and published since the USSR disinte- cism but simply a statement of fact as leading Western institution in these three 2005, only three dealt with contemporary grated. The only two new histories of reflected in HURI’s books, its scholarly fields of Ukrainian studies. Ukraine. Of these three, two were politi- Ukraine published since 1992 in the journal, teaching, invited speakers and West were both published in Toronto by visiting researchers. Prof. (“Ukraine. A Secondly, this confirms what we both Diaspora leaders... Ukrainian National Credit Union History”) and Prof. Magocsi (A History pointed out in our August 7 article – Association – U.S.A. (UNCUA). of Ukraine). Subtelny’s history has been namely, that political science research (Continued from page 1) President Viktor Yushchenko duly published in three editions since 1989. In into, and publication on, contemporary on the maidan for 13 days, more than $1 noted their contributions, dispatching an Ukraine 1 million copies have appeared Ukraine is now being primarily conduct- million was raised through Ukrainian official to read a statement at their meet- in Ukrainian and Russian translation ed outside established Ukrainian studies credit unions in North America,” said ing. since its first publication in Kyiv in academic centers, such as HURI. Bohdan Watral, president of the “I can’t say a good enough word about 1991. Political science articles on contempo- the support that you gave Ukraine in its The same focus on non-political sci- rary Ukraine appear in myriad political crucial moment,” Mr. Yushchenko’s ence issues is true of Harvard Ukrainian science and area studies journals that statement said. “I highly appreciate your Studies. As the HURI website explains, exist in the United Kingdom and North feelings for your ancestral lands and “Harvard Ukrainian Studies, the journal America. Political scientists seeking your passionate wishes to be helpful for of the Harvard Ukrainian Research tenure also have to show publication or it.” Institute, serves as a forum for new pending publication in peer-reviewed “I am full of optimism as to the scholarship in Ukrainian studies. It deals journals. Being four years behind sched- prospect of our cooperation in the sphere primarily with history, language and lit- ule sadly dissuades political scientists of future development of Ukraine’s cred- erature; at times related disciplines are from sending articles to Harvard it union cooperation,” his statement said. included.” Ukrainian Studies. “I am convinced that together we will Between 1992 and 2001, when the last Thirdly, in three areas, Canada out- help Ukraine become a wealthy, free, issue of Harvard Ukrainian Studies was shines the United States: it has an aca- democratic nation.” published, there have been few articles demic center solely devoted to contem- NACUU President Petro Kozynets, on political science topics dealing with porary Ukraine at the university of reported that his organization, the largest contemporary Ukraine. Issues of Ottawa, CIUS is more active in public collection of credit unions in Ukraine, Harvard Ukrainian Studies planned for outreach dealing with contemporary includes 144 credit unions with 504,200 2002-2006 deal with HURI’s traditional Ukraine, and Canadian historians clients holding $70 million in assets. fields of interest, rather than political sci- (although both are Ukrainian American He outlined several priorities for ence topics. expats living in Toronto) have led the NACUU during the next five years, Another area to investigate is HURI’s way in writing new histories of Ukraine. including obtaining official government outreach to the American community Prof. Subtelny’s “Ukraine. A History” status as a self-regulatory organization, when dealing with contemporary has been highly influential in both the changing the law to allow credit unions Ukraine. This is one area where there has West and in Ukraine itself. to expand their services, installation of a been widespread disappointment at This letter has outlined some sugges- new computer program and introduction HURI’s unwillingness, or inability, to tions to improve this situation. But, a of electronic payments systems with provide expert interviews during the requirement for there to be progress is an plastic cards. 2004 Ukrainian presidential election and open and frank discussion. It is this fac- The CUCUC has 12 member-credit the Orange Revolution. Requests for tor that, unfortunately, is not always sup- unions with 72,000 clients holding $1.1 media interviews were turned away and ported by some members of the North Bohdan Kekish, president of the billion in assets, Ms. Swyntuch said. passed on to other experts, such as Dr. American Ukrainian community. Ukrainian World Cooperative Council, Eighteen credit unions with 98,500 Kuzio. addresses credit union representatives clients holding $1.98 billion in assets Contrast this with the involvement of Taras Kuzio and Orest Deychakivsky meeting in Kyiv. belong to the UNCUA, Mr. Watral said. the CIUS during the election and the Washington No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 9

tains,” Mr. Yushchenko said September 13. the concerns expressed last week by former However, he was also head of the Yushchenko promises... “No one is coming after them as long as Vice Prime Minister of Humanitarian State Property Fund, responsible for the (Continued from page 1) they don’t have a conflict with the law. I per- Affairs Mykola Tomenko that “Kuchmism” handling of state properties, under former not place political cadres in govern- sonally back this statement.” was returning to Bankova Street, where the President Leonid Kuchma between 1994 ment,’” Mr. Yushchenko told reporters on Aside from the establishing an atmos- president’s offices are situated. and 1997. The State Property Fund was a September 11. “Let’s get pragmatists. phere of economic stability, Mr. Mr. Yushchenko “is using the same feeding trough for corrupt oligarchs dur- Let’s have revisions where we need them, Yushchenko’s other main preoccupation methods that Mr. Kuchma used to get rid ing the Kuchma years, Mr. Lozowy said. where real, good things can take place.” was launching a campaign to attack and of me,” Mrs. Tymoshenko told the “Tymoshenko made plenty of mistakes, It was a clear effort by Mr. Yushchenko discredit Ms. Tymoshenko. He said she Associated Press on September 14. but the one thing I give her credit for is not to put the struggling Ukrainian economy engaged in backstage antics and corrup- To demonstrate his emphasis on stability, being afraid to go after the big fish,” Mr. back on track and encourage both tion ever since she became prime minister. Mr. Yushchenko recalled the time when he Lozowy said. “What we’re seeing now is a Ukrainian and foreign investors, many of The straw that broke the camel’s back was removed as prime minister from former seal of approval by the Kuchmites like whom have been scared off by potential came when Ms. Tymoshenko tried to pres- President Leonid Kuchma’s government. Yekhanurov on the entire period of rampant reforms, to keep their money in Ukraine. sure government officials into selling the “I said, ‘Mr. President, we can spend corruption under the Kuchma regime.” Demonstrating his new faces, Mr. Nikopol Ferroalloy plant to Dnipropetrovsk the next year and a half in oblivion or in In one of his first public appearances Yushchenko announced at a September 13 businessmen, Mr. Yushchenko said. mutual respect,’ ” Mr. Yushchenko told as prime minister, photographers snapped press conference with Western journalists Two days later, Mr. Yushchenko reporters at a September 11 press confer- pictures of Mr. Yekhanurov warmly that most reprivatizations would cease, lobbed an even greater accusation. ence. “To live in mutual respect, we greeting and embracing Mr. Kuchma in with the exception of Kryvorizhstal. In an interview with the Associated should do what Germans did in 1948 Dnipropetrovsk on September 12. He said reprivatization had caused fear Press, he alleged that Ms. Tymoshenko when political leaders said we’ve lived In response to concerns about Mr. in the business community, and lay the used her position to try to eliminate $1.5 three years in misunderstanding and lost Yekhanurov’s record and commitment to blame on his former prime minister, billion in debt owed to the government faith. They decided on stability. Three reform, Mr. Yushchenko said September Yulia Tymoshenko, who suggested earli- by her defunct gas-trading company, years. After that, reforms began.” 13 that service under Mr. Kuchma does not er in the year that the government target Unified Energy Systems. Two days later, Mr. Yushchenko did entail a corrupt character. Mr. Yushchenko several thousand businesses. “The behavior that Yulia Volodymyrivna what Mr. Kuchma declined to do several pointed out that he himself chaired the “I want to initiate formulation of new demonstrated in government, and the circle years earlier. He called all the major National Bank of Ukraine under Mr. principles which would witness that from of her allies, were formed on a basis con- political party leaders to a conference, Kuchma and served as his prime minister. today we give up these practices of repri- trary to state interests,” he said. “Many including his nemesis, the Party of the “Of course, anyone I nominate, they vatization from the last two or three activities which the prime minister partici- Regions, in which they signed a held a position in 1992, or in 1995 or in months,” Mr. Yushchenko said. pated in were carried out behind the scenes Declaration of Unity and Cooperation for 1999,” Mr. Yushchenko said during a Businessmen feel frightened, Mr. with the aim of solving her problems.” the Sake of Ukraine’s Future. September 14 Kyiv press conference for Yushchenko said, and they don’t feel sta- In his statements to the press he also The broad coalition of signers included foreign journalists. “They didn’t live in bility, thinking that “with every prime painted Ms. Tymoshenko as an emotional Raisa Bohatyriova of the Party of the the clouds. They had some place in the minister that arrives, there’s new revision woman and referred to her as an “artist.” Regions, Yurii Kostenko of the right-wing system’s hierarchy. If you remember and redistribution of interests,” he said. “Ukraine needs wise, thought-out, patient Ukrainian People’s Party and Valerii there was no opposition then.” He even urged wealthy businessmen, decisions without emotion, without artistry, Pustovoitenko of Trudova Ukraina (Labor Mr. Yushchenko said, that certainly, such as Rynat Akhmetov and Ihor without public relations, so that everything Ukraine). Mr. Kuchma frequently called upon Mr. Kolomoyskyi, who are currently abroad to works honestly,” Mr. Yushchenko said. Mr. Yushchenko made a point of not- Yekhanurov and gave him orders. return to Ukraine. “Don’t hide behind moun- In response, Ms. Tymoshenko echoed ing that only three major political parties However, as his first vice prime minister, had not signed: the Communist Party, the Mr. Yekhanurov’s “performance was Social Democratic Party United (SDPU) beyond reproach,” Mr. Yushchenko said. Natalia Preobrazhenska, who heads and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. They were trying to implement Relief officials... Save the Ukrainian Children from the “There’s terrible fear on behalf of the reforms, despite working for Mr. Kuchma, (Continued from page 1) Chornobyl Catastrophe foundation and is Yushchenko entourage of Tymoshenko,” Mr. Yushchenko said. “We were on anoth- helped to greatly exaggerate the affects of a consultant to the Ukrainian said Ivan Lozowy, president of the Kyiv- er course, through which we were fired,” radioactive fallout on people in the area. Parliament’s Committee on Radiation based Institute of Statehood and Mr. Yushchenko said. However, immedi- “Early on there were all sorts of Security, also was angered by the report. Democracy, which is exclusively financed ately after his dismissal, Mr. Yekhanurov claims being made because people didn’t “I think it’s time for the Hague court to by Ukrainian business donations. served as chief of staff Oleksander have much accurate information,” Dr. look at our figures and at what the IAEA “They knew they had to cut her adrift Zinchenko’s first assistant in 2001. Mettler told Radio Free Europe/Radio says,” Mrs. Preobrazhenska told RFE/RL, because they’re afraid of her. Now that Eventually, Mr. Yekhanurov joined the Liberty. “Now, at last, we have the eight referring to the International Criminal she’s cut adrift, they have to destroy her. opposition. U.N. agencies and the three governments Court in The Hague, Netherlands. “It’s Isolate her, and at any cost create a de-facto Ms. Tymoshenko described a meeting involved coming to a consensus about horrible, the IAEA statement is criminal.” anti-Tymoshenko coalition,” he noted with Mr. Yushchenko, days before her fir- the effects and what needs to be done.” Scientists have long held that the The president neglected to mention that ing, in which he attacked her for attempt- Dr. Mettler, who is also a professor amount of radiation released during the former Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk, ing to overshadow him in the media. emeritus at the University of New Mexico, Chornobyl disaster – over 185 million leader of the Reforms and Order Party, also He was frustrated that she managed to said the nuclear disaster at Chornobyl had curies, or the equivalent of 270 did not sign. Political experts widely specu- create an image in which he was “weak become a crutch for the area’s inhabitants. Hiroshima-sized bombs – would levy a late that Mr. Pynzenyk will align his politi- and incapable of running things,” while “People have developed a paralyzing fatal- serious toll on the health of the region’s cal forces with Ms. Tymoshenko, though she appeared “strong and efficient,” Ms. ism because they think they are at much population. In 1992 the British journal he has made no official announcement. Tymoshenko said. “He said, ‘Look at higher risk than they are.” Nature documented a 100-fold increase The composition of the new Cabinet Putin or Lukashenka. They have brilliant Louisa Vinton, a spokeswoman for the in thyroid cancer in the region, though it remains uncertain, although speculation and prime ministers. No one ever sees them U.N. Development Program, one of the also noted that thyroid cancer is usually rumors abound in the Ukrainian capital. on television.’ ” eight U.N. agencies that worked on the rare in children. A few positions have been clarified. In selecting Mr. Yekhanurov, Mr. report, commented on what was needed “Despite their apparent bigotry toward Mr. Yushchenko named Ihor Drizhchanyi Yushchenko wanted more of a technocrat for people in the region. their subjects and their paltry track as the new chief of the Security Service of who was going to work behind the scenes “The most important need is for accu- record as predictors of Chornobyl’s after- Ukraine, replacing Oleksander Turchynov, to ensure the president’s initiatives rate information on healthy lifestyles, math, Mettler and the IAEA have contin- among former Ms. Tymoshenko’s closest moved forward, experts said. together with better regulations to pro- ued to exercise an undue influence over allies in the former government. In the one week he has been acting mote small, rural businesses,” Mrs. the international radiation health research Yurii Lutsenko said Mr. Yushchenko prime minister, Mr. Yekhanurov has yet Vinton said in a joint statement released establishment,” Mr. Kuzma wrote. had asked him to remain as Internal to call a press conference. by her organization, the IAEA and the Keith Baverstock, a former World Affairs Minister immediately after “Yurii Yekhanurov is an absolutely WHO. “Poverty is the real danger. We Health Organization radiation scientist, said announcing his sacking of the Cabinet. different type of person than Yulia need to take steps to empower people.” the lives of people living in contaminated Mr. Lutsenko has been among the most Tymoshenko,” said Vasyl Stoyakin, But Chornobyl aid workers, many of areas had been “permanently blighted.” visible and active Cabinet Ministers dur- director of the Center for Political whom have worked in the region for over Mr. Baverstock was also concerned that ing the Yushchenko presidency so far. He Marketing in Kyiv. a decade, say that people in the affected the IAEA may have had too great an influ- led the campaign in arresting government “It’s well-known to everyone that areas still suffer greatly from radiation- ence in the U.N. report. The study’s assess- officials suspected in corruption, including Yekhanurov, as first vice prime minister, was related illnesses. “The Ukrainian doctors ment of radiation risks should be regarded former Administration the work horse that carried the main activi- we work with are too lacking in funds or with skepticism, he said in a September 5 Chairman Borys Kolesnykov and former ties of Yushchenko’s Cabinet. Therefore, this public health research experience to do interview with the journal New Scientist. Zakarpattia Oblast Administration person, without flattering him, is a depend- effective health studies on the terrible The Chernobyl Children’s Project Chairman Ivan Rizak. able, hopeful servant in the best sense of the health effects they’re seeing,” Mr. International, an Irish aid organization Acting Prime Minister Yurii word; a very qualified manager who was Kuzma, the executive director of the that works largely with Belarusian people Yekhanurov spent September 14 talking very popular in the previous regime.” Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, said. affected by fallout from Chornobyl, also to leaders of various political factions in Anders Aslund, director of the Russian But Mr. Kuzma saved some of his questioned the report. assembling his Cabinet of Ministers. and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie strongest criticism for Dr. Mettler. “Dr. “The exact impact of radiation on His role and agenda are unclear thus Endowment for International Peace in Fred A. Mettler, who was chosen as the health, particularly the impact of exposure far, but many political experts said he is a Washington, hailed Mr. Yushchenko’s team leader of the United Nations forum to low levels of radiation over a long peri- strong selection to introduce stability and decision to fire Ms. Tymoshenko. of 100 ‘experts,’ was thoroughly discredit- od of time, has always been controversial calm to a Cabinet ripped apart by conflict. “If Yurii Yekhanurov completely changes ed in 1992 after he repeatedly denied any and widely disputed, even between U.N. Mr. Yekhanurov served as Mr. the political government, and this is what I increase in thyroid cancer in Chornobyl agencies,” a statement by the organization Yushchenko’s first vice prime minister in expect, he will be able to bring order to the children,” Mr. Kuzma wrote. Dr. Mettler said. “All too often the discussion has been 2001 and was Mr. Yushchenko’s assistant economy,” said Dr. Aslund, who had long could not be reached for comment. clouded by the agendas of interest groups.” chief of staff during the Orange Revolution. argued for an end to reprivatizations. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 No. 38

THE 14th ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE Chicago-area Ukrainians commemorate “Eyewitness to the Orange Revolution” homeland’s independence anniversary program marks anniversary in Houston by Eugene A. Kuchta Ukrainian American community, spoke to the significance of the evening’s program. HOUSTON – On Saturday, August 27, A key point was her comparison of the sit- Houston commemorated Ukrainian uation in Ukraine today versus that of Independence Day. The event, titled almost 20 years ago, when Rice “Eyewitness to the Orange Revolution,” University and the UACCH commemorat- was held at Rice University and was ed the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 by jointly sponsored by the Rice University screening the movie “Harvest of Despair” Slavic Studies Program and the with Dr. James Mace as guest speaker. Ukrainian American Cultural Club of Olia Holowka Palmer, president of the Houston (UACCH). UACCH, then greeted the audience and, The evening began with welcoming since numerous members of the audience and opening remarks by Dr. Ewa were not of Ukrainian heritage, conduct- Thompson, professor of Slavic studies at ed a brief slide presentation on the basics Rice University. Dr. Thompson, a long- time and dear friend of Houston’s (Continued on page 19)

Ukraine’s Acting Consul General Oleh Shevchenko is flanked by Orest Baranyk (right) and Paul Bandriwsky.

CHICAGO – Daley Plaza in down- underscored Ukraine’s journey on the town Chicago radiated with warmth from path toward freedom and democracy. the bright sun on August 24 as members On behalf of Cook County Treasurer of Chicago’s Ukrainian community filled Maria Pappas, Pat Michalski read a the square to celebrate the 14th anniver- friendly greeting to the Ukrainian sary of Ukraine’s independence. A huge Consulate and the Ukrainian community, Ukrainian flag that flew over the plaza; paying tribute to the anniversary. was posted at a sunrise flag-raising cere- Mr. Bandriwsky introduced the musi- mony conducted by Ukrainian American cal entertainment: sopilka and flute play- Veterans Post 32. er Vasyl Perovanchuk, singer Mykola Pavlo Bandriwsky performed the Sikora and “The Golden Saxophone of duties of master of ceremonies, welcom- Ukraine” Ihor Rudy. Each performed two ing the community to the commemora- numbers and was rewarded with loud tion on behalf of the Ukrainian Congress applause from the audience. Committee of America, (UCCA) Illinois Mr. Bandriwsky thanked UCCA com- Division. He introduced Orest Baranyk, mittee members for organizing the cele- At Houston’s observance of Ukrainian Independence Day (from left) are: Rice president of the UCCA Division, who bration, especially Bohdan Buchwak for University Prof. Ewa Thompson, keynote speaker Luba M. Dub, Ukrainian gave concise speeches in Ukrainian and handling all details relating to the per- American Cultural Club of Houston President Olia Holowka Palmer, Honorary English, reviewing the progress that has formances and the audience for turning Consul of Ukraine Gregory Buchai. been made in Ukraine since the last inde- out for the celebration downtown. pendence commemoration. In closing, Father Mychajlo Melnyk The next speaker was Oleh lead a prayer for a strong and independ- Shevchenko, acting consul general of ent Ukraine and a united Ukrainian Ukraine’s Mission to U.N. holds reception Ukraine, who shared warm greetings American diaspora working together for from the Ukrainian government and their beloved Ukraine. Ukraine’s Embassy hosts hundreds

Lev Khmelkovsky NEW YORK – Ukraine’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations on September 1 hosted a reception on the occasion of Ukrainian Independence Day. In attendance were diplomats who are active at the U.N., U.S. officials, WASHINGTON – Chargé d’Affaires and Mrs. Sergiy Korsunsky, Defense Ukrainian American community activists, members of the press and others. Attaché Colonel and Mrs. Yurii Syvocon (seen above) on September 8 wel- Among the notables present were U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton, comed guests to the Embassy of Ukraine on the occasion of Ukrainian seen above in a photo with Ukraine’s ambassador, Valery Kuchinsky (right); Independence Day. The reception was attended by the diplomatic community, and Jean Ping of the Gabonese Republic, who was president of the 59th ses- U.S. officials, including representatives of the U.S. Department of Defense, sion (2004) of the U.N. General Assembly. Also present were staffers of Ukrainian American community leaders, American businessmen and investors Ukraine’s Permanent Mission to the U.N. and the Consulate General of – in all more than 400 people. Ukraine in New York, headed by Consul General Serhiy Pohoreltzev. No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 11

THE 14th ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINE’S INDEPENDENCE Beach-goers in Wildwood Crest Lackawanna County officials greet take time to mark a special day citizens on Ukraine’s Independence Day SCRANTON, Pa. – On Wednesday, Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic August 24, Lackawanna County Parish and Paul Ewasko, President of the Commissioners Robert Cordaro, Al Ukrainian Heritage Council of Munchak, Michael Washo and Scranton Northeastern Pennsylvania which spon- City Council President Gary DiBileo sors the annual event. greeted the citizens of Lackawanna The overriding theme of the day’s cele- County and the Ukrainian community in bration was Ukrainians reputation world- particular on the occasion of the 14th wide as having an indestructible spirit of anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. religious, cultural, historical and national The well-attended ceremonies took identity. In addition, special mention was place outdoors at the Lackawanna County made of the huge contribution Ukrainian Court House Flag Plaza, Central City immigrants and American-born Ukrainians Scranton, with the presentation of an offi- have made to the United States, and to cial proclamation, raising of the flag of Northeastern Pennsylvania in particular. In Ukraine and the singing of the national honor of all Ukrainians, the Ukrainian flag anthems of the United States and Ukraine. was to fly at the Court House for one week. Remarks were made by Commissioners The ceremonies were concluded with Cordaro, Munchak and Washo, as well as the declaration of August 24, “Ukrainian Councilman DiBileo, the Rev. Mitred Independence Day in Lackawanna Nestor Kowal of St. Michael’s Ukrainian County” and the singing “Mnohaya Lita” Orthodox Parish, the Rev. Paul Wolensky to the county commissioners and council of St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic president. A luncheon followed at the Parish, the Rev. Edward Levandusky of Scranton Hilton Hotel. New Jersey community activist Michael Koziupa summons fellow Ukrainians for a brief program marking Ukrainian Independence Day.

WILDWOOD CREST, N.J. – Two ocean toward the gathering point on the weeks before Labor Day is the traditional beach. After about 15 minutes the crowd time many Ukrainian families vacation by made a large circle of close to 200 people the shore in southern New Jersey. It just so – men, women, boys, girls and babies. happens that 14 years ago Ukraine declared The man introduced himself as its Independence on August 24, which Michael Koziupa, vice-president of the always falls during this vacation week. Ukrainian Congress Committee of On this August 24, the word was let America, New Jersey Coordinating out on the beach that at 2 p.m. that day, Council. He thanked everyone for gather- Ukrainians would gather on the beach to ing together on this spot and gave a short celebrate Ukraine’s Independence Day. speech about Ukraine and its many years At about 1:40 p.m., a man left his room of struggle. He congratulated Ukraine on in a hotel by the beach and came out onto its 14th anniversary of independence and the sand proudly raising the Ukrainian called on everyone to commemorate this flag in the air. As he passed the college occasion by singing Ukraine’s national students who normally gather and play anthem, “Shche Ne Vmerla Ukraina.” by the sand dunes, he called for them to Everyone enthusiastically joined. join with other Ukrainians on the beach Afterwards everyone gathered togeth- in 15 minutes. He then walked to the des- er to talk and take pictures. Then, slowly ignated spot near the shore and raised the the families returned to the beach and the Ukrainian flag into the air. ocean, while the college crowd returned Numerous Ukrainian families were sit- to the sand dunes to enjoy this wonder- Participants of Ukrainian Independence Day ceremonies in Scranton, Pa., sing ting under the hot sun or riding the waves fully warm and sunny day. the national anthem of Ukraine. of the warm ocean water. One by one, as That night, the sound of Ukrainian music they saw the flag they got up and started and song was carried on the ocean air, as to walk toward the man holding the Ukrainians gathered together at the Park Ukrainian flag. The college students were Lane and Crystal Beach motels to sing and Ocean County community raises Ukrainian flag streaming from the sand dunes, while party together, to celebrate Ukraine’s inde- families were walking away from the pendence and their Ukrainian heritage. Minneapolis community recalls historic happenings of 1991 by Dr. Michael J. Kozak newly elected president and his adminis- tration. After the liturgy, all the faithful, led MINNEAPOLIS – Despite the wide- by Father Stelmach, prayed that Ukraine spread opinion that in Minneapolis, just would continue to be a free and independ- like in other Ukrainian communities, there ent state. Then the church choir, under the is a lack of interest in civic activities, there direction of Jurij lvan, sang the Ukrainian are more encouraging signs that a new national anthem, which ended the religious generation of young people are stepping in portion of the anniversary observance. to take the places of those who have The parishioners were invited to the departed. With no less enthusiasm and full school auditorium, where the tables were of energy, they are getting involved in decorated with yellow and blue flowers their church’s activities and at the same and small American and Ukrainian flags. time have not forgotten their obligation They were served sandwiches, coffee and toward their national and cultural heritage. tasty baked goods. Ukrainian music and The best example of this was seen on songs played in the background, adding Sunday, August 28, of this year. Thanks to much to the festive mood of the audience. TOMS RIVER, N.J. – The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders recently the initiative of the Women’s Guild, parish- This part of the festivities was pre- joined with members of the Ukrainian American Club of Ocean County in raising ioners of St. Constantine Church had an pared by Rose-Marie Kycia, Anne the Ukrainian flag at the Administration Building in Toms River. The ceremony opportunity to solemnly celebrate the 14th Reuter, Irene Maleckyj and Wolodymyra marked the 14th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Pictured (from left) anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Taraschuk, with the help of Jon Reuter, are: Ihor Dworjan, trustee of the Ukrainian American Club of Ocean County and On that day Father Canon Michael Nicole Luciw, Joanna Chowhan, Yvette flag-raising coordinator; Anna Dzera, club member; Lesia Gural, vice-president Stelmach celebrated a divine liturgy for the and secretary of the Ukrainian American Club; Freeholder Director Joseph H. intention of the Ukrainian people, their (Continued on page 19) Vicari; Sheriff William Polhemus; and Freeholder Deputy Director Gerry P. Little. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 No. 38

Cardinalby Anne Prokopovych Lubomyr Husar pays a visit to faithful in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES – The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church’s celebra- tion of the Feast of Transfiguration was honored by the presence of Cardinal Lubomyr Husar on August 7. Protocol and traditions handed down through the generations were blended together for a festive day filled with liturgical, cultural and social activities. This was the first time in over 30 years that the leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has visited Los Angeles. The last visit was by the late Patriarch Josyf Slipyj in the 1970s. Officially he is addressed as “His Beatitude, Our Blessed Father, Patriarch Lubomyr Husar I, Patriarch of Kyiv, Halych and all Rus’-Ukraine.” He also holds the title “Major Archbishop of Lviv, for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics” and is a member of the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church. He is the spiritual leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, which is the largest Eastern Catholic Church in the world, with about 5.5 million faithful in Ukraine and other countries around the world. The celebration begins Major Archbishop Lubomyr Husar during liturgy at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Los Angeles.

In Los Angeles, all liturgical feast day for keeping the faith alive during the language, to any one national group. way of offering thanks for God’s bless- celebrations throughout the year begin decades of Soviet repression in Christ’s teachings are open to every- ings. with a solemn procession around the Ukraine. body.” church. Young and old participate, led by Born in Lviv in 1933, the young To leave a lasting reminder to continue Welcoming dinner those carrying the cross, ripidias, the Lubomyr and his family were forced to to share the gift of faith, the cardinal pre- The practice of organizing parish din- gospel and icons, and accompanied by leave Ukraine during World War II, join- sented the parish with a wooden cross ners following divine liturgies on feast singing of processional hymns led by the ing thousands of displaced persons who carved in Ukraine by craftsmen using tra- days has become another tradition in Los cantor, Stephen Klos, and the parish stayed in temporary camps in Europe, ditional techniques and tools. Angeles. These are special occasions to choir. This day was no different as and then immigrated to the United Traditional blessing of fruits eat, drink, sing, pray and enjoy the com- Cardinal Husar, clergy, altar servers and States, Canada and other countries. pany of brothers and sisters in Christ. a multitude of faithful processed to the Cardinal Husar shared his memory of During the closing prayers of the On this day, in addition to our ringing of joyous bells. coming to the U.S. with few material divine liturgy Cardinal Husar blessed Cardinal Husar, Los Angeles parishioners Upon returning to the front door of the possessions, but with a strong faith in the fruits brought by parishioners. In welcomed several other clergy as hon- church, Cardinal Husar was greeted with God that sustained his family and the the Byzantine Ukrainian Church tradi- ored guests: the culturally traditional bread and salt Ukrainian immigrant community during tion, the Feast of the Transfiguration is • Father Deacon Ihor Boyko, assisting welcome in Ukrainian by Marta Matla difficult times. He acknowledged that an annual celebration of joy and thanks- the cardinal during this trip through the and in English by Alex Stogryn, on the common effort of many, many indi- giving, and is accompanied by the tradi- U.S., a graduate of Lviv Theological behalf of the parish. He was also greeted viduals who prayed and worked togeth- tional Ukrainian folk feast of “Spasa,” Seminary who is currently studying at St. by Father Myron Mykyta, pastor. er kept the faith alive until the Church when fruits are presented for blessing Basil’s Seminary in Stamford, Conn.; The cardinal then proceeded to the in Ukraine could be reborn again fol- by the faithful as an offering to God for • Father Vasyl Sauciur, pastor of St. interior of the church for the blessing of lowing the nation’s independence in the first fruits of the harvest. In Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Parish in the newly renovated sanctuary. Work had 1991. Ukraine, this tradition is especially evi- Los Angeles, and his family; recently been completed to repair dam- Most of the parishioners in Los dent in the villages, where people bring • Father Yuriy Shakh, former pastor of age to the ceiling and walls caused by Angeles are first-, second- or third-gen- fruits from their own trees in decorated St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church earthquake damage and other environ- eration immigrants from Ukraine, with baskets that line the grounds outside the in Los Angeles, and his family; mental stress over the years. Decorative family experiences similar to that of church. • Father John Hritzko, pastor of Our finishing work was done by artist Yuriy Cardinal Husar. In addition, others have In Los Angeles, parishioners are for- Lady of Perpetual Help Ukrainian Viktiuk to preserve specific iconographic become parishioners through marriage or tunate to enjoy a richly varied harvest Catholic Parish in San Diego; items while adding complementary spiritual need. The Ukrainian Catholic from people’s own backyards, from • Brother James (Andrew Quinlan), enhancements reflecting the Ukrainian primate challenged all to share the gift of farmer’s markets, from supermarkets, Holy Resurrection Monastery, Newberry Byzantine heritage. faith with “your children, your grand- and from superstores. The variety of the Springs, Calif.; and During his homily, Cardinal Husar children, your great grandchildren, and contents and decoration of each basket – • Brother Gustavo, Oblates of St. conveyed greetings and thanks from with others. The teachings of God are not from plain and simple to elegant and “your brothers and sisters in Ukraine” limited to any one culture, to any one exotic – represented each person’s own (Continued on page 14)

The primate of the Ukrainian Catholic Church is welcomed with flowers. Parishioners and clergy in front of the church with Cardinal Lubomyr Husar. No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 13 U.S.-Ukraine Foundation holds its first Youth Leadership Program in Ukraine KYIV – Twenty-two students stood in the students were exposed to this infor- Kaniv at the grave and monument to mation. She also spoke about the strug- Taras Shevchenko, considered to be one gles and challenges of Ukrainian national of Ukraine’s greatest leaders. They sang identity preservation during Soviet times. the “Zapovit,” Shevchenko’s testament, Ihor Dobko of the Lion Association in and those who were ready signed pre- Lviv conducted an interactive workshop pared commitments to leadership at this on the characteristics of leadership and historic site. led a lively discussion on the differences The session ended with tearful good- between leaders and managers. It was byes to new found friends and a new interesting to note that students in group of young leaders inspired to serve Ukraine identified many of the same Ukraine in their communities. leadership characteristics and picked The students were there as part of the many of the same people as examples of fourth annual U.S.-Ukraine Foundation’s true leaders as students in previous YLP Youth Leadership Program 2005, which sessions in Washington did. took place in Ukraine for the first time. In addition to touring the Verkhovna This year’s program, held on July 24-31, Rada building, where they saw first-hand boasted the largest number of students many of the sites made famous during ever – a total of 22 from more than 70 the Orange Revolution, students visited a applicants. The final group consisted of number of offices in the executive four Ukrainian Americans, one branch of the Ukrainian government. Ukrainian from France, and 17 During visits within the president’s Ukrainians from all regions of Ukraine. administration they met with several The foundation recognizes the great high-level government representatives, need for encouraging young people in including Pavlo Matsepa, chief consult- Ukraine who have a desire to become ant of the Main Information Service of future leaders. Talented and dynamic stu- the Secretariat of the President of dents who have not had the opportunity Ukraine; Ilia Shevlyak, vice minister of to participate in leadership programs youth, and sports; and Oleh Shamshur, Youth Leadership Program participants at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. sponsored by the West were specifically vice minister of foreign affairs. These selected from the foundation’s communi- officials gave a candid portrayal of the Larysa Tomilyeva-Kuhno, Kaniv City Toward the end of the program, the stu- Council secretary, moderated a roundtable dents went to Pushcha Vodytsia to partici- discussion titled “Role of Youth in the pate in a service project that helps get Decision-Making Process on a Municipal street kids settled back into normal lives, Level.” Tetyana Orobchenko, a youth poli- known as “The Ark” run by Father’s Care. cy expert from Komsomolsk, also held a Channeling some of their youthful enthusi- seminar on “Practical Steps on How Young asm to constructive ends, the students People Can be Involved in the Decision- made great strides in cleaning up and Making Process on a Municipal Level.” organizing the yard work efforts on the Representatives from various non-gov- grounds of the project. In addition, they ernmental entities, including the School met and connected on a personal level with of Policy Analysis at National University some of the children helped by the center. of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, the election At the concluding ceremony in Kaniv, education initiative “Pora,” the Youth near Shevchenko’s final resting place, Ms. Center of the Atlantic Council of Ukraine McConnell, Mr. Bilynskyj, Ms. and the Peace Corps also met with the Andrushkiw and Ms. Kolomayets present- students. Yaroslav Pylynsky, director of ed participants with a two-volume edition the Kyiv Kennan Institute, took the group on , a USUF pin and a on an informative, historically focused certificate of completion of the program. tour of two sites of mass executions in the The YLP graduates surprised USUF Kyiv area: Babyn Yar and Bykivnia. organizers with a poem, written by one of Vadim Bodayev, head of the the students, and a vase filled with con- Representative Office of SigmaBleyzer, fetti, symbolizing the participants’ gave insight into entrepreneurial endeav- dreams, wishes and goals engendered by ors in Ukraine. Ihor Silchenko, marketing the program. The young leaders meet with Pora, Znayu and the Youth Center of the Atlantic director for Softline, one of the compa- For more information about the U.S.- Council of Ukraine at the Kyiv Office of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation. nies in which SigmaBleyzer has invested, Ukraine Foundation and its Youth gave a talk about the company’s business Leadership Program readers may visit ty partnership cities. day-to-day workings of their ministries, practices and future goals. www.usukraine.org. Past sessions of the YLP that were as well as their limitations in terms of held in Washington had shown that a analysis and evaluation of programs. combination of Ukrainian and American Discussion at the Ministry of students created an exciting and dynamic Education with Yaroslav Bolyubash, program which reminded American prac- head of the University Level titioners in the field of U.S.-Ukraine rela- Department, and Omelian Sukholytkyi, tions that their work affects society both head of the International Relations now and in the future. The foundation Department, was especially candid since wanted to make that same strong state- students were most familiar with its ment to Ukrainian leaders and to inspire operation. Overall, the students were them with the youthful enthusiasm that impressed with the dynamism and efforts invariably emerges from the program. of these individuals. The initial session of YLP 2005 took From the American government, Sheila place on Sunday afternoon at the Kyiv Gwaltney, deputy chief of Mission at the University of Tourism, Economics and U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, briefed the stu- Law, where participants lived during the dents on the current issues in U.S.-Ukraine week. Nadia McConnell, president of the relations. Lisa Heller, counselor in the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF), U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section, Markian Bilynskyj, USUF vice-presi- and representatives from American dent, Kyiv; Vera Andrushkiw, Councils for International Education and Community Partnerships Project (CPP) IREX Ukraine catalogued the many director, Washington; and Marta opportunities for study abroad and Kolomayets, CPP director, Kyiv; intro- exchanges available to Ukrainian students. duced the program, as well as the U.S.- A trip to Kaniv provided an opportuni- Ukraine Foundation to the students. ty for students to learn more about local Later in the week Ms. Andrushkiw government in Ukraine and how they can also held a session with students on the become more involved. Upon arrival, a history of relations between the U.S. and welcome and introduction was given by Ukraine, highlighting the important role Kaniv Mayor Vasyl Kolomiyets, Mayor, that the Ukrainian American community Fritz Meies of Verzen, Germany, who is plays in these relations. As in previous chairman of the Friends of Kaniv The Youth Leadership Program participants at the Taras Shevchenko monument years this was the first time that many of Association, and Ms. McConnell. in Kaniv. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 No. 38 Cardinal Lubomyr... CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 12) Joseph, Camarillo, Calif. TO PLACE YOUR ADVERTISEMENT CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 Also welcomed to the dinner were vis- or e-mail: [email protected] itors from San Diego and other cities in California and neighboring states. 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political crisis continued. The former said, “So what? Mr. Yushchenko or Mr. Yushchenko, as Mr. Poroshenko is the Yushchenko finally acts... president obviously spoke from experi- Kuchma – nothing has changed. I will godfather of one of Mr. Yushchenko’s (Continued from page 2) ence, having been forced to call early not go to Mr. Yushchenko and give him five children. have the political will to enforce his pres- elections in 1994. my hand, as we have nothing in com- President Yushchenko’s decisive idential decisions? A growing number of Ukrainians had mon” (Ukrayinska Pravda, September 7). actions have resolved the crisis for now. Since his inauguration in January, Mr. already begun to question whether Mr. There have long been whispers that But there remains much to be done and Yushchenko has often preferred traveling Yushchenko was all that different from the official investigation into who his allies are deserting him. Mr. on the international stage than actually his predecessor, Leonid Kuchma. A ordered the Gongadze murder has been Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine parliamentary running the country. Although constitu- Razumkov Center poll found that the blocked at high levels (see EDM, July faction has progressively disintegrated tional reforms transferring some power number of Ukrainians who believed that 20). First Vice Prime Minister Mykola throughout this week. The People’s from the executive to the Parliament and President Yushchenko was better than Tomenko said that the people Mr. Union Our Ukraine now has only 45 government are not set to take place until Mr. Kuchma had declined from 52 per- Zinchenko had accused of corruption deputies, down from 100 at the beginning January 2006, Mr. Yushchenko was cent in April to 37 percent in August) were the same people who were blocking of 2005. Mr. Yushchenko’s faction now already acting as a symbolic president. (Dzerkalo Tyzhnia/Zerkalo Nedeli, the Gongadze investigation (Ukrayinska has only one more deputy than Mr. In the last eight months, Mr. August 27-September 2). Pravda, September 8). Mr. Tomenko also Lytvyn’s People’s Party (44) and only Yushchenko has only intervened when Worse still, in August the number of claimed that Mr. Lytvyn had blocked par- four more than Ms. Tymoshenko’s (41). the domestic situation reached a crisis Ukrainians who believed that Ukraine liamentary discussion of the report by the After Mr. Zinchenko’s accusations, the point. He failed to halt the notorious pub- was moving in the “wrong direction” (43 parliamentary investigation commission. Our Ukraine faction splintered into a lic squabbling between Prime Minister percent) for the first time was higher than By acting decisively to remove offi- People’s Union Our Ukraine bloc (45), Yulia Tymoshenko and National Security those who thought Ukraine was moving cials accused of corruption, Mr. using the name of Mr. Yushchenko’s and Defense Council Secretary Petro in the right direction (32 percent). In Yushchenko has shown that his presiden- stalled new party of power, and Rukh Poroshenko. February 51 percent of Ukrainians cy differs from that of Mr. Kuchma, who factions (14). Two further factions soon He finally intervened in May, warning believed Ukraine was moving in the condoned corruption in exchange for appeared – Reforms and Order (15) and Ms. Tymoshenko about her statist eco- “right direction” compared to only 24 political loyalty. Forward Ukraine (19). The Ukrainian nomic policies (see EDM, May 11 and percent who disagreed. Trust in Mr. Mr. Zinchenko has already taken evi- People’s Party (22) had withdrawn earlier 27), and in June-July, when it looked as Yushchenko and Ms. Tymoshenko had dence to the Procurator General’s Office from Our Ukraine. though Parliament might not adopt the declined during the same period by 16 to related to Mr. Poroshenko’s allegedly Given the apparent crisis, perhaps legislation necessary for joining the 17 percent (Dzerkalo Tyzhnia/Zerkalo corrupt activities. Accusations against President Yushchenko should not be trav- WTO (EDM, June 15). In September Mr. Nedeli, August 27-September 2). him may be personally difficult for Mr. eling abroad at this time. Yushchenko warned Ms. Tymoshenko Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr about supporting one oligarch group Lytvyn said that, although the new lead- (Pryvat) over another (Interpipe) in a re- ers claimed to be doing everything in a privatization dispute. different way, “it increasingly resembled With deep sorrow we announce that When Mr. Zinchenko aired the coali- how it was done under Mr. Kuchma” tion’s dirty laundry ahead of Mr. (Ukrayinska Pravda, September 6). He on September 3, 2005, at the age of 56 Yushchenko’s scheduled visit to the certainly would know, as he was head of in New York City passed away United States this week, the president the presidential administration in 1996- had to respond. A failure to act decisively 2002. might have spelled the end of the Mr. Yushchenko was also damaged by Yushchenko presidency. The opposition accusations recently made by Lesia Eugene Peter Badiak would capitalize on public anxieties and Gongadze, mother of murdered opposi- He was born December 30, 1948, in Germany. the image of a lame duck president ahead tion journalist Heorhii Gongadze. of the March 2006 elections. Although killed in fall 2000, he has yet to Funeral Services were held on Saturday, September 10, Social Democratic Party – United par- be buried. Mrs. Gongadze lost a court 2005, at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in New liamentary faction leader Leonid case in which she had complained about Kravchuk warned President Yushchenko the inactivity of the prosecutor’s office York, followed by interment at Holy Ghost Cemetery in that he could face early elections if the regarding her son’s case. Afterwards, she Hamptonburgh, N.Y. Ukrainian president... minister, it was understood that Mr. In deep sorrow: Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine People’s sisters Mary and Helen (Continued from page 2) Union and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc the Orange Revolution was about more would form a parliamentary election brother Roman with wife Irene democracy and less corruption in their coalition, preferably together with the nephews Daniel and Alexander country than about bestowing govern- People’s Party headed by Verkhovna Rada ment posts and benefits upon revolution Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn, to counter heroes. the forces that in the Orange Revolution In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to However, Mr. Yushchenko may well supported Mr. Yushchenko’s presidential Cabrini Hospice find it problematic to achieve any further rival, former Prime Minister Viktor 227 East 19th St. Yanukovych. Now the probability of such progress in pushing the Orange New York, N.Y. 10003 Revolution program. Without doubt, Mr. a coalition seems to be virtually nil. Yushchenko has made a very prudent On the contrary, many expect a bitter Attn. Development Office move by appointing Yurii Yekhanurov as election confrontation between pro- Yushchenko and pro-Tymoshenko forces. caretaker prime minister. Mr. Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛ Á Ó‰ËÌÓ˛ ÔËflÚÂÎflÏË ¥ Yekhanurov, who has extensive experi- Such a development might lead to a seri- ence in many government posts, is wide- ous political disorientation among adher- Á̇ÈÓÏËÏË, ˘Ó Á ‚ÓÎ¥ ÇÒ‚˯̸ӄÓ, ‚ ÔÓ̉¥ÎÓÍ 29 ÒÂÔÌfl ly seen as a technocrat and is expected to ents of the former Yushchenko- 2005 . ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ Û ÅÓÊÛ Ç¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇ 84-ÏÛ Óˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl form a government of experts and econo- Tymoshenko revolutionary duet and add ̇ȉÓÓʘ‡ åÄåÄ, ÅÄÅñü ¥ èêÄÅÄÅñü mists rather than revolutionary combat- to their further disillusionment. ·Î. Ô. ants. And Mr. Yekhanurov stands a very Mr. Yushchenko’s political position good chance of being approved by the may also be considerably undermined by Verkhovna Rada. the political reform that is going to take But it is very unlikely that he will be effect on January 1. The reform, which ëÚÂه̥fl ɇ‡Ò allowed by Parliament to pursue any rad- was adopted as a compromise to over- è‡Ì‡ıˉ‡ Á‡ ÒÔÓÍ¥È ‰Û¯¥ ÔÓÍ¥ÈÌÓª ‚¥‰·Û·Òfl ‚ ÒÂ‰Û, 31 ÒÂÔÌfl 2005 ., ‡ ical reforms prior to the March 2006 par- come the presidential-election standoff in ÔÓıÓÓÌ Á ìÍ‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓª ͇ÚÓÎˈ¸ÍÓª ˆÂÍ‚Ë Ò‚‚. äËË· ¥ åÂÚÓ‰¥fl ‚ ëÂÈÌÚ liamentary elections. 2004, will shift the center of political äÂÚÂËÌÒ ‚¥‰·Û‚Òfl ‚ ˜ÂÚ‚Â, 1 ‚ÂÂÒÌfl 2005 . íÎ¥ÌÌ¥ ÓÒÚ‡ÌÍË ÔÓÍ¥ÈÌÓª ëÚÂه̥ª As manifested by a number of abortive power in Ukraine from the president to ÒÔÓ˜ËÎË Ì‡ ϥ҈‚ÓÏÛ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡¥ Ç¥ÍÚÓ¥fl ã‡‚Ì (Victoria Lawn Cemetery). votes in the Verkhovna Rada in July on the Cabinet and Parliament. Some in government-proposed bills to facilitate Ukraine speculated that Mr. Yushchenko á‡Î˯Ë· Û ‚ÂÎËÍÓÏÛ Ê‡Î˛: might somehow cancel this reform to Ukraine’s membership in the World ÑÓÌ˛ éβ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ üÓÒ·‚ÓÏ í͇˜ÛÍÓÏ prevent a curtailment of his prerogatives. Trade Organization, Mr. Yushchenko ÒË̇ éÂÒÚ‡ Á ‰ÛÊËÌÓ˛ ßÂÌÓ˛ cannot count on a reliable parliamentary Now that Ms. Tymoshenko has become majority to support his reformist agenda. Mr. Yushchenko’s political rival and will ‚ÌÛÍ¥‚ ÉË„Ófl í͇˜Û͇ Á ‰ÛÊËÌÓ˛ éÍÒ‡ÌÓ˛ Now, after Prime Minister Tymoshenko’s almost certainly fight for the post of ÄÌÌÛ éıËÏ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ éÎÂÒÂÏ dismissal, the chances of forging a last- prime minister against the pro- ä‡ÚÛÒ˛ ɇ‡Ò ing parliamentary alliance for the govern- Yushchenko forces in the upcoming par- ç‡Ú‡Î˛ ɇ‡Ò ment are even slimmer. The best that can liamentary elections, she will have little Ô‡‚ÌÛ͇ íÂÓ‰Ó‡ éıËχ be expected from the new Cabinet is to incentive to cancel the political reform to ÚÂÚÛ ß‚‡ÌÍÛ ÉÓÓ‰ËÒ¸ÍÛ maintain macroeconomic stability in the preserve President Yushchenko’s political ÍÛÁËÌ¥‚ ß‚‡Ì‡ ¥ Ä̉¥fl (ß͇) ÉÓÓ‰ËÒ¸ÍËı Á Ó‰Ë̇ÏË clout. country in the run-up to and during the Ò‚‡Ú¥‚, ‰‡Î¸¯Û Ó‰ËÌÛ Ú‡ ÔËflÚÂÎ¥‚. 2006 parliamentary election campaign, In any event, the stakes in the 2006 and to secure supplies of Russian gas for parliamentary elections in Ukraine will Ç ˆÂÈ Ì‚ËÏÓ‚ÌÓ ·Óβ˜ËÈ ‰Îfl Ì‡Ò ˜‡Ò ÔÓÒËÏÓ Á„‡‰‡ÚË èÓÍ¥ÈÌÛ Û Ç‡¯Ëı 2006 at a tolerable price. be very high and the elections themselves ÏÓÎËÚ‚‡ı, ‡ Ô‡ÏflÚ¸ ÔÓ Ìª ı‡È ·Û‰Â ‚¥˜ÌÓ˛. While Ms. Tymoshenko was prime will be a political fight with no rules. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 No. 38 Columbia University offers Ukrainian courses in fall 2005 NEW YORK – Columbia University • Elementary Ukrainian I (W1101) is a vocabulary. By the end of the course, stu- course for undergraduate and graduate and the Harriman Institute will offer a course for undergraduate and graduate dents are expected to conduct short con- students which provides comprehensive number of courses in Ukrainian language students with little or no knowledge of versations concerning daily life, read and contemporary examination of the and international affairs in the fall 2005 Ukrainian. Basic grammar structures are simple factual texts, and write routine United Nations and its role in three core semester, which began on September 6. introduced and reinforced with equal messages. The course will be taught on issues of international relations: interna- Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:40-6:55 tional peace and security; human rights Descriptions of the courses offered are as emphasis on developing oral and written p.m. in 716A Hamilton Hall. The instruc- and humanitarian affairs; and building follows (please note that dates and times communication skills. Special attention is tor is Dr. Yuri Shevchuk (Lecturer of peace through sustainable development. are subject to change): paid to acquiring and using common Ukrainian language and culture, depart- It gives first-hand insight into the politics ment of Slavic Languages, Columbia of today’s multilateral diplomacy as it is University). conducted within the United Nations Young theologians... the birth of new ideas. They proposed • Intermediate Ukrainian I (W1201) is framework and analyzes the input of new solutions to various problems,” Mr. a course for undergraduate and graduate individual member-states. The course (Continued from page 4) Filevych noted. students that begins with a review of will be taught on Wednesdays at 6:10-8 cles. Among their accomplishments were “There are those who love to look on grammar fundamentals and common p.m. in 1219 International Affairs the following: the graduates successfully the era of the dukes [of Kyivan-Rus’] as vocabulary and that places emphasis on Building. The instructor is Ambassador ran the “Christmas Together” project in the golden age of Kyivan Christianity,” further development of students’ commu- Valery Kuchinsky, permanent representa- January, bringing eastern and western said the Rev. Chirovsky. “Some want to nicative skills (oral and written). By the tive of Ukraine to the United Nations. Ukrainians together to celebrate see the 17th century as the golden era, end of the course, students will be able to This course begins on Wednesday, Christmas in Lviv; they have helped when many churches were built and the use all major time frames and converse September 28. develop Faith and Light communities for Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was established. effectively in most formal and informal Many of these courses are open, in the mentally disabled in Ukraine; they Some see this golden age in the times of settings. The course will be taught on addition to Columbia students, to indi- have organized numerous summer pro- the ministry of Metropolitan Andrey Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:10-7:25 viduals interested in non-credit continu- grams, including evangelization projects Sheptytsky. But, when I see in this hall p.m. in 716A Hamilton Hall. The instruc- ing studies, as well as students from throughout the country; and they have 250 young theologians, I understand all tor is Dr. Shevchuk. other universities in the New York metro- prepared many translations of theological the better that this golden age will be • Advanced Ukrainian I (W3001) is a politan area. literature. coming soon.” course for undergraduate and graduate Undergraduate and graduate students Among the more interesting reports To keep the prospects of the Ukrainian students who wish to develop their mas- from New York University can register given at the conferences’ plenary ses- Catholic University fully alive, Father tery of Ukrainian. Further study of gram- directly with their school for Ukrainian sions were those of the Rev. Dr. Andriy Borys Gudziak, the rector of the UCU, mar includes patterns of word formation, language classes at Columbia, while Chirovsky of the Metropolitan Andrey will be traveling to the United States in participles, gerunds and declension of Ph.D. candidates and master degree stu- Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian November on a fund-raising tour of five numerals. The course will enable stu- dents from universities which are part of Studies in Ottawa and the Rev. Dr. cities. (Further information will be dents to discuss both general and special the Columbia University Consortium Sviatoslav Shevchuk, vice-rector of Holy released in advertisements to be pub- interest topics, hypothesize and support (e.g., NYU, City University of New Spirit Seminary. The Rev. Chirovsky lished in The Weekly.) opinions, and conduct independent field York, New School University) can regis- shared his personal experience in the Further information about the UCU in research in the Ukrainian language. ter for non-language courses by obtaining establishment of theological scholarship English and Ukrainian is available on the Classes are taught largely in Ukrainian. appropriate approval from both their in the UGCC at the end of the last centu- university’s website at www.ucu.edu.ua. The course will be taught on Mondays home school and Columbia. ry; the Rev. Shevchuk presented his Readers may also contact the Ukrainian and Wednesdays at 4:10-5:25 p.m. in For further information, readers may vision of theological formation for Catholic Education Foundation, 2247 W. 716A Hamilton Hall. The instructor is contact Diana Howansky of the UGCC clergy. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622; phone, Dr. Shevchuk. Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia The sessions for specialists were (773) 235-8462; e-mail, [email protected]; • “Ukraine and the United Nations: University, by phone at (212) 854-4697 divided into 10 sections, with “interest- website, www.ucef.org. The phone number Diplomacy and Politics through the Eyes or (212) 854-8624, or by e-mail at ing, and sometimes heated, discussions, of the UCEF in Canada is (416) 239-2495. of a Ukrainian Ambassador” (U4575) is a [email protected]. No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 17

Fund-raisingby Marta Baczynsky event “Whatto celebrateIs Told” (Faber and Faber), The was Ukrainianon Bennington Graduate Museum’s Writing Seminars. inauguralwill also go toward maintenance success of the The New York Times’ Notable Book list. The entertainment portion of the cele- recently constructed building. NEW YORK – The Ukrainian The Los Angeles Times Best Books of the bration event at the Essex House will fea- The museum announced that several Museum is celebrating its momentum of Year for 2002 listed his second novel, “The ture the virtuosity of the acclaimed jazz individuals have become sponsors of the success, which has carried through from Ambassador of the Dead” (Counterpoint). pianist John Stetch. The artist, who has event: Mark and Dr. Ariadna Bach, Andrew the opening of its newly built facility in Mr. Melnyczuk is a prolific writer and been described as “a marvelous inventive Lencyk, Esq., Dr. Ihor and Alexandra April and the presentation of its inaugural has also enjoyed success as a poet. His pianist with dramatic flair and the chops Sawczuk, Brian and Andrea Tomko, and exhibition, “Alexander Archipenko: poems have been anthologized in “Under to back it up,” has performed at some of Michael and Alexandra Zawadiwsky. Vision and Continuity.” Thirty-Five: The New Generation of the world’s most prestigious jazz venues, For information and tickets readers may The celebration, billed as a fund-raiser American Poets” and other similar publi- including the Montreal, Paris JVC and contact The Ukrainian Museum at (212) for the new museum, will be held on cations. The author is a recipient of the Monterey jazz festivals. 228-0110 or e-mail: info@ukrainianmuse- Sunday, September 25, at the Essex Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Award for His unique recording of a solo trilogy, um.org. Tickets are $150 per person. House on the south side of New York’s Fiction and the McGinnis Prize in Fiction “Ukrainianism,” was identified as “one of The Ukrainian Museum is located at venerable and beautiful Central Park. The from The Southwest Review; he has also the best solo piano recordings in recent 222 E. Sixth St. (between Second and event includes cocktails and a luncheon received many grants for his writing from years” in Down Beat magazine. Mr. Stetch Third avenues) in Manhattan. at the landmark hotel’s opulent Petit and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. is a Steinway Artist and has been a guest The exhibition “Alexander Grand Salons, featuring classical French In 1972 Mr. Melnyczuk founded the lit- on such programs as NPR’s “Piano Jazz,” Archipenko: Vision and Continuity” has décor. Ms. Slobodian-Odulak will serve erary journal Agni. In 2002 he received the “Jazz Set” with Branford Marsalis and been extended through September 18, as the mistress of ceremonies. PEN/Magid Award for Magazine Editing “Weekend Edition” with Liane Hansen. and is on view Wednesday through As its keynote speaker, the museum for Agni. At present he directs a creative The proceeds of the event are ear- Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Information invited the writer and editor Askold writing program at the University of marked to support the work of The about the museum may be found at Melnyczuk. Mr. Melnyczuk’s first novel, Massachusetts in Boston and teaches in the Ukrainian Museum in its new facility and www.ukrainianmuseum.org. Friends mobilize to help save ailing man by Donna Kuzemczak ship on Mr. Baran, his wife and children. The financial implications alone are stag- MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. – Paul Baran, gering; they have been faced with decisions 42, a resident of Cedar Knolls, N.J., is that no one would ever want to make. facing his toughest battle. This cherished An ad hoc group that is calling itself husband, a beloved father of two young Friends of Paul Baran is appealing to children, a dear friend to many and a Ukrainian Americans for their help. “This valuable member of the Ukrainian is where we all have the opportunity to Community has recently been diagnosed help. Perhaps in a small way we can with acute myeloid leukemia. lessen the financial burden from Paul’s Mr. Baran and his wife, Nina, are orig- shoulders while he waits for a bone mar- inally from Clifton, N.J., where they were row match to be found and focuses on parishioners of the St. Nicholas Ukrainian beating this disease,” notes a letter sent to Catholic Church and active members of Ukrainian American community members. the Passaic branch of the Ukrainian Contributions, with checks made American Youth Association (SUM). For payable to Paul Baran, may be sent to: Paul the past six years they have resided in Baran Fund-Raiser, c/o Donna Kuzemczak, Cedar Knolls and have been parishioners 67 Forest Way, Morris Plains, NJ 07950. of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic In addition, a fund-raising dinner will Church and members of the Whippany be held on September 21 at the Ukrainian branch of SUM. They have many new Center, 240 Hope Ave., Passaic, N.J., at 7 friends and a loving family, but their p.m. Anyone interested in attending should world has been shattered by cancer. contact Ms. Kuzemczak, (973) 644-4920, The disease has put unthinkable hard- or Walter Hryckowian, (973) 471-2191.

mentally damaged region of Ukraine. Wireless company... Under the leadership of its chief physi- (Continued from page 4) cian, Dr. Ihor Makedonsky, who trained is one of only a handful of hospitals in at the Boston Children’s Hospital, the Ukraine that provide life-saving opera- hospital CCH3 has won acclaim for its tions for children born with congenital innovative procedures to save small chil- cardiac and thoracic defects. It is playing a dren suffering various congenital defects. leading role in the campaign to expand the The UMC funds will be used to purchase number of open-heart surgeries available a special diagnostic system that can help for some of the 8,000 infants born each facilitate operations of complex anom- year in need of such operations. Last year, alies of the urinary tract and reproductive only 600 received such operations, nearly organs in small children. doubling the number from the year before. “Even without advanced technology, The Chernivtsi City Maternity Center Dr. Makedonsky’s surgical team has will receive support for its neonatal inten- already proven its ability to perform sive care unit to help save the lives of pre- uniquely successful operations in this mature and low-birth-weight babies and to sphere,” said Dr. Matkiwsky. “Our hope is provide treatment for infants with congeni- to expand their capacity in the very near tal defects. The UMC grant will help to sup- future. With UMC’s generous support, we Volume I and II plement the generous contributions of the can now implement a program we thought Andriuk family of Norwalk, Connecticut. might take much longer to finance.” You can obtain both volumes for only $130.00 Last year, Dr. Alex Andriuk and his Earlier this spring, UMC signed a Including Postage Memorandum of Strategic Partnership with brothers Mark and Andrew made a multi- ORDER NOW year commitment to this hospital in the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund and honor of their parents, Col. Basil made a donation of $10,000 to the fund as Fill out the order blank below and mail it with your check or money order its first investment in this charitable part- Andriuk, and Martha Andriuk who To: UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Inc. served as a vice-president of the Children nership. The telemarathon and the “We are 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 of Chornobyl Relief Fund from 1990 10 Million” campaign gave the Children of I hereby order Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopaedia until her untimely death in 2003. “We Chornobyl mission widespread exposure q Volume I — $75.00 q Volume II — $75.00 q Volume I & II — hope to upgrade this facility and let it through frequent advertisements that $130.00 serve as a vital training center for doctors reached millions of television viewers. and interns from the prestigious Since its inception in 1989, the NJ residents: add 6% sales tax Chernivtsi Medical University,” said the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund has Enclosed is (a check/M.O.) for the amount $ ______fund’s president, Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky. delivered 31 airlifts and over $53 million Please send the book (s) to the following address: The third beneficiary of the UMC worth of medical and humanitarian aid to grant will be Dnipropetrovsk City Ukrainian hospitals and orphanages. The Name

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A second slide presentation highlighted “Eyewitness...” the efforts of Ukrainians in Texas in sup- (Continued from page 10) port of the Orange Revolution. It included KLKKLK FFALLALL of the Orange Revolution, in particular, a visit to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s the faces places, facts and flags. office and a demonstration in Crawford, A video montage of various scenes Texas, during Thanksgiving in 2004. This WEEKENDWEEKEND from Kyiv’s Independence Square (“maid- was followed by video footage of inaugu- ration day in Ukraine. an”) was then presented; the montage Dr. Thompson provided concluding included Kyiv’s tent city, debates between When: Saturday, October 1-2, 2005 remarks on her thoughts about Ukraine Yushchenko supporters and Yanukovych Where: SOYUZIVKA UNA ESTATE and its future. The Orange Revolution supporters, and street music and dancing. spotlighted Ukraine to the world, more KLK cordially invites all our members, family and friends Keynote speaker Luba M. Dub spoke people now know of Ukraine, and its dif- for a weekend of fun, mingling and tennis. about her personal experience during the ferentiation from Russia has become This year Plast Chornomortsi are joining us and organizing Orange Revolution. Ms. Dub, who was more prominent. For the first time in its a FUN doubles tournament featuring prizes and tee shirts born and reared in Hoston, is a graduate of history, Ukraine is unlikely to see its bor- the University of Michigan with a B.A. in The evening will be filled with more fun, entertainment, ders breached by hostile forces. fine dining and dancing to the music of VIDLUNNIA. Russian and Eastern European studies and However, Ukraine has many challenges Afternoon hors d’oeuvres and drinks, cocktail hour, sit-down dinner, currently a student of international business ahead, she noted. at Ivan Franko State University in Lviv. Honorary Consul of Ukraine Gregory open bar and dancing $60.00. She spoke movingly of the culture shock Buchai was then introduced. He spoke of Tennis tournament registration – $10.00 per person. Play begins at 11:00 a.m. felt upon arriving in Ukraine one year ago Ukraine’s post-Orange-Revolution situation. We will conclude our weekend with our annual meeting. and the extraordinary change she witnessed A question and answer period fol- For more information and to register for the tennis tournament please in the people around her as the Orange lowed with Dr. Thompson, Mrs. Palmer, call Vira Popel at (732) 297-0786 or e-mail [email protected]. Please call Revolution unfolded. Her descriptions of Mr. Buchai and Ms. Dub replying to Soyuzivka at (845) 626-5641 for room reservations. Hope to see you soon! life on the maidan during those stirring audience inquiries. The audience then days were colorful and informative. adjourned for light refreshments with Please RSVP. A second video montage included oranges as the theme. speeches by Yulia Tymoshenko, Viktor The UACCH acknowledged the con- Yanukovych and Viktor Yushchenko; a tributions of Rice University, Dr. meeting of President Leonid Kuchma Thompson and Anthony Potoczniak for with the candidates and European media- the success of the evening’s program. Mr. tors; and crowd scenes with the sound Potoczniak, a Ph.D. candidate at Rice track of “Razom Nas Bahato” sung by University, is a Fulbright scholar study- the Gryndzholy (Greenjolly.) ing Ukrainian musical archives.

underscored, started after the destruction of Minneapolis... the ancient – Kyivan Rus’ (Continued from page 11) and lasted until the recent collapse of the Pawlyszyn, Alla Khan, Denise Tataryn, Russian Communist empire. Both speakers Myron Kycia and Taras Tataryn. stressed that during all those times of strug- The highlight of the celebration was gle the free world kept silent and these two speech presentations. On the stage, events have only recently come to light. which was decorated by Dmytro Tataryn, The president of the United States èÓÒËÏÓ ‚Ò¥ı Á‡ˆ¥Í‡‚ÎÂÌËı Ô·ÒÚÓ‚Ëı Alla Irena Khan spoke in Ukrainian and called the USSR an “evil empire,” they ˛Ì‡˜ÓÍ, flÍ¥ ·‡Ê‡˛Ú¸ ‰Â·˛ÚÛ‚‡ÚË Denise Tataryn spoke in English. Both are pointed out. It did not take very long ̇ Ô·ÒÚÓ‚ÓÏÛ ·‡Î˛ ÒÚ‡Ìˈi 粇ÍÛ, young parishioners, one born in Ukraine before the empire disintegrated and on Á„ÓÎÓ¯Û‚‡ÚËÒfl ‰Ó Ô. ßËÌË íÛËÌÒ¸ÍÓª and the other born in the United States. August 24, 1991, Ukraine proclaimed its Presenting a short history of the independence. Unfortunately, Ukraine at (908) 647-0758 Ukrainian people’s struggle for freedom first was ruled by oligarchs. Every day and independence, they dismissed a they got richer while the people became recent opinion that Ukrainians obtained poorer. This led to the so-called “Orange their independence without spilling a Revolution.” Only this time the people, “drop of blood.” They emphasized that without shedding a drop of blood, regained Ukraine’s road to freedom was long, and their freedom. They elected a new presi- hard, requiring much sacrifice and the dent who promised them full freedom and è·ÒÚ-èËflÚ Á‡ÔÓ¯Ûπ Ç‡Ò shedding of blood. This struggle for free- improvement of their daily life. ̇ dom was ruthlessly suppressed with Both speakers concluded their presen- imprisonments, deportations to Siberian tations with a call to support the èãÄëíéÇàâ ÅÄãú camps, executions and purposely organ- Ukrainian people’s God-given right to flÍËÈ ‚¥‰·Û‰ÂÚ¸Òfl ized Famines-Genocides. the same freedom and independence we This gallant quest for freedom, they have in the United States. 4 βÚÓ„Ó 2006 . Hanover Marriott, Whippany, NJ PREVIEW OF EVENTS (Continued from page 24) UKRAINIAN BUILDERS OF CUSTOM HOMES Ukraine to the United Nations. The course Donation of $35 includes cocktails, appe- WEST COAST OF FLORIDA provides a comprehensive and contempo- tizers, coffee and dessert. For more infor- rary examination of the United Nations and mation or to RSVP, call Mariyka, (847) TRIDENT DEVELOPMENT CORP. its role in three core issues of international 516-0678, or Lilia, (773) 854-7458. • Over 25 years of building experience relations: international peace and security; • Bilingual human rights and humanitarian affairs; and ADVANCE NOTICE building peace through sustainable devel- • Fully insured and bonded Friday, October 14 opment. Note: The course is open to the • Build on your lot or ours • Highest quality workmanship public. Time: 6:10-8 p.m.; venue: TORONTO: The Peter Jacyk Center for International Affairs Building, Room 1219. Ukrainian Historical Research and the Ihor W. Hron, President Lou Luzniak, Executive V.P. For additional information call Diana Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (941) 270-2411 (941) 270-2413 Howansky, staff associate, (212) 854-4697. Press will host the presentation of the Zenon Luzniak, General Contractor Friday, September 30 newly published English edition of Volume 9, Book 1 of Mykhailo Serving North Port, Venice, South Venice and area CHICAGO: The Alla Horska Branch of Hrushevsky’s “History of Ukraine-Rus.’” the Women’s Association for the Defense This volume, titled “The Cossack Age, of Four Freedoms for Ukraine cordially 1650-1653,” continues Hrushevsky’s dis- invites the Ukrainian community to attend cussion of the Khmelnytsky uprising and a fund-raising benefit titled “One Heart to its aftermath. Editors and Another,” to be held at the Ukrainian will present the volume, Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave., at with commentary by Profs. Victor 7 p.m. The evening’s program includes Ostapchuk and Olga Andriewsky. A recep- entertainment, a raffle of gift baskets and a tion will follow. Time: 7 p.m.; venue: silent auction. All proceeds will help fund University of Toronto, University College, life-saving heart operations for children in 15 King’s College Circle, Croft Chapter Ukraine under the “Gift of Life Program.” House. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 No. 38

extremely hostile investment climate has in the elections as a separate and very napped a businessman, whose name is NEWSBRIEFS emerged. There is a need to take respon- powerful political force, and I think the mentioned on the Melnychenko tapes. (Continued from page 2) sibility for such a policy,” he stated. result we will obtain will be very good. This man, Mr. Piskun noted, is being honestly and courageously and give an (RFE/RL Newsline) Then we will decide who to form a coali- questioned, and these materials will be tion with in the new Parliament, and on added to the Gongadze case. The prosecu- absolutely balanced and calm answer.” Duma deputies speculate on Tymoshenko Observers are closely watching the reac- what principles.” (RFE/RL Newsline) tor further disclosed that he has reached an agreement with senior U.S. justice offi- tion of Yulia Tymoshenko, who cam- MOSCOW – Liubov Sliska, deputy ... reconsiders constitutional reform paigned side by side with Mr. Yushchenko chairman of the Russian State Duma, cers to question Mykola Melnychenko. during the Orange Revolution and whose said she suspects that Yulia Tymoshenko KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko also said Mr. Piskun also refuted ex-Vice Prime support is considered key to the success of orchestrated the government crisis her- on Inter on September 9 that she has to Minister Mykola Tomenko’s statement the president’s decision to dissolve the self as the first step toward winning the reconsider her position on the political that Volodymyr Lytvyn, Petro Poroshenko government. Ms. Tymoshenko was quoted country’s presidency, mosnews.com reform that is to take effect on January 1, and Mykola Martynenko allegedly as saying on Ukrainian television that her reported on September 8. “Yulia 2006, and give more powers to the prime blocked the Gongadze investigation, stat- dismissal was “very unfair,” but that Tymoshenko is not one who surrenders minister and Parliament at the expense of ing none of them had ever approached Ukrainians’ lives will continue to easily and can give up power in cold the president. “I have always said that this him on that subject. (Ukrinform) improve, Reuters reported. According to blood,” Ms. Sliska said, adding that the reform is not a good thing for Ukraine,” New poll shows parties’ popularity Interfax, she left a note in her office wish- ex-prime minister can try to gain a Ms. Tymoshenko said. “Back at that time ing Mr. Yekhanurov success as her succes- majority in Parliament and eventually I really hoped that the arrival of the new KYIV – The Razumkov Center polling sor. (RFE/RL Newsline) make herself president. “Tymoshenko president, of the new team will be able to agency found in a survey conducted on appears before the nation as offended and give the country a new impetus without August 5-12 that six political parties World leaders downplay crisis aggrieved because of the struggle with changes to the Constitution. Now I just would have been able at that time to overcome the 3 percent voting threshold PRAGUE – Russian President oligarchs and corrupt officials from the see what is happening and, to be honest, to qualify for parliamentary representa- Vladimir Putin, who recently accused former government.” Sergei Baburin, all of this reminds me of the old days tion, Interfax-Ukraine reported on August Ukraine’s government of corruption, said another deputy chairman in the Duma, which it seems are returning now. So we 30. The Our Ukraine People’s Union was during a joint press conference in Berlin agreed that Ms. Tymoshenko will attempt just have to choose now between the bad supported by 20 percent of those polled, with German Chancellor Gerhard to use her dismissal to strengthen her – constitutional reform, and the very bad the Party of the Regions by 14.2 percent, Schroeder that “I would not dramatize the political position. (RFE/RL Newsline) – the things that are now happening under the Fatherland (Batkivschyna) Party by events taking place in Ukraine now,” this administration. So we will think Ousted PM: president destroyed unity 10.5 percent, the Communist Party by 5.5 ITAR-TASS reported. “Ukraine is going about it, and our party will define its posi- percent, the Socialist Party by 4.2 percent through a complicated stage of its devel- MOSCOW – Ousted Prime Minister tion on this.” (RFE/RL Newsline) and the People’s Party by 4.1 percent. In opment,” Mr. Putin said, adding that Yulia Tymoshenko said on Inter TV on President promises democratic path a similar poll conducted in May, the rul- Russia will continue to “contribute to sta- September 9 that she refused to follow ing Our Ukraine People’s Union and bilizing a country to which we are linked President Viktor Yushchenko’s “set of con- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Fatherland were backed by 31.6 percent with many bonds.” U.S. State Department ditions,” one of which was to make peace said on September 11 that his decision and 15.5 percent of voters, respectively. spokesman Sean McCormack said at a with his team. “The first condition [was that last week to dismiss the government was (RFE/RL Newsline) press briefing on September 8 that “this is I had] to extend my hand not to the presi- “absolutely correct,” Ukrainian and inter- a matter for the Ukrainian people. Young dent but to his team – Poroshenko, national news agencies reported. Nastia reported ready for school democracies sometimes have changes in Martynenko, Tretiakov, Bezsmertnyi, that I “Ukraine has been pushed to the verge of government, but as long as those changes should give them a hand,” Ms. Tymoshenko a serious conflict. I put an end to it,” KYIV – “I am waiting so much for the are made in a constitutional manner, in a said. “But how could I extend my hand to Reuters quoted him as saying. Mr. school bell to ring for me, too,” said burn peaceful manner, that’s all part of the them if their hands are constantly busy Yushchenko stressed that he appointed victim Nastia Ovchar, 6, during an August democratic political process.” Georgian stealing something?” According to Ms. Yurii Yekhanurov as acting prime minis- 31 telephone conversation with the President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose Tymoshenko, minutes before the announce- ter to form a “pragmatic government.” Verkhovna Rada’s Commissioner for Rose Revolution preceded Mr. ment of the Cabinet’s dismissal by Mr. He added, “I became the president to Human Rights Nina Karpachova. Yushchenko’s Orange Revolution, said on Yushchenko she was trying to convince the ensure welfare, freedom and develop- September 1 was the first day of the school September 8 that the Ukrainian president’s president not to make that step. “At that ment. We will have the rule of law, media year in Ukraine. After being discharged “main quality” is “knowing exactly at the moment Poroshenko stormed into the presi- freedom. We will not have a shadow from the hospital in the U.S., Nastia tem- decisive moment what must be done,” the dent’s office,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. “He economy.” (RFE/RL Newsline) porarily resided with family of Hanna Associated Press reported. Polish was covered, excuse me, in tears and snot, Chmyrowa, a Polish citizen, who is from President Aleksander Kwasniewski said and he started yelling that he had just been PDP leader comments on situation Lviv by origin. Olha Ovchar, said her that Ukraine’s political crisis is a symptom stripped of his Parliament seat and that the KYIV – National Deputy Valerii daughter is well-prepared for school. Ms. of the country’s democratic transition, and decision had been backed by the Yulia Pustovoitenko, leader of the People’s Karpachova shared some good news: the that “Polish-Ukrainian relations will not Tymoshenko Bloc. ... So the president Democratic Party, told Ukrinform’s corre- educational complex Dominant in the city suffer as a result of these changes,” the AP looked, stood up, turned his back to me and spondent in Kyiv that President Viktor of Kyiv, which has a pre-school, a special reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) said that the conversation was over. He Yushchenko’s September 12 deliberations school devoted to intensive study of foreign went on, having practically destroyed our with parliamentary faction leaders focused languages, is located 800 meters from the Nemtsov praises Cabinet dismissal unity, our future and the future of our coun- on the current sociopolitical situation in house where a three-room flat was pur- try.” (RFE/RL Newsline) MOSCOW – Boris Nemtsov, the for- Ukraine and the formation of a new gov- chased with charitable funds for the Ovchar family. Since this house will be ready no mer leader of Russia’s liberal Union of Tymoshenko vows to be back ... ernment. Mr. Pustovoitenko said he sug- Rightist Forces who now advises gested that the president act as the arbiter earlier than in November, on request from Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko said on in gearing up for the 2006 elections, and the Parliament’s commissioner for human hailed the Ukrainian government ouster, Inter on September 9 that her bloc will Mr. Yushchenko agreed to this. According rights, the Bratislava Hotel’s board of mosnews.com reported on September 8. not take part in the formation of a new to the PDP leader, he also suggested some directors, headed by Petro Yaroshenko, “Tymoshenko’s government has led Cabinet of Yurii Yekhanurov, who was changes in the future government, such as decided to provide temporary housing for Ukraine to an economic crisis,” Mr. appointed by President Viktor sacrificing the posts of vice prime minis- Nastia and her mother at the hotel and to Nemtsov told Rosbalt news agency the Yushchenko as acting prime minister last ters for European integration and adminis- provide them with meals. The family will same day. “Sustained recession has been week. “Of course I will work in the new trative-territorial reform. As deputies will be settling in Kyiv in order to be near the seen in all the economic spheres over the government, but after the parliamentary work within committees next week, burn center where doctors are familiar with last few months, the outflow of foreign elections in a few months’ time,” Ms. endorsement of Ukraine’s new govern- Nastia’s state of health. The little girl was capital has become stronger...[and] an Tymoshenko asserted. “We will take part ment will likely occur in two weeks’ time. seriously burned while saving her 2-year- Mr. Pustovoitenko declined to either con- old sister during a fire at the family’s home. firm or deny reports about his likely She underwent treatment at the Shriners’ Commentaries... mismanagement. Sensibly, Yushchenko appointment as transportation minister in Burn Center in Boston. (Ukrinform) also let several big businessmen, who the new government. (Ukrinform) (Continued from page 7) helped finance and manage his campaign, Russian ministry notes language issue wandered around the streets of Kiev [sic] go, as their aspirations to make money on German experts ID Tarascha corpse their positions have been another worry. MOSCOW – The Russian Foreign in fear for their lives. ... Affairs Ministry said that Ukraine’s deci- This government change marks the end KYIV – On Friday, September 9, the sion to hold court proceedings in the Anders Aslund, writing in the Moscow of the Orange Revolution. Yulia Procurator General’s Office received the Ukrainian language will “infringe on the newspaper Vedomosti on September 12, Tymoshenko and her loyalists have now conclusion of German experts that the Tarascha corpse found in the autumn of rights of nearly 20 million ethnic in a commentary headlined “The End of marched out of the government, and 2000 was that of the late journalist ” in the country, ITAR-TASS the Orange Revolution”: Tymoshenko has declared that her political Heorhii Gongadze. Procurator General reported on September 6. “This means ... this government has been an unmiti- bloc will stay independent of Yushchenko’s. Sviatoslav Piskun told journalists in Kyiv denying a chance to effective juridical pro- gated disaster of socialist populism. On The question today is where various politi- that the examination was performed at the tection to ethnic Russians, who make up top of everything, it has maintained a cians and businessmen will go. ... insistence of the journalist’s mother, Lesia 40 percent of Ukraine’s population,” the revolutionary discourse of vehement Gongadze. Mr. Piskun said the first part of ministry said in a statement released that public attacks against individual busi- Editor’s note: The clippings above the Gongadze case is over, as investigators day. “The meaning of legal terms is hard to nessmen and politicians, including mem- were compiled from various sources, have established the immediate perpetra- grasp when they are spoken in a language bers of the government. Eight months of including the Action Ukraine Report, tors; work continues to establish those other than the mother tongue of the one this mess was too much. published by E. Morgan Williams, and who masterminded and ordered the jour- standing trial.” The Foreign Ministry It was, therefore, a great relief when The Ukraine List, a publication of the nalist’s murder. Mr. Piskun also revealed called the decision “part of the unsavory President Viktor Yushchenko reasserted Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the that investigators have also established campaign regarding the his authority to put an end to this public University of Ottawa. that those who killed the journalist kid- in Ukraine.” (RFE/RL Newsline) No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 21 Yara Arts Group to celebrate its 15th anniversary with special program The anniversary celebration will open pieces with Buryat artists from Siberia. theater exchange, which took place as at 7 p.m. with a world premiere of Yara’s first theater piece, “A Light the Soviet Union collapsed and Ukraine Andrea Odezynska’s film “The from the East,” focused on the power of declared independence, is the subject of Whisperer.” The recently completed 30- art to change the world. The work, which her film “A Light from the East.” The minute documentary explores Ms. incorporated passages from the diaries of hourlong documentary will be shown at Odezynska’s journey to a small village in Les Kurbas, poetry by Pavlo Tychyna, 9 p.m. on September 24. western Ukraine, where she has an unex- and the dreams of the Yara artists – pre- The evening’s program will conclude pected encounter with Baba Anna, a vil- lage healer, that changes the course of her life forever. Ms. Odezynska (direc- tor) and Kathryn Barnier (producer and editor) will be present and will answer questions after the screening. A special gala at 8 p.m. will feature the program, “In Verse,” with actors per- forming poetry in Yara’s signature style, interweaving the original Ukrainian verse with English translations and music from Yara’s theater pieces directed by Virlana Tkacz. Yara brings together drama, poetry, song, myth and movement to create orig- inal pieces that explore timely issues rooted in the East. Since its founding in 1990, Yara has created 16 original the- ater pieces, among them Ukrainian-based material, including: “Light From the East,” about Ukrainian avant-garde the- ater director Les Kurbas (1887-1942); “Explosions,” based on poetry and docu- Invitation to the 15th anniversary cele- mentation about Chornobyl;“Blind bration of Yara Arts Group. Sight,” inspired by the work and travels to of blind poet Vasyl Yeroshenko; NEW YORK – Yara Arts Group, a res- “Forest Song,” based on Lesia ident company at La MaMa Experimental Ukrainka’s eponymous verse play; Theater, will celebrate its 15th anniver- “Waterfall/Reflections” with renowned Virlana Tkacz (left) and Andrea Odezynska on a journey through western Ukraine. sary on Saturday, September 24. The cel- Ukrainian singer Nina Matvienko; “Song ebrations will include the premieres of Tree” and “Kupala” with Ukrainian miered in November 1990 at La MaMa. with a reception. two films about Yara and a performance vocal performance artist, composer and In the summer of 1991, Yara artists creat- Tickets for the celebratory program of poetry and music from Yara’s theater folklorist Mariana Sadovska; “Swan,” ed a bilingual version of the piece with are $20; $10 for artists and students. For pieces. The events will take place at La based on Oleh Lysheha’s poetry; and this artists from Kyiv, Lviv and Kharkiv. additional information call Yara at (212) MaMa Theater, 74 E. Fourth Street, year’s “Koliada: Twelve Dishes.” Since The story of Amy Grappell’s partici- 475-6474. For updates, visit Yara’s web- between Second Avenue and the Bowery. 1996 Yara has also worked on theater pation in this first Ukrainian American site at www.brama.com/yara. 22aerosvit_Svoboda_09-12.qxd 9/12/2005 12:02 PMTHE Page UKRAINIAN 1 WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 No. 38

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“The president was merely held Kuchma’s son-in-law. ment she had with Pryvat Group. Tymoshenko... hostage to the ultimatum made by his He bought 25 percent of Nikopol’s Billionaire Ihor Kolomoyskii, a Pryvat (Continued from page 1) closest entourage, who demanded that the shares from the government for $41 mil- Group partner, declared on August 20 his Political experts said the Yulia government must be sacked,” she said. lion in May 2003, a sharply discounted intention to buy 40 percent of the stake in Tymoshenko Bloc has a good chance of Two days later, the president accused price that immediately drew alarm. He 1+1, the second-highest rated television gathering the most votes in a highly frac- Ms. Tymoshenko of taking advantage of bought another 25 percent plus one network in Ukraine. Though not a partner tured political field in which no single her position to gain influence in the pri- share stake for $41.1 million in August in Pryvat Group, Ms. Tymoshenko was party will have a parliamentary majority. vatization of the Nikopol ferroalloy plant 2003. allegedly eager to have influence upon a “We will see a very tough election, in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He purchased the plant just as Pryvat television network, Mr. Moldovan report- where Tymoshenko and Yushchenko will The president launched a second Group, a Dnipropetrovsk partnership that ed. become the main antagonists,” said attack on Ms. Tymoshenko in a invested in metal factories, had planned Ms. Tymoshenko has denied she was Volodymyr Kornilov, a director at the September 13 interview with the to acquire the rest of the Nikopol shares, involved in secret agreements with Center for Strategic Planning. Associated Press, accusing her of of which it had already had 13 percent Pryvat Group. Millions of Ukrainians eagerly await- attempting to wipe out $1.5 billion in stake. However, Ms. Tymoshenko might not ed Ms. Tymoshenko’s reaction and expla- debt owed by her defunct gas-trading Pryvat Group was seeking to create a have been the only official in Mr. nation to her firing by President company, Unified Energy Systems. monopoly on a metals market, having Yushchenko’s government seeking a Yushchenko, which he announced on Mr. Yushchenko’s allegations shocked already owned the Zaporizhskyi and stake in a Ukrainian television network. September 8, citing internal conflicts that her, Ms. Tymoshenko said. The president Stakhanovskyi ferroalloy plants. Russian businessmen Oleksander obstructed the government’s ability to is trying to rebuild “an old repressive The Nikopol plant could be sold for Abramov and Viktor Vekselberg wanted work. machine, that Kuchma used against me more than $1 billion at an open tender, to “purchase the Inter channel and then The next evening, she appeared on a and my family,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. Ms. Tymoshenko said at a September 3 transfer it to Mr. Yushchenko’s inner cir- live broadcast on the Inter network in She also denied the allegation of trying to press conference. cle in exchange for the Nikopol ferroal- which she explained her version of eliminate $1.5 billion in debt. However, State Property Fund Chair loy plant,” Russian Communist Deputy events. Ms. Tymoshenko began her speech by Valentyna Semeniuk said she received an Viktor Iliukhin alleged during an August The telegenic politician appeared con- touting the successes of her government. order from Ms. Tymoshenko on August 15 live radio broadcast. fident and convincing. She portrayed her- Ukraine experienced GDP growth of 4 30 to allow Assistant Minister of Mr. Poroshenko was interested in the self as an unbending crusader for reform percent in the first half of 2005, and more Industrial Policy Serhii Hryschenko to deal, Mr. Moldovan reported. while casting her enemies in the than 3,000 regulations that complicated take part in a Nikopol stockholders meet- Mr. Yushchenko named the Nikopol Yushchenko camp as selfish and corrupt business have been canceled, she said. ing in her stead. scandal “a fight between two gangs” in politicians interested only in lining their For the first time, agriculture posted 7 The order stated that Pryvat Group his September 8 address sacking the own pockets. percent growth in the first half, she said. representatives must be appointed as Cabinet. Virtually from the first day, the presi- Partly as a result of the Contraband Nikopol’s managers, said Ms. Semeniuk, “I agree with the President,” Ms. dent’s inner circle was put in charge of Stop! program, the government managed who believes the state should take own- Tymoshenko said the next day. “This was all the powerful cash flows in the state, to take $4.4 billion out of the shadow ership of Nikopol. the gang of Pinchuk fighting the gang of Ms. Tymoshenko added. economy and bring it into the national Ms. Semeniuk accused Ms. Poroshenko and a Russian businessman coffers, she said. “This is a figure Employees felt that corruption Tymoshenko of exceeding her authority who was linked with Poroshenko.” Ukrainian budget has never had,” Ms. increased two- or threefold and everyone and criticized the shareholders meeting In a September 13 press briefing with Tymoshenko said. knew who was taking bribes, where and as illegal. “The person who ordered this Western journalists, the president said his The gross income of families how, Ms. Tymoshenko said. must face responsibility,” Ms. Semeniuk government could not tolerate another increased by 43 percent, she said. She accused Mr. Yushchenko’s close said on September 3, identifying Ms. Nikopol scandal, in which thousands of Perhaps the most notable achievement associate Petro Poroshenko, the former Tymoshenko. workers were protesting and brought to that Ukrainian voters will remember in secretary of the National Security and It wasn’t clear why Ms. Tymoshenko the brink of bloodshed. the March elections is the boosting of Defense Council, of trying to run the “This kind of reprivatization is not pensions by an average of 21 percent. would have wanted to pressure a transfer government and using his position to of Nikopol to shareholders until necessary,” Mr. Yushchenko said. “We advance his private business interests. Wages in science, cultural and education- al fields increased 44 percent, Ms. Ukrayinska Pravda reporter Oleksii will not survive two or three of those “When Petro Oleksiyovych came to Moldovan reported a possible arrange- scandals.” the National Security and Defense Tymoshenko said. Council, he assumed the role of prime During her appearance, Ms. Tymoshenko minister and started issuing a large num- held a blue ribbon side-by-side with an ber of totally unfair instructions and orange ribbon, pointing out that they make inquiries to Ukrainian ministers,” Ms. the color of the Ukrainian flag. Tymoshenko said. “I want us to unite Ukraine, so that as She said Oleksander Tretiakov, the a single powerful team that has not president’s suspended first aide, was betrayed its moral values we could come “virtually becoming a bottleneck block- and build Ukraine in which there is jus- ing access to the president.” tice, prosperity, economic growth, invest- Ms. Tymoshenko also pointed fingers ment and everything we are dreaming at Mykola Martynenko, the chair of Our about,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. Ukraine parliamentary faction, and Ms. Tymoshenko’s demise – or the last Roman Bezsmertnyi, the former vice straw as Mr. Yushchenko put it – prime minister for administrative and ter- involved her attempts to influence the ritorial reform. It was Mr. Bezsmertnyi fate of the $200 million Nikopol ferroal- who suggested to Mr. Yushchenko that he loy plant. sack the whole Cabinet, Ms. The Ukrainian government was sup- 3.56% APY (3.50 APR) ** Tymoshenko said. posed to retake ownership of Nikopol “I can say that this was a unique, after an August 26 High Appellate 3.82% APY (3.75 APR) ** destructive idea,” she said. Economic Court ruled the government’s Ms. Tymoshenko took painstaking sale of shares to billionaire Viktor 4.08% APY (4.00 APR) ** steps to avoid criticizing President Pinchuk in 2003 was illegal. Yushchenko directly, insisting that it was Its owners included billionaire Viktor this corrupt circle that was pressuring him. Pinchuk, former President Leonid

have left them feeling like second-tier The Ukrainian Catholic... citizens, without knowledge of the (Continued from page 6) Ukrainian language or Ukrainian culture. It was the same this time around. As the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Elderly women yelled, shoved and heck- Church expands into eastern Ukraine, led. And I certainly wasn’t going to perhaps it will allay such fears. shove back a grandmother. After witnessing the August 21 con- These are the acts of a desperate peo- flict, Cardinal Husar offered this vision ple who feel threatened by the reawaken- for the Church in his opening remarks ing of Ukrainian identity that arrived several days later at Kairos, a summit for with the Orange Revolution. future Church leaders held at the Kostyantyn Chavaha, reporter for the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. Catholic Information Agency, pointed out Ukraine is on the border of two great to me that had the Ukrainian Catholic cultures, Cardinal Husar said, and many Church moved its headquarters in 1991 view the nation as a bridge between the there wouldn’t have been a single protest East and West. because Ukraine was in a religious and “We have the ability to learn about one cultural vacuum. and the other and to be creative mediators The protests are occurring now who help so that people will stop fearing because a large segment of the popula- one another,” Archbishop Husar said. tion fears the changes taking place that “Today we stand at a new era.” 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 No. 38

PREVIEW OF EVENTS ONGOING tion and music; and concludes at 9 p.m. with the film “A Light from the East” by Soyuzivka’s Datebook PHILADELPHIA: The School of the Amy Grappell about her participation in September 17-19, 2005 October 3-6, 2005 Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble the first Ukrainian American theater col- Mittenwald Reunion Stamford Clergy Days began its academic year on Monday, laboration, as the Soviet Union collapses September 12. Registration of children and Ukraine declares independence. September 21-23, 2005 October 8, 2005 age 4 and above is taking on Monday, Venue: La MaMa, 74 E. Fourth St. Bayreuth Gymnasium Reunion Wedding September 12, through Monday, (between the Bowery and Second September 26, at 6 p.m. at the Ukrainian Avenue). For additional information call September 22-24, 2005 October 9, 2005 Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Yara, (212) 475-6474, or visit UNA General Assembly and District Republican Party Fund-Raiser Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pa. Classes are www.brama.com/yara for updates. Meeting Banquet held weekly on Monday evenings at the Cultural Center. For additional informa- Sunday, September 25 September 24, 2005 October 15, 2005 tion contact Nina Prybolsky, school direc- Ellenville High School Reunion, Wedding tor, (610) 591-2492 or (215) 572-1552. LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.: Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church of Astoria will Class of ‘49 October 21-23, 2005 Wednesday, September 21 hold its annual Ukrainian Heritage Day Festival on the grounds of Holy Cross September 24-25, 2005 National Plast Convention NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Church, located on 31st Avenue and 30th Plast Sorority Rada - Pershi Stezhi Program at Columbia University presents Street, beginning at 10 a.m. Festivities Plast Sorority Rada - Chornomorski October 28-30, 2005 Borys Tarasyuk, who has served as minis- include music, games, prizes and home- Khvyli Halloween Weekend with children’s ter for foreign affairs of Ukraine under the made Ukrainian food. The festival concert costume parade, costume zabava Yushchenko administration, as guest will feature the Barvinok dance group. September 29-October 3, 2005 and more speaker on the topic of Ukraine’s foreign Free admission; donations accepted. 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American Youth Association (SUM) invite September 30-October 1, 2005 November 19, 2005 the Ukrainian community to the Obzhynky Thursday, September 22 2005 traditional Ukrainian Fall Harvest Plast Sorority Rada - Spartanky Sigma Beta Chi Fraternity Formal Dinner Banquet Festival to be held at the Ukrainian NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Film Club National Home, 961 Wethersfield Ave., at at Columbia University opens its fall 2005 noon-5 p.m. The program includes musi- season with the screening of Ihor cal performances by Olya Chodoba Fryz Strembitsky’s “Wayfarers,” winner of the (Ukrainian children’s songs) and Ivan and Palme d’or in the short film category, Iryna Batisko (Ukrainian folk songs). 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