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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIII HE No.KRAINIAN 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2005 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Famine-GenocideT U exhibit in Kyiv W Melnychenko returns to Ukraine, features U.S. investor’s collection by Zenon Zawada Ukrainian society. testifiesby Yana Sedovain secret toMoreover, prosecutor at a December 5 press con- Kyiv Press Bureau Posters became a popular form of Kyiv Press Bureau ference, Mr. Melnychenko didn’t make Holodomor art between 1988 and 1993 any revealing statements and gave KYIV – Among the biggest contributors largely because the industry that churned KYIV – After a five-year exile, obscure answers to all questions. to the Famine-Genocide exhibit unveiled out the massive volumes of Soviet propa- Mykola Melnychenko returned to his Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr by President Viktor Yushchenko in Kyiv ganda went bankrupt after the Soviet native Ukraine, where he caused an inter- Lytvyn became the main target of Mr. two weeks ago was Morgan Williams, a Union’s collapse. With production means national scandal by releasing secret Melnychenko’s accusations. prominent Ukrainophile. still intact and a cultural void to fill, poster recordings of top government officials, “Lytvyn often states that he hadn’t a Mr. Williams spent the last eight years artists began creating art about the which he made as a former security offi- single motive and that Gongadze wasn’t cer of President Leonid Kuchma’s. dangerous to him,” he said. “I stress that During his first week in Ukraine, Mr. Lytvyn had personal motivations to hate Melnychenko became a media sensation, Gongadze.” Mr. Melnychenko said per- drawing a hoard of reporters when his sonal relations with a woman motivated plane touched down at Boryspil Airport Mr.Lytvyn, however he didn’t offer any on December 1. names. In his only other distinguishing act, he At the press conference, Mr. arrived at the Procurator General’s Office Melnychenko also ran into his former to provide secret testimony. colleagues, his fellow colleagues who He returned to Ukraine with fellow used to work with him at the Presidential U.S. asylum winner Oleksander Administration’s Security Service. Yeliashkevych, a former Verkhovna Rada They were there to attack and discredit deputy and victim of former President him, alleging that Mr. Melnychenko had Leonid Kuchma’s regime. Mr. no possibility to install any recording Yeliashkevych was severely beaten in device in Mr. Kuchma’s office. Kyiv in 2002. Moreover, not a single person could On the Melnychenko tapes, a voice have entered the president’s office alone similar to Mr. Kuchma’s proposes giving in accordance with the Security Service’s the maverick politician a beating to strict instructions, said Volodymyr Hryhorii Surkis, an owner of the Dynamo Kosariev, the former deputy commander Kyiv soccer club. at the Presidential Administration. The main purpose of their return is to Therefore, another security official ensure that “Kuchma and his criminal always accompanied Mr. Melnychenko Zenon Zawada group are punished,” Mr. Yeliashkevych always, he said. If he truly made the said. Investor Morgan Williams stands next to one of four paintings by Nina recordings, it was as part of a conspiracy, However, he said he and Mr. Marchenko in his Holodomor artwork collection, which was exhibited in Kyiv's Mr. Kosariev stated. Ukrayinskyi Dim between November 23 and 29. Melnychenko did not bring any addition- “When Melnychenko worked here, al documents that might help in the just imagine how they went in,” Mr. accumulating and organizing what is now Chornobyl disaster and the Holodomor of Heorhii Gongadze investigation and Kosariev said. “One person stood in the the world’s largest known private collec- 1932-1933, Mr. Williams said. added that the Procurator General’s doorway, and Melnychenko went in once tion of Holodomor artwork. His collection Another poster impressing Mr. Office (PGO) already has all the materi- consists of 300 items, including more than Yushchenko featured the slogan, “No One als. (Continued on page 4) 100 posters and 35 paintings. Wanted to Die” against a blue-and-yellow Having spent 25 years in international background, with wheat fields and crosses food system development, Mr. Williams portrayed in the bottom half. said he was deeply affected when he began Mr. Williams’ collection featured a lot of learning the details about the Holodomor. diaspora poster art, including two postcards UNAPARSIPPANY, leader N.J. – Tekla TeklaMoroz, Moroz dies His first trip to Ukraine was in 1992 and printed in 1935 by Ukrainians in Germany. honorary member of the Ukrainian by 1995 all his professional work involved “It was the first visual expression of National Association’s General Assembly Ukraine, including investing and consulting. Ukrainian protesting the famine,” he said of and longtime UNA leader, died on “There were no photos from the the postcards, which he found the postcards December 6. She was 78. Famine, and no one was allowed to write, in a Ukrainian museum in Connecticut. The announcement of her death was publish, or paint anything about this up Other diaspora items included a pro- made by the UNA Executive Committee. until 1988,” Mr. Williams said. “The sup- gram cover from a 1983 commemoration Mrs. Moroz was born on April 22, 1927, pression of facts that took place is amaz- event organized by the Winnipeg branch of in Riaciv, Poland. After emigrating to ing, and everything exposing it was done the Ukrainian Canadian Committee (today Canada, she resided in Lachine, Quebec. outside of Ukraine.” known as the Ukrainian Canadian She was a stalwart UNA activist, Mr. Williams’ exhibit was displayed Congress), as well as a poster announcing serving concurrently as secretary of between November 23 and 28 on the sec- the October 2, 1983 demonstration in UNA Branch 465 and chairperson of the ond floor of the Ukrayinskyi Dim on Washington. With between 15,000 and Montreal District Committee since 1968 European Square in Kyiv. Mr. Yushchenko 20,000 in attendance, the manifestation until her death. opened “The Bells of Remembrance” became one of the largest gatherings of She was a UNA supreme advisor from exhibit on its first day. Ukrainian Americans in history. 1974 to 2002, and then was elected an Among those pieces of artwork from his Among the most recognizable paint- honorary member of the UNA General collection that most impressed the presi- ings in Mr. Williams’ collection were Assembly in recognition of her contribu- dent, Mr. Williams said, was a poster titled, those of Viktor Zaretskyi, the husband of tions to the fraternal organization. “And We Watched and Kept Silent.” It por- murdered Soviet dissident Alla Horska; Mrs. Moroz was predeceased by her trays a black crow with red eyes picking at Kyiv artist Nina Marchenko, who painted husband, Joseph. Surviving are her chil- a red thread in Ukrainian embroidery, sym- dren, Bohdan and Halyna. Tekla Moroz bolizing death picking apart the fabric of (Continued on page 6) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2005 No. 50 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Russian intransigence overshadows Ukraine combats bird-flu outbreak Belarus on December 5 banned poultry imports from Ukraine. (RFE/RL KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko on Newsline) annual meeting of the OSCE December 3 declared a state of emergency in five villages on the Crimean Peninsula PM upbeat on gas talks with Russia by Roland Eggleston elsewhere. after the Agricultural Ministry had identified RFE/RL Newsline The OSCE feels it played a role in the H5 subtype of bird-flu virus that report- KYIV – Prime Minister Yurii progress made this year on the withdraw- edly killed more than 2,500 domestic birds Yekhanurov told journalists on November A meeting of the Organization for al of Russian military forces in Georgia. in the area, Ukrainian and international 29 that there will be progress “soon” in Security and Cooperation in Europe One diplomat told journalists, “It’s ever media reported. The government sent Ukrainian-Russian talks on Russian gas (OSCE) ended on December 6 without a so slow, but at least there are hints of Internal Affairs Ministry troops to the area, transit across Ukraine and Russian gas sup- final document, following Russian objec- movement.” which has been subject to quarantine. plies to Ukraine in 2006, Reuters reported. tions to a passage concerning its troops The OSCE also believes it can take Soldiers wearing clothing and masks culled Mr. Yekhanurov’s words followed in Moldova’s breakaway Transdniester some credit for improvement in another domestic birds in the affected villages and Gazprom’s accusations on November 28 region. But delegations appeared satis- slow-moving negotiation – the long-run- trucked them away for disposal in specially that Kyiv is sabotaging the talks by insisting fied that the foreign ministers meeting in ning dispute between Armenia and excavated pits. According to local villagers, on prices far below European market levels. Ljubljana had produced results that will Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. The a mysterious disease has been killing their “As far as we are concerned, the talks are go into effect – even without the formal OSCE has long been involved in efforts birds for more than a month, the Financial proceeding normally. If someone is getting approval of the conference. to negotiate a settlement. Other players Times reported on December 4. The infec- excited, that’s his problem. Russia is mak- In listing the conference’s achieve- have now been brought into the negotia- tion outbreak occurred near the Syvash Bay, ing proposals, as is Ukraine.