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Inside:• Dmytro Firtash vs. Kyiv Post – page 3• Chicago Consulate hosts students from Ukraine – page 8.• “Inside Chornobyl” photo exhibit in New York – page 9.The Ukrainian WeeklyPublished by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit associationVol. LXXIX No. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011$1/$2 in UkraineGryshchenko foreign policy speechharkens back to Soviet periodZenon ZawadaForeign Affairs Minister KostyantynGryshchenko of Ukraine.by Zenon ZawadaKyiv Press BureauKYIV – In his one-year review ofUkraine’s foreign policy under PresidentViktor Yanukovych, Foreign AffairsMinister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko delivereda Soviet-style address in which hepainted a rosy portrait that had little to dowith reality.The gist of Mr. Gryshchenko’s presentation– in which he read from a preparedtext in a stale monotone – was immediatelyapparent once its title was revealed,“Ukraine: From Post-Soviet to EuropeanState.” Critics of the Yanukovych administration,including former Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko, accuse the governmentof the reverse: returning Ukraine topost-Soviet status after having madeprogress towards European integration.British and French Embassy personnelslate Chornobyl charity walkby Nataliya HorbanKYIV – The Chornobyl power plant,site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster,is just a day’s walk from Kyiv.Soon, workers from the British andFrench Embassies will cover the 110kilometers from Kyiv to Chornobyl byfoot to raise awareness and money tosupport those who suffered from theApril 26, 1986, disaster.“By walking it in one day you showhow close Chornobyl is to a major city ofKyiv, which I don’t think many peoplerealize,” said Lee Roberts, a BritishEmbassy worker.“Having the aspirations of a Europeancountry, we often think and act like acountry that’s pseudo post-Soviet,” thediplomat said, succinctly summarizingUkraine’s current predicament, whichcritics say is a direct result of theYanukovych administration’s neo-Sovietpolicies that have only worsened theproblem.Dozens among Kyiv’s diplomaticcorps, including U.S. Ambassador JohnTefft, attended the March 18 speech heldat the Institute of International Relationsat Taras Shevchenko National Universityin Kyiv, at which journalists were deniedthe chance to ask questions.Ukraine’s foreign policy underPresident Yanukovych has been describedby most observers as an indiscerniblemess plagued by inconsistency, policygaffes and scandals.The most recent scandal involved aPalestinian engineer, Dirar Abu Sisi, whowas allegedly kidnapped in February byUkrainian intelligence officers in Ukraineand handed over to Israeli secret serviceagents in the country, who immediatelydeported him to Israel. Human rights officialshave condemned the arrest as illegal.Yet, listening to Mr. Gryshchenko’swords, one would have thought that Mr.Yanukovych is a foreign policy guru: “Noone had tied diplomacy to the needs ofthe national economy so strongly and sodemandingly controlled the effectivenessof the ministry’s work in this directionlike President Yanukovych.”In this context, the foreign affairs ministerconveniently overlooked grainexport quotas that have infuriated theEuropean Union (EU) and the decision toimport buckwheat – one of Ukraine’s(Continued on page 5)Mr. Roberts came up with the idea fora charity walk last winter, while visitingChornobyl and Prypiat, the ghost town inthe 30-kilometer exclusion zone that surroundsthe plant.“Imagine if the wind was blowingsouth on that fateful day. [Kyiv] couldpotentially have been Prypiat, but on alarger scale,” Mr. Roberts said. Duringthe first days after the reactor’s explosion,the wind headed north and west,which many believe helped Kyiv escapea much worse fate.The anniversary of the tragedy brings(Continued on page 5)Visiting Kyiv, Putin pressesUkraine to join Customs UnionUNIAN/Andrey MosienkoPresident Viktor Yanukovych greets Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putinduring their meeting in Kyiv on April 12.by Zenon ZawadaKyiv Press BureauAP reports FBI thought evidencein Demjanjuk case was fabricatedPARSIPPANY, N.J. – “An FBIreport kept secret for 25 years said theSoviet Union ‘quite likely fabricated’evidence central to the prosecution ofJohn Demjanjuk – a revelation thatcould help the defense as closing argumentsresume Wednesday in the retiredOhio auto worker’s Nazi war crimestrial in Germany.” That was the lead toa sensational story released on April 12by the Associated Press.David Rising and Randy Herschaftreported the AP exclusive from Berlin.(It may be read in full at http://abcne w s . g o . c o m / I n t e r n a t i o n a l /wireStory?id=13358386&page=1.)KYIV – Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin visited the Ukrainian capitalon April 12 to convince the pro-Russiangovernment led by President ViktorYanukovych to enter into a Moscow-ledCustoms Union in exchange for up to a $9billion annual discount on natural gas.The Russian leader’s overture marksthe biggest geopolitical test for theYanukovych administration, as Ukraine’sfuture – as either a European nation-stateor a Russian colony hangs – in the balance,experts said.The Russian proposal arrived just as theUkrainian government was expected tofinish a critical Free Trade Agreementwith the European Union this year.“There will be two effects if Ukraineties itself economically with the RussianFederation, Belarus and Kazakhstanthrough the Customs Union: economicdegradation with deeper energy dependencyand political isolation from Europe,”said Andriy Novak, chair of theCommittee of Economists of Ukraine.(Continued on page 39)The newly declassified document,an FBI field office report obtained bythe AP, questions the authenticity ofthe Trawniki ID card that has been akey piece of evidence against Mr.Demjanjuk in past legal proceedings inthe United States and Israel, and nowin Germany. The card was consideredproof that the defendant, after trainingat the Trawniki camp, served as aguard at the Sobibor death camp inNazi-occupied Poland. There are nowitnesses who have placed Mr.Demjanjuk at Sobibor.(Continued on page 10)

2THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011No. 16ANALYSISLeonid Kuchma faces chargesover journalist’s murder in 2000by Pavel KordubanEurasia Daily MonitorThe Procurator General’s Office onMarch 21 launched an investigationagainst Leonid Kuchma, suspecting himof involvement in the murder of the oppositionjournalist Heorhii Gongadze in2000, Deputy Procurator General RenatKuzmin announced on March 22. TheProcurator General’s Office (PGO) onMarch 24 officially charged Mr. Kuchma,president from 1994 to 2004, with abuseof office which resulted in Gongadze’smurder (Ukrayinska Pravda, March 22,24).While Mr. Kuchma insists that he is notguilty, the Procurator General’s Office hasregularly questioned him and has prohibitedhim from leaving Ukraine. The samemeasure was earlier applied to formerPrime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who issuspected of corruption.Unlike Ms. Tymoshenko, Mr. Kuchmais not an oppositionist. He left politics in2004, backed Viktor Yanukovych’s presidentialelection bid in 2004 and hailed hiselection as president last year.The case against Mr. Kuchma could bean attempt by the authorities to give legitimacyto the Procurator General’s Officeaction against the opposition. By openinga criminal case against Mr. Kuchma whois perceived as a Yanukovych ally,Ukraine’s legal authorities most likelyseek to demonstrate their impartiality tothe West while Kyiv is in the middle ofdifficult talks on political association andfree trade with the European Union(European Daily Monitor, March 30).Earlier this year, the European Union andthe United States reacted to the prosecutor’sactions against several formerCabinet officials by warning Ukraineagainst selective justice. Several of themhave been released from custody sincethen.Whatever the authorities’ motives maybe, the case against Mr. Kuchma is a positivedevelopment. The scandalous secretrecordings allegedly made a decade ago inPresident Kuchma’s office by securityofficer Mykola Melnychenko suggestedthat Mr. Kuchma, then Internal AffairsMinister Yurii Kravchenko as well as formerKuchma aide and current ParliamentChairman, Volodymyr Lytvyn, might havebeen involved in the Gongadze murder.Ukrainian prosecutors in the early2000s rejected the recordings as fake anddragged their feet over the investigationinto the Gongadze murder. This promptedpopular protests against PresidentKuchma in the early 2000s which eventuallybrought Viktor Yushchenko to poweras a result of controversial presidentialelections in 2004. By the end of his presidency,Mr. Kuchma turned into an internationalpariah, while the subsequent governments’inability to solve the Gongadzemurder further tarnished Ukraine’s reputation.The investigation was re-launched afterMr. Yanukovych’s election as presidentlast year. However, there were doubts thatthe real culprits would be punished, especiallyafter the PGO’s conclusion last yearthat Gongadze’s murder had been commissionedby Kravchenko, who committedsuicide in 2005 (EDM, September 27,2010).Hardly anybody in Ukraine thoughtMr. Kuchma would ever be charged, andwhen that happened last month, it caughtthe country by surprise.Ms. Tymoshenko suggested this was aplan by President Yanukovych to divertthe nation’s attention from economicproblems (Channel 5, March 27). Mr.Lytvyn suggested this was the start of acampaign against him personally(UNIAN, March 24). Mr. Yushchenkosaid he did not believe that Mr. Kuchmacould give orders to kill Gongadze (TVI,March 31).The local media also suggested that thecase against Mr. Kuchma could be eitheran element of pressure on his son-in-law,steel and media tycoon Victor Pinchuk, byhis business rivals, or an attempt to whitewashMr. Kuchma once and for all byproving him not guilty (UkrayinskaPravda, March 23).Mr. Yanukovych commented on thedevelopment only on March 28, while ona visit to Singapore. He said that all the“i’s” should be finally dotted in theGongadze case and rejected any politicalmotives behind the new developments(UNIAN, March 28). It is clear that Mr.Yanukovych sanctioned the actionsagainst Mr. Kuchma. Since Mr.Yanukovych’s election last year, his team,using the opposition’s weaknesses, establishedcontrol not only over the government,but also over Parliament, the courtsystem and the Procurator General’sOffice. Viktor Pshonka, who was appointedas Procurator General last November,is Mr. Yanukovych’s crony.However, Mr. Yanukovych risks openinga Pandora’s Box.Mr. Kuzmin made it clear that Mr.Kuchma faces the charges because thePGO finally recognized the Melnychenkorecordings as evidence in the Gongadzecase (Ukrayinska Pravda, March 22).This, in theory, can lead to investigationsnot only against Mr. Kuchma but alsoagainst many other officials, includingMr. Lytvyn, Prime Minister MykolaAzarov and Mr. Yanukovych, who alsocommitted illegal actions in the 2000s ifall the recordings are to be trusted.Opposition National Deputy YuriiHrymchak has filed a request with thePGO that it investigate the recordingsaccording to which more than a decadeago Mr. Azarov, who then headed the taxservice, exerted pressure on the courts andthe media. Moreover, Mr. Yanukovych,who was then governor of the DonetskOblast, exerted pressure on local courts(Ukrayinska Pravda, March 25). Mr.Lytvyn allegedly suggested in a conversationwith Mr. Kuchma, which Mr.Melnychenko claims to have recorded,that Gongadze should be punished forwriting critical articles about the government.Meanwhile, Mr. Kuchma himself mayescape scot-free. The Procurator General’sOffice charged him not with Gongadze’smurder but with abusing his office, whichled to Gongadze’s murder. In this case, thestatute of limitations has reportedlyexpired, given that more than 10 yearshave passed (Ukrayinska Pravda, March23, 24).The person whom the PGO chargedwith killing Gongadze, former police Gen.Oleksii Pukach, faces life imprisonment.It is yet to be established whether he actedon orders from then-President Kuchma orsomeone from Mr. Kuchma’s entourage,and whether he killed Gongadze becausehe misinterpreted those orders.The article above is reprinted fromEurasia Daily Monitor with permissionfrom its publisher, the JamestownFoundation, www.jamestown.org.Yanukovych on European integrationNEWSBRIEFSKYIV – European integration is andremains the unchanged priority forUkraine, President Viktor Yanukovychemphasized during a meeting with PolishPrime Minister Donald Tusk in Kyiv. “Wecertainly expect that during the presidencyof Poland in the second half of thisyear we will seek joint decisions regardingthe integration into the EuropeanUnion,” he said, according to April 14news reports. Mr. Yanukovych said that,due to the joint work of both governments,the last year was successful interms of trade and economic relations,which grew and have a good perspectivefor the near future. In January andFebruary of this year, the surplus ofUkraine’s trade with Poland totaled$32.150 million (U.S.). The president saidthat Ukraine would welcome the participationof Poland’s President BronislawKomorowski in the events to mark the25th anniversary of the Chornobyl accident,which will be held on April 19-22 inKyiv. (Ukrinform)UOC-KP welcomes Yanukovych remarksKYIV – After President ViktorYanukovych told journalists inPavlohrad, Ukraine, that he intends tomeet with representatives of all the religiousdenominations on the eve ofEaster, on April 21, the UkrainianOrthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate(UOC-KP) positively welcomed hisstatement. “Since the inauguration ofViktor Fedorovych [Yanukovych], theAll-Ukrainian Council of Churches andReligious Organizations has approachedhim with a proposal to hold such ameeting – it is good that the wills of thedenominations and the head of the statehave finally coincided. Until now, thedenominations, experts and societyhave felt tension due to the fact that thepresident met only with representativesof one denomination, the [UkrainianOrthodox Church of the] MoscowPatriarchate. We hope that the tensionwill be relieved and the thoughts sharedby Viktor Yanukovych in Pavlohradwill be realized,” reported the press serviceof the UOC-KP. Speaking aboutChurch-state relations, the presidentsaid in Pavlohrad: “The role of the stateis not to interfere in the affairs of theChurch… At the same time, we shouldprovide equal conditions of developmentfor all denominations. The statepolicy will always promote this.”(Religious Information Service ofUkraine)Patriarch Kirill to visit UkraineKYIV – Patriarch of Moscow and AllRussia Kirill I will visit Ukraine on April25-27, it was reported on April 11 on theofficial website of the UkrainianOrthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate.The patriarch’s visit to Ukraine is dedicatedto the 25th anniversary of the accidentat the Chornobyl nuclear powerplant and foresees his participation innationwide and religious memorialevents. (Ukrinform)Svitlychna archive returned to UkraineKYIV – The personal archive – morethan 4,000 documents – of the wellknownjournalist of the 1960s, public figure,human rights activist and fighter forthe independence of Ukraine NadiaSvitlychna (1936-2006), has been handedover to the Central State Archive-Museum of Literature and Arts ofUkraine from the United States ofAmerica. In addition, the museum alsoreceived about 50 archival documentsconnected with the work of the repressedUkrainian artist, art critic and poet YefimMykhailov (1885-1935). After the transferto the archive, the papers will beavailable to all researchers and will be avaluable source for studying the historyof the movement of Shesdydesiatnyky(activists of the 1960s). “These materialsare handed over for permanent storage,they will be included in the nationalarchives and will be available toresearchers,” said Yuriy Savchuk, directorof the State Agency for the Movement ofCultural Property, on March 18.(Ukrinform)(Continued on page 14)The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc.,a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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4THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011No. 16OBITUARYJoseph Romanow, 89, first Ukrainianpromoted to general in Canada’s militaryOTTAWA – Brig. Gen. (retired) JosephRoman Romanow of the Royal CanadianAir Force – the first Canadian ofUkrainian descent to be promoted to therank of general in the Canadian armedforces – died on March 21 in Ottawa aftera courageous battle with cancer. He was89.Born on May 3, 1921, and raised inSaskatoon, Saskatchewan, Mr. Romanowenlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force(RCAF) upon graduation from highschool in 1940. He served Canada admirablyin World War II in Europe and inAsia.He met his wife, Lt. JosephineSawchuk of the Royal Canadian ArmyMedical Corps, in London and the couplemarried in 1947.After the war, Mr. Romanow left themilitary, completed his education, and rejoinedas an officer. He completedNational Defense College and became thefirst Canadian of Ukrainian descent to bepromoted to the rank of General in theCanadian armed forces.Following the second world war, Mr.Romanow learned that many Ukrainiansin the displaced persons camps of Europewere being forcibly repatriated to theUSSR and sent to Soviet concentrationcamps in Siberia and other remote areas.To help prevent this, Mr. Romanow andother Ukrainian-Canadian servicemenformed the Canadian Ukrainian ReliefBureau (CURB).Supported by the Ukrainian CanadianCommittee (now the Ukrainian CanadianCongress), they aided these displaced personsand sought to ease their immigrationto Canada. The work of Mr. Romanowand other Ukrainian Canadian servicemensaved the lives of many thousands ofUkrainians.Mr. Romanow earned a B.S. inmechanical engineering in 1950 from theUniversity of Saskatchewan, and in 1955he completed an M.S. in aeronauticalengineering at the Cranford Institute ofTechnology in English.Brig. Gen. Romanow served in variousmilitary capacities, including on the AvroAircraft project team as a project engineer,with NORAD (North AmericanAerospace Defense Command) and withthe 4th Allied Tactical Air ForceHeadquarters in West Germany.In 1974 he was named commander inthe Order of Military Merit, the highestexemplary service award given by theCanadian armed forces. He retired in1976 from his position as the directorgeneral of organization and manpower atNational Defense Headquarters in Ottawa.After his retirement he authored sixbooks on family history, his life and hismilitary experiences.Mr. Romanow was an active memberof Ottawa’s Ukrainian Catholic Churchand choir.He was predeceased by his wife,Josephine, sisters, Anne and Stefan, andbrother Stephen. Surviving are his brothersWalter and Morris with their wivesand families; as well as Mr. Romanow’schildren Mary, John, Greg and Paula andtheir families.The funeral liturgy was offered onMarch 25 at St. John the BaptistUkrainian Catholic Shrine in Ottawa;burial was at Pinecrest Cemetery.The Ukrainian Canadian Congress onMarch 21 offered its sympathies to thefamily and friends of the late general.“Joseph Romanow worked tirelesslyfor the Ukrainian community since hisyouth,” stated UCC National PresidentPaul Grod. “For over 80 years Brig. Gen.Romanow was a leader of the UkrainianCanadian community. On behalf of theUkrainian Canadian Congress, I wouldlike to pay our respects to Mr. Romanowand offer our deepest sympathy to theRomanow family.”Orthodox hierarchs’ congratulatory letterto Major Archbishop Sviatoslav ShevchukFollowing is the text of a congratulatoryletter sent on March 25 by hierarchsof the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of theU.S.A. to Bishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk,newly elected major archbishop of theUkrainian Greek-Catholic Church.Your Eminence:Glory to Jesus Christ!The month of March in the UkrainianGreek-Catholic Church in Ukraine andbeyond her borders will always be treasuredin history as the month when thefaithful of the Greek-Catholic Churchwere blessed with a new Spiritual Fatherin the person of your Eminence.On behalf of the clergy and faithful ofthe Ukrainian Orthodox Church of theU.S.A., we express to you our most sinceregreetings as you begin this certainlydifficult, but spiritually and fundamentallyimportant mission in the life of theclergy and faithful entrusted to your spiritualcare. Your election takes place justbefore the third Sunday of the Great Fast– the Veneration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, when we come to the halfwaypoint on the journey toward the celebrationof our Lord’s Resurrection – Hisvictory over sin and death. May the Crossof our Lord always be the sign of Hissupport in your archpastoral service.Dear Brother in Christ, we hope in thedepth of our hearts that the joyful Lightof the Risen Lord will always accompanyyou in your service. We pray that yourpastoral activity will positively influencethe progression of contacts betweenOrthodox and Catholic Christians and allpeople of good will. We wish you muchsuccess in the spiritual mission of the salvationof souls. We know that alone,human strength is insufficient to fulfillthis service to which you are called. Mayyour real strength come from God theCreator, for He is Good and Merciful.With prayers in Christ our Lord,† Constantine, Metropolitan† Antony, Archbishop† Daniel, BishopTo subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, call 973-292-9800, ext. 3042New leader of UGCC reflectson meeting with pontiffUGCC Information DepartmentKYIV – “I am coming back confirmedin my faith…The holy father teaches thatonly the one who relies on the rock ofPeter shall not be shattered, and this factgives me confidence.” With these wordsHis Major Archbishop SviatoslavShevchuk, the newly enthroned leader ofthe Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church(UGCC), summed up his meeting withthe Pope Benedict XVI while addressingthe journalists at the Vatican Press Office.During the press conference dedicatedto the beginning of his ministry as thehead of the UGCC, as well as to themeeting with the pope, the major archbishopwas accompanied by the secretaryof the Synod of Bishops, Bishop BohdanDziurakh, and by Bishop KenNowakowski of New Westminster,British Columbia.“A visit to the Holy See is an opportunityto reveal a full communion with theholy father,” stated the UGCC primate. Inhis opening remarks to journalists, MajorArchbishop Shevchuk noted that this dayis very special for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. It is special because thebishops came after their Electoral Synodto the Holy See to reveal the nature oftheir Church: it is “Eastern,” that is to say“synodal,” because it is guided by theSynod and headed by a major archbishop;and “Catholic” at the same time. And itlives up to its identity in full, visible andreal communion with the holy father.“I also had an opportunity to personallythank the holy father, since the confirmationof the choice of such a youngbishop is a sign of great confidence,” saidMajor Archbishop Shevchuk, noting thatthe average age of Ukrainian Catholicpriests is 35.The UGCC primate told journaliststhat he had shared with the holy fatherthe perspectives of cooperation withOrthodox brothers, and noted that theirpresence during the enthronement ceremonywas a sign of good will. Togetherwith the Roman Catholics, the UkrainianGreek-Catholics are called to give witnessto the “catholicity” of the Church,i.e. unity in diversity, he noted.“The priority of the Church is evangelism,”Major Archbishop Shevchuk saidin answering a question about whether hehad touched in his conversation with theholy father on the issue of a UkrainianCatholic patriarchate. According to theUGCC leader, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, as an Eastern CatholicChurch that is present throughout theworld, is going in the direction of a patriarchate,but “it is only the holy fatherwho can make a decision on this issue.We do not have any intentions to press onhim somehow. We respect his will, hisdecision.”The priorities outlined by MajorArchbishop Shevchuk were new evangelization,enculturation and translation ofliturgical texts, as well social service ofthe Church in post-Soviet society.Asked whether he had invited PopeBenedict XVI to visit Ukraine, theUGCC leader said that the pontiff isalways welcome in Ukraine, but duringthis meeting there were no talks about aforthcoming visit.Major Archbishop Shevchuk spokewith journalists in Ukrainian, Italian,Spanish and English. The director ofVatican Press Office, the Rev. FedericoLombardi, remarked in his openingaddress: “the new major archbishopspeaks almost all the languages which wecan speak, so there is no problem in communication.”Major Archbishop Shevchuk and a delegationof the Synod of Bishops had aprivate audience with the pontiff onMarch 31.* * *In related news, the new leader of theUkrainian Greek-Catholic Church onApril 8-14 made a pastoral visit toArgentina, where, until his enthronementas major archbishop, he was apostolicadministrator of St. Mary the ProtectressEparchy in Buenos Aires.On April 9 Major ArchbishopShevchuk presided at a service to theMother of God at the eparchial Cathedralof the Protection of the Blessed Mary andafterwards met with the eparchy’s faithful.The newly appointed administrator ofthe Buenos Aires eparchy is the Rev. LuisHlynka.Biography: Major ArchbishopSviatoslav ShevchukBorn May 5, 1970, in Stryi, Lviv Oblast1991-1992 – studied at the Don Bosco Center for Philosophy and TheologicalStudies in Buenos Aires Argentina1992-1994 – studied at the Lviv Theological SeminaryJune 1994 – ordained a priest in Lviv by Patriarch Myroslav Lubachivsky1994-1999 – studied at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas inRome, earning a doctorate in theology and graduating summa cum laude1999-2000 – prefect of the Lviv Holy Spirit Seminary2000-2007 – vice-rector of the Lviv Holy Spirit Seminary2002-2005 – secretariat chair and personal secretary to Patriarch LubomyrHusar, head of the Patriarchal Curia in Lviv2007-2009 – rector of the Lviv Holy Spirit SeminaryJanuary 2009 – appointed auxiliary bishop of St. Mary the Protectress Eparchyin Buenos AiresApril 2010 – appointed apostolic administrator of the St. Mary the ProtectressEparchy in Buenos AiresMarch 23, 2011 – elected by the Synod of Bishops as major archbishopMarch 25, 2011 – Pope Benedict XVI approves his electionMarch 27, 2011 – enthroned as major archbishop

No.16THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 20115British and French...(Continued from page 1)up the story of the Chornobyl catastropheevery year in late April. But this March,the world was once again vividly remindedof the nuclear power danger when aJapanese plant was damaged by an earthquakeand tsunami.Eight charity volunteers will departfrom St. Michael’s Square late in theafternoon of April 22, aiming to arrive atChornobyl the following day at approximatelythe same time. Covering 110 kilometersin 24 hours is possible at a pace of5 kilometers per hour.To prepare the body for the physicalchallenge, the participants have beentraining on their own since January, butrecently the group went through their firstfitness test on a 21-kilometer trainingwalk, “to give us an idea of what ourshoes and gear are like,” Mr. Robertssaid.Some of the volunteers have militaryexperience and still remember walking upto 60 kilometers during training. “Wealso had times when we haven’t slept fora long period of time,” said KirstyBaxter, assistant military attaché at theBritish Embassy. “So we are hoping ourbodies remember that, even though we’remuch older than we were.”They hope their efforts will pay off.“When you are trying to attract sponsorship,it has to be something spectacular,”Mr. Roberts said.A military worker, he chose two charitiesdear to his heart. One of them is theChildren of Chornobyl Relief andDevelopment Fund, which was foundedin 1989 after the nuclear disaster. It aimsto help children by providing medicalequipment to hospitals in Ukraine.All the proceeds from the CharityWalk will be split equally with anotherorganization, Blesma, a charity in theUnited Kingdom that supports Britishmilitary veterans who lost limbs duringservice.Each walker will pack his or her ownsnacks, such as chocolate, sandwichesand pasta, which they will try to consumewithout stopping walking. “By the end ofthe training walk, it became very clear tous that, once we stopped, we couldalready feel our legs turning to lead – itbecame harder to keep going,” Mr.Roberts said.A good physical shape is not all ittakes, though. The mental challenge ofkeeping up despite the lack of sleep andsore muscles is more of an obstacle. Thevolunteers have come up with ideas totrick their minds.“Personally my way is breaking [thedistance] down. It is only 2 kilometersAPLee Roberts (right) and his colleagues, who are going to walk 110 kilometers fromKyiv to Chornobyl.from my apartment to work, so I justhave to do 55 of those,” says Mr. Roberts.For safety, the volunteers will beescorted by a British Embassy vehicle, aswell as a traffic police car that will beprovided by the Internal Affairs Ministrythroughout the whole journey.To learn more about the project or todonate money, visit the link: http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/chornobylcharitywalk/ccrdfor www.ccrdf.orgNataliya Horban is a staff writer for theKyiv Post. The article above is reprintedwith permission from the Kyiv Post. It canbe accessed on the Kyiv Post’s website athttp://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/general/detail/101883/#ixzz1JIGxkrJE.Gryshchenko...(Continued from page 1)food staples – from China to coverdomestic deficits, which has enragedUkrainians.Besides fawning over his superiors,Mr. Gryshchenko included much Sovieterapropaganda, repeatedly referring toBelarus as a “brotherly country” andrelations between Ukrainians andRussians as having “enjoyed centuries offeelings of friendship and mutual sympathy.”He repeated once again how theCuban government offered medicaltreatment to more than 20,000 childrenbelieved to have suffered from theChornobyl accident. “That’s not forgotten,”he said, as if the Ukrainian governmentbases its foreign policy on fondmemories.Indeed, political observers have pointedout that among the keys to the Partyof Regions politics is injecting emotionsand nostalgia into the political discourse– using such terms as “brotherlynations” repeatedly – because it mobilizesits electorate to vote based on feelings,both conscious and unconscious.Yet it was the detours from reality thatmost distinguished the 57-year-old diplomat’sremarks. He claimed Ukrainehad not disappeared from the “Americanforeign policy radar,” when that’s preciselywhat most experts said has happenedwithin the last year.Mr. Yanukovych all but ensured thatUkraine would disappear from the U.S.foreign policy radar when he shut thedoor to entry into a Membership ActionPlan for the North Atlantic TreatyOrganization (NATO) immediately afterhis election as president. He also extendedthe presence of Russian naval forcesin Sevastopol.“It’s time to recognize that therearen’t any forces in the world that couldchange Ukraine at its own expense,defend against its threats with its tanksand force it to fulfill its own homeworkwith its authority,” Mr. Gryshchenkosaid. “Only we can do that ourselves, ifwe overcome internal squabbles andbegin to respect ourselves and believe inour strength.”Yet, joining NATO would accomplishprecisely these tasks, experts said, albeitwith certain costs out of the state budget.While U.S. Secretary of State HillaryClinton visited Kyiv in July 2010, it waslargely viewed as a token visit, in whichshe didn’t challenge the authoritarian policiesof the Yanukovych administration.She waited until arriving in Georgia tocriticize the government of the RussianFederation for its aggressive foreign policyin recognizing and occupying twobreakaway republics in defiance of theinternational community.President Yanukovych’s “cardinalinnovation” in foreign policy was thatUkraine “declined to become a figure insomeone else’s game,” Mr. Gryshchenkostated.Yet that’s precisely what experts saidhappened when the Kharkiv agreementswere signed, extending for a quarter of acentury the Russian government’s leaseof the Sevastopol naval base with nobenefit to average Ukrainians, whoinstead faced higher natural gas pricesfor their stoves and radiators.Experts agreed, almost unanimously,that the Kharkiv agreements of April2010 were a practical giveaway to theRussian Federation with little tangiblegains to the Ukrainian state and its people.“From now on, Ukraine is playing itsown game,” Mr. Gryshchenko confidentlydeclared. “With all respect toZbigniew Brzezinski, his thesis on ourstate as a key to Russia’s ‘imperial status’hasn’t been realized in the last 20 years.Moreover, it’s become a cruel joke inUkraine, elevating our expectation on theactivity of the West’s politics in theUkrainian direction.”But perhaps the cruelest joke in theUkrainian foreign policy establishment atpresent is the claim that integration withthe European Union (EU) is its top priority,especially after the Yanukovychadministration took steps to significantlyrestrict the individual rights ofUkrainians, and dismantle what was leftof checks and balances in governmentand rule of law institutions.Mr. Gryshchenko declared EU integrationto be Ukraine’s top foreign policygoal, yet he didn’t mention that theYanukovych administration was consideringthe Moscow-directed CustomsUnion that would derail such efforts, asindicated by EU officials. In the question-and-answersession, a student askedabout the government’s position on theCustoms Union.The lifelong diplomat offered a muddledresponse that revealed theYanukovych administration has yet toresolve its latest quagmire – a declaredinterest in joining the Customs Union,which is incompatible with signing aFree Trade Agreement with the EuropeanUnion this year.“We are interested in finding the mostacceptable formula for all sides in ourcooperation with the Customs Unionwhich won’t restrict our possibilities inachieving mutually pleasant agreementswith the EU, including a deeper, all-compa s s i n g f r e e t r a d e z o n e , ” M r.Gryshchenko said.Ukraine needs a new modality ofpolitical dialogue, said Mr. Gryshchenko.“Inasmuch as the government, and theopposition, should be interested in thismodality, then both sides shouldstrengthen for the better.”Mr. Gryshchenko’s entreaties towardslove and harmony didn’t stop him fromleveling indirect attacks against Ms.Tymoshenko, the president’s top rival,who enjoys the most electoral supportamong Ukraine’s opposition politicians.He declared the need to put aside “anyattempts by Ukrainian politicians totransfer international Ukrainian disputesonto international forums,” referring tothe former prime minister’s March 24visit to Brussels, where she told toprankingEU officials that Ukrainian citizenswere losing honest elections, democraticinstitutions and individual rights.May we help you?“A responsible politician criticizes hiscountry only at home,” Mr. Gryshchenkosaid. “He who does it abroad demonstratesthat he can’t convince his ownpeople at home. This practice is unpatriotic.It’s also a display of infantilism, acalculation on a foreign arbiter who willshow a red card to whomever necessary,and tally a goal to someone possibly withgross violations of the rules.”Yet, in criticizing Ms. Tymoshenko forairing the nation’s dirty laundry, Mr.Gryshchenko overlooked his government’shostility toward and persecutionof opposition forces, including politiciansof the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, bymeans of arrests, incarcerations andphysical violence.His final slap in the face to Orange,pro-Western opponents consisted ofblaming them for failing to remove theSoviet yoke from Ukrainian governance,when it’s his own pro-Russian governmentthat is keeping it imposed with itsneo-Soviet policies of restricting individualrights, imposing harsh taxation anddoing nothing to build rule of law, in theview of most experts.“The problem of the last years wasthat we got stuck” in the transition from aSoviet to a European state,” he said. “Westopped being a Soviet country, butdidn’t fully become European. The post-Soviet reality, which was supposed to bepseudo-transitional, began to extend itsroots. It turned Ukraine into a quasidemocracy,quasi-market economy andquasi-European.”With those words, Mr. Gryshchenkooffered an apt description of theUkrainian state under the Yanukovychadministration.To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800,and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below).Editorial – 3049, 3088 • Production – 3063, 3069Administration – 3041 • Advertising – 3040Subscriptions – 3042

6THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011No. 16The Ukrainian Weekly“No” to the Customs UnionRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is at it again, demonstrating he won’trelent until the Ukrainian government is completely subservient to the RussianFederation’s interests.And, once again, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has shown he’s incapableof defending Ukrainian national interests.First came the nightmarish Kharkiv agreements of April 2010, which extendedthe Russian military presence on Ukrainian territory for a quarter of a century, atno tangible benefit to the Ukrainian people. Regular folks’ prices for natural gas –which heats their homes and fuels their kitchen stoves – increased, while it wasUkrainian oligarchs who enjoyed the discount gained from surrenderingSevastopol.Soon came the Russian business invasion of Ukraine of 2010, in which entrepreneursbought up key assets such as Zaporizhstal (its new Russian owners remainunconfirmed) and formed joint partnerships with strategic enterprises, such as theworld-renowned Antonov aircraft-building plant in Kyiv. Experts believe these “partnerships”are in reality part of long-term takeover plans by the Russian investors.Yet, neither of these developments in the Ukrainian economy can compare withthe Customs Union being proposed by Mr. Putin. It’s disturbing enough that theYanukovych administration is even considering the proposal. But it should alsocome as no surprise, following the repugnant Kharkiv agreements.Mr. Putin is promising up to $9 billion in annual discounts on natural gas sold toUkrainian customers. Talk about déjà vu. It’s an outrageous notion that Ukrainewould need further discounts on natural gas prices after capitulating on Sevastopol.It’s even more outrageous when one realizes that it’s factories and mines – ownedby absentee, mega-millionaire oligarchs – that stand to further benefit. AverageUkrainians get most of their natural gas from Ukraine’s own domestic reserves,said Andriy Novak, chair of the Committee of Economists of Ukraine.All the main arguments for joining the Customs Union don’t hold up to scrutiny.Illusions harbored by the Yanukovych administration that Ukraine can integrateinto both the Customs Union and the European Union Free Trade Agreement havebeen dismissed by both Russian and European officials.Valerii Muntian, the Cabinet of Ministers commissioner on cooperation with theRussian Federation, said Ukraine’s trade with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstanstands to increase to 35 percent of total exchanges, as compared to 30 percent. Butat whose expense and to what benefit?“No matter how you spin it, Belarus, the Russian Federation and Kazakhstanare economically backward countries compared to those of the EU,” Mr. Novaksaid. “Are we striving for the club of backward countries of low solvency, laggingtechnology, immense energy wastefulness in industry, monopolization of mainmarkets, total corruption and dictatorial political regimes?”Even if Russian and Ukrainian companies want to work together, they don’tneed a Customs Union to do it, pointed out Viktor Nebozhenko, a veteran politicalobserver and chair of the Ukrainian Barometer Service. “The activity of Ukrainianand Russian companies that work together can be regulated with agreements,” hesaid. “They’ll do wonderfully without the Customs Union.”Mr. Novak raised another obvious point: “Would Putin be pursuing the CustomsUnion if it wasn’t for the benefit of the Russian Federation?” Of course not. Yet theYanukovych administration and the Party of Regions have demonstrated in theyear since they’ve taken power that they don’t have Mr. Putin’s ability of makingnational interests a top priority when pursuing foreign policy.The Customs Union could become the geopolitical Rubicon – the point of noreturn – in deciding whether Ukraine is an independent, European nation-state, or avassal colony of the authoritarian, neo-fascist Russian Federation.The Ukrainian people, at home and abroad, must pressure the Yanukovychadministration to abandon the Customs Union altogether and pursue completion ofthe Free Trade Agreement with the EU, where Ukraine’s future lies.EU officials have already warned that 2011 is the make-or-break year for signingthe Free Trade Agreement, which could be implemented in subsequent years.Accordingly, it could be the make-or-break year for the Yanukovych administration,which faces parliamentary elections in October 2012.That’s when a restless Ukrainian population – resentful of being dragged intothe corruption and lawlessness of the post-Soviet world – will have its chance tosend a message that the government has voiced but failed to implement: Ukraine’sfuture lies within Europe and its standards of rule of law, checks and balances ingovernment and individual rights.April212010Turning the pages back...Last year, on April 21, 2010, after talks with UkrainianPresident Viktor Yanukovych in Kharkiv, Ukraine, RussianPresident Dmitry Medvedev announced the extension of theBlack Sea Fleet’s lease at the Crimean port of Sevastopol foranother 25 years. It was due to expire in 2017. In exchange,Ukraine was to receive a major discount on Russian natural gas imports.“Russia needed certainty about its navy base stationed [in Crimea] and now wehave that certainty. We have signed an agreement that extends the stay of the Russianbase on Ukrainian territory for another 25 years,” said President Medvedev.Mr. Medvedev explained that Ukraine would receive a $100 discount on the priceof gas if the price of gas is higher than $330 per 1,000 cubic meters, or a 30-percentdiscount if the price is lower than $330.Ukraine’s government needed a Russian gas discount to secure the resumption of acredit from the International Monetary Fund, which was vital in assisting Ukraine’s(Continued on page 16)EASTER PASTORALS‘Feast of Feasts’ celebratesthe unity of prayer and loveThe Paschal Epistle of the Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox BishopsBeyond the Borders of Ukraine for 2011To the Reverend Clergy, the Diaconatein Christ, the Venerable Monastics andFaithful Laity of the Ukrainian OrthodoxChurch Beyond the Borders of Ukraineand on their native soil:Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!“At noon darkness came over thewhole land until three in the afternoon.And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in aloud voice… My God, my God, whyhave you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:33-34).The above citation describes to us oneof the most somber scenes in the entireGospel: the reaction of creation to thecrucifixion of Jesus Christ.This darkness that descended upon theworld when Jesus ascended on the crosswas a symbolic return to the chaos thatexisted before creation when, as we readin the Book of Genesis, “… the earth wasa formless void and darkness covered theabyss.” God did not wish the earth toremain in darkness and so He said: “Letthere be light, and there was light. Godsaw how good the light was. God thenseparated the light from the darkness”(Gen. 1:2-4).The tragedy of the suffering and deathof the Son of God on the cross was feltby very few at that time. Only the smallgroup gathered at the foot of the crossmourned with Mary, His Mother. Theothers watched the tragedy with indifference,with fear, or perhaps even tookdelight in the death of a condemned man.Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen! Christ isRisen!Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters inChrist Jesus,God Who first established this feast forus allows us to celebrate it each year. HeWho gave up His Son for our salvation,from the same motive gives us this feast…allowing us to pray together and to offercommon thanksgiving… He gathers to thisfeast those who are far apart… St.Athanasius (+373).Our hearts are filled today with joy thatis beyond description, joy that completesthe time of the “bright sadness” that wehave journeyed through and it is with thisjoy that we greet you on “the day that theLord has made” (Paschal Matins), theResurrection of our Lord and Savior JesusChrist.It is by God’s mercy and grace that wegather to celebrate the GloriousResurrection of our Lord each year. It isindeed a greater blessing that this year,“those who are far apart,” now celebratethis “Feast of Feasts” together. God hasgiven us a foretaste of His great hope, thatthe Christian Church come together and beunited. We gather together within ourrespective Christian traditions, but we offerour Benevolent God our common thanksgiving.Although there is much dialogue andunderstanding yet to be achieved, we cannotdeny that it is the “motive” of God tobring us to unity. On this Holy Day we celebratethe joy that this unity of prayer andlove can manifest in us.Over the course of time, the desire tocontinue to move forward with unity dialoguesbetween the Churches continues tomanifest itself. They move forwardbecause we recognize that to embrace suchdialogue is to embrace the Will of God andunderstanding that in His Time theseefforts will find their fullness. God hasnever sought to abandon His Church, andtoday we celebrate the reality of His continuedlove and faithfulness to us. May wereturn this love to Him through our faithfulnessto Him.It is why with such fervent prayer thatwe beseech our Heavenly Father and withtears of hope we call to our beloved brothersand sisters in Ukraine, to find the pathsof reconciliation that must be found, for weare one, united by the ancient apostolic traditionof the Holy Apostle Andrew, theFirst-Called. Disunity and separationbrings pain and sorrow. This is not thework of Him who is Unity, who isWholeness and who is Harmony.We, your hierarchs, are continual intercessorsfor each parish and faithfulChristian that is within the vineyard of ourepiscopal protection. Our hope and prayeris that each of the flocks entrusted to our“omophorion” continue to manifest thefruits of Christian unity, for “behold now,what is so good or so pleasant as for brothersto dwell together in unity?” (Psalm132: 1). In the world today we see so much(Continued on page 12)Today we rejoice because‘the darkness is passing away’Paschal greeting of the Ukrainian Catholic hierarchy of the U.S.A. to our clergy,hieromonks and brothers, religious sisters, seminarians and beloved faithful.So, when humanity failed to respond tothe nailing of Jesus on the cross, the naturalworld responded with darkness.What humanity failed to understand atthe time of the crucifixion was that Jesuswas the true Light sent by God to illuminethe world. This is the message wehear at the divine liturgy on EasterSunday during the reading of the Gospelaccording to the Evangelist John. Johntells us that “in the beginning was theWord, and the Word was with God, andthe Word was God” (Jn. 1:1). John goeson to tell us that Jesus, the Word of God“…became flesh and made his dwellingamong us…” (Jn.1:14). For 33 yearsJesus journeyed on this earth, making it aholy place, teaching the true meaning ofthis world and our purpose in the world.Jesus not only witnessed to the power ofthe love of God for us, he was the onewho would lead us to this loving God. “Iam the light of the world. Whoever followsme will not walk in darkness, butwill have the light of life” (Jn. 8:12).This interplay of darkness and light, ofvoid and creation, is very deep and verypowerful. Its spiritual significance can bevery easily overlooked in our modernworld where, with the flip of a switch, we(Continued on page 12)

No.16THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 20119Photo exhibit ‘Inside Chornobyl’ marks disaster’s 25th anniversaryNEW YORK – The 25th anniversary ofthe world’s worst nuclear disaster is beingcommemorated at The Ukrainian Museumin New York, in collaboration with theChildren of Chornobyl Relief andDevelopment Fund, with a provocativeexhibition of photographs that chroniclethe aftermath of the explosion and explorethe lives of the people directly affected bythe catastrophe.Produced by photographer MichaelForster Rothbart, the exhibition, titled simply“Inside Chornobyl,” opens to the publicon April 17 at 2 p.m. The exhibit continuesthrough May 8.The explosion on April 26, 1986, at theChornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine– just 60 miles from the capital, Kyiv –resulted in a partial meltdown of the coreof one of the plant’s reactors, sending radiationand political shockwaves acrossEurope. A plume of radioactive fallout contaminateda huge area surrounding thereactor and drifted across parts of the westernSoviet Union and nearly all of Europe.After the accident, nearby towns and villageswere evacuated and later abandoned.Some 350,000 people lost their homes. Inthe subsequent clean-up, 850,000 workerswere exposed to radiation.As the Chornobyl catastrophe fadedfrom the headlines, it also faded frommost people’s thoughts. What remainedwas the popular image of Chornobyl as awasteland – forsaken, inaccessible anddangerous. And yet, as ‘Inside Chornobyl’clearly captures, life continues in the radiation-affectedareas a generation later. Sixmillion people still live in the contaminatedregion, an area of Ukraine, Belarus andRussia covering 56,700 square miles(about the size of New York state). Morethan 3,800 employees continue to work atthe Chornobyl plant today.“Inside Chornobyl” includes photographstaken by Mr. Rothbart, anAmerican photojournalist additional photographsby Alexander Kupny, a Ukrainianphotographer and instructor at theChornobyl Nuclear Power Plant TrainingCenter, descriptive text and excerpts frominterviews that Mr. Rothbart conductedwith 82 survivors of the disaster – all documentingthe effects of the Chornobylcatastrophe on the surrounding communities.This exhibition and Mr. Rothbart’sparallel exhibition,”After Chornobyl,” willtravel this spring to Chicago, Philadelphiaand Madison, Wis.Mr. Rothbart’s goal was to convey thecomplex story of the Chornobyl survivorswho not only stayed, but adapted and survived.“There is suffering,” he says, “butalso joy and beauty, endurance and hope.”For two years, he followed the daily livesof five families who work at theChornobyl plant, living side-by-side withIn one of the photos by Michael Forster Rothbart that is part of the exhibit “Inside Chornobyl,” workers check their handsand feet for radioactive contamination one last time at the end of the day, before boarding the train home.them in order to gain access to events andpeople with an insider’s perspective.For many of those interviewed, losingtheir homes was as traumatic as the accidentitself. The evacuees were affectedphysically, economically, socially – andpsychologically. “I heard compelling storiesabout problems with alcoholism, mentalillness, unemployment and crime,” hesaid. “Some overcame these difficulties,while others surrendered to them”About the photographersMr. Rothbart’s projects explore thehuman impact of environmental change.Thanks to a Fulbright Fellowship, he spenttwo years in Chornobyl, photographingand interviewing Chornobyl evacuees andclean-up workers. After years in Ukraine,Kazakhstan (with the Associated Press)and India, Mr. Rothbart now lives in upstateNew York, where he continues to work oneducational and documentary projects,including “Fracking Pennsylvania,” whichwill explore the effects of natural gas drillingon rural communities.Mr. Kupny worked for many years forthe Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, mostrecently as an instructor at its TrainingCenter in Slavutych. Now retired, he isworking on a project photographing villagesin the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.His new book of Chornobyl photographsis being released in Ukraine this month.“Chornobyl Angel” projectIn conjunction with the exhibition“Inside Chornobyl,” The UkrainianMuseum and the Children of ChornobylRelief and Development Fund (CCRDF)are presenting “The Chornobyl AngelProject: A Children’s Book Illustrated byChildren.”Written for children and illustrated bychildren, “Chornobyl Angel” resultedfrom an initiative by Anna Korolevska, thedirector of the National ChornobylMuseum in Kyiv, who invited students atlocal art schools to illustrate paragraphs oftext from the book. Of the 81 watercolorssubmitted, 24 were chosen for publication.The Lesia Ukrainka School of UkrainianStudies in Whippany, N.J., also took partin the project.Visitors to the “Chornobyl Angel” projectwill have a chance to see, first-hand,10 of these impressive illustrations. Theyare on loan from the National ChornobylMuseum and will be shown together withphotographs from the ChornobylMuseum’s archives.The CCRDF is publishing “ChornobylAngel” as a tribute to, and reminder of, thevictims of the Chornobyl catastrophe 25years ago. Together, the CCRDF and theNational Chornobyl Museum have dedicatedthe book to all the men, women andchildren around the world who have beenaffected by nuclear disasters.“Chornobyl Angel” will be launchedduring the opening of the two exhibitionsat The Ukrainian Museum on April 17.The Children of Chornobyl Relief andDevelopment Fund (CCRDF) is an internationalnon-profit organization workingto save the lives of children acrossUkraine through developed life-savingmedical programs. CCRDF’s primaryobjective is to strengthen the Women’sand Children’s Health Initiative Programsin the fields of neonatology, perinatology,infant cardiac surgery and pediatric oncology.CCRDF also works to improve thequality of life of orphans with disabilitiesin Ukraine through nutritional, rehabilitation,and educational programs.* * *The Ukrainian Museum is located at222 E. Sixth St. (between Second andThird svenues), New York, NY 10003;telephone, 212-228-0110; e-mail, info@ukrainianmuseum.org; website, www.ukrainianmuseum.org. Museum hours are:Wednesday through Sunday, 11:30 a.m.–5p.m.Philadelphia community to commemorate25th anniversary of Chornobyl nuclear disasterby Andrea ZharovskyJENKINTOWN, Pa. – The Ukrainiancommunity of the Greater Philadelphiaarea, in solidarity with and support fromthe local Japanese community, will becommemorating the 25th anniversary ofthe Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe onTuesday, April 26, at 7 p.m. at theUkrainian Catholic Cathedral of theImmaculate Conception located at 830 N.Franklin St., Philadelphia PA 19123.Buses are being organized and willbe leaving from the UkrainianEducational and Cultural Center.(Readers may call the UECC Office at215-663-1166 to reserve a free seat andfor additional information.)Organized by the PhiladelphiaUkrainian Community Committee, anumbrella committee of community organizationsand cultural institutions in thePhiladelphia area, this event is planned tomark the solemn milestone of a horrifichuman and ecological tragedy, honorthose who perished in the catastrophe inChornobyl and those who suffered andcontinue to suffer the repercussions fromthis disaster, and lend support and aid tothe people of Japan in their time of crisis.All proceeds raised during the commemorativeconcert featuring Ukrainianchoirs and a performance by the JapaneseAmerican community are designated forvictims of the earthquake and tsunami inJapan. After the program, Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka will be hostingrefreshments in the church hall.* * *The Ukrainian Educational andCultural Center, founded in 1980, is anon-profit organization whose objectiveis to preserve and promote awareness ofUkrainian heritage throughout thePhiladelphia community. The UECC islocated at 700 Cedar Road in Jenkintown,PA 19046 and can be reached at 215-663-1166 or by e-mail at contact@ueccphila.org. Visit us on the web at www.ueccphila.org.UNICEF aids RivneUkrinformKYIV – Medical, social, educationaland psychological services for youngpeople in the Sarny and Rokytne districtsof the Rivne Oblast of western Ukrainehave been launched by specialists at twofamily centers, it was reported on April1. These institutions have been createdwith funding from UNICEF under theauspices of a project promoting thehealth of children living in areas affectedby the Chornobyl nuclear accident.According to UNICEF’s representativein Ukraine, Yukie Moku, the regionfully executes programs financed by thisinternational organization to improvethe level of medical services. Among theobjects of support there is a perinatalcenter, which received medical equipmentvalued at nearly 500,000 hrv.

10THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011No. 16UCC calls on minister toclarify position on CMHRWINNIPEG, Manitoba – In an articleby Dan Lett in the April 11 issue of theWinnipeg Free Press, Federal Minister ofCanadian Heritage James Moore statedthat, based on conversations with museum’smanagement and board, theHolodomor and Canada’s first nationalinternment operations will not be permanentlyincluded in the Canadian Museumof Human Rights (CMHR).Minister Moore is quoted as saying,“There will be no permanent exhibits.That was very clear from Stuart Murrayand the board.”“The government and the museum’smanagement have to come clean withCanadians about the content of this museumbefore the May 2, 2011, federal election,”stated UCC National PresidentPaul Grod. “The museum’s board, managementand the government have repeatedlygiven vague assurances that theHolodomor and Canada’s first nationalinternment operations will be included insome permanent fashion. Now theMinister is vacillating and Canadiansdeserve to know the truth about thisbefore election day.”The article in the Winnipeg Free Pressarticle states: “It has been well reportedthat there will be 12 ‘zones’ in the museum.Each zone has a broad subject area;taken together, the zones mark a journeythrough the world of human rights.Although specific content will always bechanging, one zone will focus on thestruggle of aboriginal people in Canada,and one will look at the Holocaust and itsrole in forging international human rightslaw. These have been described in variousforums as ‘permanent’ galleries.”Mr. Grod underscored: “The UCC’sposition continues to be that theHolodomor deserves a permanent andprominent gallery in the museum. Wehave never opposed and in fact have beensupportive of a gallery for the Holocaust.Both represent the most egregious humanrights tragedies and have significant andunique pedagogical value through whichto view human rights around the world.”“We urge all Canadians to find outwhere the candidates in their riding standon this important issue and to exercisetheir right to vote accordingly,” he added.* * *In related news, as of March 25, anadditional 10 Liberal MPs added theirnames to “The Statement of LiberalMembers of Parliament on the CanadianMuseum for Human Rights” calling forthe establishment of a permanent galleryon the Holodomor in the CMHR.This brings the total number of Liberalmembers of Parliament that have publiclycalled for a permanent exhibit to 40 – amajority of the Liberal Caucus.The 10 new signatories are (in alphabeticalorder): Scott Andrews (Avalon,Newfoundland and Labrador), UjjalDosanjh (Vancouver South, BritishColumbia), Kirsty Duncan (EtobicokeNorth, Ontario), Lawrence MacAulay(Cardigan, Prince Edward Island),Alexandra Mendes (Brossard-La Prairie,Quebec), Glen Pearson (London NorthCenter, Ontario), Marcel Proulx (Hull-Aylmer, Quebec), Yasmin Ratansi (DonValley East, Ontario), Pablo Rodriguez(Honoré-Mercier, Quebec) and PaulSzabo (Mississauga South, Ontario).AP reports FBI...(Continued from page 1)Ulrich Busch, Mr. Demjanjuk’s attorneyin Germany, said the FBI reportcited by the AP is “completely new” andwas not among the 100,000 pages ofU.S. documents related to the case thatwere received by German investigators.The day after the AP story hit thewires, Dr. Busch asked the Munichcourt to suspend his client’s trial, sayinghe needed more time to investigatewhether more such material could befound at the National Archives inMaryland, where the AP found the FBIfield report.The judges did not immediately ruleon the defense attorney’s request.As reported by the AP, the Demjanjukdefense in all three countries where hiscase has been tried has claimed that theTrawniki ID card and other pieces ofe v i d e n c e a r e S o v i e t f o rg e r i e s .“However, the FBI report provides thefirst known confirmation that Americaninvestigators had similar doubts,” theAP story noted.The story quoted the 1985 report ofthe FBI’s Cleveland field office, whichnotes: “Justice is ill-served in the prosecutionof an American citizen on evidencewhich is not only normally inadmissiblein a court of law, but based onevidence and allegations quite likelyfabricated by the KGB.” That report, theAP explained, came four years after theSoviets showed U.S. investigators theTrawniki card.“The FBI agents argued that theSoviets had an interest in faking thedocuments as part of a campaign tosmear anti-communist émigrés. Thoseconclusions contradict the findings ofanother branch of the Department ofJ u s t i c e , t h e O ff i c e o f S p e c i a lInvestigations, or OSI, which was incharge of the overall Demjanjuk probe,”the AP reported.The AP discovered the FBI report atthe National Archives in College Park,Md., among case files that were declassifiedafter Mr. Demjanjuk was deportedfrom the U.S. in May 2009 to face trialin Germany. The news agency explainedthat the report had not previously beenseen by Mr. Demjanjuk’s attorneys inthe U.S., Israel or Germany and noted:“It is unclear whether prosecutors in theU.S. and Israel knew about it.”The story went on to quote Neal Sher,the director from 1983 to 1994 of theOffice of Special Investigations, theU.S. Nazi-hunting agency, as saying theFBI field report was “replete witherrors.” He also told the AP “great carewas taken to authenticate any documents”and said that not a single onewas found to be forged.The AP also spoke with Russell Ezolt,the top lawyer for the U.S. Immigrationand Naturalization Service in Clevelandat the time of Mr. Demjanjuk’s denaturalizationtrial, who said the report couldhave influenced the outcome of the trial.“I never saw that,” he said in a telephoneinterview. “This was the key bit to thetrial. ... If you take away his ID card as aguard, what’s left?”The German trial of Mr. Demjanjuk,who turned 91 on April 3, is now nearingits conclusion. With the evidentiaryphase having been completed on March17, closing arguments began the followingweek. A verdict is expected in May.Prosecutors are seeking a six-year jailterm for Mr. Demjanjuk on charges thathe was an accessory to the murder of28,060 prisoners.The trial in Munich began onNovember 30, 2009. Most observershave said they expect this will be thelast major Nazi war crimes trial.

No.16THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 201111Toronto community pays tribute to benefactor Dr. Maria Fischer-Slyshby Uliana M. PasicznykTORONTO – On Sunday, March 27, the CanadianUkrainian Art Foundation Gallery in Toronto was filled tocapacity as some 140 members of the Ukrainian communitygathered to pay tribute to Dr. Maria Fischer-Slysh, sponsorof the Hrushevsky Translation Project’s publication ofMykhailo Hrushevsky’s “History of Ukraine-Rus’,” at thelaunch of the newest volume.The occasion was also a tribute from Toronto’sUkrainian community to Dr. Fischer-Slysh, a retired pediatricianwhose philanthropy over many years has benefitedscores of educational, religious, cultural and social initiativesin Ukraine and Canada.The event was organized by the Peter Jacyk Center forUkrainian Historical Research, the Canadian Institute ofUkrainian Studies and CIUS Press, together with theShevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) of Canada.Welcoming the audience was Dr. Frank E. Sysyn, headof the Peter Jacyk Center and editor-in-chief of theHrushevsky Translation Project, who also conducted theprogram.The Rev. Michael Loza of St. Joseph Ukrainian CatholicChurch, Oakville, gave a prayer of benediction and read aletter of tribute from the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, rector ofthe Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, where a donationfrom Dr. Fischer-Slysh – the largest ever received bythe university – has established two professorships andscholarships for students. The Rev. Gudziak emphasizedDr. Fischer-Slysh’s commitment to fostering the religiousand secular education of Ukraine’s youth, as well as thebenefits that her donation will bring Ukrainian society. Hecharacterized Dr. Fischer-Slysh as a wonderful example ofspirituality, generosity and commitment to community forhis university’s students.Prof. Ivan Myhul, rector of the Ukrainian FreeUniversity, sent thanks to Dr. Fischer-Slysh for her generosityto his university, located in Munich, a city that heldmany memories for Dr. Fischer-Slysh and her late husband,Dr. Rudolf Fischer.Greetings were also extended by other organizationsbenefiting from Dr. Fischer-Slysh’s generosity: CanadianFoundation of Ukrainian Studies, President OlyaKuplowska, the Baturyn restoration project in Ukraine,headed by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev (who noted that Dr.Fischer-Slysh herself visited the site, near Chernihiv, whichwas once the capital of Hetman Ivan Mazepa); and Prof.Peter Potichnyj on behalf of the publication Litopys UPA.Dr. Daria Darewych, president of NTSh in Canada,announced the awarding of the organization’s honorarymembership to Dr. Fischer-Slysh in recognition of her supportof Ukrainian scholarship.Nadia Jacyk, president of the Petro Jacyk EducationalFoundation, paid tribute to Dr. Fischer-Slysh for herdonations to the Hrushevsky Translation Project andspoke of the project’s achievements. Ms. Jacyk notedthat the honoree is a distinguished member of theLeague of Ukrainian Philanthropists, as was her latefather, whose vision and generosity initiated the JacykCenter and Hrushevsky project.Dr. Fischer-Slysh’s niece Dr. Olga (Oka) Hrycak ofBarnard College in New York, spoke of her aunt from apersonal perspective, relating warm childhood memoriesthat included the many books her aunt presented to herDr. Maria Fischer-SlyshDr. Maria Fischer-Slysh (seated) and staff of the Hrushevsky Translation Project (from left): Tania Plawuszczak-Stech,Uliana M. Pasicznyk, Marta Daria Olynyk, Dr. Frank E. Sysyn, Dr. Marko R. Stech and Oksana Zolkewych.nieces and nephews, later often followed by queriesabout their content. She expressed thanks to Dr. Fischer-Slysh for her care and concern over many years from the11 younger members of the honoree’s large extendedfamily, of whom five were in attendance, includingMarta Samotulka, Stephanie Simmons, MichelleCrawford and Evhen Hrycak.Dr. Fischer-Slysh’s contributions to Ukraine wererecalled by Margareta Shpir, president of CanadianFriends of Ukraine, who noted in particular the philanthropist’ssupport for the Canada-Ukraine ParliamentaryLibrary, donations toward literary contests and publicationspromoting the Ukrainian language among youth inCrimea, and gifts toward the establishment and expansionof public libraries in eastern and southern Ukraine.In recognition of these contributions, Dr. Fischer-Slysh was presented with a commemorative photo takenduring one of the frequent trips she personally took toUkraine to promote these and other educational andcommunity projects.Dr. Luba Komar, president of the Toronto chapter ofthe Ukrainian Medical Association of North America,addressed Dr. Fischer-Slysh from the medical community,recognizing her long and successful career in thefield of pediatric medicine and noting her distinguishedservice to their professional association. As a fellowsenior member of Plast, she also spoke of Dr. Fischer-Slysh’s many years of involvement and service to theUkrainian scouting organization.The program then focused on the HrushevskyTranslation Project and its new volume. TranslatorMarta Daria Olynyk of Montreal spoke of her work onthe new publication. She noted the impact MykhailoHrushevsky’s “History of Ukraine-Rus’ ” had in scholarlycircles when it was first published and the need forscholars worldwide today to have ready access to hiswork, something the English-language edition ensures.She stressed the particular importance of the history’snew volume, “The Cossack Age, 1654-1657,” Volume 9,Book 2, Part 2. The fact that Hrushevsky managed toproduce this volume in 1931, a time when Stalinistrepression of Ukrainian intellectuals and culture wasescalating, reflects the scholar’s personal victory inrefusing to allow an atmosphere of fear to underminecontinuation of his work, noted Mr. Olynyk.Dr. Marko Robert Stech, managing director of CIUSPress and program manager of the Hrushevsky TranslationProject, (HTP) spoke of the technical preparation and productionof each volume of the history and noted the workof HTP staff members, including Uliana M. Pasicznyk andTania Plawuszczak-Stech. He pointed to the very positivescholarly reviews received by the volumes published todate, and he stressed the importance of placing the series inlibraries, academic centers and universities through sponsorsupport at a time when acquisitions by these institutionssuffer from severe budget cuts.As editor-in-chief of the “History of Ukraine-Rus’” anddirector of the Jacyk Center, Dr. Sysyn spoke of the donorswho have made the Hrushevsky Translation Project possible,beginning with the center’s founding benefactor, thelate Peter Jacyk. He noted a gift from the estate of EdwardBrodacky of Great Britain that has supported publication ofthe new volume. Dr. Sysyn then described the specializededitorial expertise that goes into the preparation of eachvolume of the history, for which scholars of particular periodsserve as consulting editors. Turning specifically to thenew Volume 9, Book 2, Part 2, he noted the contribution oftranslator Ms. Olynyk; the editorial and bibliographic workof the volume’s consulting editor, Kyiv historian YaroslavFedoruk, who also wrote the introduction on diplomaticrelations; the compilation of the volume’s bibliography byAndrii Grechylo of the Lviv Institute of Archeography; andthe extensive work of the volume’s managing editor,Myroslav Yurkevich.Dr. Sysyn also spoke of this volume’s special historicalimportance. Whereas Russian historiography presentsthe Treaty of Pereiaslav of 1654 as the culminationof Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s foreign policy, the new volume,building on Volume 9, Book 2, Part 1, presents indetail the hetman’s continued and sophisticated diplomaticefforts to secure Ukrainian statehood and independencethrough negotiations with other foreign powers.These negotiations are of particular interest to scholarsof diplomatic history of the time, especially Swedishhistorians, for whom the appearance of the English editionfacilitates work on the period.Dr. Sysyn expressed great thanks to Dr. Maria Fischer-Slysh for her generous gifts to the Hrushevsky TranslationProject. He noted that Volume 9, Book 2, Part 2, dedicatedto the memory of Dr. Fischer-Slysh’s parents, Dr. Adolfand Olha Slyz, is the first of two Hrushevsky volumeswhose preparation she is sponsoring. Together with membersof the editorial staff, Dr. Sysyn presented Dr. Fischer-Slysh with a copy of the new publication.Volodymyr Slyz of New York, brother of Dr. Fischer-Slysh, concluded the program by expressing congratulationsto his sister for her many accomplishments andgood deeds, and thanking the program’s organizers, participants,and audience.During the program guests enjoyed a musical interludearranged by Oksana Zolkewych, also a member ofDr. Fischer-Slysh’s family, as Adriana Tuz and OlenkaHrynkiw, students of Toronto musician Vera Zelinska,performed a vocal duet of three Ukrainian songs, accompaniedby their playing of banduras.During the reception that followed the program, manyguests also viewed the paintings and sculpture of local artistBarbara Hart that were on display at the gallery.The new volume of the “History of Ukraine Rus’, ” aswell as the series as a whole and other CIUS publications,is available from: CIUS Press, 430 Pembina Hall,University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H8Canada; telephone, 780-492-2972; fax, 780-492-4967;e-mail, cius@ualberta.ca.

12THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011No. 16Today we rejoice...(Continued from page 6)overcome darkness with artificial lighting.But for those who have ever beencaught at night without electricity, ormore so, for those who lack full use oftheir eyesight – darkness can mean uncertainty,danger, fear and even death.There continues to be much darknessin our world today, a darkness which isfar more intimidating than the naturaldarkness of a moonless night. There is,for example, the darkness of poverty andloneliness. There is the darkness of lossof employment and lack of suitable housing.There is the darkness of addiction todrugs, alcohol, gambling and other suchdependencies. There is the darkness ofillness and the lack of adequate healthcare. There is the darkness of war andviolence. There is the darkness enduredby those who have had their lives turnedupside down by natural disasters, such asthose we have witnessed recently in NewZealand and Japan.Most of all there is the darkness experiencedby those who either reject Jesusand His Gospel, or have never had theopportunity to know Jesus. This is thedarkness brought on by sin and ignorance– neither of which is will of God, theGiver of Light.So then, as we celebrate the gloriousFeast of the Resurrection, let us go insearch of the Lord at the break of dawnand await, along with the Myrrh-BearingWomen, the coming of the true Light.Having heard the proclamation in the liturgythat Christ has risen from the dead,let us go and announce this good news toall. Let us endeavor to eliminate thecauses of darkness in this world andwithin ourselves. And let us always striveto enlighten our families our friends, andthe strangers around us with the joy ofthe Risen Lord!This year in a very special way we alsoextend Paschal greetings for the first timeto the newly elected head and father ofour Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church,His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, whowas chosen to be the successor to HisBeatitude Lubomyr Husar during therecent Bishops’ Synod in Ukraine. Wepray that God strengthen, enlighten andguide him in the days and years ahead.And at the same time we express ourprayerful gratitude to His BeatitudeLubomyr for the years of wise and fatherlyleadership and for his undying spirit oflove for our Church and people. MayGod grant them both many blessed years!The Resurrection of Our Lord andSavior Lord Jesus Christ has brought anew and glorious light to the world.Today we rejoice because “…the darknessis passing away and the true light isalready shining” (1 Jn. 2:8). Christ haslifted us from the shadows of the tomb tothe brightness of eternal life.May God grant to you and your lovedones, and to our brothers and sisters inour beloved Ukraine and scatteredthroughout the world, good health, joy,peace and contentment as we celebratethis great Feast. A blessed Pascha to all!Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!† Stefan SorokaMetropolitan-Archbishop of Philadelphia† Richard SeminackEparch of St. Nicholas in Chicago† Paul Chomnycky, OSBM (author)Eparch of Stamford† John BuraApostolic Administratorof St. Josaphat in ParmaResurrection, 2011‘Feast of Feasts’...(Continued from page 6)political and civil unrest. Humanity continuesto search for life, harmony and peace,often at the expense of human life. AsChristians, we are called to prayer andaction during these events. Our prayer andaction is to seek the will of God mademanifest in Jesus Christ through the HolySpirit. We urge that our clergy and all faithfulChristians of good will: continue to findwithin yourselves the image of Christ andreflect it to each other, your communities,the world, for by this we will build Hisone, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.Then the Paschal Joy we feel will truly findits ultimate expression. St. Melito of Sardis(c +190) says in his Paschal text, “It is I,”says the Christ. “So come all families ofpeople, adulterated with sin, and receiveforgiveness of sins. For I am your freedom.I am the Passover of salvation, I am thelamb slaughtered for you, I am your ransom,I am your life, I am your light, I amyour salvation, I am your resurrection, I amyour King.”All this begins with our continual selfemptyingto allow the life of the HolySpirit to permeate all aspects of our lives.We will then, and only then, find the trueexpression of life, hope, freedom and salvation.It is not to be found in the philosophiesof the world or to be found in sinfulhumanity. It is only found in our communionwith The Christ! “This is the alphaand omega, this is the beginning and theend, the ineffable beginning and theincomprehensible end. This is the Christ,this is the King, this is Jesus, this is theCommander, this is the Lord, this is Hewho rose from the dead, this is He who sitsat the right hand of the Father, He bears theFather and is borne by Him. To Him be theglory and the might forever. Amen.”On the occasion of the GloriousResurrection we, your hierarchs greet you,those in the diaspora and our brothers andsisters in Ukraine and entreat for youGod’s blessing for a new life united infaith, hope and love in the Risen Sun ofRighteousness, who raises us up today to aglorious, never-ending tomorrow.“I shall raise you up by my right hand, Iwill lead you to the heights of heaven,there I shall show you the everlastingfather” (St. Melito of Sardis).Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!Pascha 2011† ConstantineMetropolitan of the Ukrainian OrthodoxChurch of the U.S.A. and the Diaspora† YurijMetropolitan – Ukrainian OrthodoxChurch of Canada† JohnMetropolitan-Emeritus – UkrainianOrthodox Church of Canada† AntonyArchbishop – Ukrainian OrthodoxChurch of the U.S.A.† IoanArchbishop – Ukrainian OrthodoxChurch in the Diaspora† JeremiahArchbishop – South American Eparchyof the Ukrainian Orthodox Church† IlarionBishop – Ukrainian Orthodox Church ofCanada† AndriyBishop – Ukrainian Orthodox Church ofCanada† DanielBishop – Ukrainian Orthodox Church ofthe U.S.A.

14THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011No. 16NEWSBRIEFS...(Continued from page 2)Eight protests a day in 2010KYIV – Over 3,600 protests were conductedin Ukraine from October 2009through December 2010, on average abouteight protests a day, according to sociologicalmonitoring conducted by the Centerfor Society Research under the UkrainianProtest and Coercion Data project with theassistance of the International RenaissanceFoundation. The study, whose results werereported on March 29, showed that thepeak of protests was reported in Octoberand November 2010, when local electionswere held in Ukraine, followed by the protestsof small businesses against the adoptionof the Tax Code. The numbers of protestersalso grew. Earlier, over 100 peopleparticipated in a third of the rallies held,but in the last three months of 2010 thepercentage of such protests was 53 percent.And 21 percent of the protests conductedfrom October to December 2010had more than 1,000 participants, thestudy shows. Most often, protest actionswere caused by social and economic problems.(Ukrinform)Kravchuk advice on TymoshenkoKYIV – The first president of independentUkraine, Leonid Kravchuk (1991-1994), warned Ukraine’s authorities thatthe prestige of Batkivschyna leader YuliaTymoshenko will grow if they continue topressure her. Ukrinform reported the commentson April 4, citing Mr. Kravchuk’sinterview with Ukrayinska Pravda. Mr.Kravchuk was an attorney of presidentialcandidate Ms. Tymoshenko in the 2010elections. The ex-president said that theauthority of Ms. Tymoshenko really startedto decline after her defeat in the election,“because people believed in the executionby the new power of the programmedsteps.” But when the authoritiesCLASSIFIEDSTO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040SERVICESOR e-MAIL ADUKR@OPTONLINE.NETbegan blaming their predecessors, the ratingof Ms. Tymoshenko began to grow.Mr. Kravchuk said he does not believe thatMs. Tymoshenko received any personalbenefit from the violations of law she isaccused of concerning the Kyoto Protocoland medical vehicles. “If the investigatorsdo not prove a direct involvement by theprime minister, then the case could be infavor of Yulia Tymoshenko’s prestige,” hesaid. “And, with an attempt to imprisonher based on these two episodes,Tymoshenko will become the leader ofUkraine. Reform is always bitter and hard.And the worse and more complicated, andit will be so, the more Tymoshenko’sauthority will grow. Especially if they tryto imprison her,” Mr. Kravchuk commented.(Ukrinform)Another case opened against TymoshenkoKYIV – The Procurator General’sOffice of Ukraine has opened anothercriminal case against former PrimeMinister Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader ofthe opposition Batkivschyna Party, FirstDeputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzminsaid at a press conference on April 11. “Acriminal case was opened againstTymoshenko for exceeding authority andabusing office during the signing of gascontracts with Russia in 2009,” he said.Mr. Kuzmin said that, according to expertestimates, over 1.5 billion hrv in losseshad been caused to Ukraine due to theillegal actions of the former prime minister.“The case will be investigated by themain investigation department of theProcurator General’s Office. The investigationteam also includes representativesof the Internal Affairs Ministry and theSecurity Service of Ukraine,” Mr. Kuzminexplained. Charges in this criminal caseagainst Ms.Tymoshenko have not yetbeen brought. The first deputy procuratorgeneral said that the investigation in othercriminal cases opened against Ms.Tymoshenko had been completed. Afterthe materials of the cases are examined byPROFESSIONALSOPPORTUNITIESEarn extra income!The Ukrainian Weekly is lookingfor advertising sales agents.For additional information contact MariaOscislawski, Advertising Manager, TheUkrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040.Run your advertisement here,in The Ukrainian Weekly’s CLASSIFIEDS section.the former prime minister and her lawyers,the documents will be sent to court.As reported earlier, two criminal caseswere opened against Ms. Tymoshenko –on the use of funds received by Ukraineunder the Kyoto Protocol and the purchaseof vehicles for the needs of ruralhospitals. Ms. Tymoshenko was repeatedlycriticized for the terms of gas contractssigned with Russia in 2009 and for the gasprice formula envisaged in the documents.In mid-March of this year, the VerkhovnaRada formed a temporary commission toinvestigate the circumstances of the signingof gas agreements in 2009 betweenNaftohaz Ukrainy and Gazprom.(Ukrinform)Kolomoisky elected to lead Europe’s JewsKYIV – Ukrainian businessman IgorKolomoisky was elected president for thenext five years of the European JewishUnion (EJU), the creation of which wassupported by delegates to the EuropeanJewish Forum held in Paris. News aboutthe forum was reported on April 5.Brussels was named as the venue for thenext EJU forum. In the near future,Europe’s first Jewish magazine, to becalled Euro-Jews, will be created. TheParis forum, which was attended by delegatesfrom 28 countries of Europe andmany other countries, also announced thewinners of three prestigious awards.German Chancellor Angela Merkel will behonored for her consistent position of supportingIsrael, former Prime Minister JoseMaria Aznar of Spain for his consistentstruggle against delegitimization of theJewish state, and President ViktorYanukovych of Ukraine for his consistentstruggle against the glorification of fascism.(Ukrinform)Muslim experts comment on UkraineKYIV – Ukraine should become anexample for other societies of the peacefuland mutually supportive co-existence ofMuslims and indigenous peoples of modernmulti-ethnic Europe. This was the consensusof participants in the InternationalScientific Conference “Islam in Europe:Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” held inKyiv, as reported on March 31. Ukraine isa multicultural society with a spirit ofmutual respect, kindness and peace, andrepresentatives of all denominations livein Ukraine freely and all are equal beforethe law, emphasized Ismail Kadi, thechairman of the All-Ukrainian Associationof Social Organizations. This view wassupported by the imam of the IslamicCenter of Kyiv, Sheikh Imad al-Rub, whopointed to the Ukrainian state as a “modelof cultural dialogue and peace among peopleof different faiths.” Honorary doctorsof the Diplomatic Academy of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs of UkraineHennadii Udovenko and Yuriy Kochubeystressed that the Muslims of Ukraine arean integral part of society and an importantpart of the European Muslim community.The first foreign affairs minister ofindependent Ukraine, Mr. Udovenko drewattention to the fact that Ukraine belongsto a group of Eastern European countriesthat have their own native Muslim population,which makes it different from a numberof European states. Saudi Arabia’sambassador to Ukraine, Judiya Z.Alhathal, stressed the need to combat religiousradicalism and extremism. Duringthe conference, public and political figures,Ukrainian and foreign diplomats, andrepresentatives of Christian and Islamicfaiths discussed the problems and prospectsof European Muslim communitiesand their integration into modernEuropean society. It was stressed thatUkraine has given the Islamic world suchprominent thinkers as Ismail Gasprinskiyand Muhammad Asad. According to thecensus of 2001, in Ukraine the number ofMuslims by birth was 436,000, or about0.9 percent of the population. The countryhas about 300 Muslim communities.(Ukrinform)Ukraine to host interfaith forumKYIV – An international interfaith conferenceinvolving leaders of major religiouscommunities will become Kyiv’sannual interfaith forum. This decision wasmade following the conference “WorldReligions and the Civil Society Unitedagainst Hatred and Extremism” held inKyiv with leaders of major religious communities,experts and politicians.According to the initiator of the conference,National Deputy OleksanderFeldman, myriad forums are constantlyheld worldwide, but there is a shortage ofactivities that could become a platform fordialogue among leaders of different religions,representatives of secular and religiouscommunities, government and society.“Ukraine deserves to be the venue forthe annual international interfaith forumon issues of coexistence of different religions,religious and secular communities,”he said, according to March 29 newsreports. The Kyiv conference was attendedby religious leaders, scholars and expertsfrom the United States, Britain, Israel,Russia, Norway, as well as leaders andrepresentatives of religious communitiesand religious confessions of Ukraine. Theforum addressed coexistence among differentreligions in the modern world andthe role of religion in global transformations,as well as a wide range of problemsin countering intolerance and extremism.(Ukrinform)Gala Radio owner wins appealKYIV – The International Center forSettlement of Investment Disputes(ICSID) issued a ruling on an appeallodged by U.S. citizen Joseph Lemire, theowner of the Gala Radio station, againstUkraine. According to March 30 newsreports, Ukraine must pay the station$8.718 million (U.S.) as a fine and$750,000 as compensation for the plaintiff’sexpenses for the proceedings. Theconflict between the U.S. investor andUkraine has a long history. After ensuringthat his radio station took first place in theranking of the most popular FM radio stationsin Kyiv and trying to legally developthe Ukrainian network, Mr. Lemire facedillegal, as it seemed to him, oppositionfrom many government agencies not onlyin the allocation of radio frequencies, butalso in conducting ordinary business activities.Considering his rights to have beenviolated, in September 2006, he appealedto the ICSID under a bilateral agreementbetween Ukraine and the United States onthe promotion and reciprocal protection offoreign investments and the multilateralConvention on the Settlement ofInvestment Disputes Between States andNationals of Other States. Mr. Lemireclaimed that Ukraine had not fulfilled therequirements of an amicable agreementsigned in 2000. For six years after signingthe agreement, Gala Radio participatedabout 200 times in competitions on theallocation of additional radio frequenciesannounced by the National Council onRadio and Television Broadcasting. Butthe radio station managed to get only onelicense, while major competitors receivedfrom 38 to 56 licenses each. Gala Radiostarted broadcasting in Ukraine in the firsthalf of the 1990s. On April 1 it was reportedthat Ukraine’s Justice Ministry issearching for grounds to cancel the rulingby the ICSID. The press service of theJustice Ministry reported that internationalnorms stipulate a 120-day period for thecancellation of the decision of the arbitrationtribunal, provided that a written applicationis submitted to the ICSID secretarygeneral. (Ukrinform)(Continued on page 15)

16THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011No. 16Turning the pages...(Continued from page 6)battered economy to recover from theglobal downturn.Ukraine had previously been paying$300 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas undera 10-year deal negotiated by PresidentViktor Yushchenko’s administration.Ukraine’s drive under Mr. Yushchenko tobring Ukraine into NATO had angeredMoscow and stalled gas price negotiations.This was President Medvedev’s firstvisit to Ukraine since Mr. Yanukovych’selection as president in February 2010,although Mr. Yanukovych had met withhis Russian counterpart four other timesduring the past two months. Mr.Medvedev was scheduled to travel toUkraine again in May 2010.Ukrainian Prime Minister MykolaAzarov met with this Russian counterpart,Vladimir Putin, on April 20 to finalizeissues ahead of the Kharkiv talks.Ukraine’s opposition rejected theUkrainian-Russian gas deal. FormerPrime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko saidon April 21, 2010, that PresidentYanukovych had blatantly violated theConstitution of Ukraine and that he wasmaking deals that harm the national interestsof Ukraine.“What’s next?” Ms. Tymoshenko rhetoricallyasked. “This is not simply abetrayal, but the beginning of a systematicruination of the independence of ourstate.”Verkhovna Rada Vice-ChairmanMykola Tomenko said the extension ofthe fleet’s lease was impossible without anational referendum, citing Article 17 ofthe Constitution of Ukraine, which stipulatesthat deployment of foreign militarybases in Ukraine is prohibited.The agreement needed to be ratified bythe Parliaments of Ukraine and Russia.Source: “Russia grants Ukraine gasdiscount in return for extension of fleet’slease,” (RFE/RL), The Ukrainian Weekly,April 25, 2010.

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18THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011No. 16NOTES ON PEOPLEMelnyczuk receivesGarrett AwardWASHINGTON – At its 2011 AnnualConference and Bookfair, the Associationof Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)honored Askold Melnyczuk as this year’srecipient of the George Garrett Award forOutstanding Community Service inLiterature.The conference was held in Washingtonon February 2-4, with 9,400 people attending,making it one of North America’slargest literary gatherings.An association of 500 creative writingprograms in the United States, the UnitedKingdom, and Canada, AWP is a nonprofitarts and educational organization. It wasfounded in 1967 to represent the growingranks of poets and writers in academe.A much-beloved teacher of writing andliterature, Prof. Melnyczuk currentlyteaches in the department of English at theUniversity of Massachusetts-Boston andin the Writing Seminars of BenningtonCollege. He is the founding editor of AgniMagazine, which he established in 1972,and his is the founding publisher ofArrowsmith Press, which he establishedin 2005.He is the author of three novels and anovella, “The House of Widows” (2008),“The Ambassador of the Dead” (2001),“What Is Told” (1994) and “Blind Angel”(2004). He has also served as the translatoror editor for many other works. Prof.Melnyczuk has served as chair of PENNew England’s Freedom to WriteCommittee. He has taught in prisons, andhe helped to establish writing project forat-risk youth.In conferring the award, AWPExecutive Director David Fenza said, “Hehas taught many, he has published many,and he has made our literary circles morethoughtful, more fruitful, and more generous.It’s the default position of writers andartists today to be rebels and iconoclasts –to disparage, dissent, disregard, dismantleand disrespect; and these tactics have theirutility. But William Butler Yeats said,‘Talent perceives differences; genius,Publishes bookon contemporary artPA R S I P PA N Y, N . J . – P e t e rDoroshenko’s overview of stunning privatespaces for contemporary art collections isnow available. Titled “Private Spaces forContemporary Art,” the book is a musthavefor a fan of contemporary art.The book’s publisher, Rispoli Books,notes: “In the past 15 years, many contemporaryart collectors have chosen to partways with traditional museums to createtheir own private spaces for their works ofart. These individuals are now creatingtheir own private museums, which are runmore like businesses and are completelyindependent because their founders financiallysustain them. …These collectionsoften include some of the most importantmodern masterpieces and challenging arttoday. They are also housed in spectacularspaces, many of them designed and erectedfor the sole purpose of showcasing theirunique collections, creating an ideal backdropand environment for the artworks.”Mr. Doroshenko’s book presents thesemuseums, their architecture and a glimpseof their extraordinary collections. In additionto lavish photographs of the structuresand their interiors, this over-sized volumeincludes an informative introduction on thisemerging phenomenon, texts about the col-Robb CohenAskold Melnyczuk at the 2011 conferenceof the Association of Writers &Writing Programs.unity.’ Within the strife of our literary politics(and our national politics), we needleaders who seek affinities. We need thosewho aspire to that spirit of bridging andbuilding. We need to those who lead withwhom and what they love. AskoldMelnyczuk is one of those leaders.”The award is named after a foundingmember of AWP, George Garrett, whomade exceptional contributions to his fellowwriters as a teacher, mentor, editor,friend, board member and good spirit. Dr.Garrett served for many years as the editorof Intro, an annual anthology of workby emerging writers; he served on theAWP board of directors.He taught creative writing and literaturefor more than 40 years including atthe University of Virginia (1984-2000);and he published more than thirty books.As a writer, teacher, mentor, editor, andinspiration, George Garrett helped manyyoung writers who are now major contributorsto contemporary letters.The award includes a $2,000 honorariumfrom AWP in addition to travel,accommodations, and registration forattending the AWP Annual Conferenceand Bookfair.lections and their architecture as well asinterviews with prominent collectors.The book (hardcover, 272 color photographs)is available at a list price of 50euros at www.rispolibooks.com.Dallas Contemporary held an exclusivebook signing on March 9 with Mr.Doroshenko, the museum’s executivedirector. “Private Spaces for ContemporaryArt” was released in December 2010.Before his arrival in Texas at DallasContemporary, Mr. Doroshenko was thepresident and artistic director of thePinchukArtCentre in Kyiv. He has helddirector positions over the past 18 years,including at Baltic Centre for ContemporaryArt, Gateshead (United Kingdom);SMAK – Stedelijk Museum voor ActueleKunst, Ghent (Belgium); and Inova(Institute of Visual Arts) in Milwaukee.He has organized numerous one-personexhibitions of numerous artists, has writtenor contributed to several books and manyexhibition catalogues, and has lecturedextensively at many post-graduate programsand residencies over the yearsincluding in Amsterdam and Maastricht(Netherlands), Houston, Antwerp(Belgium), Paris, Vienna and New York. In2007 and 2009 he was the commissionerfor the Ukrainian Pavilions at the VeniceBiennale.He is a member of Ukrainian NationalAssociation Branch 82.Osteopathic physicianprofiled in magazineby Judie HawrylukBUFFALO, N.Y. – Dr. ChristinaStasiuk of Philadelphia, a longtime memberof Ukrainian National AssociationBranch 360, was recently featured in thealumni magazine of the New YorkInstitute of Technology (NYIT).Dr. Stasiuk, an osteopathic physician,is a senior medical director at CIGNA, aglobal health services company, whereher goal, she said, is “to reduce healthcare costs and help make individualsmore productive – more alert, healthierand with a greater quality of life.”“Health is something people don’tthink about until they don’t have it anymore,” she told NYIT Magazine. So, shedoes proactive things, like working toinstitute maternity programs so thatwomen are healthy when they becomepregnant, and promoting education programsabout smoking cessation, weightcontrol and healthy eating habits.Dr. Stasiuk is one of the growing numberof Ukrainian professionals whoPriest defends doctoral dissertationOTTAWA – On March 16 the Rev. Dr.Yuriy Sakvuk successfully defended hisdoctoral dissertation, “Seven Criteria forthe Ecclesial Identity and Vocation of aParticular Church: The Development ofan Interpretive System Based on theEcclesiology of Vatican II and VerifiedAgainst the Work of the Kyvian ChurchStudy Group.”The Rev. Dr. Sakvuk gave a humbleand moving speech following the positiveoutcome of his defense. He stated that hewas honored to be the first Ukrainianbornstudent to obtain a doctorate at SaintPaul University through the SheptytskyInstitute and thanked his wife and childrenback home in Ukraine for their supportduring the process.As director for the doctoral thesis, theRev. Andriy Chirovsky commented,“Father Yuriy Sakvuk has masterfullytreated the issue of the universality andparticularity of the Church, devising asystem of interdependent criteria withwhich to analyze the level of ecclesialmaturity of the various Churches of theDr. Christine StasiukNYIT Magazinebelieve in giving business to Ukrainiancompanies, like the Ukrainian NationalAssociation. The UNA uses its profits tosupport gathering places like Soyuzivkaand the newspapers Svoboda and TheUkrainian Weekly, give mortgages toUkrainian churches and Ukrainianhomes, provide scholarships to Ukrainianyouths, and make donations to Ukrainiancauses.At St. Paul University (from left) are the: the Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza, the Rev.Stephen Wojcichowsky, Dr. Michael Fahey, the Rev. Dr. John Jillions, the Rev.Dr. Andriy Chirovsky, the Rev. Dr. Yuriy Sakvuk, Dr. Gregory Bloomquist, Dr.John Huels, the Rev. Dr. Andrew Onuferko, Dr. Catherine Clifford.Catholic Communion.The four examiners during the defensewere Dr. Catherine Clifford (St. PaulUniversity), Dr. Michael Fahey (BostonCollege) and the Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza(Sheptytsky Institute, St. Paul University)and the Rev. Dr. John Gibaut (St. PaulUniversity). Dr. John Huels of the Facultyof Canon Law, St. Paul University, wasthe chair of the proceedings.The Rev. Sakvuk will concurrentlyreceive the Ph.D. in theology conferredjointly by St. Paul University and theUniversity of Ottawa, as well as the pontificalS.Th.D. through the ecclesiasticalaccreditation of St. Paul University. Asthe seventh person to have graduatedfrom the Sheptytsky Institute with a doctoratein Eastern Christian Studies, hejoins the Rev. Dr. Cyprian Hutcheon(2003), Dr. Michael Petrowycz (2005),Dr. Adam De Ville (2008), Dr. SuzettePhillips (2008), the Rev. Dr. Danylo Kuc(2009) and Dr. Brian Butcher (2010), allof whom are teaching at various universities.“Notes on people” is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of membersof the Ukrainian community and the Ukrainian National Association. All submissionsshould be concise due to space limitations and must include the person’s UNA branchnumber (if applicable). Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt.

No.16THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011192011 Ukrainian tennis preview (continued)Part II of our 2011 pro tennis previewfocuses on a trio of Ukrainian men on theATP Tour: the up-and-coming IllyaMarchenko, Pilot Pen champion SergiyStakhovsky and the current hotshot, ponytailedAlexandr Dolgopolov. These threeyoung men are in the forefront of any discussionpertaining to Ukrainians in professionaltennis.Illya MarchenkoThe 23-year-old from Donetsk hasearned over $500,000 playing tennis for aliving since turning pro in 2005. The firstthree years of his pro career were spentplaying at the Futures and Challengers levels,winning titles on both of these juniorcircuits. He enjoys hard-court surfacesbest and is noted for his two-handed backhand,which he claims is his best shot.He began playing tennis at the age of 7,admires Roger Federer and has beencoached by Orest Tereschuk since 2009.He represented Ukraine successfully in the2009 Davis Cup, besting England’s JoshGoodall in singles.In the last two years Marchenko hasfound more success in qualifying for maindraws of ATP World Tour matches andGrand Slam events. Look for him to playdeeper into tournaments in 2011.Alexandr DolgopolovBorn Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. in Kyiv,at the age of 22 he legally changed hisname to Alexandr. A professional since2006, he had earned over $365,000 incareer prize money prior to this year’sAustralian Open, where he earned quite abit more.He started tennis at the age of 3,coached by his father, Oleksandr, a formerUkrainian tennis player. Alexandr was partof the 2006 Ukrainian Davis Cup teamagainst Great Britain, where he wasdefeated by Andy Murray.The biggest win of his career before the2011 season was last year when he upset12th seeded Fernando Gonzalez (straightsets) in the second round of the FrenchOpen. Dolgopolov has small endorsementdeals with Adidas for apparel/shoes andWilson for tennis rackets.Sergiy StakhovskySergiy is the veteran of the men’s trio atage 25. Born in Kyiv and now resides inBratislava, Slovak Republic. He has wonover $1 million in prize money since turningpro in 2002.For most of his first six years as a prohe played at the Challenger level. He hit acareer high No. 31 ranking after winningthe Pilot Pen championship at YaleUniversity in New Haven, Conn., inSeptember 2010. He won his first careertitle in March 2008 as a lucky loser,ranked No. 209, defeating No. 1 seed IvanLjubicic, the first lucky loser to win a titlesince 1991.He has a reputation for a lethal onehandedbackhand that he can hit down theline or crosscourt. Stakhovsky has wonseveral matches as the leading player onthe Ukrainian Davis Cup team. In 2009the Ukrainian won his maiden singles anddoubles matches at the French Open.Following his Pilot Pen victory,Stakhovsky battled into the third round atthe 2010 U.S. Open before retiring in thesecond set, trailing Feliciano Lopez, withan infected toe.Dolgopolov tweaks toddler tipsBack when he was a toddler, AlexandrDolgopolov used to hit tennis balls withsome of the world’s top players. The littletyke could hit some great shots even atsuch an early age.Now at age 22, Dolgopolov is onceagain annoying some older players on thetennis tour with some ripping baselineshots and a calm, laid-back attitude thatpropelled him into the quarterfinals of the2011 Australian Open on his first try. Theyoung Ukrainian defeated No. 4 RobinSoderling of Sweden 1-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6,6-2 in the biggest upset of the tournamentto move on into the quarters. Dolgopolovwas on a bit of a roll as the Soderling winwas on the heels of another upset victoryover No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in fivesets two days earlier.This was the first time in 16 years aUkrainian player advanced so far in aGrand Slam event. The previous one wasAndrei Medvedev, a former world No. 4who, coincidentally, was at one timecoached by Oleksandr Dolgopolov,Alexandr’s father. Little Alexandr hungaround the tour with his dad and, beingone of the few youngsters around, becamea popular diversion for the pros.“When Alex was 3 he came onto thetour,” Jim Courier, a four-time GrandSlam winner-turned-television commentator,told the crowd at Rod Laver Arena in acourtside interview with Dolgopolov.“You would come out after we were donewith your father or Andrei, and you wouldhit from the service line and, I swear, younever missed. It was really annoying.”Dolgopolov has different recollectionsof his early days hanging around the ATPTour. His memories are of spending timein the players’ lounge, making believe hewas a tennis star signing autographs, andhitting balls with guys like No. 1 ThomasMuster, Olympic medalist Marc Rossetand the Ukrainian Medvedev.“For sure I had some good times,”Dolgopolov said in an interview withRohan Sullivan of the Associated Press onJanuary 24. “I was a bit annoying for someplayers to play with me all the time. It wasfun. It was nice to start a tennis career likethat.”Experts guess “Dolgo” learned a goodtip from almost every top pro who he hitwith, then put the tips together into hisapproach, which upsets players whodepend on rhythm in their game.Against Soderling at the AustralianOpen, Dolgopolov looked loose andquick, smacking backhand and forehandwinners from the back. His serve returnedto form after a shaky first set, forcing hisSwedish opponent into 31 unforced errorsand setting up his quarterfinal matchagainst No. 5 Andy Murray.“He’s a good player,” Soderling told theAP. “He has a great backhand and he’smoving very well. He’s a great counterpuncher.He has a good chance to do reallywell, I think.”Although his first experiences with tenniswere at age 3, Dolgopolov didn’t getserious about playing the sport until age10. He had left the tour for several years,before returned to join his father on theroad. In 2006 he turned pro and he lost toquarterfinal opponent Murray in a previousDavis Cup competition.The 2011 Australian Open was only hisfourth Grand Slam and he’s still winlesson the ATP Tour. In 2010, however, hewon 21 of his 44 matches, rising 83 placesin the rankings, second-biggest leap of theyear. It was his first time cracking the top50. Coming out of the Australian Openthis year and into April he had risen to No.23.Even though he parted ways with hisfather as coach and player three years ago,he still counts his dad as his greatest inspiration.After some 10 years of mixing familywith work, the relationship gotstrained. “We got a bit tired of each otherbecause I always see him,” Dolgopolovsaid. “It’s a pretty tough relationship, likefather and coach. So we decided it is betterand everybody’s happy now.”Athleticism runs throughout theDolgopolov family, as mother Elena was agymnast, winning gold and silver medalsat the European Championships.The star of the 2011 Australian Opentries hard not to get too caught up in thestress of the competition. Not taking it tooseriously is one of his greatest strengths.“I play relaxed. You know, I enjoy tennis.I don’t get tight too much. I play reallyfreely – sometimes it pays off,” he said. “Ihave fun.”Dolgopolov’s new coachJack Reader lived the formative yearsof his much-travelled life in the bushcountry of Port Lincoln, Australia. Thereis irony in the fact that, at the 2011Australian Open, Reader took on the roleof a bush trainer coaching a once-in-a-lifetimepotential star pupil.Reader’s surprising player, Dolgopolov,dismantled fourth-seeded Robin Soderlingover five sets to reach this open’s quarterfinals.This was a direct result of a mostunlikely, yet surprisingly successful coachplayercombination of two men who havespent most of their lives on the tennis tour.The young Ukrainian was a tennis bratwho made the tournament rounds with hisfather, Oleksandr, coach of Ukrainian tennisstar Andrei Medvedev. Little Alex isstill remembered fondly by the likes ofMedvedev’s contemporaries, such as currenttelevision commentator Jim Courier,being the lad who would beg for a volleyand almost never miss the baseline whengiven a racket.“I always thought you would make it ifyou kept your passion for the game,” saidCourier to Dolgopolov in an interviewwith Richard Hinds of The SydneyMorning Herald.Aside from some publicity work inNew Zealand and a modeling gig in abank commercial, most of Reader’s professionallife has been spent on the otherend of the tennis spectrum in the sport’sbush leagues. The coach’s well-worn, sunburntface hint at a life spent at college inthe United States, in low-level minor tournamentsand coaching in Europe. It wouldtake months of saving up his coachingearnings before Reader could play in a satellitetournament.Twelve years ago Reader was workingin Adelaide, Australia, at a local tennisclub and mentoring some top juniors. Hefirst bumped into Dolgopolov while on atrip to Italy five years ago with a promisingyoung Adelaide player, Ukrainian YuriBezeruk. The then 17-year-oldDolgopolov thoroughly defeated Bezeruk,and Reader came away convinced this kidhad a whole lot of talent.Two years ago, when Reader wasreadying himself on his way to theAustralian Open to look after an agent’splayers, he received a phone call fromDolgopolov. The Ukrainian had gottenfrustrated with several coaches after hehad parted with his father-coach, and hisagent reached out to Reader for someguidance. Their relationship began whenDolgopolov lost in the second round ofqualifying at the 2009 Australian Open.At first it was a long-distance relationship,with Reader coaching Dolgopolovfrom a distance using Skype and e-mails.“He’s a very impulsive kid, but when hewrote he would have to think,” Readersaid in his interview with The SydneyMorning Herald. “When he would have toread what he wrote, he wouldn’t just shoothis mouth off. We got a really good relationshipgoing.”The new coach has travelled with hisUkrainian protégé since last December,supervising his rise up the rankings fromNo. 350 to a post-Australian Open rank ofNo. 23. “The biggest thing was gettinghim to enjoy his tennis again,” Readersaid. “He grew up on the circuit, and Ithink he expected to be there.”The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all of itsmembers to participate in the society’s AnnualMeeting with Reports, which is scheduled to be heldon Saturday, May 21, at 3:00 p.m.Preceding the meeting will be sessions of the scholarlysections, starting at 2:00 p.m. and a Special Meeting of theBoard at 1:00 p.m., following lunch at 12:00The program will take place at the Shevchenko ScientificSociety, 63 Fourth Ave. (between 9th and 10th streets),New York, NY.For additional information please call (212) 254-5130.

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40THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011No. 16PREVIEW OF EVENTSFriday, April 8- 24NEW YORK: La MaMa E.T.C. and YaraArts Group present “Raven,” an original,experimental performance piece based onthe poem by Ukrainian poet Oleh Lysheha.It is directed by Virlana Tkacz and createdin collaboration with artists from Americaand Ukraine. “Raven” features AndrewColteaux and an English translation of thepoetry by Ms. Tkacz and Wanda Phipps.Performances are on Thursday-Saturday at7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at LaMaMa Experimental Theater 74 E. 4th St.(between Second and Third avenues) inNew York City. Tickets $18; $13 for studentsand seniors. For information call212-475-7710 or log on to www.lamama.org.Sunday, April 17NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Academy ofArts and Sciences in the U.S. (UVAN)invites the public to a lecture by Dr. HannaKapustian, professor of history at theNational Kremenchuk PolytechnicUniversity, titled “Discussions Concerningthe Joint Ukrainian-Russian HistoryTextbook.” The lecture is presented inUkrainian and begins at 3 p.m. at the academy’sbuilding, 206 W. 100th St. For additionalinformation call 212-222-1866.Saturday, April 30NEW YORK: The Shevchenko ScientificSociety invites all to a lecture by Dr. SerhiiFeduniak, titled “Civilizational Choice andGeopolitical Configurations in Europe asFactors in Ukraine’s Foreign Policy.” Dr.Feduniak, a political scientist, is a facultymember in the Department of InternationalRelations at Yuriy Fedkovych Universityin Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and a 2010-2011Fulbright Fellow. The lecture will takeplace at the society’s building, 63 FourthAve. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5p.m. For additional information call 212-254-5130.Sunday, May 1ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The WashingtonGroup Cultural Fund completes its 2010-2011 Sunday Music Series with a recitalby acclaimed Ukrainian American concertpianist Natalya Shkoda. Ms. Shkodareturns to Washington with a new programof “Sonatas and Etudes,” featuring theEast Coast American premiere of the FirstPiano Sonata by Ukrainian 20th centurycomposer Viktor Kosenko, Kosenko’sPassacaglia from “Eleven Etudes in theForm of Old Dances,” as well as works byScarlatti and Rachmaninoff. The concert isat 3 p.m. at The Lyceum, 201 S.Washington St. Suggested donation: $20;free admission for students; unreservedseating. Meet the artist at a reception followingthe performance. For more informationcall 202-364-3888.PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINESPreview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a serviceprovided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainiancommunity. Items should be no more than 100 words long.Information should be sent to: preview@ukrweekly.com or Preview of Events, TheUkrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, 973-644-9510. NB: If e-mailing, please do not send items as attachments; simplytype the text into the body of the e-mail message.