Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych introduces new Ukrainian cabinet ...

INSIDE:• U.S. State Department releases human rights report — page 3.• Glaucoma center celebrates inaugural year in California — page 9.• Interview: Ukrainian scholars comment on Ukraine’s 15th anniversary — 11.THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLYPublished by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit associationVol. LXXIV No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006$1/$2 in UkrainePrime Minister Viktor Yanukovychintroduces new Ukrainian cabinetby Zenon ZawadaKyiv Press BureauKYIV – Prime Minister ViktorYanukovych introduced his Cabinet ofMinisters on August 4, just minutes afterthe Verkhovna Rada affirmed his nomination.Of its 24 members, at least ninebelong to the Party of the Regions, atleast five belong to the Our Ukraine factionand two represent the Socialist Partyof Ukraine.Though Yurii Yekhanurov will stepdown to become a National Deputy inthe Verkhovna Rada, eight of his ministerswill remain in place.Prime Minister and Party of theRegions leader Viktor Yanukovych, 56,returned to Ukraine’s top leadership postafter losing it during his failed presidentialcampaign in 2004, during which theUkrainian Supreme Court ruled his governmentfalsified the presidential elections.Prior to serving as former presidentLeonid Kuchma’s prime minister for twoyears starting in November 2002, Mr.Yanukovych served as the DonetskOblast administration chair (governor)for more than five years.Mr. Yanukovych was born inYenakiyeve, a town in the Donetskoblast, and spent most of his time workingin the Donetsk Oblast. He has closeties to Rynat Akhmetov, Ukraine’swealthiest magnate.First Vice Prime Minister/Minister ofFinance Mykola Azarov, 58, of the Partyof the Regions, managed to recapture thetwo Cabinet positions he held simultaneouslywhile serving in Mr. Kuchma’sgovernment since November 2002.During this tenure, Mr. Azarov createdand implemented Ukraine’s notoriouslyineffective taxation system, which isresponsible for much of the corruptionthat plagues the Ukrainian economy, saidIvan Lozowy, president of the KyivbasedInstitute of Statehood andDemocracy, which is exclusivelyfinanced by Ukrainian business donations.Born in the town of Kaluga in theRussian Federation, Mr. Azarov spentmost of his life there and doesn’t speakthe Ukrainian language. Before enteringpolitics, Mr. Azarov was a Moscow-educatedgeologist.Vice Prime Minister for Fuel andEnergy Issues Andrii Kliuyev, 42, who isalso returning to the Cabinet after servingalongside Mr. Yanukovych inOctober 2002, is a Party of the Regionsmember.During the falsified elections of 2004,Mr. Kluiyev led Mr. Yanukovych’sunderground election campaign, hatchingfraudulent schemes and dirty tricks, Mr.Lozowy said.Viktor Yanukovych enters theVerkhovna Rada in Kyiv on Friday,August 4, shortly after he was votedprime minister.Mr. Kluiyev built his career in themines and factories of Donetsk, where hewas born and spent his whole life.Upon Ukrainian independence, Mr.Kluiyev became president of an industrialenterprise named Promkomservis, andthen general director of Ukrpidshypnyk.Vice Prime Minister for HumanitarianIssues Dmytro Tabachnyk, 42, is a longtimeassociate and close ally of Mr.Kuchma. Mr. Tabachnyk, of the Party ofthe Regions, chaired the former president’s1994 presidential campaign whenhe was only 30 years old.After his victory, Mr. Kuchmaappointed Mr. Tabachnyk presidentialadministration chair, a post he held untilDecember 1996, during which timenumerous embarrassing scandals erupted.Mr. Tabachnyk was born in Kyiv.Gains in promoting the Ukrainian languageand culture made by outgoingminister Viacheslav Kyrylenko may berolled back by Mr. Tabachnyk, who hasrevealed his disdain for both, Mr.Lozowy said.Vice Prime Minister for Construction,Architecture and Residential-CommunalManagement Volodymyr Rybak is aDonetsk native. Rybak, 59, is a newcomerto the Cabinet of Ministers.Mr. Rybak served as Donetsk’s mayorbetween September 1993 and April2002, the years during which the city’sbusinessmen battled each other for controlof the oblast’s wealth.Entering the Verkhovna Rada underthe Party of the Regions ballot in 2002,(Continued on page 10)AP/Efrem LukatskyNew government announces measuresto improve relations with Russiaby Zenon ZawadaKyiv Press BureauPARSIPPANY, N.J. — NadiiaSvitlychna, a renowned Ukrainianpolitical activist, former Soviet politicalprisoner, dissident and the prominentfigure in the Ukrainian HelsinkiGroup, died in her home in New Jerseyon Monday, August 7, after a prolongedillness. She was 69.Ms. Svitlychna was the sister ofKYIV – Pro-Russian politicians tookcontrol of Ukraine’s key governmentposts and announced measures toimprove ties with the Russian Federationafter the Verkhovna Rada voted August 4to affirm Viktor Yanukovych asUkraine’s prime minister.While Ukrainian President ViktorYushchenko has portrayed the new governmentas a diverse body in which politicalforces made compromises, Party ofthe Regions leaders made clear that reaffirmingUkraine’s relations with theRussian Federation was a priority not upfor concession.Without doubt, Ukrainians can counton a warming of relations with theRussian Federation, said Mykola Azarov,who has returned as Ukraine’s First VicePrime Minister and Minister of Finance.“We will have to untangle those knotswhich were artificially tied in the previousgovernments, particularly in 2005,”Mr. Azarov said in an August 8 statement.“We will begin to examine all conflictingsituations which emerged with Russiain the last year-and-a-half. We will examineto what extent these things are wellgroundedand how much they impede ourrelations in general,” he said.As his symbolic first foreign trip, Mr.Yanukovych announced on August 10that he will travel to Moscow betweenAugust 15 and August 17 to visit RussianFederation President Vladimir Putin.Mr. Putin called Mr. Yushchenko, andthen later Mr. Yanukovych, to congratulatethem on their ability to find compromiseand end Ukraine’s political crisis.Among Mr. Yanukovych’s top prioritiesin Moscow will be to possibly renegotiateUkraine’s national gas agreementswith Russia so that they are transparentand meet international norms, hesaid.He was confident that he would obtainthe “optimal price” for natural gas onbehalf of Ukrainians.“We won’t be working [any]more forany nation, only Ukraine,” Mr.Yanukovych said. “Our politics won’t bepro-Russian, or pro-Western.”(Continued on page 12)Renowned Ukrainian dissident,activist Nadiia Svitlychna diespoet, literary critic, human rightsactivist, dissident and literary movementleader Ivan Svitlychny, and waswell-known for her involvement in thedissemination of “samvydav” literaturewith “Shestydesiatnyky” authorsLina Kostenko, Vasyl Stus, VasylSymonenko and others.Ms. Svitlychna was the prominentfigure in the Ukrainian HelsinkiGroup’s External Representation,which published the Herald ofRepression, that was distributed inUkraine (1980-1985). She edited apamphlet on Yurii Lytvyn (1980), aUkrainian political prisoner, helpedpublish an edition of Vasyl Stus’poetry (1986) and was a laureate ofthe Taras Shevchenko prize in literature.Ms. Svitlychna participated indecolonization rallies and demonstrationsin the West, speaking to acrowd of over 8,000 at a 1978 rallyin front of the USSR’s UnitedNations Mission in New York. Thatsame year she spoke at the thirdWorld Conference of Free Ukrainianson the dissident movement inUkraine, stressing to youths andorganizations the importance of unityamong Ukrainians.Nadiia Svitlychna (Continued on page 8)

2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006No. 33ANALYSISYushchenko ends crisis,but Orange legacy in doubtby Jan MaksymiukRFE/RL NewslineAugust 3In the early hours of August 3,Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko atlast put an end to the country’s four-monthpolitical stalemate with a painful politicalconcession. In a live televised address, Mr.Yushchenko named Viktor Yanukovych,the head of the pro-Russia Party of theRegions and Mr. Yushchenko’s main rivalin the 2004 Orange Revolution, as thecountry’s new prime minister.President Yushchenko kept the nationin suspense until the last moment. August2 was the constitutional deadline for thepresident to endorse or reject the nominationof Mr. Yanukovych as the new primeminister. A rejection would likely havemeant the dissolution of the VerkhovnaRada and a call for new elections.Following a meeting with politicalleaders on the day of the deadline, Mr.Yushchenko appeared to hint the impassehad left him no other options. “The leadingfive Ukrainian political forces did notreach an understanding on the keyUkrainian constitutional priorities, the keypriorities for national development,” hesaid. “This is the most worrying. The roadmap, the [Declaration of National Unity],which was envisaged as an answer to thischallenge, unfortunately, was not signed.”This left Ukraine anticipating that thepresident would use his scheduled televisionaddress to announce his rejection ofMr. Yanukovych and the dissolution ofParliament.Mr. Yanukovych and OleksanderMoroz, the Socialist Party leader andVerkhovna Rada chairman, came to thepresident for last-ditch anti-crisis talks,which continued deep into the night.Early on August 3, two hours past theexpiration of his deadline, Mr.Yushchenko announced that he had ultimatelydecided to endorse Mr.Yanukovych for prime minister.“Following from what I have said, Ihave made the decision to put forwardViktor Yanukovych for the post ofUkraine’s prime minister,” the presidentsaid. “By this I want to once again stressthat I understand the whole complexityin the east and the west of Ukraine,regarding this nomination for the post ofprime minister. I call on the country tounderstand that today we have a uniquechance to realize all that we talked about,and to bring the country together for apolitical understanding.”Mr. Yushchenko went on to say that he,Mr. Yanukovych and Mr. Moroz – togetherwith caretaker Prime Minister YuriiYekhanurov and Roman Bezsmertnyifrom Mr. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine —initialed a so-called Declaration ofNational Unity. He gave no details aboutthe terms of the declaration, saying onlythat it preserved the essential domesticand foreign policies mapped out by hispresidential election program.Ukrainian media reported earlier thatweek that Our Ukraine and the Party ofthe Regions differed on four points intalks on the declaration: the state language,relations with NATO, relationswith Russia, and the status of theUkrainian Orthodox Church.Although the text of the initialed declarationhad not been made known as ofJan Maksymiuk is the Belarus andUkraine specialist on the staff of RFE/RLNewsline.writing this article, two things are alreadyclear. First, the Communist Party ofUkraine, which proposed Mr.Yanukovych as a candidate for primeminister jointly with the Party of theRegions and the Socialist Party, refusedto sign the declaration. This means theCommunists will drop out of the Anti-Crisis Coalition formed last month afterthe Orange coalition of Our Ukraine, theYulia Tymoshenko Bloc, and the SocialistParty notoriously failed to agree on a newCabinet. Second, the Yulia TymoshenkoBloc, which in the past repeatedlydeclared it would never strike a coalitiondeal with Mr. Yanukovych’s Party of theRegions, will also go into opposition.Messrs. Bezsmertnyi and Yanukovychare reported today to have initialed anagreement bringing Our Ukraine into acoalition with the Party of the Regions. Thesecond Anti-Crisis member, the Socialists,is likely to stay in the fold as well.Does the endorsement of Mr.Yanukovych for prime minister byPresidentYushchenko mean that the 2004Orange Revolution has suffered a totaldisintegration? Is Ukraine about toreverse its political course? Both concernsappear to be exaggerated.Speaking to a crowd of supporters inKyiv on August 2, Mr. Yanukovych wasforced to admit that the OrangeRevolution has radically changed thecountry and that there can be no return tothe past. “We have already come tounderstand that 2004, all things considered,has opened all of our eyes as towho we are, who stands by us, and whatour country is,” he said. “I think that thishas brought us benefits and, of course,purification.”It is true that Mr. Yanukovych objectsto Ukraine’s membership in NATO,which is a goal fervently pursued by Mr.Yushchenko. However, Mr.Yanukovych’s objection reflects the feelingof a majority of Ukrainians about theNorth Atlantic alliance, rather than hisown deep-seated political convictions.In 2003, during Mr. Yanukovych’s previousprime ministership under thenPresident Leonid Kuchma, Kyiv soughtexpanded cooperation with NATO, anddeclared NATO membership as a strategicgoal. So, there may be room for compromiseon this tricky issue between Messrs.Yanukovych and Yushchenko in 2006.Mr. Yanukovych has also repeatedlydeclared that he is in favor of Ukrainejoining both the World TradeOrganization and the European Union,two other goals pursued by Mr.Yushchenko. Therefore, his prime ministershipunder President Yushchenko mayeventually prove to be no less “pro-Western” than those of his two predecessors,Yulia Tymoshenko and Mr. YuriyYekhanurov.However, a big setback for Ukraine’snew government is the general disillusionmentwith political elites in the country,which was provoked by the infamousbreak-up of the Orange Revolution allies in2005, the virtual lack of reforms in thecountry, and what is widely seen asYushchenko’s lack of political will andinability to live up to his election promises.If the new government manages toadopt a prompt reform plan and put itinto practice, President Yushchenko mayget a chance “to bring the country together,”as he declared while nominating Mr.Yanukovych. If not, Ukraine will mostlikely become even more bitterly dividedand exasperated.Ukrainian premier to visit MoscowKYIV – Foreign Minister BorysTarasyuk told journalists in Kyiv onAugust 8 that newly appointed PrimeMinister Viktor Yanukovych will visitMoscow this month to meet with hisRussian counterpart, Mikhail Fradkov, ata session of the intergovernmental commissionfor economic cooperation,Interfax-Ukraine reported. Speaking laterthe same day on television, Mr. Tarasyuksaid Mr. Yanukovych’s talks in Moscow,among other topics, will include the priceof gas imported by Ukraine from Russia.Mr. Tarasyuk also revealed that Mr.Yanukovych is planning to visit Brusselsin mid-September to discuss Ukraine-NATO cooperation. (RFE/RL Newsline)Party sees new government as revengeKYIV – The Ukrainian People’s Party(UNP) has called on all “patriotic” and“state-supporting” forces to unite in theface of what the party perceives as a dangerarising from the recent installation ofPrime Minister Yanukovych’s government,UNIAN reported on August 8.“The government formed by theVerkhovna Rada is an overt act ofrevenge by those political forces thatwere removed from power by the OrangeMaidan,” the UNP said in a statement.“The declaration of national unity, whichwas drafted with allegedly good intentions,has no legal status and is only adeclarative document that was utilized bythe anti-Ukrainian forces led by Mr.Yanukovych, the Communists, and theSocialists to come to power.” The UNPstressed that it sees “an urgent need toform a national-democratic front in orderto defend the state and achievements ofnational democracy.” (RFE/RLNewsline)Vitrenko comments on new governmentKYIV – Nataliya Vitrenko, leader ofthe Progressive Socialist Party, told journalistsin Kyiv on August 8 that the declarationof national unity signed lastweek has obliged its signatories to implementthe pro-NATO and pro-Westernpolitical course of President ViktorNEWSBRIEFSYushchenko, UNIAN reported. Mrs.Vitrenko said the signed document is tantamountto “an act of betrayal of theOrthodox-Slavic civilization.” Accordingto Mrs. Vitrenko, even though the declarationof national unity is an unconstitutionaldocument, it has “tied the hands”of the Party of the Regions, the SocialistParty, and the Communist Party, whichnow must do what Mr. Yushchenkowants them to do. Mrs. Vitrenko addedthat by signing this document, the Partyof the Regions, the Socialist Party, andthe Communist Party have betrayed theirelectorates. (RFE/RL Newsline)Presidential decree on military exercisesKYIV – President Viktor Yushchenkohas signed a decree that will allow threemilitary exercises involving the participationof foreign troops to be held inUkraine in 2006, Interfax-Ukrainereported. The decree follows theVerkhovna Rada’s authorization onAugust 4 of the South 2006 maneuvers,which are to include the participation ofMoldovan troops in August in MykolayivOblast; the Cossack Steppe exerciseinvolving British and Polish troops inZhytomyr Oblast in September; and anexercise involving Slovak soldiers inLviv Oblast in September. Originally,Kyiv was planning to hold six multinationalmilitary exercises in Ukraine,including the Sea Breeze 2006 maneuverswith a sizable NATO contingent.However, the Verkhovna Rada failed toauthorize these exercises in February.Moreover, the visit of a U.S. naval shipin the Crimean port of Feodosiya in Maysparked a series of anti-NATO protests inUkraine, with several Ukrainian regionsdeclaring themselves to be “NATO-freeterritories.” (RFE/RL Newsline)Bush, Putin congratulate YushchenkoKYIV – U.S. President George W.Bush has congratulated UkrainianPresident Viktor Yushchenko on the formationof Prime Minister ViktorYanukovych’s government, Interfax-Ukraine reported on August 7, quotingthe Ukrainian presidential press service.(Continued on page 16)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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No. 33THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 3U.S. State Department releases annual human rights report for 2005by Matthew DubasPARSIPPANY – The U.S. StateDepartment’s Bureau of Democracy,Human Rights and Labor released itsannual report detailing current humanrights practices around the globe, includingUkraine, for the year 2005. Thereport indicates that there have been significantimprovements in the Ukrainiangovernment’s performance regardingfreedom of expression, improving prisonconditions, increased accountability ofpolice officers and freedom of assembly.However a number of cases showed thatenforcement of laws remained poor in theareas of the penal system, government monitoringof private communications andmovements of individuals, human trafficking,limitations on press freedom, religioustolerance, discrimination against minorities,corruption, interference with trade unions,and violence and discrimination againstwomen and children.In regard to election violations, theMinistry of the Internal Affairs and theProcurator General’s Office reportedover 700 criminal cases involving 6,000people, with about 250 cases being submittedto the courts by the end of theyear. In most cases, the chairmen ofpolling stations were punished, with over250 law enforcement officers beinginvolved as well. Only in a handful ofcases were investigations initiated intoalleged violations and the then –Yanukovych opposition declared that theinvestigations into, and judgments on,election irregularities were politicallymotivated.Another part of the report tracked thefreedom of expression, freedom of themedia and information in Ukraine.Infringements regarding freedom ofexpression fell significantly in the courseof 2005, with media reflecting a widerange of opinions. The report suggests,however, that for these changes to be permanent,it will be necessary to create alegal basis for the creation of public servicemedia and move to privatize at leastsome of the state-owned media.Ukraine adopted the law “On PublicTelevision and Radio Broadcasting inUkraine” a few years ago, but the necessaryamendments to this law were notapproved by the Parliament as of the endof 2005. A closed group of individualscontrolled the media due to the fact thatUkraine did not have any laws in place toimpose anti-monopoly restrictions.The adoption of amendments on July 7to the law “On the Election of Membersof Parliament” made impossible a considerablenumber of the violations andfraudulent acts that took place during the2004 presidential election. These amendmentsalso restricted political discussionsin the media and restricted foreign pressand mass media that operate in Ukrainefrom covering the election process. InDecember these restrictions were liftedby the Parliament, but the legislation stillgave rise to concern.Regarding access to information, thenew government leadership promised toabolish the all-embracing secrecy withinthe government, but this was notachieved in 2005 and the presidentialdecrees marked “not for publication,” arelic of the Soviet era, represented agrave threat to democracy and the rule oflaw, the State Department report noted.Ukraine did not have an efficient systemof accessing information kept by governmentagencies and local self-governments,and authorities often disregardedtheir duty to provide complete informationon issues of public importance at therequest of individuals.The criteria used by authorities to classifyinformation were broad, vague andarbitrary, and contributed to the lack ofinformation. To correct this, PresidentViktor Yushchenko ordered the Ministryof Justice to prepare bills on access toinformation and on the openness of informationof the state bodies. The reportconcluded that, in practice, nothing hadchanged as a result of these initiatives.There were fewer reports of attacks onjournalists this year, with considerableincreases in freedom of speech and theremoval of the practice of “temnyky”(directives from the government on how toreport on important issues). While incidentsinvolving journalists still took place, theseacts were sporadic and mostly came frompressures by mass media owners, whichhad led to practices of self-censorship.The Procurator General’s Officedeclared progress in the investigationinto the killing of journalist HeorhiiGongadze. In March 2005 the governmentannounced that the killers (policeofficers) had been arrested, however, it issuspected that the orders to killGongadze came from the higher ranks ofthe police or the executive branch.The independence and efficiency ofthe judiciary and the respect for the ruleof law remained serious problems, whilepressure from authorities on the courtsdecreased. Inadequate financing madethe efficiency of the courts illusory andin many regions the lack of funding wasso severe that courts were led to ask forcharitable donations or funding fromlocal authorities, thereby putting theirindependence seriously at risk, the reportpointed out. Other setbacks included thereturn of the Soviet-style “general oversight”functions, which undermines thecreation of a strong and independentjudiciary and is a breach of Ukraine’scommitments made on joining theCouncil of Europe in 1995.Other concerns for the judiciary systemwere the non-execution of court judgmentsor the failure to execute them withina reasonable time, especially regardingpayments from state bodies or enterprisesowned even partially by the state.According to the law, the assets of suchenterprises cannot be sold to cover theirdebts, and without money on the accounts,the judgments remained unexecuted. In2005 the European Court on HumanRights ruled in more than 80 cases thatUkraine had violated the right to a fairtrial by failing to execute court decisions.In July and September new administrativeand civil procedural codes were adoptedthat brought Ukrainian procedural legislatureup to European standards.However, according to experts, themain disadvantage is the elimination ofindependent expertise for courts: nowevery expert needs certification from theMinistry of Justice and so potentially canbe put under pressure from the executivepower in cases where a state body isinvolved in the dispute.The unpunished everyday practice ofarbitrary arrest and detention remained aproblem in Ukraine, according to thereport. This is due to the vague definitionof grounds for arrest without a court warrant.These kinds of arrests were constitutionallyallowed only “in the event ofan urgent necessity to prevent or stop acrime” (Article 29).Furthermore, legislation allowed theinvestigator in charge to extend the termof detention for a period exceeding threedays without addressing the court, but theConstitution stipulated that the detaineebe brought before a judge within 72hours. The report found that judgesalmost never ascertained whether theduration of police custody was wellfoundedor whether the period of custodywas excessive (judges are allowed toextend the detention period to 10 days).These uncontrolled custody situationsfacilitated torture and the covering up oftraces of torture. Also the law and legalpractices essentially hindered access to alawyer and this right was at the discretionof the investigator in charge who couldcite “special rules” for denying access onno acceptable grounds.Conditions in prisons and detentionfacilities constituted a major human rightsproblem in Ukraine. Article 11 of the law“On Preliminary Detention” prescribes2.5 square meter per detainee in a cell, theUkrainian average was a mere 1.8-squaremeters,with a number of institutions providingeven less. Detainees increased by10-15 percent every year with administrationsof such institutions forced toannounce greater capacity figures, otherwise,the traditional shortage of allocatedfunds for inmates’ rations would becomecatastrophic. The budget covered only 35to 40 percent of the real needs calculatedunder the existing standards and was longoverdue for review.The report noted that police abusescontinued toward ethnic minorities, withthe most widespread and violent types ofabuse against Roma (gypsies). Racialprejudice among law enforcement officialsincreased the vulnerability of Roma,who were targeted solely on the basis oftheir ethnic background, which resultedin a lack of trust in the justice system.Other police misconduct included tortureand ill-treatment in police custody, fabricationof incriminating evidence, dailyharassment and intimidation by theIN THE PRESSAftermath of a political crises,a president who won’t listen“Don’t give up on Ukraine,” commentaryby Carlos Pascual, vicepresident of the BrookingsInstitution and former U.S. ambassadorto Ukraine, International HeraldTribune, July 3:“... there is some good news in[Ukraine’s] current political mess.Multi-party politics is alive. It can bebare-knuckled, ugly and corrupt, but italso involves real debate over how toadvance Ukraine’s development as astate with ties to the Euro-Atlanticcommunity and with decent relationswith Russia. For these goals to beachieved, however, Ukraine’s politiciansmust give more weight tonational interests and less to the politicsof personal power. Such leadershipmay have emerged with the coalitionforged in the early hours ofThursday. ...“Yushchenko and Yanukovych nowhave an opportunity to stop the politicalslide. The agreement reached onThursday gives Yushchenko the chanceto champion a solid policy agenda - histicket to restore his political relevance.Yanukovych will get another shot asprime minister – and a chance to turn histainted legacy into one of effective governance.“Coalitions inevitably mean imperfectcompromise, but it is hard to see howany other alternative would be good forUkraine. Any excuse to dissolveParliament after August 2 and vote againwould have violated the Constitution andsurrendered the last remnant of theOrange Revolution’s claim to a moralhigh ground.“New elections also would haveextended the crisis through 2006 ...”police and racist anti-Romani discourse.Those accused of these racial actionsavoided being brought to justice due tothe confidence that the “system” wouldnever fail them. In practice, the worstconsequence that a police officer couldexpect was demotion or transfer to anotherpolice department.Letters of concern sent to prosecutors,police chiefs and to the general prosecutoror the ombudsperson, alleging racistviolence committed by police officersremained discarded. Authorities wouldoften reply to letters of concern twice:first to inform the complainant that theyhad instructed the relevant (normallylocal) authority to undertake an investigationinto the allegations; and then, acouple of weeks later, informing thecomplainant of the results of the investigation,stating that no unlawful actionswere found and the police had acted inaccordance with the law.Other acts of racism, xenophobia andanti-Semitism were on the increase in2005. Assaults were frequently carriedout by groups of youth dressed in attirereminiscent of military uniforms. Thesesporadic outbursts gave rise to concern asUkraine lacked national instruments foreffective protection against violationsmotivated by racism and prejudice.Article 161 of the Criminal Codeenvisages punishment “for deliberateactions designed to provoke national,racial or religious hostility...” in the form(Continued on page 10)“The Non-Listening President,”commentary by Dr. Taras Kuzio, seniorfellow at the German Marshal Fund ofthe U.S.A., Kyiv Post, August 3:“One of the most surprising aspects ofthe Viktor Yushchenko administrationhas been its unwillingness, or disinterest,in public relations and public opinion,whether in Ukraine or abroad. TheYushchenko administration and OurUkraine ignored public opinion inUkraine among Orange Revolution supporters,and that of the U.S.A. and theWest in general, which called for arevived Orange coalition following theMarch elections. A coalition was only puttogether on the eve of the June deadline,but it immediately collapsed and led tothe current political crisis.“In ignoring domestic and foreign publicopinion and advice, the Yushchenkoadministration has boxed itself into a corner.The two choices facing PresidentYushchenko are both unpalatable; proposingViktor Yanukovych as prime ministeror dissolving Parliament and holding newelections. The first would be to makeYushchenko a lame duck president andthe second would make Our Ukraine alame duck political force.“The Orange Revolution did not haveto develop this way if the president andOur Ukraine had upheld one of the centralideals of the maidan. WhenUkrainians went on to the streets in theOrange Revolution they sought tochange their relationship with theirrulers.“ ... A central component was to bethat the ruling elites would listen and actin line with public opinion. ButYushchenko has failed to become a listeningpresident. ...”

No. 33THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 5THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUMAnnual UNA Seniors Conference held at Soyuzivka, elects leadershipby Oksana TrytijakKERHONKSON, N.Y. – On June 11,on a late Sunday afternoon, registrationfor the annual UNA Seniors Conferencebegan in the library of the UNA estate,Soyuzivka, here in Kerhonkson, N.Y.Upon registration, each participantreceived information relating to seniors’issues, UNA products, Soyuzivka and theSoyuzivka Heritage Foundation. Theyalso received information about anupcoming UNA fund-raising cruise onthe “Miracle” Carnival Cruise Lines tothe Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Belize andCosta Maya from Tampa, Fla., as well ascopies of the UNA publications Svobodaand The Ukrainian Weekly.Most participants arrived late onSunday evening just in time to registerand enjoy some wine and cheese, meetold friends and listen to light music byStefan Ben. As everyone got reacquainted,requests to have a sing-along began.Rostyslav Wasylenko accompaniedeveryone on his mandolin. MarijkaPidluska, an Ellenville, N.Y., resident,joined in with her lovely voice and entertainedall with her poetry and humorousanecdotes. Thus, the conference beganon a light and happy note.On Monday morning the official portionof the meeting began with 65 participantsattending. Most of the attendeeshailed from New York, New Jersey,Pennsylvania and Connecticut. But therewere some who came from as far asFlorida, California and Ontario. It was awonderful and diverse group, and manyof the people spoke both Ukrainian andEnglish. By the end of the week therewere 72 attendees at the conference.The meeting began with the participantssinging the Ukrainian, Canadian andAmerican national anthems. OksanaTrytjak, UNA Seniors president, welcomedeveryone. Ihor Hayda, vice-president, waselected chairman and led the conferencefor the duration of the meetings.Elections were held and the followingmembers were elected unanimously: Ms.Trytjak, president; Mr. Hayda, vice-president;and Ija Wasylenko, treasurer. OliaPaprocki, who elected not to run, wasthanked for her dedication and hard workas a treasurer for over a decade.The week was also filled with manyinteresting speakers. On Monday afternoon,Participants of the annual UNA Seniors Conference pose for a photograph at the UNA resort Soyuzivka.the first speaker, Damian Kolodij, a youngcinematographer from New Jersey, showedhis movie “The Orange Chronicles,” whichis about the Orange Revolution. He hadspent months traveling in Ukraine before,during and after the Orange Revolution anddedicated his film to the memory of hisgrandparents, who would have been veryproud of this documentary.On Tuesday morning, RomaHadzewycz, editor-in-chief of TheUkrainian Weekly, spoke about TheUkrainian Weekly and publications ingeneral. Participants had many questions,which Ms. Hadzewycz was eagerto answer.The afternoon speaker was Dr.Bohdan Vitvitsky, a prominent NewJersey lawyer, writer, teacher, lecturerand community activist. He shed light onthe question “What should we thinkabout what is going on in Ukraine? Arethings going well? Or badly?” This was asubject dear to all, and Dr. Vitvitskyspent quite some time explaining andanswering many questions.Wednesday morning brought yetanother speaker Dr. Yaroslaw Stawnychy,a well-known New Jersey dentist. Dr.Stawnychy talked about various aspectsof dental health, from serious health concernsto the cosmetic procedures availabletoday. These topics were particularlyinteresting for seniors.Nestor Paslawsky, manager ofSoyuzivka, was eager to welcome theseniors and spoke about the many projectson the premises. There were manyquestions regarding the estate and positivecommentary on the work that wasdone in the last couple of years. Mr.Paslawsky answered all questions andinvited all to visit the resort more oftenand enjoy its various amenities.The afternoon guest speaker wasRoma Lisovich, UNA treasurer, who wasre-elected to her position during the 36thUNA Convention held at Soyuzivka. Shefocused her presentation on the newSoyuzivka Heritage Foundation, explaininghow the foundation will work andwhy it is important to support both theHeritage Foundation and the UkrainianNational Association.On Thursday morning, the speakerwas the vice-president of the UNASeniors, Mr. Hayda. Drawing on hisextensive background in the field ofnutrition, he provided the participantswith many answers to their questionsabout nutrition, health and diet.(Continued on page 8)Iraq veteran and UNA memberwelcomed home to New JerseyAt the UNA Seniors Conference (seated from left) are: Luba Huraleczko, IvannaMartynetz, Olga Trytyak, (standing) Zenowia and Myroslaw Kulynych.The Ukrainian National Association welcomes home Capt. Mark D. Popowicz,a member of UNA Branch 234. Capt. Popowicz served two tours of duty inIraq and recently returned safely to New Jersey. He is seen above while onduty in Iraq.THE UNA: 112 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY

6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006No. 33THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLYApril91967Our diaspora charitiesThe news from the Ukrainian political front in recent months has been, sadly,disappointing. It has kept our editor in Kyiv, Zenon Zawada, very busy. But fearnot, dear readers, good news is on the way from Ukraine.Mr. Zawada is now at work reporting on a story about diaspora charities thatare working hard to support some wonderful causes in Ukraine. That story is setto appear in next week’s issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, but we wanted to sharesome of the good news with you now.For example, there is the story of Basil Tarasko and the Ukrainian Little League.An American, Mr. Tarasko has spent 15 years traveling back and forth to Ukraine –42 trips in all – to grow a nascent sporting program for children age 9 to 12.“It’s something I want to do to give back to the country of my ancestors,” saidMr. Tarasko, who is the district administrator for the Little League in Ukraine. “Thekids just want to play and I want to do it,” he said, referring to the work he has doneto set up baseball clinics for Ukrainian children, many of whom are orphans.This past April, Mr. Tarasko was instrumental in sending 300 boxes of baseballequipment to Ukraine. That shipment was made with the help of the U.S. StateDepartment and the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund. Thepackage included over 15,000 items, much of which Mr. Tarasko sorted himselfinto special starter kits for Little League teams.And then there is the story of Ukrainian Gift of Life Inc., a non-profit organizationfounded in 1996 by George and Kathy Kuzma to help Ukrainian childrenwith a variety of heart problems.Since 1998, Gift of Life has made annual shipments of $500,000 worth ofmedical and technology equipment to Ukraine. In total, the organization, whichis run entirely by volunteers, has raised $15 million for medical services, hospitalcosts, equipment and consumables for Ukrainians.The Gift of Life organization is aptly named, as it provides a wonderful gift tochildren who might otherwise have died at an early age. The organization helpsfamilies cover the exceedingly high cost of cardiac surgery and other treatments.In addition, it gives children who suffer from heart disease hope that they will beable to live a long and healthy life.And lastly, we would like to point out the work of the United UkrainianAmerican Relief Committee, an organization with a track record of more than sixdecades of work in support of Ukraine. Among its extensive and impressive listof ongoing programs are educational, eyeglass, agricultural, exchange, medicaland relief assistance programs.The organization even has an Adopt-A-Grandparent Program in which benefactorscan sponsor a senior in Ukraine with a sum as small as $15 per month.So while the political situation in Ukraine continues to be ambiguous, thesocial situation is not. There are a great many Ukrainians who need our help, andthe good news, dear readers, is that we have capable organizations able and willingto provide that assistance.Turning the pages back...Ten years ago The Ukrainian Weekly reported on thethoughts of Ukrainians in Kyiv on the 10th anniversary ofindependence. Halyna Tarasiuk, a prominent Ukrainianwriter, Natalia Skrynnyk, director of the language programs atthe Prosvita enlightenment society, and Roxana Fortunska, a fourth-year universitystudent and summer assistant to Ms. Skrynnyk, shared their thoughts on what thisanniversary meant to them and to other Ukrainians.In Ms. Tarasiuk’s opinion, the most pressing problem was the lack of economicrestructuring initiatives by the government. Ms. Tarasiuk also was troubled by the lackof cultural development in Ukraine, saying: “There are no programs for the advancementof culture, no financing arrangements for the arts and even publishing has totallyfallen apart. Neither are there any laws in place which would encourage patronage ofthe arts. Rich people do not originate from the nationally conscious sectors of society.”Additionally, Ms. Tarasiuk spoke of the transition of the status of the Ukrainianlanguage. In the early years of independence, she explained, no one was antagonistictoward the Ukrainian language. All sorts of people readily accepted that they were inUkraine and, therefore, it was normal to speak Ukrainian.At the time of the interview, Ukraine had only one Ukrainian-language television station,owned by the state, but it did not promote a Ukrainian spirit, according to Ms. Tarasiuk. Sheexplained that “the television industry is in the hands of people who are ready enough toaccept the idea of a Ukrainian territory, but not one that is really Ukrainian.”When asked why Ukrainian is rarely heard in Kyiv, Ms. Fortunska responded:“Most people do not know Ukrainian; they think in Russian. As for the young people,they think that it is prestigious to speak Russian. Ukrainian pride does manifest itself,but it’s usually only when an athlete wins a medal. On a daily basis everyone justspeaks Russian, you rarely hear Ukrainian music in the cafés.”To correct this attitude, Ms. Fortunska suggested that all government people, famousstars and artists, particularly young ones who are idols, would have to show pride inspeaking Ukrainian. Also, the mass media would need to speak Ukrainian, she said.However, Ms. Fortunska was not optimistic about the future of Ukraine. She feltthat the only solution was to learn foreign languages and to go abroad to work. Manyyoung people had become disenchanted with the situation and Ms. Fortunska said, “Idon’t have the feeling that the politicians are interested in the future of Ukraine.People don’t have any sense of security. First the people need economic security, thenthey will be able to think about the national question.”Source: “Interviews: Ukrainians in Kyiv comment on Ukraine today,” by FranPonomarenko, The Ukrainian Weekly, August 19, 2001.Reporter’s notebookby Zenon ZawadaKyiv Press BureauA humiliating presidential positionKYIV – Finding himself in the mosthumiliating position of his political life,Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenkoneeded some spin to redeem his disasterof a presidency.First came his August 4 VerkhovnaRada speech, in which he cast himself asa unifier of Ukraine.“Calls to consolidate the nation arebefore us,” Mr. Yushchenko said. “This is atask for every National Deputy. We’re notonly supposed to discuss our daily bread.We’re supposed to have a unified nation.”Two days later, Presidential SecretariatAssistant Chair Ivan Vasiunyk appearedon the 1+1 television network with thetask of portraying Mr. Yushchenko asUkraine’s Abraham Lincoln.He read a quote someone had writtenabout the legendary American president.“The president is a marvelous personand quite wise, but he lacks will and yearning,and I’m afraid he doesn’t have thestrength to run the nation,” the quote stated.“At that time, nobody understoodhim,” Mr. Vasiunyk said of Mr. Lincoln.“But Lincoln is now the most eminentAmerican president.”Nice try Ivas, except the situation’s abit different.Mr. Lincoln didn’t make Confederateleader Jefferson Davis his vice president.Nor did he compromise with theConfederacy in allowing slavery to persist.And while Mr. Lincoln wanted to freethe slaves (whatever his motive mighthave been), the Party of the Regions willdraw Ukraine closer to a Moscow governmentseeking to expand its culturaland economic dominance.Let’s face it – we were smitten,awestruck and mesmerized by a tall,handsome Ukrainian-speaking bankerwith a Ukrainian American wife fromChicago.For the Ukrainian diaspora in theUnited States, Viktor Yushchenkoappeared to be Ukraine’s messiah – thelong-awaited leader who would guide hispeople out of captivity.We were desperate, and so were theWestern-oriented patriots of Ukraine.In times of desperation, many willoverlook annoying facts, opting formyths instead.But the fact is Mr. Yushchenko had spentmany years in the Kuchma government: asprime minister for a year-and-a-half andNational Bank chair for nearly three.In building his banking career, Mr.Yushchenko was, in fact, an activeCommunist Party leader.Mr. Yushchenko willingly signed a letterthat smeared the valiant anti-Kuchma protestersof March 2001 as “fascists,” and hisOur Ukraine political bloc mostly refrainedfrom supporting anti-Kuchma actions.These aspects of Mr. Yushchenko’slife reveal that he’s a pragmatist morethan anything else.When Mr. Yushchenko sacked YuliaTymoshenko in September, I asked himwhether he planned on bringing formerKuchma officials back into government.He had just appointed Yurii Yekhanurovas prime minister, a fellow who chose, asone of his first acts, to engage in a publicembrace of Mr. Kuchma in front of cameramenand photographers.As often, Mr. Yushchenko was longwindedin his revealing response. He musthave thought my question was a bit naive:“I think that there were times whenyou ran into Kuchma, were in the sameroom with him, looked into his eyes andasked him something. But your positionand principles can remain unchanged ...,”Mr. Yushchenko said.“Excuse me, I was prime ministerunder Kuchma,” Mr. Yushchenko said.“That’s an even greater sin! By the way,you are breathing the same air thatKuchma may have breathed. It’s gotten tothe point where I’ve had enough. Kuchmais a fact. Kuchma is a Ukrainian fact!”Not only was Kuchma a Ukrainianfact, but thanks to Mr. Yushchenko, heremains a Ukrainian fact.All of his top cronies, Yanukovych,Azarov, Andrii Kliuyev, DmytroTabachnyk, are back in Ukraine’s topleadership positions.Kuchma’s politics also linger.At his August 8 installation, ForeignMinister Borys Tarasyuk repeated thesame foreign policy stance that he hadrepeated dozens of times while servingunder Mr. Kuchma. (Rukh’s currentleader was a top Communist official too,you know.)“Ukraine’s foreign policy won’t bepro-Western, won’t be pro-Eastern, butpro-Ukrainian.”Confronted with the choice of havingeither Ms. Tymoshenko or Mr. Yanukovychas his prime minister, Mr. Yushchenkoviewed the latter as the lesser of two evils.He views Ms. Tymoshenko as a threatto Ukraine’s stability, and ever since firingher, Mr. Yushchenko has referred to theneed for stability more than anything else.What the oblivious president doesn’tseem to realize is that the OrangeRevolution was a rejection of stability,and a demand for reform.If Ukrainians wanted stability, theywouldn’t have camped out on the streetsof Kyiv when it was twenty below zeroand snowing.The Carpathian Mountains would havebeen more interesting.And despite Mr. Yushchenko’s attemptto paint this nightmare scenario as anattempt at national unity, Ukrainians didn’telect him to unite them with a bunchof criminals.It is stunning that this question evenhas to be posed, but did ViktorYushchenko ever even believe in theOrange Revolution?It now appears that in his quest for theUkrainian presidency, Mr. Yushchenkotook advantage of the OrangeRevolution’s momentum, sluggishlyattending the meetings but never becominga card-carrying member.One veteran Kyiv photographerobserved how Ms. Tymoshenko wasencouraging a rather reluctant Mr.Yushchenko throughout the revolution,pushing him to this march and proddinghim to that protest.Either Mr. Yushchenko just doesn’t getit, or he doesn’t care. And the first sixmonths of his presidency serve as ampleevidence of that.The whole world was anxiouslywatching and waiting for Mr.Yushchenko to take full advantage of theimmense political power and trust he hadacquired and use it to clean up a governmentmired in corruption.Month after month passed with noarrests, no prosecutions and few progressivereforms.(Continued on page 19)

No. 33THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 7NEWS AND VIEWSIs there a need to dub Russian language films into Ukrainian?by Yuri ShevchukThe January decision of the Ukrainian government toaffect a gradual transition to dubbing foreign-madefilms into the Ukrainian language touched off a stormydebate in the media. The loudest to protest it were thevested interests, subsidiaries of the Russian film distributionmonopoly, who like to call themselves Ukrainianor national distributors.Up until now they had run their own show in Ukrainewith the acquiescence of the government, making surethat no Ukrainian-made film was screened in Ukraine,and the entire film distribution was a tool of continuingRussification – uncontrolled, unchecked and typicallybrazen. As a result of this hard-to-believe anomaly, millionsof Ukrainians were deprived of the opportunity tosee Ukrainian films in their nation’s theaters.A New Yorker could see Ukrainian films at theUkrainian Film Club of Columbia University, while acitizen of Kyiv had nowhere to go.Yuri Shevchuk, the founder and director of theUkrainian Film Club of Columbia University, who isalso lecturer of Ukrainian language and culture withthe department of Slavic languages at ColumbiaUniversity, wrote an analysis of the situation surroundingforeign film dubbing for the leading Ukrainianmedia web publication Telekrytyka. Below is an Englishtranslation of his article prepared by Marta Olynyk.There is a new scandal brewing in Ukraine: they’redestroying Ukrainian films. In the 15th year of thecountry’s independence, Prime Minister YuriiYekhanurov’s government has approved a plan to convertthe dubbing of films produced overseas fromRussian to Ukrainian. Twenty percent of the total numberof films will be dubbed into Ukrainian bySeptember, 50 percent by January 2007, and 70 percentby July 2007.Why 70 percent and not 100 percent?Because, according to the statistics, this is the portionof Ukraine’s population that has declared itselfUkrainian. Thus, in addition to satisfying the culturalneeds of Ukrainian-speaking citizens in their own state– which until now have been stubbornly ignored – thisdecision is supposed to ignite healthy market competitionbetween Ukrainian-language and Russian-languagefilms and, finally, to put an end to the linguistic violencebeing inflicted on most of the citizens of Ukraine.But all this depends on whether the decision remainsmerely on paper, which is often the case.It appears that all these potentially optimistic developmentsare not to the liking of those who are loudlyprotesting against the government’s “arbitrariness.” Itturns out that there are more critics of the plan than supporters.This is no surprise, as Ukrainian film distributorsobviously have a lot to lose: for starters, the governmentmay actually begin implementing its own decision,and then the Ministry of Culture will stop issuinglicenses to distribute Russian-language films.Before I begin to examine the objections of criticswho oppose the plan to dub films into Ukrainian, I mustmake one thing perfectly clear: at present Ukraine doesnot have its own film distribution system. No matterwhat film distribution offices may call themselves, allof them are, according to the logic of their businessactivity, branches of the Russian film distributionmonopoly. Until now the logic of their activity was suchthat Ukrainian films were not permitted on the screensof Ukraine and are not permitted to this very day. If Iam wrong about this, maybe someone will write and tellme: Where and when was a widely distributedUkrainian film screened for at least two or three weeks,instead of the usual one-time special screening?Just subject James Cameron’s film “Titanic” to theseconditions and I guarantee you that it would not makemore at the box office than the unfortunate “Prayer forHetman Mazepa,” which the implacable friends ofUkrainian films always trot out with great satisfactionto bolster their thesis that Ukrainian films are not profitable.The so-called “Ukrainian,” or rather “national,” filmdistributors (from which nation nobody knows) havenothing whatsoever to do with Ukrainian cinematography,culture and the Ukrainian state project. To them allthis is just empty words and annoying chatter, which ispreventing them from making money. These “national”film distributors use Russian-made copies of foreignfilms that are dubbed into the Russian language, therebysaving themselves a lot of money. They pay Russiancompanies for the right to screen these films, and the rest,as they say, is just demand and supply – the harsh logic ofcapitalism in the age of primary accumulation of capital.Too bad, they also say, that the other corollary of thissituation is continuing Russification – of language, cultureand mentality – our one and only priority is to makemoney. This kind of film distribution scheme is “cinematographicgas”: films for nothing. Only a fool wouldrefuse such a gift, or a cunning nationalist. In Moscowthey pay for dubbing with money, and in Kyiv – withcrippled human souls. And since souls do not have amonetary equivalent, the film distributors and their sympathizersdon’t even talk about them.There is nothing strange about this type of behavior.It fits in wonderfully with the theory of rational choice,which every self-taught political scientist knows. Itstates that every social actor maximizes his own convenienceto the degree that circumstances allow it.Russian film distribution has long reigned supreme inUkraine, as brazenly as though it were in its own backyard.Now circumstances are showing a tendency tochange in favor of limiting these entrepreneurs’ freedomof activity. The backyard is rebelling.I don’t know about anyone else, but it is difficult forme to sympathize or even support the activity of such a“Ukrainian” film distribution system. When you readthe wails and protests, you ask yourself: to whom arethese people appealing for support and sympathy?Surely not to those whom they have been robbing fordecades in broad daylight, putting on a nice face whileplaying a very dirty game? Or maybe to simpletons,who are supposed to swallow their inane fabricationsabout the government’s forced Ukrainization, violenceand undemocratic behavior? The “national” film distributorsthemselves are aware of the moral flimsiness oftheir situation in Ukraine; that is why there is such nervousnessbordering on hysteria.In the world’s markets films are adapted to the needsof a concrete consumer: they are translated from the languageof the original into the language of the consumer.This translation, depending on the particular features ofthe market, viewing habits and other factors, is done inthe form of dubbing, subtitling, or a voice-over thatretains the original voices.Until now Ukraine and the other former colonies ofMoscow were exceptions to the rule, a cultural andintellectual anomaly. To this day Ukraine does not haveits own independent film market. Thus, the government’sdecision on dubbing is designed to put an end tothis anomaly inherited from the colonial past and to createa film market in Ukraine.Let us pause a moment to examine the concreteobjections of the government’s opponents to this question.Their argument is an economic one. It turns outthat film distributors are financially very weak and in noposition to lay out money for dubbing. Thus, these filmdistributors, particularly small- and medium-sized companies,would immediately go bankrupt, leaving ourviewers at the mercy of powerful American competitors,who obviously can afford to spend money. As a result,Ukrainians will be deprived of access to everything thatdoes not fit the category of a Hollywood blockbuster,meaning independent, art house and experimental films,and generally non-American films.I don’t care who pays for Ukrainian-language copiesof films – Kyiv, Moscow, Hollywood or Bombay. Themain thing is that they should exist. Powerful Russianfilm distribution companies would also be financiallycapable of spending the necessary funds for dubbing ifthey are so interested in the Ukrainian market. But Ihave doubts about the nature of their interest. If there isless revenue from all the cinemas in Ukraine than frommovie theaters in Moscow alone, then preserving culturaland hence political hegemony over the territory thatthey consider their sphere of influence is more importantthan the pitiful amount of several million hryvni.The new rules of the game, which foresee the implementationof the Ukrainian Cabinet’s resolution, wouldfoster the emergence of a real market as a factor ofprogress complete with free competition and richness ofsupply. 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8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006No. 33Renowned Ukrainian...(Continued from page 1)Ms. Svitlychna was born onNovember 8, 1936, in the village ofPolovynkyne, Starobilske raion, inLuhansk oblast.From 1953-1958 she completed herdegree in philology at the Kyiv StateUniversity with a concentration inUkrainian language and literature. Aftercompleting her studies, she began workingat the state-owned radio station inKyiv. She was relieved of her position in1968 for disobeying her superiors byattending a national rally on May 22 atthe Taras Shevchenko monument on thecentennial of the transfer of the bard’sremains to Ukraine from Russia.Afterwards, she took a position as alibrarian.Ms. Svitlychna was arrested on April18, 1972, for her involvement in theUkrainian dissident literary movementand her defense of political prisoners.She was sentenced on March 23, 1973,to serve four years in a labor camp forwomen in the Mordovian ASSR, with anunspecified period of exile. After herrelease in May 1976 she returned to Kyivwhere she was further persecuted andunable to find employment.On October 12, 1978, she was the firstwoman Ukrainian political prisonerallowed to emigrate to the United Statesand arrived on November 8, (her birthday)from Rome, where she stayed for amonth with her two sons, Yarema, whoNadia Svitlychna (bottom right) and other Ukrainian "sixties" dissidents came together in 1992 in Kyiv at the funeral ofher brother and fellow dissident, poet Ivan Svitlychny. Standing next to her, crying, is Ivan's widow, Leonida "Liolia"Svitlychna; between and just behind them is his mother. Seen in this photo are fellow dissidents Mykhailo Horyn (bottomleft, in a dark coat with glasses), Yevhen Sverstiuk (above left, in a light coat with glasses), and Myroslav Marynovych (withdark mustache, standing directly behind Svitlychny's mother). Also seen paying his respects, head bowed in glasses, aboveand to the left of Myroslav Marynovych, is poet Ivan Drach.Need a back issue?If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly,send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to:Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly,2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.was nine and six month-old Ivan. At JohnF. Kennedy airport outside New YorkCity, she was greeted by members of thelocal Ukrainian American communitywith the heartfelt rendition of “MnohayaLita” (Many Years).Annual UNA...(Continued from page 5)The afternoon speaker was Dr. BohdarWoroch, a prominent cardiologist fromNew Jersey, who was invited to speakagain this year by popular request. Hegave a brief overview of a typical trip tothe cardiologist.His presentation, “The completeCardiovascular Evaluation,” explainedmany aspects of a visit that sometimes isnot entirely clear to the patient. Dr. Worochalso spent time answering questions.On Friday morning, Christine Kozak,UNA national secretary, also re-electedto her position at the 36th Convention,visited the seniors and informed theattendees about the various products theUNA has to offer.On Thursday evening, during the traditionalbanquet, most participants woreUkrainian “vyshyvky,” or Ukrainianembroidered clothing, making the eventvery festive.The newly re-elected UNA president,Stefan Kaczaraj, visited the seniors andwelcomed everybody to the conference.The guest speaker during the banquet wasMr. Wasylenko, who entertained guestswith humorous anecdotes and a wonderfulrecitation of a famous poem,“Kameniari,” by Ivan Franko. A recipientof the prestigious title “Outstanding Artistof Ukraine,” Mr. Wasylenko not only performedbut also wrote and sang a specialsong dedicated to the UNA Seniors.All the seniors laughed, sang, dancedand enjoyed themselves that evening. Amusical interlude by Olya Fryz andAndrij Stasiw brought even more joy tothe evening. Ms. Fryz has performedmany times on the Soyuzivka stage,entertaining both adult and young audiences.Mr. Stasiw, a gifted pianist,accompanied Ms. Fryz during theOn Saturday, August 12 requiem serviceswere held at St. Andrew the FirstcalledUkrainian Orthodox MemorialChurch in South Bound Brook, N.J. Mrs.Svitlychna’s body will be buried at therenowned Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv.evening. For the dancers in the crowd,Stefan Ben and his Vidlunnia Bandcoaxed couples to dance.During the week there was an exhibitof Dr. Yurij Trytjak’s photographs in theMain House lobby. On Wednesdayevening, participants enjoyed a Polishfilm “With Fire and Sword,” set duringthe Kozak uprisings starring Ukrainianactor Bohdan Stupka. At the request ofmany of the conference participants, YurijSoltys and Nicholas Nenadkevich agreedto manage the bingo evening. It was a funevening. During another evening, an auctionwas held under the direction of Dr.Soltys and his assistant, Maria Bilinsky.There were also sing-alongs during theevenings when wine and cheese wasserved. And last but certainly not least,there was the traditional raffle, with thefirst prize being a weekend at Soyuzivka,won by Geraldine Nadberezny, a guestfrom California. Almost $1,000 wasraised during these events and the participantsvoted to donate $1,000 to theSoyuzivka Heritage Fund.The UNA Seniors spent a fun-filledweek at Soyuzivka. The entertainmentwas first rate, the lectures very informativeand often humorous, and the chanceto meet both new and old friends waspriceless. Every meal was a delight, preparedby Soyuzivka’s outstanding chef,Andrij Sonevytsky, a graduate of theCulinary Institute of America. The onlycomplaint was that “we eat too often, andthey serve us too much” (even thoughmany of the meals were buffet style)!The six-day stay at this beautifulUkrainian resort (including room andboard), came down to as little as $345 fordouble occupancy. Everybody who couldnot make it to the Seniors Week this Juneis encouraged to make plans for next year.Next year’s event will be held on June10-15, 2007. All seniors are welcome,and groups are encouraged to attend.

No. 33by Margaret PerroneSAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco haslong been the quintessential melting pot.People from around the world come andfind acceptance and success. Celebratingits first anniversary, the Glaucoma Centerof San Francisco could be thought of as amicrocosm of the city itself.Glaucoma is most common in thoseage 55 or older, but can strike at any age– affecting even children and newborns.Several of the Glaucoma Center’s doctorsare world-renowned educators andresearchers. Doctors and their staff at thecenter speak Ukrainian, Spanish,Mandarin, Japanese and Cantonese, aswell as English, to serve a vast population,many of whom fly in from aroundthe country and around the world fortheir care.“We have quite a few Ukrainianpatients. We attract them, since three ofus on staff speak the language,” said Dr.Martha Klufas, an optometrist at theGlaucoma Center. She adds, “EasternEuropeans have an increased incidenceof a certain type of glaucoma,” makingcare by a glaucomatologist, who specializesin this difficult disease, desirable.“Pseudoexfoliative glaucoma isendemic in Ukrainians,” added Dr.Andrew Iwach, an expert in treatingthese conditions.Bearing in mind the diversity of theirpatients, the Glaucoma Center lobby canbe transformed from a showcase for classicmovies that put an older clientele atease to programming for children or non-English speakers utilizing flat-screen televisions.Exam rooms are large enoughto accommodate patients with mobilitylimitations, such as those in wheelchairs,and examination equipment is adaptableso that these patients do not need to leavetheir chairs for the duration of theappointment.Designed down to the smallest detailto maximize patient comfort and convenience,the Glaucoma Center has meldedthe best of 1900s San Francisco architecturewith today’s technological innovation.Entertainment and business opportunitiesabound in the newly revitalizedSouth of Market area, and the GlaucomaCenter adds another dimension byincluding a stop for eye health care.Dr. Iwach, who serves as executivedirector of the Glaucoma Center, states,“Everything, including the location of thebuilding itself, was chosen and designedwith a lot of patient input and withpatient needs in mind.”Easily accessible for anyone cominginto downtown by car, rail, bus or ferry,the Glaucoma Center is located on asmall, quiet street tucked in the heart ofthe South of Market district. “Ourpatients love the fact that everything theyneed is in one building and it’s easy toget to,” said Dr. Klufas.Glaucoma is the second leading causeof blindness in North America, afflictingan estimated 3 million in the UnitedStates alone. Large banners in high-contrastblack and white for easy visibilityTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 9Glaucoma Center of San Francisco celebrates successful first yearannounce the Glaucoma Center from thestreet. For those who have lost their sightand others fighting to keep theirs, thetalking elevator lets them know theyhave arrived.The historical charm of the center’sthree story, 5,400-square-foot facilitywas preserved by retaining the originalwood window frames and exposed brickin each room. Built in 1911 as a varnishwarehouse, the building’s old simplicityis complemented by modern details, suchas state-of-the art electronics throughout,steel door frames and post-modern lighting.Black and white prints from woodcutsby the Ukrainian-born artist JacquesHnizdovsky adorn the walls. “I was captivatedby this particular artist becauseeach piece is a symphony. The woodcutsthat the prints are made from requirework of the most delicate, detailed,meticulous, and innovative nature,”explained Dr. Iwach.“They require an eye surgeon’s planningand dexterity. Really, the art is ametaphor for eye surgery. On so manylevels this collection resonates with thequalities of the surgeon and this center,”Dr. Iwach noted.“But beyond that, the high-contrastoriginal prints have intricate detail containedwithin larger shapes and context,”said Dr. Iwach. “So each piece can beenjoyed by individuals with either goodor poor sight.” That the award-winningart in the clinic reflects the Ukrainianinfluence of some of the staff was abonus, he said.Currently the Glaucoma Center hasseven glaucoma specialists and oneoptometrist in private practice. This is thelargest number of glaucoma specialists inprivate practice in North America. Fourof the glaucomatologists work on anygiven day in eight exam rooms to minimizepatient waiting time.The third floor of the center is dedicatedto research and administration. All of thedoctors at the Glaucoma Center conductclinical research, so the convenience ofhaving an on-site research facility promisesto enhance data collection and analysistoward finding a cure for this blinding disease.The doctors are also renowned consultants,offering their expertise to industryleaders in the areas of ophthalmic diagnosis,medicine and surgery.As an adjunct to research, theGlaucoma Center is home to an internationaltraining program in glaucoma. Thisfellowship is a post-doctoral program forophthalmologists from other countrieswho are interested in specializing inglaucoma. In the past year fellows fromas far as Turkey, China, and Venezuelahave trained side-by-side with the center’sglaucomatologists to hone theirdiagnostic, surgical, and clinical managementskills. They then return home tobecome experts in their own countries.“The fellowship program certainlyadds to our diversity,” said Dr. Klufas.Dr. Iwach concluded, “The multiculturalenvironment means two things real-Dr. Andrew Iwach and Dr. Martha Klufas in the visual testing area of theGlaucoma Center of San Francisco, with one of the over 30 Hnizdovsky prints inthe background.ly. It means we have assembled a stafffrom all over that is professional and providesthe best in glaucoma care. And, itmeans our patients are almost immediatelyat ease, despite their apprehensionabout having glaucoma, because they arecomforted knowing we speak the languageand, often, we have come from thesame place.”Philadelphia Celebrates the 15th Anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine!6:00 p.m.“Voloshky” Ukrainian Dance EnsembleA UKRAINIAN DANCE SPECTACULARWith a guest appearance by master violinist Vasyl PopadiukKIMMEL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS1420 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PAFor tickets call 215-893-1999 or visit www.kimmelcenter.orgFor more information email steppes@voloshky.com12:00 noonUkrainian-American Sport Center “Tryzub”The Glaucoma Center brings togetherall of these elements to provide an accessible,pleasant environment to help peoplecope with this dreaded disease. To learnmore about glaucoma or the GlaucomaCenter of San Francisco, call 415-981-2020, fax 415- 981-2019, or visit thewebsite at www.glaucomasf.com. Arttours can be arranged by appointment.SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2006SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2006“Voloshky” Dance Ensemble o Folk Singers “Yedneest” & “Svitannia”“Promin” Chorus o Sisters Oros o Bandurists Oleh Sozansky & Taras LazurkevychMusic and Dancing to "Karpaty" and "Harmonia"Authentic Ukrainian Food & Picnic Fare, Cool Drinks & Refreshments,Free Moon Walk & Fun Slide for Children, Exhibition Soccer Match“TRYZUB” UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN SPORT CENTERCounty Line Road & Lower State RoadHorsham, PA215-343-5412An open invitationto local community activistsWould you like fellow Ukrainians to know about events in your community?Would you like to become one of The Ukrainian Weekly’s correspondents?Then what are you waiting for?The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes submissions from local community activists.You may reach The Weekly by phone, (973) 292-9800; fax, (973) 644-9510;e-mail, staff@ukrweekly.com; or mail, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280,Parsippany, NJ 07054.THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 20067:00 p.m.Philadelphia Ukrainian Community CommitteeKeynote Speaker: Editor Osip Rozhka o “Voloshky” Dance Ensemble“Prometheus” Chorus o “Ukraina” Chorus o Soprano Lidia BychkovaUKRAINIAN EDUCATIONAL & CULTURAL CENTER700 Cedar RoadJenkintown, PA215-663-1166

10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006No. 33Prime Minister...(Continued from page 1)Mr. Rybak served on its delegation to theParliamentary Assembly of the Councilof Europe.Minister of Fuel and Energy YuriiBoyko will assume the reins of one ofUkraine’s most powerful ministries.Boyko, 47, ran Naftohaz for more thantwo years.Mr. Boyko built his career as a chemistbefore taking leadership positions inUkrainian companies dealing in oil.He abandoned the UkrainianRepublican Party during the 2006 parliamentaryelections to join LeonidKravchuk’s Ne Tak! bloc. He was born inthe city of Horlivka in the DonetskOblast.Minister of Justice Roman Zvarych hasreturned to Ukraine’s Cabinet after causingthe first embarrassing scandal for theadministration of President ViktorYushchenko. Mr. Zvarych, 52, was born inYonkers, N.Y., to Ukrainian-born parents.Mr. Zvarych has no formal legal educationbut has served on various highprofilecommittees in the VerkhovnaRada as a National Deputy. He has alsoled the Our Ukraine bloc’s legal departmentthrough the 2006 parliamentaryelections.In April 2005, Mr. Zvarych acknowledgedto The Ukrainian Weekly that henever completed his master’s degree atColumbia University, despite claiming sofor eight years.Minister of Internal Affairs YuriiLutsenko is among the OrangeRevolution’s field commanders and veterananti-Kuchma protestor. Lutsenko,41, announced on August 7 he wouldserve in Mr. Yanukovych’s Cabinet.Among only a handful of Cabinetmembers to remain in place since theRevolution, Mr. Lutsenko is popular fortrying to prosecute Ukraine’s high-profilecriminals and remove corruption fromUkraine’s police forceConsidered among the few untarnishedand uncorrupted politicians in theUkrainian government, Mr. Lutsenko wasaggressively courted by the Party of theRegions for the polished image his presencewould bring to the new government.Born in the city of Rivne, the Ministerof Internal Affairs isn’t allowed to belongto a party. He has close links with theSocialists.Minister of Family, Youth and SportsYurii Pavlenko is a close Yushchenkoassociate. Pavlenko, 31, has also managedto remain in the Cabinet since theRevolution.The history major and career politicianis regarded as among the rising talents inUkrainian politics largely due to his contactswithin the Our Ukraine ranks.Born in Kyiv, Mr. Pavlenko selectedMr. Kuchma as godfather for his elderson, and Kateryna Yushchenko as godmotherfor the younger one.Minister of Transport andCommunication Mykola Rudkovskyi is amember of the Socialist Party of Ukraine.Rudkovskyi takes the leadership of oneof Ukraine’s most corrupt ministries.After winning the Chernihiv mayoralelections, he abandoned the post to servein the Verkohvna Rada instead. His flipflopcost the city government $100,000to hold new elections. The so-calledSocialist is also known for his taste inluxury sports cars and yachts.The remaining members of the newgovernment are:Minister of Foreign Affairs – BorysTarasiuk, 57, People’s Rukh of Ukraine,born in the town of Dzerzhynsk in theZhytomyr Oblast.Minister of Defense – AnatoliiHrytsenko, 48, no party affiliation, bornin the village of Bahachivka in theCherkasy Oblast.Ministers of Economics – VolodymyrMakukha.Minister of Culture and Tourism –Ihor Likhovyi.Minister of Health – Yurii Poliachenko,46, party affiliation unconfirmed, born inKyiv.Minister of Industrial Policy – AnatoliiHolovko, 55, Our Ukraine bloc, born inthe city of Drohobych in the Lviv Oblast.Minister of Agro-Industrial Complex– Yurii Melnyk, 44, Ukrainian People’sParty, born in the town of Verkhniachkain the Cherkasy Oblast.Minister of Education – StanislavNikolayenko, 50, Socialist Party ofUkraine, born in the village ofBohdanivka in the Kirovohrad Oblast.Minister of Emergency Situations –Viktor Baloha, 43, Our Ukraine bloc,born in the village of Zavydove in theZakarpattia Oblast.Minister of Coal Industry – SerhiiTulub, 53, Party of the Regions, born inthe city of Donetsk.Minister of Verkhovna Rada Relations– Ivan Tkalenko, 51, Party of theRegions, born in the village of Fursy inthe Kyiv Oblast.Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers –Anatolii Tolstoukhov, 50, Party of theRegions, born in the town of Khartsyzkin the Donetsk Oblast.Minister of Work and Social Policy –Mykhailo Papiyev, 45, Ne Tak! Bloc,born in the city of Zaporizhzhia.Minister of Environmental Defense –Vasyl Dzharty, 48, Party of the Regions,born in the village of Rozdolne in theDonetsk Oblast.U.S. State...(Continued from page 3)of fines, corrective work, or incarcerationfor up to five years. However, it wasnearly impossible to get anybody actuallyconvicted of this crime because the crimeinvolved direct intent, with the particularaim of stirring up ethnic hostility in thecountry or in a specific region, of denigratingthe honor and dignity of representativesof particular ethnic groups.In practice this meant that in court theauthor of a provocative article had to statethat he or she intended to stir up ethnichostility. But admission of guilt by theaccused could not be the sole proof in acriminal case, there needed to be additionalproof such as a note in the accused’s ownhandwriting clearly indicating such intent.Article 18 of the law “On PrintedMass Communication Media in Ukraine”allowed for the suspension of publicationprint media by a court in cases “for stirringup racial, ethnic or religious hostility.”Lawyers argued if “suspension of anissue of the print media” denoted the suspensionof the publication as a whole, orjust prohibition on publishing one specificissue of it. The State Committee forNationality and Migration Affairsdemanded that the courts suspend issuesof Idealist, Personnel and Personnel Plus.Examples of these offenses includedan excerpt from the Idealist, which wrote,“Power to God, Ukraine for Ukrainians,Israel for the Jews...” and KrymksayaPravda, which wrote, “Mejlis terroristsare committing atrocities while theCrimean authorities do nothing ... Peoplehave no on to protect them.”The U.S. State Department’s 2005Country Reports on Human RightsPractices were released in March of thisyear. They may be found athttp://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/index.htm.

No. 33It has been 15 years since Ukrainedeclared its independence on August 24,1991. In that time, Ukraine has followeda difficult path along the road of its democraticevolution. There have been setbacksas well as accomplishments for thenascent country.The Orange Revolution of 2004echoed a popular desire for change and,to a large degree, the people’s commitmentto democratic ideals. However, twoyears after the revolution, the governmentappears unable to live up to thosehigh standards.If anything can been learned fromevents in Ukraine over the past 15 years,it is that predicting its evolution as ademocracy is no easy task. What liesahead in the next 15 years for Ukraine?It is with exactly this in mind that TheUkrainian Weekly recently questionedUkrainian scholars and experts.What follows is the first of a two-partseries in which scholars evaluated justhow far Ukraine has come on issues ofUkraine’s integration with Europe, itsdevelopment of national identity, and themost recent developments in the governmentand Verkhovna Rada.* * *Prof. Paul D’Anieri is the associatedean at the College of Liberal Arts andSciences at the University of Kansas. Heis also an associate professor in the university’sdepartment of political science.EUROPEAN INTEGRATIONGiven Ukraine’s past statements onjoining European institutions, andsince then its lack of movement in thatdirection, is there a future for Ukrainein Europe? Can Ukraine be takenseriously by Western European institutions?What steps must Ukraine taketo be accepted by these institutions?What progress has been made?There is a future for Ukraine in Europe,but only if Ukraine chooses that future,and makes the tough decisions needed tograsp that future. EU [European Union]membership is a distant possibility at best.But Ukraine can become a member ofEurope in the broader sense by adoptingthe economic and political norms that arenow taken for granted in Europe.Adopting much of the aquis comminautaire[the entire body of European laws]would be hugely beneficial to Ukrainewhether it led to EU membership or not.Ukraine will be taken seriously byWestern institutions only when Ukraineitself makes an irrevocable commitment.Clearly, much of Europe is more skepticalabout Ukraine’s “Europeanness”than that of other countries, and, therefore,has not made the kind of promisesto Ukraine that it made to others. Ukraineneeds to stop complaining about this, andinstead commit itself to going the extramile. Not much progress has been made.After the Orange Revolution, Europe wasready to be won over by Ukraine, but thatopportunity has been thoroughly squandered.NATIONAL IDENTITYThe language issue: How importantis it for Ukraine to find consensus onthe issue of a national language? Theuse of language – Ukrainian versusRussian, whether in schools, textbooks,the government, etc. – has been andsurely will continue to be a hot topic inUkraine. Is resolving this issue criticalfor Ukraine? Can Ukraine develop astrong national identity while, at thesame time, maintaining both theRussian and Ukrainian languages?Ukraine does not need a consensus onTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 11Scholars comment on the 15th anniversary of Ukraine’s independencenational language, if by consensus wemean agreement on a single predominantlanguage. Rather, it needs a consensusthat tolerance of multiple languages andethnicities is acceptable as long as thereis commitment to the territorial integrityof the state.I don’t think that government policiesintended to substantially change languageuse are likely to proceed. The tsars andthen the Soviets used measures to suppressUkrainian that were much morebrutal than today’s government will useto suppress Russian – and yet Ukrainiansurvived. My impression is thatUkrainianization programs have tendedto backfire by increasing people’s desireto continue using Russian.Many countries have developed strongnational identities with multiple languages,and while the challenges are nottrivial, it appears that such a developmentis possible in Ukraine. Indeed, I wouldcontend that a lot of progress has beenmade since 1991. The country is stillregionally divided (as is the U.S.) butpeople across regions clearly view themselvesas Ukrainians.GOVERNMENTIt has been said that the people offormer Soviet republics – Russia,Ukraine, Belarus, for example – wouldbe best suited and governed by anauthoritarian ruler. Considering thatdemocrats and reformers, such asViktor Yushchenko, have been unableto move Ukraine forward, while morerevolutionary figures, such as YuliaTymoshenko, have captured people’sattention, but have also been unable tomake political progress, can the currentpresidential-parliamentary systemwork in Ukraine? Or are events in theRada over the past five months indicativeof what lies ahead for Ukraineover the next 15 years?I have real concerns about the constitutionalarrangements agreed to in 2004,and I have expressed these long beforethe most recent crisis. One problem isthat the executive is almost bound to bedivided by conflict between president andprime minister. A second problem is thatthe basis for a strong united Parliament isstill very shaky. The system is likely tofunction only when president andParliament are controlled by the sameparty. But I don’t see anything in recentevents to indicate that democracy cannotsucceed in Ukraine. Ukraine needs moredemocracy, not less.THE MOST RECENTPOLITICAL EVENTSWhat does it mean for Ukraine tohave Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister?What does this bode forUkraine’s domestic and foreign policies?What does Yanukovych’s returnto the position of prime minister meanto the political futures of ViktorYushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko?I don’t know anyone outside ofUkraine who is enthusiastic aboutYanukovych as prime minister. But it’stoo early to know what will result fromhis prime ministership. As PM, he andthe coalition he leads will have to try towork with a president from an opposingparty. Yanukovych will either have tomake some compromises withYushchenko, or fight a long series of battleswith him. This might well result instalemate, which is not what Ukraineneeds, but that is not the same asYanukovych being in total control, either.Some have speculated that in certainareas of domestic economics and freetrade, the Party of the Regions might promoteliberalization. Similarly, we tend toassume that this coalition will be pro-Russian, but it’s not clear exactly whattheir interests are in this area. The Party ofthe Regions voted unanimously for a billon NATO exercises in Ukraine. If this newcoalition can consistently pass legislation,it will be a major advance for Ukraine.The fear, of course, is that the Party of theRegions will use its influence to underminethe democratic progress that allowedits resurgence in 2006. This is a real possibility,especially if pro-democracy forcescontinue to be divided and inept.The events of the past month seem tohave buried Yushchenko politically – but,of course, Yanukovych himself seemedburied 18 months ago. Rarely has anyonesquandered political capital as quickly asYushchenko has.Tymoshenko now may be in a positionto unite the orange forces under her leadership.By leading the opposition, shemay be able to put herself in a favorableposition for a future election. The currentproblems in Ukraine are not due to alack of democracy, or even to maliciousforces, but rather to the divisiveness ofthe reform movement.Marta Dyczok is associate professor atthe departments of history and politicalscience at the University of WesternOntario and fellow at the Center ofEuropean, Russian and Eurasian Studiesat the University of Toronto. She is theauthor of two books, “The GrandAlliance and Ukrainian Refugees” and“Ukraine: Change Without Movement,Movement Without Change,” and numerousarticles. In 1991-1996 she lived inUkraine working as a journalist and universitylecturer, and returned in 2004 forher sabbatical, serving as an OSCE electionobserver and living through theOrange Revolution. Currently she isworking on a book on mass media in contemporaryUkraine.EUROPEAN INTEGRATIONI would re-phrase the question, “Isthere a future for Ukraine in Europe?”since Ukraine is in Europe geographically,historically, in terms of culture, religion.The issue facing Ukraine’s political andeconomic elites is how to integrate withinstitutions created by European Unionmembers over the last few decades. Here Ithink the central issue is that relationsbetween the EU and Ukraine have beenlargely declarative for the past 15 years,with both sides making polite statementsbut without much substance.The EU has never really held outprospects for membership to Ukraine theway it did, for example, to Hungary and,in response, Ukraine has never seriouslybegun taking the necessary steps to meetthe criteria in the acquis communautaire.There is a lot of public support for EUmembership in Ukraine, but without anyclear signals from Brussels. Ukraine’selites have not bothered to take the difficultsteps towards integration.This may change now that the EU hasaccepted formerly Communist countriesinto its midst, since the new EU states aremuch more interested in Ukraine than arethe founding EU members. It was Polandand Lithuania that pushed the EU to mediatein Ukraine during the OrangeRevolution, not France or Germany. If thehesitation over further enlargement can beovercome within the EU, the new configurationof membership might create the conditionsfor a more substantive dialogue.NATIONAL IDENTITYUkraine’s leaders have been very goodat maintaining stability in a diverse societygoing through fundamental transformationsover the past 15 years. Whatthey have been less good at is forging apolitical identity which would unify allpeople living in Ukraine. Instead ofbuilding a democratic and political systemwhere all citizens are equal beforethe law and rights are respected, a countrywhere civic participation is encouragedand the decision-making processtransparent, Ukraine’s leaders created acorrupt oligarchic system where mostUkrainians feel alienated, even ashamedof their country. Some analysts have suggestedthat this was done deliberately, tokeep society fragmented, divided andthus easier to control.Within this context, the complex languageissue is easily manipulated by cynicalpoliticians. How can one know what[Leonid] Kuchma’s views on the languagequestion really are? He said onething before being elected in 1994, andthen did another. What does YevhenKushnariov really believe? He led theseparatists in Severo-Donetsk during theOrange Revolution, yet a year and a halflater began declaring that the only statelanguage in Ukraine should be Ukrainian.Politicians in all countries are cynicaland manipulative, and former CanadianPrime Minister Jean Chrétien has gonedown in history for saying, “only naïvepeople believe election promises.” Insome ways Ukrainian politicians are justbehaving like politicians when they playthe language card once again. Havingtraveled through most regions of Ukraineover the last 15 years, my very strongimpression is that the language issue ismuch less divisive than these periods oftension would suggest.GOVERNMENTI’m afraid I would not agree that formerSoviet citizens are more interested inauthoritarian rulers – after all, not so longago Ukrainians caught the world’s attentionby standing up against an authoritarianpower grab during a presidential election.I would also question the rationaleof using the countries which emergedfrom the USSR as a useful comparativeframework. Estonia is very different fromUzbekistan, Ukraine is very differentfrom Russia. They all share the Sovietlegacy, but each has a different pre-Soviet history, and rather diverse politicalcultures.For example, in Russia political technologistsGleb Pavlovskyi and MaratGelman have been successful in shapingpublic opinion to elect certain candidates,such as [Vladimir] Putin in 2000, whilein Ukraine the very same spin doctorshave failed in two consecutive elections.By 2006 Ukrainian politicians turned toAmerican PR companies.It also seems an exaggeration to counter-poseYushchenko the democrat withTymoshenko the revolutionary – theyboth have democratic credentials andrather checkered pasts. Let’s not forgetwhich position Yushchenko held duringthe “Ukraine Without Kuchma” protestsin 2000-2001.I don’t feel that the presidential-parliamentarysystem is inherently unstable.Rather, the difficulties in forming a stableparliamentary coalition in 2006 are theconsequence of the divisiveness of the2004 presidential election, and the failureof the Yushchenko team to reach out tothe Yanukovych voters and re-unite thecountry after the dramatic events of theOrange Revolution.Roman Solchanyk, Ph.D., is a formersenior research analyst at the RANDCorp., where he worked as specialist onUkraine and post-Soviet security issues.(Continued on page 12)

12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006No. 33New government...(Continued from page 1)Employing the same refrain just daysearlier was Borys Tarasyuk, who hasremained Ukraine’s Minister of ForeignAffairs in Mr. Yanukovych’s government.During an August 8 press conference,Mr. Tarasyuk was careful to stress thatthe Ukrainian government would not befavoring Europe or the RussianFederation in its foreign policy.Reflecting the National UnityDeclaration signed August 3, Mr.Tarasyuk said Ukraine’s foreign policyhas remain unchanged, and that it willcontinue to pursue integration with boththe Brussels-based European Union andthe Moscow-centered Single EconomicSpace.Mr. Yanukovych raised eyebrowswhen mentioning that Ukraine may notachieve World Trade Organization(WTO) membership until 2007, a positioncontrary to Mr. Tarasyuk’s goal ofentering the organization this year.The prime minister’s statement maybe an attempt to placate the RussianFederation, which has explicitly stated itwants to enter the WTO simultaneousand alongside Ukraine, a position whichhas recently won the support of the U.S.government.The emphasis on Ukrainian-Russianrelations was inevitable after Donetskpoliticians managed to recapture controlof the Ukrainian government followingtheir successful forming of the Anti-Crisis Coalition consisting of the Partyof the Regions, Communists andSocialists.Mr. Yanukovych officially becameprime minister at an August 4 eveningvote in the Verkhovna Rada, in which271 National Deputies affirmed his nominationas prime minister.Among them were 30 NationalDeputies from the Our Ukraine bloc whoFirst Vice Prime Minister MykolaAzarovtook Mr. Yushchenko’s lead, as well assix from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc,who abandoned their leader’s stance.Party of the Regions, Socialist andCommunist National Deputies were virtuallyunanimous in their support of Mr.Yanukovych.After a standing ovation and receivinga bouquet of roses, Mr. Yanukovychimmediately presented a list of the nominationsfor the 24-member Cabinet ofMinisters, which the parliamentapproved with 269 National Deputiesvoting in favor.Among them, at least eight are Partyof the Regions members, at least fivebelong to the Our Ukraine bloc and tworepresent the Socialist Party of Ukraine.Among Mr. Yanukovych’s circle ofDonetsk insiders returning to governmentwere Vice Prime Minister for Fueland Energy Issues Andrii Kliuyev, VicePrime Minister for Construction,Architecture and Residential-CommunalManagement Volodymyr Rybak andMinister of Coal Industry Serhii Tulub.Another Donetsk native but memberof the Ne Tak! Bloc, Yurii Boyko,became Minister of Fuel and Energy.Although Mr. Yushchenko said theNational Unity Coalition would end anydiscussion of federalism in Ukraine, Mr.Rybak began advocating what he called“budgetary federalism” in his first pressconference as minister.Mr. Rybak called for de-centralizingbudgetary financing and administrationin Ukrainian government, and increasingfederal financing of city budgets from 40percent to 50 percent.“Above all, I support regional politics,”Mr. Rybak said. “And we shouldunderstand that Ukraine will improvethrough its regions. The faster people inregions feel a better life, the wealthierUkraine will become.”Among the more surprising names toemerge in Mr. Yanukovych’s Cabinet ofMinisters is Roman Zvarych, who hasreturned as Ukraine’s Minister of Justicea year after an embarrassing scandal thatrevealed he grossly exaggerated hisresume.Mr. Zvarych was born in Yonkers,New York, in 1953 to Ukrainian immigrantparents.He was active in the Ukrainian-American community before immigratingto Ukraine and successfully runningfor office in the Ukrainian parliament.“I hope that Zvarych, as an expert withdefinite global experience, will direct theMinistry (of Justice) towards cooperationwith the government and other branchesof power,” Mr. Yanukovych said.Mr. Zvarych told reporters that theMinistry of Justice’s work under his leadershipwill be irreproachable.Though Mr. Yushchenko managed toconvince 30 National Deputies of his OurUkraine bloc to vote for Mr.Yanukovych, including Mr. Zvarych, 50didn’t vote in favor, revealing the firstcracks in what political observers believewill be the inevitable demise of thatpolitical force.The Christian-Democratic Union, oneof six political parties that formed theOur Ukraine bloc, announced August 8that it would not join any coalition governmentthat includes Communists andSocialists.“Christian Democrats can’t join withCommunists out of principal ideologicalunderstandings, and the betraying positionof the Socialists, which led to thedemocratic coalition’s collapse, closesthe road to cooperation between ourpolitical forces,” the party’s leadershipannounced in an August 8 statement.After Mr. Yanukovych’s confirmationas prime minister, Ms. Tymoshenko saidshe was confident the National UnityCoalition wouldn’t hold together and Mr.Yushchenko would hold pre-term parliamentaryelections.Yurii Kostenko, leader of theUkrainian People’s Party, declared theformation of a “Patriotic Front” againstthe Yanukovych government that wouldunite all political forces in support of a“Ukrainian Ukraine.”Following the new Cabinet’s formation,U.S. Ambassador to UkraineWilliam Taylor visited Makiyivka in theDonetsk Oblast as part of a humanitarianoutreach.“It was very pleasant to follow thatprocess which recently took place inUkraine, which was achieved by thenation and its people,” Mr. Taylor said.“Of course, these are very interestedand compelling times in Kyiv from apolitical point of view. And Donetsk nowwill play a very important role in the politicsof the nation and Kyiv.”Scholars comment...(Continued from page 11)His new book, titled “The New EasternEurope: Ukraine, Belarus andMoldova,” will be published early nextyear.EUROPEAN INTEGRATIONWith regard to the first question, well Iwould think that there should be aEuropean future for Ukraine. Whetherthere will be in our lifetime, or in mylifetime, is really quite questionable. Ithink the main problem is the attitude ofwhat used to be known as WesternEurope, the West European countries.Not only is it a question of so-calledenlargement fatigue on the part of theEuropean Union.I think that there is a subjective elementin all of this. Namely, that, obviouslywith the exception of the Balticstates and certainly Poland, I think thereis a very strong, subjective trend inEurope today against the former Sovietrepublics, including Ukraine. I am convincedthat the leadership of “oldEurope” really views the former Sovietstates as somehow illegitimate to theextent that they are not Europeans, thatthey have been perverted in some senseMAY WE HELP YOU?by the Soviet experience.Ukraine should pursue the kind of legislationthat would bring it nearer toEuropean standards. And, obviously,they’ve got a long, long road ahead. Onthe one hand, yes, Ukraine should pursuethose objectives, but maybe more importantthan the objective of adoption of alaw that corresponds to European standardsis to somehow overcome that discriminatoryattitude against Ukraine inWestern Europe.NATIONAL IDENTITYThe language issue from my standpointis a very complex and strange issue. Onthe one hand, if you look at public opinionpolls in Ukraine you will learn that for amajority of people language issues are notimportant. They routinely fall at the bottomof a scale of things that are of concernto Ukrainians, and by Ukrainians I meanpeople living in Ukraine regardless ofnationality. The problem with the languageissue in Ukraine is that it has beenhighly politicized.I don’t think there is an easy solutionto the language problem. It is not a questionof passing a law. In fact, we alreadyhave a law that was adopted in 1989, butit has never really been enforced. Thereis a fissure, or rupture, in society thatoverlaps with regional attitudes, andTo reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800,and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below).Editorial – 3049, 3088; Administration – 3041;Advertising – 3040; Subscriptions – 3042; Production – 3063, 3069there is a rather high correlation betweenlanguage and those fissures. But a law, abetter law, a more wide-ranging law, onlanguage is not going to solve that problem.The problem has, unfortunately,been politicized.I think, to some extent, we here in thediaspora put too much credence, toomuch importance on the language question,which does not correspond to thesituation on the ground in Ukraine.GOVERNMENTI think that the idea that certain societiesare more governable with a stronghand is extremely subjective. I think thatthe real problem is the continuing lack ofdevelopment of normal state institutionsin Ukraine. A concrete example is developingright now. There were amendmentsthat were adopted to the existingConstitution – adopted in December2004 – as a way of reaching compromiseduring the presidential elections. Butthere is complete disagreement amongsome political forces about what theseamendments actually mean.So, in spite of the fact that you have aConstitution, in spite of the fact that youhave various laws, and so on, what youalso have is a struggle between the executivebranch versus the legislative branch,and that’s played out in what we’re seeingright now. It’s an ongoing story inUkraine about how institutions have notbeen optimized to the point where everyoneagrees that, yes, this is what the presidentdoes, this is what Parliament doesand this is what the judicial branch does.THE MOST RECENTPOLITICAL EVENTSIn some sense that’s sort of speculative.If you remember, during the presidentialcampaign in 2004, the programsof Yushchenko and Yanukovych quiteoften overlapped to some extent. It wasonly toward the very end – right on theeve of the election – that Yanukovychsuddenly introduced these sensitiveissues of language and dual citizenship,very divisive planks in his platform.So, on the one hand, I think therewould be general agreement here in theWest that Mr. Yanukovych is an odiousfigure, and not only because of his priorconvictions and felonious behavior, so tospeak. But what’s interesting to mewhen one talks about Mr. Yanukovych isthat he actually represents a large segmentof Ukrainian public opinion, attitudes,beliefs and so on. I think it hasoften been neglected that he in fact didgain 44 percent of the vote in the repeatelection. That is a considerable figure.A second point that needs to be madeis how the so-called Orange Revolutionactually mobilized Yanukovych’s supporters.It mobilized them in the sensethat the events of November-December2004 also consolidated – and this is obviouslyan ongoing process – that segmentof Ukrainian society that shares Mr.Yanukovych’s views.And as far as the most recent developmentsare concerned – that is, the confirmationof Mr. Yanukovych as primeminister – observers and analysts appearto be seriously split as to whether this is“good’ or “bad” for Ukraine. Clearly,we will have to wait and see how thingsplay out. Personally, I have seriousdoubts that a document called the“Universal of National Unity” will producethe desired results. The drivingforce behind politics in Ukraine is powerand money, which go together, not loftyideals.

No. 33THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 13BOOK NOTESA tale of a simpler time in Ukraineexamines the Orange Revolution“An Orange Revolution: A Personal Journey Through Ukrainian History” byAskold Krushelnycky. London: Harvill Secker Publishers, ISBN: 0436206234.Paperback, 368 pp. $17.03 US or 8.99 GBP.by Marta KolomayetsAt a time when the political situation inUkraine is both incomprehensible andchaotic, this writer recommends that peoplestill interested in Ukraine pick upAskold Krushelnycky’s book, “An OrangeRevolution: A Personal Journey ThroughUkrainian History,” published in March.It is a tale of a simpler time, a timewhen good and evil were clearly definedfor most Ukrainian citizens as theychanged the course of Ukraine’s historyby becoming active participants in thepeaceful revolution of the winter of2004.It was November 2004 and all theworld watched as up to a million peoplegathered in the center of the capital cityto overthrow the corrupt government ofPresident Leonid Kuchma and challengethe dishonest campaign and electionmethods of his prime minister and Partyof the Regions presidential candidateViktor Yanukovych.Among those carefully watching wasBritish journalist Askold Krushelnycky,who spent most of the fall of 2004 on thecampaign trail with such leaders of theOrange Revolution as presidential candi-Askold Krushelnyckydate Viktor Yushchenko and the maidan’sJoan of Arc, Yulia Tymoshenko.Mr. Krushelnycky’s book is not theonly English-language book chroniclingBatkiv church appeals for aidby Natalie TemnyckyPARSIPPANY, N.J. – The villagers ofBatkiv, in western Ukraine, need financialassistance to finish building St. John theBaptist Church. About 80 percent of thechurch has been completed. However, itstands unfinished due to a lack of funds.Yaroslava Dytiuk, who is leading thefund-raising effort from Batkiv, commentedon the project: “The economy [ofUkraine] is weak and villagers don’t haveenough money.” Her family members inthe United States are helping Ms. Dytiukpublicize the project.Her cousin John Dytiuk ofWethersfield, Conn., explained thatBatkiv residents attended liturgy in theirchurch, which was built after World WarI, until the Orthodox Church of theMoscow Patriarchate took over the buildingin 1946. Since then, they have beenholding liturgies in their own homes,where traveling priests conduct services.After Ukraine regained independencein 1991, the villagers had hoped to regaincontrol of their church, but they did not.Thus, they decided to build a newchurch, St. John the Baptist UkrainianGreek-Catholic Church.Funds for the church have been contributedmainly by families of Batkiv residentsand members of the SelfrelianceFederal Credit Union in Baltimore, Md. Thecredit union formed an account a couple ofyears ago for donations toward the project.An appeal for financial support hasbeen issued to the Ukrainian Americancommunity by Mr. Dytiuk and DmytroWoch of East Hanover, N.J., who bothare originally from the village of Batkiv.Donations, with the notation “A/C52379 Batkiv Church,” may be sent to:Selfreliance FCU, 2345 Eastern Ave.,Baltimore, MD 21224.St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, which is under constructionin Batkiv, Ukraine.the events that led up to and became partof the Orange Revolution – British lecturerAndrew Wilson produced a booktitled “Ukraine’s Orange Revolution”(Yale University Press) and U.S.-basedscholars Anders Aslund and MichaelMcFaul edited a book called “Revolutionin Orange: The Origins of Ukraine’sDemocratic Breakthrough” (CarnegieEndowment for International Peace).However, what makes Mr.Krushelnycky’s book a good read is hisstyle, which intertwines his family’s 20thcentury history – and the history ofUkraine – spanning many centuries.The book is well-researched andheartfelt; the reader feels Mr.Krushelnycky’s passion about hisUkrainian roots and his family history.This book offers a well-rounded andinformative look at ethnic groups insports, including the Ukrainian Americanexperience, with a brief outline byMetodij Boretsky, detailing its earlybeginnings to the sports climate at thetime of the book’s publication.Along with other notables in the book,sportsmen of Ukrainian descent such asChuck Bednarik, Bronko Nagurski, MikeDitka and Zenon Snylyk are highlightedand each outline offers readers a glimpseof their lives and their contributions tosports.An entire section dedicated to soccerdescribes the rise of ethnic sports clubslike the Ukrainian Nationals ofPhiladelphia and relates the Ukrainianexperience to that of other ethnic groups,such as the Greeks, Hispanics and Scots.Also in this section it is pointed out howfew foreign-born Americans made asplash as players on the college sportsscene, but many did as coaches, amongthem Walter Chyzowycz, who coached atthe Philadelphia College of Textiles andScience and at Wake Forest University.The section also commends foreignborn,and second- and third-generationimmigrant parents for encouraging theirchildren to play sports, resulting in higherquality talent on American soccerteams and offering an opportunity for acollege education to many immigrantfamilies.Readers can obtain copies of this bookby contacting the publisher at:And, of course, it is a good story, as itoutlines the struggle between right andwrong. It tells of ordinary people whohad the courage to stand up for theirrights and refuse to be oppressed. Itrelates the plight of ordinary people andmodern-day heroes with wit and spirit.Mr. Krushelnycky has reported formore than 25 years for such publicationsas The Independent, the Sunday Timesand the Herald Tribune. He was a warcorrespondent in Afghanistan in the1980s and has been a keen observer ofUkrainian politics since the collapse ofthe Soviet Union in the early 1990s,spending weeks at a time writing aboutUkraine’s patchy and difficult road todemocracy.Mr. Krushelnycky wrote the book innine short months, but he continues to beinterested in the subject of Ukraine andponders its future. On the eve of hisbook’s release, which coincided withUkraine’s parliamentary elections, hewas interviewed for www.opendemocracy.netby free-lance journalist Toby Saul.The burning question was whether Mr.Yushchenko and Ms. Tymoshenko wouldbe able to overcome their differences:“My personal feeling is that they willbecause, however egotistic[al] they are,they must understand that on their ownthey’re going to be destroyed,” Mr.Krushelnycky replied. “And if they’retempted to make an alliance withYanukovych, he’s going to discard themat the earliest opportunity. Logically, it’sa no-brainer for them. They’ve got towork together and come to some kind ofaccommodation. Otherwise, it will be adisaster for Ukraine.”“An Orange Revolution” is availableat amazon.com.Ethnic sports encyclopediachronicles pros and amatuers“Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States,” George B. Kirsch, et al.,editors. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000. 530 pp. $157.95 (hardcover).Greenwood Heinemann, P.O. Box 6926,Portsmouth, NH 03802-6926; telephone,800-225-5800; fax, 603-431-2214; orvia www.greenwood.com or www.amazon.com.The author of the encyclopedia’schapter on “Ukrainian Sport in theUnited States”, Mr. Boretsky is presscoordinator for the Regional UkrainianOlympic Committee of Philadelphia. Hehas published extensively on theUkrainian American community andUkrainian sports.

14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006No. 33Ukrainian opera star featured in “God Bless America – A Musical Salute”GLENDALE, Calif. – The UkrainianChoir Kobzar of Los Angeles and ThePasadena Community Orchestra presenteda patriotic tribute on June 23 titled“God Bless America – A Musical Salute”here at The Alex Theater.Famed Irish tenor Anthony Kearnswas the featured performer, along withone of America’s leading opera artists,Stefan Szkafarowsky of New York, andthe television/film actor George Dzundzaas master of ceremonies.The benefit concert was sponsored bythe Ukrainian Culture Center of LosAngeles. Anna Krawczuk, national commanderof the Ukrainian AmericanVeteran’s, traveled from New Jersey toattend the concert and present an awardto the Ukrainian Culture Center for itstribute and support of American veterans.The award was received by Mr. BohdanShpak, president of the Ukrainian CultureCenter.The proceeds from this event will benefitthe children of our fallen heroesthrough the Freedom Alliance.The following review by LynetteCrouse appears on Mr. Kearns’ website,www.anthonykearns.tripod.com. (It isreprinted here with permission.)* * *“An excellent group of performersshared the stage and delivered an excitingand passionate concert. Kobzar is madeup of strong and talented voices underthe direction of Greg Hallick. ThePasadena Community Orchestra, directedby Wayne Reinecke, is a fine ensembleand one of which the city of Pasadenashould be proud. Mr. Hallick had thevision to invite Irish tenor AnthonyKearns as the featured artist, and waslucky enough to garner the support ofBass Stefan Szkafarowsky, as well.From the moment they met at thehours-long rehearsal on June 22, respectand enjoyment took root between the performersand shone forth the next evening.Kearns remarked during the concert,“Everyone on this stage has a connectionStefan SzkafarowskyThe Ukrainian Choir Kobzar of Los Angeles and The Pasadena Community Orchestra perform at The Alex Theater inCalifornia.with Ukraine, with a Paddy stuck in themiddle!” A Ukrainian Paddy, to be sure;at the end of the performance Mr. Kearnswas presented with an Honorary Son ofUkraine Award by Bohdan Knianicky,president of the Kobzar Choir, which hereceived graciously: “Thank you verymuch, indeed.” (In Irish, of course!)His solo presentations ran the gamutfrom cute Irish ditty into sweeping tenorarias, carrying his delighted audiencealong with him through each and everygenre: 17 solo pieces in all, besides theseveral he sang with the choir. Mr. Kearns(Continued on page 23)Ukrainian avant-garde in classical music applauded in Chicagoby Maria KulczyckyCHICAGO – Ukraine’s rich musical heritageis being shared with wider audiencesin Chicago.Last October, the festival of KyivanLiturgical Music brought musicologists,choristers and the public to a two-day celebrationof a musical tradition threatenedwith neglect.Another venerable tradition – modernUkrainian classical music – is being promotedby an American group, MAVerickEnsemble, artists-in-residence at theUkrainian Institute of Modern Art inChicago, through a series of concertsaround the city.The latest MAVerick Ensemble programwas held July 31 at the Chicago CulturalCenter, overlooking Millennium Park, amajor tourist magnet in the center of thecity. The program took place in conjunctionwith the center’s exhibition “Modernism inUkraine, 1910-1930,” a landmark exhibit ofUkrainian avant-garde artists. Both werepresented by the city’s Department ofCultural Affairs.The concert echoed the modern theme ofthe exhibition. Works of BorysLiatoshynsky, a contemporary of the originalmodernists, and Valentin Silvestrov andVirko Baley, both composing currently,were presented.For the past three years MAVerickEnsemble has been researching, studyingand performing works of modernistUkrainian composers, providing many withtheir U.S. premiers. The ensemble, consistingof 10 musicians, also promotes theworks of cutting-edge composers such asJohn Cage, Christian Wolff and MortonFeldman.There is no way of knowing ifLiatoshynsky’s Trio No. 1, Op 7 (1922) hasbeen performed here before. Called the firstgreat trio by a Ukrainian composer, ithas a lovely and vibrant melodic line.At turns lyrical and explosive, itevolves through three movements in acontinuous rhythmic drive to a triumphantconclusion. The three artists– William Jason Raynovich, ensembledirector, violoncello; Soo Young Lee,piano; and Elizabeth BrausaBrathwaite, violin – performed thischallenging piece with grace andverve.Liatoshynsky (1895-1968) studiedand lived in Kyiv, but traveled widelyin the West and taught in Moscow. Amember of the post-World War Imusical renaissance in Kyiv, he initiatedthe modern movement in Ukrainewith works that originally reflectedexpressionism. He is a composer whodeserves a greater reputation, whichcould grow with greater exposure inthe West.Messrs. Baley and Silvestrov representa younger generation, havingbeen born just before World War II.Mr. Baley, born in Ukraine, has spenthis creative life in the U.S. Multi-lin-MAVerick Ensemble members (from left) Elizabeth Brausa Brathwaite,violin; Soo Young Lee, piano, and William Jason Raynovich, violoncelloand ensemble director perform Ukrainian modern classical music inChicago.gual and multi-disciplinary, he is a conductorand music director of the NevadaSymphony Orchestra in Las Vegas and distinguishedprofessor of music and composerin residence at the University of Nevada,Las Vegas. He infuses his music with contemporaryand traditional motifs.“ ... a trois” (1998), the Baley piece performedat the Cultural Center, was writtento honor the death of Liatoshynsky, as wellas the 60th birthday of Mr. Baley’s friend,Mr. Silvestrov. The work is a fragment of animaginary piece. The piano reiterates amotif reminiscent of Proust’s “Madeleine.”The final melody was composed when Mr.Baley was 13, bravely attempting to write asymphony.Mr. Silvestrov, born in Kyiv and a studentof Liatoshynsky, continues to live andwork in Kyiv. While lyrical and melodic,his work embraces free serialism, as well asaleatory and textural explorations.“Postludium No. 3” (1981/2), his workplayed at the concert, represents a periodwhen, as Mr. Silvestrov explained, heexplored “poetry in music. The postlude canbe compared to a collection of resonances.A form in which one suspects the existenceof a certain imaginary text connected to thereal, given text.” This metaphorical stylepreoccupies Mr. Silvestrov to the present.“Postludium No. 3,” a conversationbetween the piano and the cello, is a meditative,slow exchange the performers instilledwith deep emotion and simplicity.The audience in the spacious marble andTiffany-glass hall burst into generousapplause at the conclusion of the concert,demonstrating their appreciation for bothmusic and performers. Predominantly non-Ukrainian, the audience nevertheless includedseveral members of the Ukrainian community,among them were Ukraine’s ConsulGeneral Vasyl Korzachenko and membersof his staff.

No. 33THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 15Long-awaited Ukrainian modernism exhibit stirs Chicago audienceby Marta FarionCHICAGO – The long-awaited exhibition of early20th century Ukrainian art made a dramatic Americandebut on July 20 when approximately 300 personsattended the exhibit’s opening reception at the ChicagoCultural Center. Titled “Crossroads: Modernism inUkraine, 1910-1930,” the unique collection of morethan 70 works assembled from both museum and privateholdings will remain in Chicago until it resumes itsnational tour in October when it moves to TheUkrainian Museum in New York City.Minister of Culture, Ihor Likhovij; Marta Farion;and director of the National Art Museum of Ukraine,Anatoly Melnyk.The international avant-garde movement that reachedits peak during the first three decades of the 20th centuryincluded many influential and innovative artists fromUkraine. As elsewhere in the former Soviet Union,these artists were often persecuted and executed in the1930s and their works were banned or destroyed.According to local experts, nearly 2,000 of these workswere confiscated by the government during the late1930s, and only 300 remain today. This exhibition presentsthe best of these works, many of which have onlyrecently been viewed outside of Ukraine.Opening ceremoniesChicago’s commissioner of cultural affairs, the legendaryLois Weisberg, addressed the opening ceremonyand stated, “I am delighted to see the works of theseworld-renowned artists in Chicago. It is the first timethat these works appear in the United States. Theseworks are masterpieces of 20th century art. Every personwho visits this exhibit will see the grandeur ofUkrainian culture.”Deputy Chicago commissioner of Visual Arts,Gregory Knight, of the city’s Department of CulturalAffairs also addressed the exhibit’s opening andthanked those who initiated, organized, managed andfinanced it.“This exhibit of modern art from Ukraine opens thedoor to the art treasures of Ukraine which were bannedand hidden all these years and to the Ukrainian artistswhose names we have known and others whom welearn about for the first time. Crossroads explores therole of Ukraine in the development of the avant-gardemovement,” said Mr. Knight.“This exhibit includes works by well-known artistslike Kazimir Malevich, Alexandra Exter, AnatolyPetrytsky, Mykhailo Boichuk and David Burliuk, andintroduces American audiences to previously unknownUkrainian artists including Yasyl Yermylov andOleksander Bohomazov,” he added.Attending the Chicago opening was UkrainianMinister of Culture Ihor Likhovij, who introduced theexhibit with a letter of greetings from UkrainianPresident Viktor Yushchenko. President Yushchenkowrote: “The mutual efforts of many individuals inUkraine and the United States will allow thousands ofviewers in the United States to familiarize themselveswith another aspect of the art of Ukraine. This exhibitmarks the beginning of a new era of cultural exchangesbetween Ukraine and the United States.”Minister Likhovij added: “The artists who createdthese works represent a very difficult and sad era whenSoviet repression resulted in their persecution, and oftendeath. It is difficult for us now to understand that artwas the target of political repression, but these artistsrefused to cave in to pressure and left the world a significantcontribution in the arts. I am grateful to the organizerswho made this exhibit possible and to MayorRichard and Mrs. Maggie Daley, who visited Kyiv lastyear and supported the project in Chicago.”Other guests from UkraineAccompanying Minister Likhovij from Kyiv toChicago was Anatoly Melnyk, director of the NationalArt Museum of Ukraine; Ludmyla Kovalska, deputydirector; as well as the museum’s restorers TamaraGerzhan and Iryna Demydchuk.Also present at the opening ceremony were respectedart historians Dmytro Horbachov and Prince NikitaLobanov-Rostovsky, who co-curated and assembled theunique exhibit from the holdings of the National ArtMuseum of Ukraine, the Theater Museum, the Museumof Folk Art of the Ukraine, the Art Museum ofDnipropetrovsk and from private collections. DougRobinson provided restoration and installation expertise.Other guests at the Chicago opening includedUkraine’s diplomats, Ambassador to the United NationsValeriy Kuchinsky and Ukrainian Consul General inChicago Vasyl Korzachenko. Ukraine’s Ambassador tothe U.S. Oleh Shamshur, who supported the exhibit inits various aspects, was unable to attend because of airportweather conditions in Chicago.Mr. Melnyk noted the exhibit’s impressive presentationand said, “It is an honor to present these masterpiecesof avant-garde art to the public in the UnitedStates. It is time for the world to recognize Ukraine’scontribution to contemporary art.”Organizers and sponsorsThe exhibition’s American tour was organized by theNational Art Museum of Ukraine and the Foundationfor International Arts and Education, whose president,Gregory Guroff, poured energy, experience and dedicationinto the project. It took years to find, identify,restore and gather these works.In Chicago, the exhibit was presented by the city’sDepartment of Cultural Affairs and the Kyiv Committeeof the Chicago Sister Cities International Program.Marta Farion, chairman of the Chicago Kyiv SisterCities Committee, who served as the co-host of theopening with Gregory Knight, emphasized the historicalsignificance of bringing these works to the UnitedStates. She noted the substantial contributions and supportof numerous individuals among the professionalstaff and the significant resources of the Department ofCultural Affairs. “The 16 years of exchanges and cooperationbetween Chicago and Kyiv made this openingpossible,” Ms. Farion stated.The Chicago exhibition and opening were sponsoredwith the generous support of the Chicago Department ofVsevolod Maksymovych, “A Kiss.” 1913. Oil on canvas.100x100.Cultural Affairs, the Chicago Sister Cities InternationalProgram, UA-TV, LLC as principal sponsor and HyattInternational Corp. as principal co-sponsor. Additionalsupport came from Selfreliance Ukrainian AmericanFederal Credit Union, Heritage Foundation of FirstSecurity Federal Savings Bank and an anonymousdonor.The exhibit’s national tour in the United States issponsored by The Boeing Company, The Trust forMutual Understanding, Nour USA Ltd., KonstantinGrigorishin and Aerosvit Airlines. Additional financialsupport was provided by Oleksander Tabalov, MykolaM. Shymone, Dean Buntrock and Chadbourne & Parke,LLP. Other support was provided by the Mission ofUkraine to the United Nations, the Embassy of Ukraineand the Ukrainian Consulate General of Chicago.The exhibit in printChicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs publishedcolorful brochures for distribution to all visitors for theduration of the show. Some 40,000 visitors are expectedat the exhibit’s premier venue, located in Chicago’s loopnext to Millennium Park. Exhibit catalogues, publishedin Ukraine, contain color reproductions and a collectionof essays in Ukrainian and English and are on sale for$50 at the Cultural Center’s gift shop or are available toorder online at http://www.chicagostore.com/.In the exhibition catalogue, Prince Lobanov-Rostovsky writes: “This exhibit is designed to show anAmerican audience the talent and unique nature ofUkrainian avant-garde art and to help understand thatthe artists are, indeed, Ukrainian, not Russian, a differencenot always appreciated in the West. Moreover, the(Continued on page 23)Organizers and sponsors of the exhibit, “Crossroads: Modernism in Ukraine, 1910-1930”.

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Mr.Yanukovych was confirmed mainly bylawmakers from his party, the SocialistParty, and the Communist Party, as well asby 30 deputies from Our Ukraine and sixdeputies from the Yuliya TymoshenkoBloc. “[My priorities include] economicgrowth, the solution of social problems. Anefficient economy will open the way forsolving a great number of social problems,”Mr. Yanukovych told journalistsafter the confirmation vote. “Our countrywill be attractive for investment only whenthe situation in the country is stable. Wewill do everything to make sure the situationis stable, both politically and economically,”he added. (RFE/RL Newsline)Rada approves new cabinetKYIV – The Verkhovna Rada onAugust 4 also approved the compositionof a new Cabinet of Ministers, Ukrainianmedia reported. The Party of theRegions’ people in the cabinet are FirstDeputy Prime Minister and FinanceMinister Mykola Azarov, Deputy PrimeMinister Andriy Klyuyev, Deputy PrimeMinister Dmytro Tabachnyk, DeputyPrime Minister and ConstructionMinister Volodymyr Rybak, Minister forTies with the Verkhovna Rada IvanTkalenko, Labor Minister MykhayloPapiyev, Environment Minister VasylDzharty, Coal Industry Minister SerhiyTulub, Fuel and Energy Minister YuriyBoyko, Economy Minister VolodymyrMakukha, and Minister of the Cabinet ofMinisters Anatoliy Tolstoukhov. Thepresidential quota in the Cabinet ofMinisters is made up of Foreign MinisterBorys Tarasyuk, Defense MinisterAnatoliy Hrytsenko, Justice MinisterRoman Zvarych, Family and SportsMinister Yuriy Pavlenko, EmergencySituations Minister Viktor Baloha,Culture Minister Ihor Likhovyy, HealthMinister Yuriy Polyachenko, and InteriorMinister Yuriy Lutsenko. The SocialistParty has Education Minister StanislavNikolayenko and Transport MinisterMykola Rudkovskyy, while theTo: UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Inc.2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054I hereby order Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopaedia❑ Volume I — $75.00 ❑ Volume II — $75.00 ❑ Volume I & II — $130.00NJ residents: add 6% sales taxEnclosed is (a check/M.O.) for the amount $ _____________________________Please send the book (s) to the following address:NameNo.Volume I and IIYou can obtain both volumes for only $130.00Including PostageStreetCommunist Party has AgroindustrialComplex Minister Yuriy Melnyk andIndustrial Policy Minister AnatoliyHolovko. (RFE/RL Newsline)Constitutional Court vested with authorityKYIV – The Verkhovna Rada onAugust 4 elected five judges of theConstitutional Court, Ukrainian mediareported. The same day, 13 ConstitutionalCourt judges - the five elected by theVerkhovna Rada on August 4 as well asfive elected by the Congress of Judgesand three elected by President ViktorYushchenko in November 2005 - took theoath of office, thus unblocking the workof the court. The Constitutional Courtremained inoperative since October 2005,when the term of nine former judgesexpired. The Verkhovna Rada refused toelect and swear in new judges over fearsthat Mr. Yushchenko might use theConstitutional Court to overturn the constitutionalreform adopted in December2004. The Constitutional Court is composedof 18 judges; at least 12 judges arenecessary to make it functional. (RFE/RLNewsline)Rada prohibits review of reformsKYIV – The Verkhovna Rada onAugust 4 amended a law on theConstitutional Court, prohibiting thecourt from revising changes to the constitutionadopted in December 2004,Ukrainian media reported. The measurewas supported by 274 lawmakers. Thepolitical reform of December 2004 limitedpowers of the presidency in Ukrainein favor of the parliament and prime minister.President Yushchenko has repeatedlyindicated in the past that he is unhappywith the reform and would like to questionits adoption in the ConstitutionalCourt. (RFE/RL Newsline)Socialists join new coalitionKYIV – The Socialist Party ofUkraine has signed a memorandum onthe formation of a ruling coalition in anew format, the UNIAN news servicereported on August 4, quoting SocialistParty National Deputy Ivan Bokyi. Asimilar memorandum on the creation of aNational Unity Coalition was signed bythe Party of the Regions and Our Ukraineon August 3, following the endorsementof Viktor Yanukovych as a candidate forprime minister by President ViktorYushchenko. Mr. Yanukovych was proposedfor the post of prime minister lastmonth by the Anti-Crisis Coalitionencompassing the Party of the Regions,the Socialist Party and the CommunistParty. 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No. 33NEWSBRIEFS(Continued from page 16)Party activist Leonid Hrach told UNIANthat the Communist Party had alreadysigned the agreement on the formation ofthe Anti-Crisis Coalition with the Partyof the Regions and the Socialists. “Ifanyone wants to join [this coalition], theyshould sign the memorandum, but we donot need to,” Mr. Hrach added. (RFE/RLNewsline)Tymoshenko Bloc in oppositionKYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko, head ofthe eponymous political bloc, said afterthe signing of the Declaration of NationalUnity in Kyiv on August 3 by the Partyof the Regions, Our Ukraine, theSocialist Party, the Communist Party andPresident Yushchenko that her force willremain in an “uncompromising opposition”to the ruling coalition, Ukrainianmedia reported. “For me, the declarationof principles, whatever has been writtenthere, is a capitulation in front of forcesthat have been allowed to come back anddate back to the time of [former]President [Leonid] Kuchma,” Ms.Tymoshenko said. “I believe that thisabsurdity will not survive for long, andthat we will be an uncompromisingopposition.” (RFE/RL Newsline)President pleased with roundtableKYIV – President Viktor Yushchenkosaid on August 3 that he was pleasedwith the results of that day’s roundtablediscussion among Ukraine’s politicalleaders. He congratulated those presenton signing the Declaration of NationalUnity, thanking the political leaders for“making much progress” during their discussions.“This path was not smooth, andthose nights and days we spent composingthis document show we did not takethis path in vain,” he said. The presidentalso thanked those who had meticulouslyedited the agreement: “All revisions concernedthe most controversial points….”Mr. Yushchenko said there were “thingsthat will always be above postulates ofTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 17any party program. In my opinion, thesethings are: the Ukrainian state, sovereignty,faith, patriotism, unitary form ofgovernment and safety. These conceptsalways form a basis for constitutionalpriorities of any nation. Whatever partyprograms say, these key values make usUkrainians.” He urged politicians toalways put national interests first whendiscussing such “cornerstones.” Mr.Yushchenko then said it is expedient tocontinue such discussions in the future.“I believe this is only the beginning ofour cooperation at a roundtable. I reallywant the political forces to support myidea of regularly holding roundtables todiscuss controversial issues,” he said.(Press Office of the President of Ukraine)UOC-MP has new bishop for ChernivtsiKYIV – Metropolitan VolodymyrSabodan, head of the UkrainianOrthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate(UOC-MP), presided at the episcopalordination of Archimandrite MeletiiYehorenko as bishop of Khotyn and vicarof the UOC-MP eparchy in Chernivtsi.The ceremony was held at the Monasteryof the Caves in Kyiv, according topravoslavye.org.ua, which posted thenews on July 31. (Religious InformationService of Ukraine)No communion for non-OrthodoxOTTAWA – Archbishop-MetropolitanJohn Stinka, head of the UkrainianOrthodox Church of Canada (UOCC), hasreleased an encyclical against the practiceof “communion with non-Orthodox,”which certain priests and parishes of hisChurch have allowed. He said that, inasmuchas the teaching of the OrthodoxChurch does not allow this, it will nolonger be allowed in the UOCC. interfaxreligion.ruposted the news on July 31.The document particularly notes that this“refers also to Catholics of the Easternrite, regardless of any contrary statements.”This year’s sobor (assembly) ofthe UOCC noted a substantial decrease inthe Church’s membership: in 1961 therewere 119,000 members, and in 2004 thereIt is with great sorrow that we announce the deathof our beloved husband, father and grandfatherWalter Walchukon Thursday, August 3, 2006, at the age of 83.were 11,000. In 1990, the UOCC became,as Interfax puts it, “a Church body underthe mantle of the EcumenicalPatriarchate” of Constantinople. Beforethat, it was out of communion with canonicalOrthodox Churches. The UOCC considersone of its important tasks to be“support of the hopes of the people ofUkraine to have a free and autocephalousUkrainian Orthodox Church.” (ReligiousInformation Service of Ukraine)Radio station asks for probe into attackKYIV – Nashe Radio (Our Radio) hasappealed to President Viktor Yushchenko,Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych,Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko andProsecutor-General Oleksandr Medvedkoto take under personal control the investigationinto an attack against three NasheRadio employees, UNIAN reported onAugust 10. Nashe Radio DirectorBohdan Bolkhovetskyy told journalistson August 10 that unidentified assailants,following a collision between their carand that of the Nashe Radio employeeson a street in Kyiv on August 8, abductedthe broadcasters and took them out oftown. “The assailants demanded thereturn of a briefcase about which none ofthe kidnapped knew anything,” Mr.Bolkhovetskyy said. “[The assailants]interrogated our men for four hours, gotinformation about their relatives, andthreatened to make short work of them.They beat one of our men, made himkneel down, and shot repeatedly over hishead. Then they took [our men’s] moneyand mobile phones and released them.”(RFE/RL Newsline)ÇÌÓ˜¥ Á 7 ̇ 8 ÒÂÔÌfl Ô¥ÒÎfl ÚflÊÍÓª ı‚ÓÓ·Ë ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ Û Á‡Ò‚¥ÚËçÄÑßü ëÇßíãàóçÄ(1936 – 2006)Ô‡‚ÓÁ‡ıËÒÌˈfl, ÔÓÎ¥Ú‚’flÁÂ̸, ‰‡ÍÚÓ ‡‰¥Ó ◊ë‚Ó·Ó‰‡“,„Óχ‰Ò¸Í‡ ‰¥fl˜Í‡.ì ˆÂÈ ÚflÊÍËÈ ÏÓÏÂÌÚ ·ÂÁ ̇ȉÓÓʘӪ ‰Îfl Ì‡Ò ã˛‰ËÌË Ì‡ÈÒËθ̥¯ËÏ πÚ ÔÓ˜ÛÚÚfl, ˘Ó ¥ÒÌÛπ Û Ò‚¥‰ÓÏÓÒÚ¥ ¥ Ì ‚ËÒÎӂβπÚ¸Òfl.Ç¥‰¥È¯Î‡ ‚¥‰ Ì‡Ò Î˛‰Ë̇, fl͇ ÔÓ‚Òfl͘‡Ò ÊË‚Ë· ̇¯Û Ó‰ËÌÌÛ ÎflÏÔ‡‰Û‚¥Ë, β·Ó‚Ë È ‰Ó·‡.çÂı‡È ÒÔӘ˂‡π Á ÏËÓÏ í‚Ófl ‰Û¯‡,β·‡ ÑêìÜàçé, åÄåé, ÅÄÅìëû.èÄÇãé ëíéäéíÖãúçàâ, ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍüêÖåÄ ëÇßíãàóçàâ, ÒËÌßÇÄç ëíéäéíÖãúçàâ, ÒËÌ Á ‰ÛÊËÌÓ˛ äêàëíàçÇÖãÖë ëÇßíãàóçàâ, ÓÌÛÍèÓ˘‡ÌÌfl Á 燉¥π˛ ë‚¥Ú΢ÌÓ˛ ‚¥‰·Û‰ÂÚ¸Òfl ‚ ˆÂÍ‚¥ Ò‚. Ä̉¥flè‚ÓÁ‚‡ÌÌÓ„Ó Û ë. Ň‚̉ ÅÛÍÛ 12 ÒÂÔÌfl, ‚ ÒÛ·ÓÚÛ, ‚¥‰ 4 ‰Ó 7 „Ó‰. ÔÓ ÔÓÎ.èÄçÄïàÑÄ – Ó 7 „Ó‰. ‚˜Ӈ.èÓıÓÓÌ – ̇ ŇÈÍÓ‚ÓÏÛ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡¥ Û äËπ‚¥.The funeral services were held on Monday, August 7, at Holy TrinityUkrainian Catholic Church in Kerhonkson, NY, followed by intermentat St. Andrew’s Cemetery in S. Bound Brook, NJIn profound sorrow are:Wife, KatherineSon, George with his wife LubaSon, Orest with his wife ChrystiaGranchildren, Natalia, Danylko, Julianna and KatrinaSister, Olha in UkraineNephew, Roman Maziak with his wife Ulana and their childrenCousin, Ivan Luchechko with his wife Slavka and their childrenIn-laws, Fedir and Maria Petryk and familyVichnaya Pamiat! – Eternal Memory!In lieu of flowers, contributions in Walters’s memory may be made to:Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kerhonkson, NYor The Ukrainian Museum in NYCDEATH ANNOUNCEMENTSto be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainianor English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail.Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue.(The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.)Rate: $7.50 per column-inch.Information should be addressed to the attention of the Advertising Departmentand sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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No. 33SAN DIEGO – House of Ukraine Inc.,located in Balboa Park, will sponsor itsannual Ukrainian Festival during LaborDay weekend, Friday through Sunday,September 1-3.The House of Ukraine is one of 32nationalities that make up the House ofPacific Relations in Balboa Park, SanDiego. The khatka (cottage) has been thefocus of the San Diego Ukrainian communitysince its inception in 1961; the cottageis open to visitors and tourists every Sundayafternoon and serves as an information centerabout Ukraine and Ukrainians.The annual Ukrainian Festival hasbrought together Ukrainians and theirfriends from across the U.S. and westernCanada for the past 31 years.Festivities start on Friday with a welcomeget-together in the sand nearLifeguard Station 13 located just southof “The Giant Dipper Roller Coaster” inMission Beach.The annual concert begins on Saturdayevening and features Volya UkrainianDance Ensemble from Edmonton. Theperformance will be held at the KrocPerforming Arts Center, 6845 UniversityAve., San Diego.Volya returns the next day along withLviv Muzyky from northern California tothe House of Pacific RelationsInternational Cottages Lawn Stage, locatedin front of the House of Ukraine in BalboaPark, for a short program of Ukrainianentertainment from 2-3 p.m. Ukrainianethnic food and refreshments will be availablefor purchase from noon to 3 p.m.Festivities conclude on Sunday nightwith a dinner and zabava (dance) at 6p.m. at the Handlery Hotel and Resort inTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 21House of Ukraine to sponsor annual Ukrainian festival in CaliforniaHotel Circle. This year’s zabava showcasesLviv Muzyky from northernCalifornia who will play traditional andVolya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble from Edmonton.Notice to publishers and authorscontemporary Ukrainian dance music.To place an ad in the Saturday nightprogram book, for tickets and for informationon the House of Ukraine’s Festivalcall 619-460-5733, e-mail housandiengo@aol.comor visit houseofukraine.com.It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly published books, booklets and reprints, as well asrecords and premiere issues of periodicals only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question.News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published.Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, etc.) to: Editorial Staff, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006No. 33Is there a need...(Continued from page 7)a film and its ability to attract the widestpossible number of viewers – and not justwith the fact that a film, no matter howdubious its quality, is ready for distributionjust because it is in Russian.Then more British, Spanish, Polish,French and Czech films would appear onthe market, and viewers would have thechance to watch international films notreflected through the distorted lens of theRussian film distribution industry. Howis this not an argument in favor of thosewho worry so touchingly about the highartistic quality of the film repertoire andsupport the principles of free competitionand market?There is another interesting economicargument. It turns out that the lion’s shareof revenues from films distributed inUkraine comes from the predominantlyRussian-speaking eastern and southernregions. Thanks to them the “Ukrainian”film distribution industry is keeping itshead above water. I assume that manyfilm lovers don’t go to the movies simplybecause they do not want to watchAmerican, French, and Italian films inRussian. (It’s hard to keep from laughing(586)759-6563ä‡ÚÍËíÂÎÂÙÓÌ¥˜Ì¥‰Ó ì͇ªÌË$10. 00Á‡ 100 ı‚ËÎËÌ·ÂÁÍÓ¯ÚÓ‚ÌÓ„Ó臘ÍË ‚ ͇ªÌËŇÎÚ¥ª, èÓθ˘Û,êÓÒ¥˛, Å¥ÎÓÛÒ¸,åÓΉӂÛ, óÂı¥˛¥ ëÎÓ‚‡Í¥˛when you hear Robert de Niro, DustinHoffman, Alain Delon, CatherineDeneuve or Carmen Maura speakingRussian without blinking an eye. This isas funny as Alla Demidova, RenataLitvinova or Nikita Mikhalkov speakingEnglish, French or Italian.)The advent of Ukrainian-languagedubbing may give a huge impetus tomovie theater-going in Ukraine’s western,central and even eastern regions.Proponents of the argument about theunprofitability of films in westernUkraine are not relying on some sort ofsociological research on the consumerpotential of the Ukrainian-speaking partsof Ukraine. Meanwhile, this potentialmay turn out to be a large one.Particularly significant is the psychologicalargument that says that viewersthemselves do not like films in theUkrainian language. They find themunnatural, laughable, ridiculous or somethingalong those lines. The people whosay this are transferring their ownUkrainophobia and antipathy to theUkrainian language to all moviegoers inUkraine.Thank you for your frankness, ladiesand gentlemen, I get it. But I have newsfor you. In democratic societies peoplewho advance the superiority of one cul-ÄÇßüäÇàíäà‚ ìäêÄ∫çìStandard FoodPackagesèÂÂÔËÒÛπÏÓ‚¥‰ÂÓ͇ÒÂÚË ÁÖ‚ÓÔÂÈÒ¸ÍÓª ̇ÄÏÂË͇ÌÒ¸ÍÛÒËÒÚÂÏÛ ¥ ̇‚Ô‡ÍËÇßáà ß áÄèêéòÖççü‰Ó ìäêÄ∫çàture over another are simply subjected tosocial ostracism and are isolated like aninfectious disease. In this sense Ukraineis still far from being a democratic society.And, as for the supposed rejection ofthe Ukrainian language by film audiences,one should not rush to any conclusions.Instead, we first need to see howaudiences will respond in the next two orthree years to high-quality Ukrainiandubbing.A long time ago the fine translation ofAmerican television series intoUkrainian persuasively corrected the fabricationabout the alleged linguisticUkrainophobia of the domestic filmaudience. The Ukrainophobes are notmoviegoers but those who representthem in this manner.Aesthetic concerns are also expressed.You see, right now in Ukraine there areno good actors, and the few that existrarely speak Ukrainian well. So dubbingthat would be done with their ownresources would make a horse laugh.This is undeniable. The general cultureof language among actors is catastrophicallylow, and mastery of the language isnot considered the first obvious requirementof an actor’s professionalism, as itis in other cultures.If you don’t believe me, then just go tothe Molodizhnyi (Youth) Theater onProrizna Street in Kyiv, or the Academic(sic!) Ukrainian Drama, where you will certainlyhear so many Russian phonetic featureslittering the language spoken on stagethere that you could easily imagine you areanywhere but in a Ukrainian theater.This problem also exists in films. TheMinistry of Culture and Tourism requiresthat the film projects it finances are inUkrainian, but our film people are unableto speak Ukrainian well, so they use eitherbad Ukrainian or they make increasinglymore “silent” films in which you won’thear any sort of language at all.The requirement to dub films intoUkrainian, under the conditions of itsconsistent and inexorable implementation,will create overnight a seriousdemand for talent – Ukrainian-speakingtalent – and dozens if not hundreds ofjobs. The fact that today it is difficult tofind professional actors in Ukraine doesnot mean that we don’t have talentedpeople who could quickly master thenecessary profession. Overnight demandwill create supply.The vacuum that is being artificiallymaintained by the situation that hasexisted since 1991 – in fact, since 1896 –and not because of the “elemental marketforce” but because of the brutal and continuouspolicy of Russification, will bevery quickly filled up with new talent.This will happen not through the government’sadministration but a change inthose very market conditions and the liquidationof the grotesque anomalywhereby the cultural needs of 70 percentof the population are insolently ignored.There is nothing comparable in otherEuropean film markets. Dubbing filmsinto Ukrainian is a step toward Europeandemocratic values. This is a sign ofrespect for the cultural needs of millionsof Ukrainians. In the Spanish province ofCatalonia, whose population is less than7 million, no one questions the advisabilityof releasing films in the Catalan languageand subtitling foreign films inCatalan. But that is a province of Spain,and we’re talking about independentUkraine. How can you compare the two?Ukrainian-language dubbing willquickly create not just demand but supply.Finally, in universities where specialistsin cinematography – directors,screenwriters, actors, etc. – are beingtrained, they will seriously begin teachingthe Ukrainian language, and studentswill realize that mastering this languageopens up career opportunities in Ukraine.Isn’t this what is frightening those who,contrary to all the demands of politicalcorrectness, cannot stop themselves frommaking faces whenever they demonstratetheir idea of what Ukrainian-languagedubbing should sound like?It is strange that in discussions of thegovernment’s decision almost no mentionis made of another, significantlycheaper, alternative for resolving thisquestion: foreign films, with the exceptionof Russian ones, can be subtitled.Everyone knows that this is done in theUnited States, Canada, Great Britain,Spain and Poland, and even more oftenin France, whose film policies Moscowliked to copy at one time. One couldhardly expect cinemaphiles to watchfilms by Fellini, Almodovar, Godard orWoody Allen in a dubbed version. Eventhe highest-quality dubbing is not capableof conveying the luxuriant culturalflavor of these artists. Ukrainians read noworse than other nations.However, I am not proposing to substitutesubtitles everywhere for dubbing.Dubbing is a wonderful way of affirmingthe Ukrainian language, and under nocircumstances should this method berejected, all the more so as our viewersare very much accustomed to it. But forart house productions, experimental,low-budget and non-Hollywood films,subtitles are the optimal method not onlyfrom the economic but aesthetic-creativestandpoint.It is difficult not to agree with thosewho are calling on the government to gobeyond administrative measures andmaterially demonstrate the seriousness ofits intentions. The government shouldallocate funds to create Ukraine’s ownpowerful resources for dubbing and subtitlingfilms – foreign films intoUkrainian and Ukrainian films intoEnglish, French, Spanish and other worldlanguages – and, of course, into Russianfor the Russian market.It would be ideal if these steps weretaken not by the government butUkrainian industrialists or, let’s say, thenewly created Association of FilmProducers of Ukraine, which has avision, a sense of obligation to its ownpeople, and a mission that will benefitfuture generations.The transition to Ukrainian dubbingwill become a paradigmatic change forcinematography and generally forUkrainian culture. This will create favorablemarket conditions for the emergenceand development of the Ukrainian filmmarket, and a bountiful spiritual milieu forcreativity on the screen and in literature.

No. 33Ukrainian opera...(Continued from page 14)paid a high tribute to his hosts: he learneda verse in Ukrainian to sing with the choirin his first appearance on stage for theevening: “O Lord, Thine is the Greatness,”arranged by Hallick for this concert.Mr. Szkafarowsky, a bass who has performednot only at the Met, but on manyother opera stages worldwide, was a welcomeaddition to the program thisevening. He sang two amazing Ukrainianpieces, and accompanied the choir forLong-awaited...(Continued from page 15)exhibition is equally important because itwill also help Ukrainians acquaint themselveswith their own cultural heritage.”During the exhibit’s first week, theUkrainian collection received significantcoverage in Chicago’s newspapers.The Chicago Tribune’s art critic AlanG. Artner wrote:“The Orange Revolution of 2004 notonly focused attention on contemporarypolitics and art in Ukraine but alsoprompted a look at the early decades ofthe 20th Century when the capital cityKiev [sic] had an art scene as progressiveas almost any in the world and several ofits artists were leaders in the internationalavant-garde ... What they created was inthe forefront of the most radical art producedanywhere, and for the first time inmemory it is discussed (in superb catalogueessays) in relation to the historyand traditions of Ukraine as well as suchWestern art movements as Cubism andFuturism.”Chicago Sun-Times art critic KevinNance wrote:“What might not occur to manyTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 23two others. He has an impressive range;[he is] a deep bass who can sing towardthe higher baritone.Mr. Szkafarowsky joined Mr. Kearnsand the choir for “God Bless America.”These two men were simpatico from theoutset. Two powerful, trained, accomplishedmusicians so obviously enjoyingthe experience of singing together createdmagic!This concert was the realization of adream for concert promoter, choir directorand arranger Greg Hallick. Throughhis perseverance and dedication, hisAmericans – for reasons having to dowith the country’s reluctant minglingwith Russia and, later, the Soviet Union –is Ukraine’s contribution to the modernart movements that percolated throughoutEurope and the United States in theearly 20th century.“A casual walk through of the exhibit– the first of its kind in the United States– can tend to leave you with the impressionof a polyglot, aggressively cosmopolitanart that lacked easily discerniblenational characteristics. Those trendyUkrainians! They dipped their brushesinto virtually every paint can of theavant garde, from Cubism and Futurismto (belatedly) Art Nouveau and (earlyon) Constructivism. That last movement,widely considered a Russian phenomenon,was actually pioneered in partby a cadre of native or adoptedUkrainians. ...“There’s a distinctly Ukrainian lushnessthat adheres to even the most severecompositions here – such as KazimirMalevich’s ‘suprematist’ images, withtheir subtle use of Christian symbols –and deepens into outright decadence inthe overheated canvases of VsevolodMaksymovych.”choir hosted a stirring and patrioticevening; an evening quite rare and onewhich all in attendance felt genuinelyhonored to have attended.Love of country, which some may callhackneyed, was dignified and glorious inthis program. From the opening strains of“The Star Spangled Banner” clearthrough the encore of “God BlessAmerica,” these Ukrainian descendants’pride in America was lovingly expressed.To end the first half, Mr. Hallick’s dramaticarrangement of “The Battle Hymnof the Republic” sung by his choir andMr. Kearns, and preceded by GeorgeDzundza’s passionate recitation of “TheGettysburg Address,” brought the housedown.Toward the end of the show, “TheStars and Stripes Forever” was played,along with a medley of songs celebratingeach branch of the armed services.Members and previous members of eachbranch were asked to rise when theirsong was played and it created anintensely moving tribute.This concert was a celebration of freedom,to say “thank you” to all servingand who have served, and to honor thosewho never came home. It was a celebrationof the greatness of our great countrynarrated beautifully and dramatically byMr. Dzundza during a moving renditionof the Gettysburg Address and the EmmaLazarus poem “New Collossus.” A greatlover of good music and a patriot at heart,he became quite swept away with theevening, calling for extra encores, andthrough his exuberance, receiving them!Mairead Hurley superbly accompaniedMr. Kearns this evening. She was therepetiteur for “Faust” this past spring inDublin in which Mr. Kearns sang the lead,and is a very talented and respectedwoman in the music world of Ireland.Accompanying Mr. Szkafarowsky’s solopieces was Matthew Bergey, nephew ofGreg Hallick, and an accomplished pianistand piano instructor in the Midwest.It would not surprise me in the least ifone day in the near future we wouldagain be treated to the dynamic combinationof Kobzar, Kearns andSzkafarowsky, for such magic was createdon that stage, it would be a tragedyindeed to never experience it again.Want to seeyour name in print?Then why not become a correspondent ofThe Ukrainian Weekly in your community?We welcome submissions from all our Ukrainian communities,no matter where they are located. Let the rest of us knowwhat you’re up to in your corner of the Ukrainian diaspora!Any questions? Call The Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext. 3049.

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No. 33THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 25OUT AND ABOUTAugust 17Liberty, NYAugust 18EdmontonVoloshky Dancers, Sullivan County Community College,845-434-5750, ext. 4303 orkbirkett@sullivan.suny.eduFriends of the Ukrainian Village Society GolfTournament, Broadmoor Public Golf Course,780-662-3640August 24Scranton, PAUkrainian Independence Day ceremony, Court HouseSquare, luncheon at Radisson Hotel, sponsored byUkrainian Heritage Council of NortheasternPennsylvania, pavloosh@adelphia.netAugust 24Ukrainian Independence Day celebration, StateSacramento, CA Capitol Building, 916-482-4706 or 916-726-5205August 18-20Jewett, NY“And the Ship Sails On: Ukrainian Cinema Today,”three-part film series, Grazhda Music and ArtCenter of Greene County, 518-989-6479August 19-20 Ukrainian Days Festival, UCCA of Illinois,Chicago Smith Park, 773-252-1228August 19-20 Ukrainian Folk Festival, Ukrainian Homestead,Lehighton, PA 215- 235-3709 or 610-377-4621August 20Ukrainian Indepedence Festival, Ukrainian AmericanHorsham, PA Sports Center Tryzub, 215-343-5412August 20Norfolk, VAUkrainian Independence Day picnic, TidewaterUkrainian Cultural Association, Norfolk BotanicalGardens, 757-441-5830August 21Free concert featuring the Syzokryli dancers andEast Meadow, NY the band The Wave, Eisenhower Park, 718-347-0013or 516-572-0200August 24Bolton, ONAugust 24Oakville, ONAugust 24Jenkintown, PAUkrainian Independence Golf Tournament, Clublink’sCaledon Woods Golf Course, 416-322-9902 or905-338-5885 or 416-933-6908St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Independence Daycelebration, St. Volodymyr Cultural Center,416-323-4772Independence day concert, sponsored by thePhiladephia Ukrainian Community Committee andthe UECC, 215-663-1166August 24-27 Ukrainian Sunflower Festival and Orange Gala,Warren, MI The Ukrainian Cultural Center, 586-582-9057August 25Ukrainian Canadian Professional Business AssociationRegina, SK Golf Tournament, Avonlea, 306-791-7666August 25-27 Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival,Toronto 416-410-9965August 26Ukraine Day in the Park, Kiwanis Park,Saskatoon, SK 306-374-7675August 26Ukrainian festival, Ukrainian Heritage Club ofSacramento, CA Northern California, 916-482-4706 or 916-649-2122August 27EdmontonUkrainian Music Festival, featuring local Ukrainianfolk musicians, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village,780-662-3855 ext. 1104August 27Ukrainian independence celebration, St. MaryParma, OH Protectress Parish hall, 216-524-6870August 27 Ukrainian Day, Golden Gate Park, 650-363-1476San Francisco, CAAugust 28Ukrainian Independence Day picnic, St. AndrewSilver Spring, MD Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 301-384-9192Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given toevents advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. Please send e-mail to staff@ukrweekly.com.Items will be published at the discretion of the editors and asspace allows. Please note: items will be printed a maximum of two times each.

No. 33THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006 27UKELODEONFOR THE NEXT GENERATIONPlast campers send greetings to The WeeklyYouths from across North America attended Plast Ukrainian Scoutingcamps during the month of July. Fifteen camps sent greetings signed bythe campers and their counselors; a few are seen above: (top row, fromleft) the camp for novachky at Novyi Sokil in Buffalo, N.Y.; the camp foryunatstvo at Novyi Sokil; the camp for yunachky at Pysanij Kamin inMiddlefield, Ohio; the camp for older yunatstvo at Vovcha Tropa in EastChatham, N.Y.; (bottom row) the camp for preschoolers at Vovcha Tropaand the camp for yunaky at Pysanij Kamin.To solve this month’s Mishanyna, find the words that are capitalizedOn August 27 we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the BIRTH of IvanFranko, a great Ukrainian poet and nationalist.Born in Drohobych county, IVAN FRANKO contributed to Ukrainianculture as a PLAYWRIGHT, publisher, critic, POET, translator andTEACHER.Franko studied Ukrainian language and philology at Lviv University,where his first works were published in “DRUH,” a students’ magazine. Hecontinued his studies at Chernivtsi and Vienna universities. Later, in 1894,he was appointed LECTURER of Ukrainian history at Lviv University. Hestudied many languages and throughout his career translated numerousworks by many famous AUTHORS such as Homer and Shakespeare.His works of PROSE comprise over 100 short stories and many novels.His greatest poem, “Moisei,” (MOSES, 1905) based on autobiographicalmaterial, addressed the relationship between a leader and his people. Oneof Franko’s best known works is “Lys Mykyta,” a book of children’s fablesabout a sly FOX.As a result of his political activism, Franko was arrested three times.“Kamienari” (The Stone People), “Vichnyi revoliutsioner” (The EternalRevolutionary) and “Ne PORA” (This is Not the Time), were used aspatriotic ANTHEMS. His political efforts include co-founding theRuthenian-Ukrainian RADICAL Party and running as the the RadicalParty’s candidate for the Austrian Parliament. Franko concluded his politicalcareer in 1904, after he joined the Populists and helped to form theNational-Democratic Party.Perhaps the Encyclopedia of Ukraine summarized Ivan Franko best,saying: “With his many gifts, encyclopedic knowledge, and uncommonMishanynaOUR NEXT ISSUE: UKELODEON is published on the secondSunday of every month. To make it into our next issue, dated September 10,please send in your materials by September 1.UKELODEON, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280,Parsippany, NJ 07054; phone, (973) 292-9800; e-mail, staff@ukrweekly.com.(We ask all contributors to please include a daytime phone number.)capacity for work, Franko made outstanding contributions to many areas ofUkrainian CULTURE.”Source: Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Volume I, Toronto: University ofToronto Press, 1984.W E R U T L U C H E A M F P JA M D A C A L E C T U R E R VH I G N D J C S R O T B N O ES T V R I P A O B E H K G T SE A O A S J L E I R O X Y S ON C K D N U A D R A R T M I RO B S I D F K S T C S E R D PP O P C S M R Q H I H S I D AO L R A V O E A D T M H U R DE E Y L J S D Y N B M I L C IT E A C H E R A K K R F A E SE J R D I S P S T S O T R L CT E A C H S R I H X I M O V GU A N T H G I R W Y A L P B P

28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2006No. 33Soyuzivka’s DatebookThrough August 28, 2006Every Monday: Steak Night with music by Soyuzivka’s House BandThrough August 30, 2006Every Wednesday: Hutsul Night with music by Soyuzivka’s House BandThrough September 1, 2006Every Friday: Odesa Seafood Night with music by Soyuzivka’s House BandAugust 18, 2006“Pete and Vlod – unplugged” performat the Tiki Bar, 10 p.m.August 19, 2006Dance Camp performance followedby zabava with Fata MorganaAugust 26, 2006Zabava with VidlunniaChristening luncheonSeptember 1-3, 2006Labor Day WeekendSeptember 1, Zahrava band performsat Tiki Bar, 10 p.m.September 2, Afternoon performanceby Hrim band; performance byYavir School of Ukrainian Dance,8 p.m.; zabavas with Luna andZahrava, 10 p.m.September 3, performance by YavirSchool of Ukrainian Dance, 1 p.m.;zabava with band Zahrava, 10 p.m.September 9, 2006WeddingSeptember 11-14, 2006Regensburg and BerchtesgadenReunionSeptember 12-15, 2006Landshut ReunionSeptember 15-17, 2006UNA General Assembly MeetingSeptember 16-18, 2006Mittenwald ReunionSeptember 23, 2006WeddingSeptember 29-30, 2006Plast Sorority “Spartanky” AnnualMeetingSeptember 29-October 1, 2006KLK Weekend, General Meetingand BanquetSeptember 30-October 1, 2006Grace Church Women’s RetreatOctober 7, 2006WeddingOctober 8, 200690th Birthday PartyOctober 13-15, 2006Plast Sorority “Ti Scho Hrebli Rvut”Annual Meeting and80th AnniversaryUNA Secretarial CoursesOctober 14, 2006Road RallyOctober 15, 2006Christening luncheonOctober 21, 2006WeddingOctober 27-29, 2006Halloween Weekend with children’scostume parade, haunted house,costume zabava and moreNovember 3-5, 2006Grace Church Couples RetreatNovember 4, 2006WeddingNovember 10-12, 2006Plast Ukrainian Scouting OrganizationOrlykiadaNovember 22-26, 2006Family ReunionNovember 24, 2006Thanksgiving FeastTo book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529Kerhonkson, NY 12446E-mail: Soyuzivka@aol.comWebsite: www.Soyuzivka.comPREVIEW OF EVENTSSaturday-Sunday, August 19-20CHICAGO: The Ukrainian CongressCommittee of America, Illinois Division,is sponsoring Ukrainian Fest 2006 inChicago’s Smith Park, 2500 W. GrandAve. (corner of North Campbell Street)from noon to 10 p.m. on both Saturdayand Sunday. The festivities will featureUkrainian food, crafts, music, lotteries andmuch more. Pony rides and children’sattractions will add to the entertainmentfor the whole family. Dance groups willperform on Sunday afternoon. A celebrationof Ukraine’s Declaration ofIndependence will begin on Sunday at1:30 p.m. For more information contactPavlo T. Bandriwsky, 773-772-4500.Sunday, August 20HORSHAM, Pa.: The 15th annualUkrainian Folk Festival, celebratingUkraine’s Independence Day will be heldat the Ukrainian American Sport CenterTryzub, County Line and Lower Stateroads, beginning at noon. The festivalstage show will begin at 1:30 p.m. andwill feature the following headliners: theVoloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble(Philadelphia); Bandurna Rozmova, thebandurist duo of Oleh Sozhansky andTaras Lazurkevich (Lviv); SvitanyaEastern European Women’s FolkEnsemble (Philadelphia); Sisters Oros(New York); Jednist Folk Ensemble(Lansdale, Pa.); and the Promin chorus(New York). The Voloshky DanceAcademy will present a dance recital aftercompleting an intensive dance camp underthe direction of professional dance mastersand soloists from Kyiv. There will be apolka dance at 4:30-9 p.m. featuring theHarmonia Orchestra (New York). The center’sMajors Division Ukrainian Nationalswill also play an exhibition soccer matchagainst a select opponent. DeliciousUkrainian foods (such as varenyky, holubtsiand kovbasa), baked goods, picnicfare and cool refreshments will be plentiful.An arts and crafts bazaar and a children’sfun area will be open all day.Proceeds of the festival benefit culturalprogramming and youth soccer. For moreinformation call, 215-343-5412.Saturday, September 3KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The 50th annualswimming championships of the UkrainianSports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada(USCAK) will take place at Soyuzivka.The warm-up is at 9 a.m.; the meet beginsat 10 a.m. Prizes include awards for first,second and third place and team trophiesfunded by the Ukrainian NationalAssociation. Registration fee of $10 perswimmer (includes commemorative T-shirt)is due by August 20; there will be no poolsideregistration. Please make checkspayable to “Ukrainian Sports Federation”and mail to: Marika Bokalo, 641 EvergreenParkway, Union, NJ 07083. For more informationcall Mrs. Bokalo, 908-851-0617 orlog on to www.soyuzivka.com.Friday-Sunday, September 15-17ROCK HALL, Md.: The UkrainianAmerican Nautical Association Inc.(UANAI) will have a three-dayChesapeake Sail on September 15-17.We’d love to have you join us. No sailingexperience necessary. A few crew spotsare available. Cost is $275 per person. Forfurther details contact Natalka, 215-947-0423 or check www.uanai.com.ADVANCE NOTICESunday, November 5NEW YORK: A benefit luncheon for theUkrainian Catholic University featuringFather Borys Gudziak, Ph.D., rector, willbe held at the Ukrainian National Home,140 Second Ave. For more informationcall the Ukrainian Catholic EducationFoundation, 773-235-8462.Sunday, November 12CHICAGO: A benefit luncheon for theUkrainian Catholic University, featuringFather Borys Gudziak, Ph.D., rector, willbe held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center,2247 W. 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