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INSIDE:• Election Notebook: the latest from Ukraine — page 3.• The story behind diaspora studies in Ukraine— page 8.• Dovzhenko collection at Columbia University — page 9.THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLYPublished by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit associationVol. LXXV No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007Documents collectionreveals genocidalnature of Holodomorby Zenon ZawadaKyiv Press BureauKYIV – In a historic step toward reconcilinghistory, the Security Service ofUkraine (SBU) has published a collectionof Soviet government documentsconfirming the planned and genocidalnature of the 1932-1933 Holodomor conductedagainst the Ukrainian people.“There can’t be any secrets, silencesor distortions today in matters related topolitical repressions,” SBU Acting ChairValentyn Nalyvaichenko told an August27 presentation of “Revealed Memory”(Rozsekrechena Pamiat).“For the first time, the Ukrainian specialservice is revealing all available archivedmaterials on this theme for society and theworld community, and is calling uponresearchers, historians and citizens who arenot indifferent to cooperation,” he said.(Continued on page 16)$1/$2 in UkraineDisbanded Verkhovna Rada convenesZenon ZawadaParty of the Regions leaders conducted a political rally attended by thousands outside the Verkhovna Rada on September4, as the Ukrainian Parliament met in an extraplenary session called by Chairman Oleksander Moroz. The banner reads:“We demand that immunity [from prosecution] and privileges be cancelled today.”Thugs attack Ukrainian patriots protestingagainst Odesa monument to Russian empressby Zenon ZawadaKyiv Press BureauKYIV – Thugs apparently hired by theRussian Orthodox radical group “UnitedFatherland” on September 2 brutallyattacked Ukrainian patriots who wereconducting a peaceful protest against theunveiling of a monument honoringRussian Empress Catherine II, Ukrainianmedia reported.Half of the 50 demonstrators wereinjured and five were hospitalized, includingOdesa Prosvita Chair OleksanderStepanchenko and Svoboda All-UkrainianUnion activists Heorhii Sodol, VitaliiBezed and Serhii Nazarenko, who sufferedsevere trauma to his bloodied head.The rise of the Anti-Crisis Coalitionlast year, combined with an imperialistRussian Federation government led byVladimir Putin, has led to an atmospherein Ukraine in which Russian radicals feelfree to attack ethnic Ukrainians withoutarrest.Other examples include the December21 beating of Ukrainian activist SerhiiMelnychuk in Luhansk by Party of theRegions City Council Deputy ArsenKlinchayev, as well as the October 14attack on Ukrainian patriots in Kharkiv,who were peacefully honoring UkrainianInsurgent Army (UPA) veterans.The September 2 incident was themost vicious, occurring during the city’scelebration of the 213th anniversary ofits founding.The demonstrators gathered at the OdesaOblast State Administration Building at 11a.m. to ask Chair Ivan Plachkov to givePresident Viktor Yushchenko an open letterof protest against the planned unveiling ofthe Catherine II statue in the city center,Ukrainian media reported.Within 30 minutes, a group of at least40 trained muscular thugs arrived at theprotest and emerged from buses carryingmetal rods and wearing brass knuckles.They were led by United FatherlandChair Valerii Kaurov.Upon his command “Beat theBanderites,” the thugs began wieldingtheir weapons, inflicting wounds, throwingprotesters to the ground and fiercelykicking the victims, which included theelderly and women.Nearby police suddenly vanished duringthe 10-minute attack, after which thethugs re-boarded their buses and spedoff, said Pavlo Kyrylenko, the chair ofthe Odesa city organization of theSvoboda All-Ukrainian Union, a nationalistpolitical party.The police disappearance was eitherplanned or a decision to avoid beingassaulted themselves, he said.United Fatherland (YedinoyeOtiechiestvo) is an Odesa-based radicalRussian Orthodox organization thatemerged in 2001 as a response to Pope(Continued on page 3)by Jan MaksymiukRFE/RL NewslinePRAGUE – The Verkhovna Rada gatheredfor a session on September 4, despitehaving been formally disbanded byPresident Viktor Yushchenko. ParliamentChairman Oleksander Moroz said hewanted the Rada to address the issue ofstripping national deputies and senior governmentofficials of their immunity fromprosecution and other privileges beforethe pre-term elections on September 30.President Yushchenko called the sessionillegitimate and politically meaningless,but Rada Chairman Moroz assuredthose present in the session hall that theirgathering was fully lawful and constitutional.According to Mr. Moroz, theUkrainian Parliament is constitutionallyobliged to open its fall session on thefirst Tuesday in September.Mr. Moroz also cited another constitutionalprovision requiring that the legisla-(Continued on page 17)Plast concludes 95th anniversary jamboreeGRAFTON, Ontario – Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization concluded its 16-dayInternational Plast Jamboree, the official worldwide celebration of its 95th anniversary,here at the “Plastova Sich” campground on August 19. Nearly 2,000 Plast members ofall ages from around the globe participated in the third and final stage of the jamboree.Seen above, during official ceremonies at the jamboree bonfire, are representatives ofeach of the countries where Plast is currently active. For a complete report on all threestages of the jamboree, which encompassed wilderness camping, a visit to theCanadian capital and a finale in Grafton, see stories and photos on pages 11-13.

2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36ANALYSISGood neighbors with the EU,but best at arm’s lengthby Ahto LobjakasRFE/RL NewslineAt long last its neighborhood is comingback into focus for the EuropeanUnion. But the constitutional crisis, provokedby the enlargement of 2004 andnow seemingly resolved, has left the EUa different place – and, consequently, theneighborhood, too. The first-ever all-EUand all-neighborhood conference inBrussels on September 3 bore eloquentwitness to this.Before 2004 the predominant perceptionof the incipient EuropeanNeighborhood Policy (ENP) was as anextension of enlargement, inspired by itand possibly leading to another wave ofaccessions in an, admittedly, far-off future.Unveiling the first ENP blueprint, then-European Commission President RomanoProdi said in 2002 that the offer to theneighbors would extend to “everything,but [participation in] EU institutions.”Last week, the EU’s external relationscommissioner, Benita Ferrero-Waldner,told RFE/RL that view had been “toosimplistic.” Pragmatic economic integration,she said, has turned out to be muchmore essential than grand political vistas.The EU now abhors any reference toenlargement in the same breath with theprospects of the neighborhood. Officially,the ENP takes no stand on the issue ofaccession prospects. But the reality of theEU’s focus increasingly belies that interpretation.Nowhere is this clearer than theincreasing lumping of all the 16 neighborstogether and avoiding any regionaldifferentiation. This has been one of thekey messages of the Brussels conference,which contained no regional workshopsor speaker lists.At one level, the rationale for thisappears perfectly plausible.Differentiation would only provoke anunseemly scramble among the neighborsfor patronage and money. It would alsopit the “special interests” of the differentEU member-states against one another,warned European Commission PresidentJose Manuel Barroso on September 3.But the scramble for the money hasalready taken place – and was resolved inAhto Lobjakas is an RFE/RL correspondentbased in Brussels.favor of the Mediterranean neighbors. In2007-2013 they get nearly two-thirds ofthe 12 billion euros ($16 billion) availablefor the neighborhood.More importantly from an eastern perspective,identification with the southautomatically undermines the membershipcredentials of such hopefuls in theeast as Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.The Mediterranean countries were to allpractical intents and purposes disqualifiedfrom EU membership whenMorocco’s 1987 application was rejectedby the bloc on the grounds that the countryis “not European.”Regional differentiation could offerthe eastern neighbors some comfort, butthe larger truth is that today’s one-sizefits-allapproach accurately mirrors theweight of the consensus among the 27member-states. Further enlargement isanathema for their publics and cannot,therefore, be pursued.This has translated itself into a transformationof priorities. The emphasis oncommon values, democratic reforms andhuman-rights standards has given way toa focus on pragmatic cooperation. Thebargain is no longer trade and accessfrom the EU for reforms from the neighbors,as before 2004, but EU trade andvisa concessions for neighborhood energyand legislative adaptations to easeeconomic cooperation.In reality, the eastern neighbors havetheir patrons in the EU just as theMediterranean countries do. But thepatrons of the east are currently on thelosing side, their credibility tainted by thefact that most of them are part of the2004 intake themselves. Their naturalleader, Poland, has frittered away most ofits influence in internal EU squabbleswith Germany.And then there is, of course, the elephantin the corner: Russia. It is not partof the ENP, preferring to look for a special“strategic partnership” with the EUmore in keeping with its size and perceivedimportance. But its shadow on theENP is long and in some respectseclipses the EU’s belief in its own abilities.Russia was not represented at theSeptember 3 conference, but, tellingly, ofthe two non-EU languages into which theproceedings were translated at theBrussels conference, one was Russian(the other being Arabic).OSCE helps discharged militaryfind new job opportunitiesNIZHYN, Ukraine – Former militarystaff are primed to find new work in thecivilian sector thanks to a project toretrain and provide job assistance to dischargedmilitary personnel supported bythe Office of the OSCE ProjectCoordinator in Ukraine.“This project, and especially this typeof retraining, provides important assistanceto the Ukrainian Defense Ministry inhelping personnel who have been dischargedfrom the armed forces as a resultof the ongoing reform process,” saidAmbassador James F. Schumaker, OSCEproject coordinator, on September 4.The latest graduates of the program –two crews comprising six helicopterpilots and 10 engineers – have beenretrained to help boost Ukraine’s emergencyresponse under the Ministry ofEmergency Situations. They will fly andservice Mi-8 helicopters, used for searchand rescue missions.The crews underwent a three-monthretraining program, which includedstudying at the Sloviansk College of theNational Aviation University andInternational Aviation Center in Kyiv, aswell as practical training and flight practiceat DniproAviaService and NizhynSpecial Aviation Division of the Ministryof Emergency Situations.“The Defense Ministry strongly supportsthis joint initiative,” said IgorKholosha, director of the ministry’sDepartment for Adaptation of DischargedMilitary Servicepersons and Conversionof Former Military Facilities.He added that the ministry hoped forfurther expansion of the project as inter-(Continued on page 16)NEWSBRIEFSParliament convenes session...KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada onSeptember 4 opened a session with theparticipation of 269 deputies from theruling coalition of the Party of Regions,the Socialist Party and the CommunistParty, Ukrainian media reported.Parliament Chairman Oleksander Morozsaid the session is being held in accordancewith the Constitution of Ukraine.“Various individuals are surely awarethat they are doing wrong, but they maniacallycontinue to distort theConstitution, laws and other normativeacts, trying to ruin the constitutionalorder in the country and create chaos ingovernance,” Mr. Moroz said. “It is sadthat this drive against the Constitutionhas been headed by President ViktorYushchenko, who, because of his office,should take the opposite stance andbecome a guarantor of the Constitution.”(RFE/RL Newsline)…which president calls illegitimateKYIV – President Viktor Yushchenkosaid in a televised address to the nationon September 3 that the parliamentarysession planned for September 4 is a“provocation” intended to derail the earlyparliamentary elections on September 30.Mr. Yushchenko reiterated his positionthat the Verkhovna Rada is illegitimate,adding that any potential resolution willhave “no practical force of law or politicaleffect.” He added, “I want to saycalmly and firmly: esteemed deputies,calm down, do not abuse the people’spatience, do not make the VerkhovnaRada a circus, a laughing-stock.” Theproposal to strip parliamentarians ofimmunity from prosecution was raised byMr. Yushchenko and the pro-presidentialYulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine– People’s Self-Defense bloc during theongoing election campaign. The pro-presidentialcamp believes, however, that thisissue should be tackled by a newly electedlegislature. (RFE/RL Newsline)Rada votes to cancel immunityKYIV – Legislators backing theCabinet of Prime Minister ViktorYanukovych passed two bills at a controversialsession in Kyiv on September 4,Ukrainian media reported. The first billamends the law on Ukrainian lawmakers,stripping them of some financial benefitsand privileges. The second bill calls forthe removal of constitutional clausesguaranteeing immunity from prosecutionfor national deputies and the president. Inorder to become law, the second bill mustbe endorsed by the Constitutional Courtand approved by at least 300 votes atanother parliamentary session. It is notclear whether the bills will have anylegal or practical meaning, becausePresident Viktor Yushchenko considersthe current Verkhovna Rada illegitimateand refuses to sign any bills passed bythe body after June 5, when he issued histhird decree on pre-term parliamentarypolls. “I condemn the organization of thisgathering. ... It is sad that the prime ministerthoroughly supported this idea,” Mr.Yushchenko told journalists after theSeptember 4 votes. (RFE/RL Newsline)NSDC wants two ministers sackedKYIV – At its sitting in Kyiv onSeptember 4, the National Security andDefense Council (NSDC) chaired byPresident Viktor Yushchenko resolved todismiss Transportation Minister MykolaRudkovskyi and Emergency SituationsMinister Nestor Shufrych, UNIAN andInterfax-Ukraine reported. At the sametime, the NSDC charged Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych with implementingthe resolution. Mr. Yushchenko commentedafter the NSDC session that Messrs.Rudkovskyi and Shufrych are responsiblefor “failures” in ensuring safety on theUkrainian railways and dealing with naturaldisasters. However, the NSDC’s powersare not clearly defined in Ukrainianlegislation, and therefore, are often questionedby political opponents of the president.Mr. Yanukovych said at a Cabinetmeeting on September 5 that the NSDCresolution is politically motivated. “Such[NSDC] meetings do not secure stability;they are linked with the usurpation ofpower by one of the political forces, andwith the violation of laws and theConstitution,” Mr. Yanukovych said.(Continued on page 14)THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc.,a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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No. 36Three presidents welcome incoming studentsat National University of Kyiv Mohyla AcademyKYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko paid a visit to the National University ofKyiv Mohyla Academy on September 1, where he welcomed incoming students.He underscored that the NUKMA produces talented young people whoare patriots of Ukraine. The president is seen in the photo above withViacheslav Briukhovetsky (left), former president of the NUKMA and nowchairman of the Kyiv Mohyla Renaissance Fund, and Serhiy Kvit (right), theuniversity’s new president, who was inaugurated on September 1. Dr. Kvit recnetlycompleted a stint as a Fulbright Fellow in the United States.Thugs attack...(Continued from page 1)John Paul II’s visit to Ukraine. It is closelyallied with pro-Russian radical leaderNatalia Vitrenko.Its 1,300 members claim to defend therights of ethnic Russians and Russianspeakingcitizens in southern Ukraineagainst nationalists.Mr. Kaurov posted his own version ofevents on the organization’s website(www.otechestvo.org.ua). The account isreplete with lies.Among the falsehoods is Mr. Kaurov’sclaim that among the protesters were severalskinheads with swastika T-shirts,who were speaking Ukrainian withHalychyna accents. No Ukrainian nationalistorganizations use the swastika aspart of their symbolism, which is underscoredby the fact that Ukraine was a victimof Nazi occupation.Mr. Kaurov also claimed a woman inher late 40s attacked him and yelled,“Kaurov – it’s me, a Banderite, who hityou.” Ukrainian nationalists rarely, ifever, identify themselves as “Banderites,”a term more commonly used by Russianchauvinists to denigrate Ukrainians.Mr. Kaurov also claimed his group ofTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 3musclemen carrying weapons were merelyintending to conduct a peaceful counter-protest.The Ukrainian patriots notified cityand oblast officials days ahead of theirprotest, leading them to speculate thatsomeone in the local government tippedoff Mr. Kaurov, perhaps with assurancesof protection.In his version of events, Mr. Kaurovdescribed being in constant contact throughoutthe morning with a “Col. Dobrynin.”Mr. Kyrylenko filed a report with thelocal Shevchenko police district the dayof the incident.On September 3, an investigator filedcharges of malicious hooliganism,Ukrayina Moloda reported, without statingwho was charged.Odesa Oblast State AdministrationChair Mr. Plachkov vowed a thoroughinvestigation of the incident.Although the statue of Catherine II wassupposed to be unveiled on September 2,government officials decided to delay theevent for unknown reasons.President Yushchenko had planned tovisit Odesa that day to celebrate the cityholiday, but then canceled for undisclosedreasons. Instead, his brother PetroYushchenko was seen enjoying the day’sfestivities.Zenon ZawadaUnited Fatherland Chair and Russian chauvinist Valerii Kaurov (seen in thisOctober 2005 photo on the far left with Natalia Vitrenko on the right) led a brutalattack against Ukrainian patriots in Odesa on September 2.ELECTION NOTEBOOK: Another election,another proposed referendum on languageby Zenon ZawadaKyiv Press BureauKYIV – It wouldn’t be a Ukrainianelection without the Party of the Regionscalling for a referendum to elevate theRussian language to official governmentstatus.National Deputies Borys Kolesnikovand Hanna Herman also called for voteson North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) membership and direct electionsof oblast and district administrationchairs to be included in such a referendum.The Party of the Regions will spendthe next two months gathering the necessarysignatures to hold the referendum,Mr. Kolesnikov said at a September 5press conference.Ms. Herman also announced that theParty of the Regions will abide by anhonor code for the remainder of the electionsand is asking opponents to sign andabide by it as well. “The honor codemeans not echoing your partner, notusing unclarified facts, not fooling votersand using only factual information inadvertisements, speeches and meetings,”she said.Party Chair Viktor Yanukovych,Parliamentary Faction Chair RaisaBohatyriova and the campaign chief, Mr.Kolesnikov, have signed it already. Thehonor code is a rehashed initiative fromprevious election campaigns.The Party of the Regions declined tojoin a similar proposal offered last yearby the Our Ukraine and YuliaTymoshenko blocs.* * *The Party of the Regions is planningthree methods to conduct vote fraud inthe September 30 parliamentary elections,said Yulia Tymoshenko, leader ofthe eponymous bloc.It is trying to allow home-based voting,to prevent western and centralUkrainians from voting abroad and willfalsify empty election protocols in itsfavor, primarily in the Donetsk andLuhansk oblasts, and the AutonomousRepublic of Crimea, she said.“All elements of falsification are beingplanned for 3 million to 4 million votersat home, who won’t mark voting ballots,which will be fabricated instead,” Ms.Tymoshenko said.Committee of Voters of Ukraine ChairIhor Popov estimated on August 29 thatonly about 50,000 out of the 480,000Ukrainians registered on consular listsabroad will cast their votes.Political parties will succeed in buyingabout 50,000 votes, Mr. Popov estimatedon September 6.* * *The Pora Citizens Party is back in theOur Ukraine – People’s Self-Defensebloc.On September 4 the Central ElectionCommission (CEC) reversed an earlierdecision after an appellate court ruled thesame day that Pora couldn’t campaignindependently of the bloc.The CEC ruling marks the end to aweeks-long internal conflict within Pora,in which a faction led by YaroslavHodunok attempted to seize control ofthe party from Vladyslav Kaskiv, who isrecognized by the CEC as the leader ofthe legitimate Pora Citizen’s Party.Hundreds of Pora members joined theHodunok faction after the Our Ukraine –People’s Self-Defense bloc electoral listrevealed that only Mr. Kaskiv was amongthe top 80 to represent the party, saidYurii Syrotiuk, a Kyiv political insiderwho earned 31st place on the bloc’s electorallist.When proposing to join the bloc, Mr.Kaskiv allegedly assured Pora membersthat at least three party members wouldbe among the electoral list’s top 80, orwhat is considered to be those who willmake it into Parliament, Mr. Syrotiuksaid.Mr. Kaskiv was one of nine leaders ofnational democratic-oriented parties thatsigned an August 2 pact to unite with theOur Ukraine – People’s Self-Defensebloc and fold into a single party after theSeptember 30 elections.Pora is the grassroots youth movementthat played a critical role in executing theOrange Revolution of 2004. Afterwards,it became registered as a political partyand underwent numerous internal conflicts,sometimes violent.* * *The “For Our Own” (Za Svoyikh)Verka Serduchka Bloc will not be amongthe 20 political parties campaigning inthe September 30 parliamentary elections,the Central Election Commissionreported on August 30.The bloc failed to submit the necessarydocuments by the August 25 deadline,the CEC said.Among the colorful competitors thatare registered to campaign is the KUCH-MA Electoral Bloc of Political Parties(the Ukrainian-language acronym forConstitution-Ukraine-Honor-Peace-Anti-Fascism spells out the last name of theformer president) led by OleksanderVolkov.Investigative journalist VolodymyrAriev reported last year on his program“Zakryta Zona” that the third candidateon the KUCHMA bloc’s list is LevMyrymskyi, who is an Israeli citizen. Mr.Myrymskyi is widely believed to haveclose ties and involvement in Crimeanmafia clans, including Crimean mob bossOleksander Melnyk.The KUCHMA Electoral Bloc’s maincampaign issue has been defendingUkraine against Romanian aggression.The Romanian government is provokingcivil war and separatism in Ukraine byextending dual citizenship to residents ofthe border regions of Bukovyna andBessarabia, Mr. Volkov said.The bloc has led demonstrations infront of the Romanian Embassy and aboycott of Romanian products.* * *Only the Party of the Regions, theYulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the OurUkraine –People’s Self-Defense bloc willqualify for Parliament, according to aDemocratic Initiatives Fund poll conductedbetween August 28 andSeptember 5.Meanwhile, the Shevchenko Institutefor Political and Sociological Researchprojects six parties will qualify forParliament. In addition to the majorthree, the Communist Party of Ukraine,the Socialist Party of Ukraine and theVolodymyr Lytvyn Bloc will also earnmore than 3 percent of the vote, saidVolodymyr Bondarenko, chair of theinstitute’s council of directors.The Democratic Initiatives Fund isfinanced by Western foundations, whilethe Shevchenko Institute, led by Mr.Bondarenko, is financed by Ukrainiansources.

4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36OBITUARIESThe Rev. Dr. Ihor Monczak,79, prominent Catholic priestMONTREAL – The Rev. Dr. Ihor Monczak, a prominentpriest of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, professorof the Ukrainian Catholic University, lecturer of Easterntheological studies at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa,and pastor of parishes in Ontario and Quebec, died onJune 10. He was 79.The Rev. Monczak was born in Lviv on April 14,1928, and was baptized in St. George Cathedral. Hereceived his elementary education at Borys HrinchenkoSchool, a private Ukrainian school in Lviv. After theSoviet occupation of western Ukraine in 1939, the familywas obliged to abandon their home in Lviv. They livedclandestinely with relatives in different parts ofHalychyna.The Rev. Monczak began his secondary education inYaroslav and, after fleeing the advancing Soviet army toGermany in 1944, he completed his high school educationthere in 1946. He then enrolled at the Faculty ofCivil Engineering at Munich’s Technische Hochschule,where he obtained a degree in engineering in 1949.After his arrival in Montreal in 1951 he worked as anengineer for Dominion Bridge Co. until his departure forRome in October 1956 to pursue studies in theology. Inthe years 1953-1956, while working for DominionBridge, he attended evening courses at the Université deMontréal – Faculté des Lettres, where he obtained anM.A. with distinction (magna cum laude) for his dissertation“Meletij Smotryckyj, an Apostle of Church Unity.”In Rome, he completed his theological studies in1961, obtaining the degree of Licentiate in SacredTheology with distinction (magna cum laude) at thePontificia Universitas Urbaniana. Meanwhile, inDecember 1960, he was ordained to the priesthood byThe Rev. Dr. Ihor MonczakBishop Ivan Buchko.Father Monczak continued his post-graduate studiesat the Pontificium Institutum OrientalisStudiorum in Rome, where in 1963 he obtained hissecond Licentiate in Oriental Ecclesiastical Studieswith honors (summa cum laude), specializing inEastern liturgical studies and canon law. At the sametime he was preparing his doctoral thesis at thePontificia Universitas Gregoriana under the title“Florentine Ecumenism in the Kyivan Church,”which he defended in 1966, obtaining the degree ofDoctor of Sacred Theology. In 1966-1968 he workedas secretary of the Ukrainian Catholic University inRome. He then returned to Canada to undertake pastoralwork. 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Krawciw Tulsa, Okla.Edward Mikol Staten Island, N.Y.Maria MotylNorth Babylon, N.Y.Larysa Mykyta Raleigh, N.C.Bohdan Paszkowskyj West Seneca, N.Y.Mary Pelechaty Toledo, OhioEdward Rokisky North Port, Fla.TOTAL: $2,445.00Sincere thanks to all contributors toThe Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund.The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the only funddedicated exclusively to supporting the work of thispublication.parish of Christ the King and from June 1969 he wasappointed pastor of St. Michael parish in Montreal, wherehe served until November 1990.With the establishment of a branch of the UkrainianCatholic University in Montreal in 1979, the Rev.Monczak was named professor of the UCU by PatriarchJosyf Slipyj. In the years 1977-1982 he taught sevencourses, each averaging eight lectures, with the approximateattendance of 45 students per session.In 1982 Patriarch Josyf honored Father Monczak bynaming him “honorary kryloshanyn” of the LvivMetropolitan Archeparchy.During 1982-1983 the Rev. Monczak was the actingsecretary for the Synod of Bishops of the UkrainianCatholic Church in Rome.Upon the completion of his synodal duties and hisreturn to Canada, Father Monczak lectured at St. Paul’sUniversity in Ottawa on subjects related to Eastern theologicalstudies.The Rev. Dr. Monczak’s main field of interest was theecumenical problems of the Kyivan Church in the past,especially the period spanning the Florentine and BrestCouncils, as well as self-governance of this Church in thepresent. His numerous articles were published in the journalsBohoslovia, Logos, Pravda and Nyva, as well as inmany newspapers. Two major works were published inEnglish: “Florentine Ecumenism in the Kyivan Church”(1987) and “Self-Governing Kyivan Church” (1995).In 1993-1994 Father Monczak traveled to Ukraine,where he lectured at the Lviv Polytechnic StateUniversity, the Theological Seminary of the Holy Spirit inLviv, the Klymentii Sheptytsky Lyceum and other educationalinstitutions in Lviv.From December 1990 until his retirement in September2006 he was pastor of St. Basil the Great Parish inMontreal-Lachine. His life ended on June 10.Funeral services were held at St. Basil’s and at St.Michael’s – the two parishes in Montreal he served as pastor.The body of the Rev. Monczak will be transported toUkraine, where it will be laid to rest beside the grave ofhis mother at the Yaniv Cemetery in Lviv.In memory of the Most Rev. Dr. Monczak, family,friends and parishioners donated $3,255 to the Holy SpiritUkrainian Catholic Seminary in Ottawa.– compiled by Dr. Yury Monczak, nephew.Peter Liba, 67, Manitoba’sformer lieutenant-governorPARSIPPANY, N.J. – Manitoba’s former lieutenantgovernor(1999-2004), Peter Michael Liba, of Winnipegdied on June 21 at his cottage at Lake of the Woods,Manitoba. He was 67.Mr. Liba began his journalistic career in 1957 workingfor the Portage La Prairie Daily Telegraph and the NeepawaPress. In 1960 he began working for the Winnipeg Tribuneand in 1967 served as the paper’s city editor.Between 1968 and 1973 Mr. Liba was an executiveassistant to the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party,working under Gildas Molgart, Robert Bend and IsraelAsper.In 1974 Mr. Liba worked for Mr. Asper’s Can Westgroup of companies, becoming president and CEO ofCKND-TV in Manitoba and Sask West TV inSaskatchewan. Additionally, he was president of his owncompany, Peli Ventures Inc., since 1975.Mr. Liba was appointed a member of the Order ofCanada in 1984.Mr. Liba became executive vice-president of Can WestGlobal Communications Corp. in 1993, and four yearslater he was promoted to executive director of corporateaffairs. In 1994 Mr. Liba was named Broadcaster of theDecade by the Western Association of Broadcasters.In 1998 he was inducted into the Canadian Associationof Broadcasts Hall of Fame. In 1999 Mr. Liba was madethe first member of the Order of Manitoba and in 2004 hereceived the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.Also, Mr. Liba served two terms as chairman of theCanadian Association of Broadcasters, was president ofthe Western Association of Broadcasters and theBroadcasters Association of Manitoba.Other awards included his 2001 honorary doctorate oflaw degree from the University of Manitoba and theGolden Dragon Citizen of the Year award from theChinese community.Mr. Liba stepped down from office prior to the 2004 electionsand was replaced by outgoing Liberal MP John Harvard.

No. 36THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 5THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUMTen contestants vie for title of Miss Soyuzivka 2008KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Ten contestants for MissSoyuzivka 2008 gathered on August 11 in Soyuzivka’sVeselka Hall as guests danced to the tunes of Tempo.At the conclusion of the “Kolomyika,” RomaLisovich, treasurer of the Ukrainian NationalAssociation, asked Deanna Rakowsky, MissSoyuzivka 2007, to the podium for her exit speech.Out of the 10 candidates for the title, Alana Lenec,of Highland, N.Y., who is currently a student at MaristCollege, was declared the winner.Other winners were: first runner-up AndreaPopovech, from Manhattan, N.Y., a student at JohnsHopkins University, and second runner-up OlgaBezverkhnyy, originally from Ternopil, Ukraine, whois a student at Iona College.The newly crowned Miss Soyuzivka and her courtwere escorted to the dance floor by Nestor Paslawsky,general manager of Soyuzivka; Roman Hirniak, acontest judge; and Michael Koziupa, second vicepresidentof the UNA.Judging the contestants were: Lidia Chopivsky-Benson, a former Miss Soyuzivka; Bohdanka Puzyk,director of the Children’s Heritage Camp; and Mr.Hirniak, director of the School of Ukrainian Studies inBound Brook, N.J.As if the tension wasn’t enough for the contestants,by Friday only two contestants had entered the contest,which put Stefanie Hawryluk, the coordinator of theevent, on pins and needles awaiting more contestants.To her delight, slowly but surely, on Saturday girlsbegan coming to the gift shop with completed applications.Later that evening, the judges commenced theirinterviews of each contestant. The ladies were askedabout their knowledge of the Ukrainian NationalAssociation, present-day issues facing Ukraine, andtheir own hobbies, interests, awards, achievementsand activities within the community.Miss Soyuzivka 2008 Alana Lenec.First runner-up Andrea Popovech.Mission Statement of the UNAThe Ukrainian National Association exists:■■■to promote the principles of fraternalism;to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadianheritage and culture; andto provide quality financial services and products to its members.As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association reinvests its earningsfor the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian community.Second runner-up Olga Bezverkhnyy.Volume I and IIYou can obtain both volumes for only $130.00Including PostageORDER NOWFill out the order blank below and mail it with your check or money orderTo: 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.StreetCity State Zip CodeTHE UNA: 113 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY

6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLYAs the old Ukrainian saying goes, “It would be funny, if it wasn’t so sad.”Unfortunately, the 2007 parliamentary elections are turning out to be a repeat of the2004 presidential campaign – full of mudslinging, accusations, cheap election stunts,political plagiarism, slander, violence and possible falsifications down the road.Socialist Party of Ukraine Parliamentary Faction Chair Ivan Bokyi made the déjàvu official when on August 4 he compared President Viktor Yushchenko to AdolfHitler. So perhaps it’s only a yawn nowadays when Minister of Emergency Situations(and top Party of the Regions operative) Nestor Shufrych calls Mr. Yushchenko aclown and lobs the absurd accusation that the president insisted Kherson firefightersspeak Ukrainian when he joined them in extinguishing a blaze several weeks ago.And, just what was President Yushchenko thinking when he saw the need toroll up his sleeves and assist in putting out a Kherson blaze by shoveling dirt, allconveniently done in the presence of a Presidential Secretariat photographer?Perhaps Mr. Shufrych had a valid point when he remarked, “Putin is on a destroyer,Bush is on an aircraft carrier, Lukashenka is on a tank, and our Yushchenko iswith a shovel.” Well, the president didn’t like that comment one bit.Several days later, the president publicly ordered Prime Minister ViktorYanukovych to fire Mr. Shufrych and Minister of Transportation MykolaRudkovskyi for their poor performances, knowing full well the prime minister wasgoing to do no such thing. Perhaps he reasoned that it’s just good politics to look asthough you’re firing people or getting back at them for snappy sound bytes.In retaliation, Mr. Rudkovskyi accused the Presidential Secretariat of secretly“planning the latest catastrophe involving hundreds of victims.” When asked thenext day to offer proof or cite his sources, Mr. Rudkovskyi said all that willbecome public once the Security Service of Ukraine investigates.While terrorist plots have yet to be uncovered, nationalists allege “Kuchmism”has returned to Ukraine through the use of police to carry out political repressions.All-Ukrainian Svoboda Union lawyer Oleksander Bashuk alleges he wasattacked in the party’s Kyiv headquarters on August 28 by Berkut police officers,who broke his front tooth and stole a computer that contained the party’s entirepolitical database. At a press conference the next day, Mr. Bashuk demonstrativelyplaced his tooth in an envelope and sent it to the Presidential Secretariat. “Letthis tooth be a symbol of those promises made by President Yushchenko of theimpossibility of political repressions in Ukraine,” he said.Amidst the accusations, brutality and political ploys, a strong debate on the criticalissues confronting Ukrainians – constitutional reform, judicial reform, education,health care and Ukrainian spirituality, just to name a few – is nowhere to be found.Perhaps the climax of this political circus came on September 4, when theringmaster himself, Oleksander Moroz, called an extraplenary session of theVerkhovna Rada that was already formally dismissed four times by the president.Desperate for any public attention in the national media for his careeningSocialist Party of Ukraine, Mr. Moroz led a parliamentary session that could notbe disguised as anything but electioneering at the Ukrainian taxpayers’ expense.Highlights of the dialogue that took place on that sad day included SocialistYaroslav Mendus accusing President Yushchenko of drunk driving and recruitingZakarpattia mafia bosses to the Secretariat (i.e., Viktor Baloha). No one sanklower than Mr. Bokyi when he compared Mr. Yushchenko not only to Hitler, butalso to Benito Mussolini and Boris Yeltsin.Oh, and how can we forget about our dear friends, the Communists? ChairmanPetro Symonenko proposed on August 29 that the Russian and Ukrainian Black SeaFleets merge into a single, harmonious unit to defend the motherland. With that gem,we suppose the Communists might have gained a few dozen Russophile votes fromthe Party of the Regions, who let such a grand idea slip through their fingers.As Tymoshenko Bloc leader Oleksander Turchynov pointed out, the Party ofthe Regions would promise to make Mongolian a state language if it meantextending their grip on power longer.Even the act of coming clean is a political technology exploited by the Party of thethe Regions. In Orwellian fashion, Party of the Regions National Deputy HannaHerman called for an honor code to not copy ideas, use false information or fool voters.As usual the Orange forces aren’t squeaky clean; but, also as usual, they havemanaged to stay out of the political sewer in which the Regions, Socialists andCommunists are now toiling.How’s this for a radical proposal? End the hollow declarations, promises andaccusations. Stick to the issues that matter most, and try to demonstrate thatUkraine is capable of holding civilized elections of a European standard insteadof the three-ring circus currently unfolding.Sept.92006The elections circusTurning the pages back...Last year on September 9, 2006, Astronaut HeidemarieStefanyshyn-Piper became the first Ukrainian American to flyin space on the 11-day mission (STS-115) aboard NASA’sspace shuttle Atlantis. Two days later, Cmdr. Stefanyshyn-Piper (U.S. Navy) became the eighth woman, the seventh American woman and thefirst Ukrainian American to walk in space.A former member of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Cmdr. Stefanyshyn-Piper brought along the “Plastova leliyka,” the Plast emblem, which intertwinesscouting’s fleur-de-lis with Ukraine’s national emblem, the Tryzub (trident).Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on September 11, 2006, tobegin the task of resuming the station’s construction. The crew was awakened by a(Continued on page 15)NEWS AND VIEWSSome good news for Ukraineat Harvard’s summer instituteby Alexander J. MotylCAMBRIDGE, Mass. – As Ukraine’spoliticians have finally embarked ontheir electoral campaigns – after monthsof bickering, name calling and backstabbing– it may be therapeutic to take a fewdeep breaths and shift our focus to actualUkrainians and what they think abouttheir own country. I had that opportunityin July and August, while teaching acourse called “Theorizing Ukraine” atthe Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute.Twenty-two students enrolled, of whom13 were from Ukraine, more or lessequally distributed among its western,central and eastern oblasts. The other studentswere from the United States, theUnited Kingdom and Turkey. All the studentswere in their early-to-mid-20s.We talked about many things in eightweeks, including the origins of Ukraine’scurrent political system, the reasons for theOrange Revolution’s disappointing results,and Ukraine’s future prospects. The studentsin the class were anything but a statisticallyrandom sample of Ukraine’s youth,but their opinions are probably indicative ofattitudes among the Ukrainian-speaking,nationally conscious and well-educated segmentof that population.In general, the Ukrainian studentsshared the following characteristics:• They speak English well, someextremely so, and all much better than theirown colleagues spoke when I last taught atthe Harvard Summer School in 2004.• They’re completely contemporaryand almost indistinguishable in theirbehavior, attitudes and general savvyfrom students in the United States andEurope.• They know the world and they wantto be part of that world.• They’re self-confident and brash, assmart and well-educated students aresupposed to be.• They view their political leaders withhumor and cynicism, as do most studentsin most developed countries.• They know – or believe – they cando better, or in any case no worse, thantheir political and economic elites.• They regard their nationality withoutthe hang-ups of their elders, as somethingnatural.• Those from the Donbas region,Poltava and Kharkiv were no differentfrom those from Lviv, Chernivtsi andBrody.Three views worth notingThe students’ views are especiallyworth noting on three matters. The firstconcerned the status of the Ukrainian language.All the Ukrainian students speakboth Ukrainian and Russian, and somespeak primarily Russian in private, but allwere committed to strengthening the roleof the Ukrainian language in Ukraine. Butthey reject heavy-handed attempts by governmentofficials to promote Ukrainian bysuch means as essay-writing contestsabout “Why I love the ‘ridna mova.’ ”One student suggested that enormousstrides could be made if all school computerswere to be outfitted withUkrainian-language keyboards. And allthe students agreed that the best way tostrengthen the Ukrainian language is byinsinuating it into pop culture – theInternet, pop music, television, films andthe like. In that sense, the students showedthemselves to be far more global, far morecontemporary, and far more entrepreneurialthan most of Ukraine’s writers, artistsand filmmakers, who still look down onpop culture as something inferior.The students also view Ukraine’s oligarchsas part and parcel of the country’slandscape. They have no illusions aboutthe dubious nature of their fortunes, butalso accept the reality of the oligarchs aslegitimate players. Few endorse VladimirPutin’s crackdown on the oligarchs; mostwant the oligarchs to play increasinglyconstructive roles in Ukraine’s politics,economy and culture – along the lines ofVictor Pinchuk; none regard the oligarchsas despicable bandits, criminals or traitors.I once asked three students with aninterest in journalism if they wouldaccept jobs at a Ukrainian-language versionof Time magazine if it were to befunded by Ukraine’s richest (and possiblymost corrupt) businessman, RynatAkhmetov, and all said, unhesitatingly,yes. That may strike you as unprincipled,or it may strike you as, well, American.We spoke about Ukrainian politicsthroughout the entire course, and thestriking thing about these students’ attitudesis that, while being healthily cynicalabout their leaders, they are cautiouslyoptimistic about Ukraine’s futuredevelopment. In one exercise, I askedstudents to evaluate which scenariosstruck them as most likely for Ukraine –institutional development and progressivedemocratization; rebellion; breakdown;or revolution. They came downfor institutional development, whileviewing breakdown as possible but lesslikely. One student even suggested – andmany agreed – that rule of law would“naturally” develop in the course ofUkraine’s continued snail-like movementvia contestation toward democracy.A student constitutionIn another exercise, I asked them towrite a short version of a new UkrainianConstitution. One group (consisting ofPedro Estrada, Yuriy Kosmyna, SerhiyMedynsky, Michael Jaskiw, Kate Peskor,Markus Holmes, Benjamin Sharma andHuseyin Oylipinar) wrote a preamble, theother group (Natalya Domina, PavloHrytsak, Maryana Karapinka, SerhiyKlymko, Joseph Livesey, YaroslavMartsynkiv, Dariya Orlova, MykhailoPavliuk, Anastasiya Prychynenko, AndriyTsintsiru and Taras Tsymbal) concerneditself with the structure of government.The text they produced follows below:The Viche of Ukraine, on behalf of theUkrainian people – citizens of Ukraine ofall nationalities, expressing the sovereignwill of the people,• based on the centuries-old history ofthe Ukrainian people’s state building andon the right to self-determination,• providing for the guarantee of humanrights and freedoms and of the worthyconditions of human life,• caring for the strengthening of civilharmony on Ukrainian soil,• striving to develop and strengthen aliberal democracy and rule of law administeredby an independent judiciary,• guided by our own conscience, andpast, present and future generations,• guided by the Act of Declaration of theIndependence of Ukraine of August 24,Alexander J. Motyl is professor ofpolitical science at Rutgers University-Newark. (Continued on page 18)

No. 36THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 7LETTERS TO THE EDITORMore on Dallas’Holodomor movieDear Editor:Zenon Zawada’s article about EugeniaDallas’ “One Woman, Five Lives” misstatedmy involvement with the project.More importantly, your reporter missedthe whole point of why no real UkrainianHolodomor movie – Eugenia’s or anyoneelse’s – is being made.For the record – I both love and admireMrs. Dallas. She has a great story, is aheroic survivor, and deserves our adulationand support. Over the years, JackPalance and I, as well as others in theHollywood Trident Foundation, havelooked at her project and tried to workwith it. I was also one of the 2005 Chicagoinvestors mentioned in your article.However, we were never able to get Mrs.Dallas to understand any professional reality-basedapproach to develop the project.We were not able to even establish the statusof the underlying rights.The key point Mrs. Dallas and somany others in our community (as wellas just about everybody in Ukraine)seem to keep missing is that lots of peoplecan “make a movie” if you give themthe money. The trick is how to marketand distribute the film once it is made. Ifyou don’t know what you’re going to dowith the film once you’ve spent themoney, you shouldn’t make the film.The only director/producer in Ukrainetoday who can confidently make a $10million or $20 million movie for the worldmarket is Oles Sanin, whose “Mamay”(with cinematographer Serhiy Mihaelchuk)got such a great reception in Hollywood in2005, when it was screened as Ukraine’scandidate in the Oscars’ Best ForeignLanguage Picture category. Mr. Sanin isthe only one in the Ukrainian film businesstoday who has not only the talent and skillsbut also the connections to enough majorplayers in Hollywood to develop the projectproperly, make it to world standardsand market it to the world.But, I don’t believe Victor Pinchuk orany other oligarch in Ukraine will put upmoney for a real Ukrainian Holodomorfilm project – no matter how good it is –because of the political aspects. The factis the masters of the genocide in Ukrainewere Russians. What oligarch in Ukraineis going to risk offending his Russianfriends and business partners with amovie about the Holodomor? And, howcan anyone make a movie about theHolodomor without implicating Russia? Itwould be like making a movie about theHolocaust and not implicating Germany.For Ukrainian oligarchs (and for many inthe government), Holodomor remembranceis an awkward nuisance worthy ofgreat lip service but no real cash.So, I wish Mrs. Dallas well. If Mr.Pinchuk suddenly finds his Ukrainiangenes and decides to finance her film, Iwish them both lots of luck. Mrs. Dallas’movie may get made some day – but Idoubt it will be made any time soon intoday’s Ukraine. Not for lack of talent ormoney, but for lack of “political will.”Peter BorisowHollywood, Calif.The letter-writer is president of theHollywood Trident Foundation.Why does Boryspiluse “L-v-o-v”?Dear Editor:I find it very insulting as a UkrainianAmerican that Boryspil InternationalAirport’s Internet page continues to providearrival and departure informationusing the Soviet Union’s designation of“Lvov” rather than the Ukrainian namefor the city, Lviv.The last time I used BoryspilInternational Airport it was in Ukraine.Boryspil International Airport is aUkrainian airport that services all ofUkraine. Its proximity to Ukraine’s capitalcity, Kyiv, compounds this insult toall Ukrainians worldwide.Dear Editor:Peter SenkiwDayton, OhioRe: Yushchenko’s“genuine attempt”The editorial “Democracy at 16”(August 19) stretches it a bit by creditingPresident Viktor Yushchenko with a“genuine attempt to form a broad coalitionlast year, consisting of four of theParliament’s five factions.”Actually, after the March 2006 electionsMr. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine camp atfirst proposed a coalition with the Party ofthe Regions on the condition that theRegions’ leader, Viktor Yanukovych, drophis bid to become prime minister. Such astand can hardly be described as “a genuineattempt,” considering that the Regionshad won a plurality in the March elections.By aimlessly playing ball with theParty of the Regions, “coalition builder”Mr. Yushchenko negated a very naturalalliance with the Yulia TymoshenkoBloc. Subsequently, PresidentYushchenko witlessly slighted his otherOrange partner, Oleksander Moroz andhis Socialist Party, which held the crucialbalance of power in the new Parliament.Incredibly, the chief negotiator of OurUkraine refused to support Mr. Moroz’scandidacy for Parliament chairman, andinstead nominated tycoon PetroPoroshenko, Mr. Yushchenko’s personalfriend. It was then that Mr. Moroz retaliatedby bolting the Orange camp. At thatstage, courtesy of Mr. Moroz’s defection,the Regions’ Mr. Yanukovych held all thecards, which rendered Mr. Yushchenko’s“genuine attempts” for a coalition as theempty posturing of a serial loser.I cannot predict exact numbers in thecoming September election, but it is fairlyobvious that Mr. Yushchenko’s blocwill lose again – which, however, maynot stop the diaspora from rationalizingthe outcome in some ways peculiar to itsworship of Mr. Yushchenko.As an afterthought, diaspora sagesmay acknowledge Ms. Tymoshenko’spart, which they see as a fly in the ointment,with an honorable mention, evenwhen her bloc places ahead of OurUkraine.Boris DanikNorth Caldwell, N.J.The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a varietyof topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian communities.Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers aretheir own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorialstaff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association.ViewTrembitafrom theLoungeby Taras Szmagala Jr.“Read all about it!”“Honey, the school levy passed,” Iinformed my wife over morning coffee.“Yes, I know,” she replied.I was surprised. “How did you know?I’m just reading it in the paper now!”“I saw it online last night before bed,”she explained.It’s a pattern that has become fairlyregular: I will read something interestingin the paper, and pass it along to mywife, only to find out she’s already awareof it. She doesn’t read newspapers much– books are more her thing. Her informationsource is the Internet.I, on the other hand, am a newspaperaddict. Every morning, I trudge out to thestreet, where The New York Times, WallStreet Journal and Cleveland PlainDealer await. No, I don’t have time toread them cover to cover every day, but Ido generally manage to look throughthem quickly. And on weekends, I havebeen known to spend hours surroundedby newsprint and coffee mugs.In this (as in many things), I, not mywife, am the anomaly. Newspaper readershipin our generation is much lowerthan in my parents’ generation. And thegeneration behind us subscribes evenmore rarely. Long gone are the dayswhere mid-sized cities such as Clevelandhad not one, but two daily newspapers toinform their residents of what’s happeningin the world. Newspapers in smallercities are struggling even to survive.Yet our society is more in touch withthe world than ever before. Informationis more plentiful, and accessible, than atany other time in human history. Wewatched the Orange Revolution on CNN,and we read e-mails live from reporterson the Khreschatyk as the protest tentswere erected. Our home computers candeliver live pictures, radio feeds andnews reports from almost any city in theworld, at any time we wish. Want toknow the current weather in Dubai? Youcan find out by clicking a mouse.Given this, it’s probably no surprise thatnewspapers are struggling. Compared tothe Internet, the print media are both lessefficient and less timely – indeed, whenthe Orange Revolution was under way, didwe wait until morning to read about it?Most of my generation did not – they werefollowing events as they unfolded on theircomputers or Blackberries.So does this mean that newspapers aredoomed? Will they go the way of thebuggy whip and the milkman, fading intohistory as more efficient substitutes taketheir place? Maybe, but I don’t think so.There are two reasons for my optimism:the first is the value editors bring to theirproduct, and the second can only bedescribed as the “newspaper experience.”It’s hard to overstate the importance ofeditorial control. We are awash in information,and in our increasingly hectic worldwe don’t have time to sift through it all.Newspapers do that for us – editors makedecisions on what’s important and what’snot. More importantly, editors decide whatinformation is credible and what’s not. This“information sifting” is at the heart of whata newspaper does: its reputation rests onproviding important and accurate contentto its readers. If they fail in that mission,they are accountable to their readers.In contrast, the Internet, while awashin information, lacks focus and accountability.Anyone with a computer and atelephone line can start a blog, regardlessof whether that blog is worth reading. Inpart, that’s a good thing – after all, thereaders themselves can decide whetherthe blog is worth their time. But personally,I appreciate having newspaper editorsdo some of that work for me. Andwhen it comes to accuracy, I’m glad toknow that these editors are responsiblefor ensuring that their news articles meeta basic level of quality that the newspaperitself is prepared to stand behind.“Wait,” you say, “I can get The NewYork Times online. I can get AP headlinesemailed to my phone. Doesn’t that solvethe quality and accuracy problem?” Yes,it does. But quality and accuracy aren’tthe only things newspapers have to offer.They offer ... an experience. Quaint, perhaps,but true. I don’t want to read an “ebook,”I want to read a real, physicalbook. I don’t want to flip through aniPhone to read local news – I want to holda tangible piece of paper in my hands,and let my eyes wander over the page.Mind you, this preference for hard copyis not an anti-technology rant. I fullyembrace technology; no typewriters will befound in my office and, if I lost myBlackberry, I very well might not rememberto go to work in the morning. But thereare some things electronics can’t duplicate.For me, the physical presence of a newspapermakes its contents more real and permanent.The print creates an indelible historicalrecord, something you could, if youwished, place in a scrapbook and look backupon many years later. It’s not just aboutthe information – it’s about the feeling.Feelings aside, newspapers generate asense of community. They provide us witha common base of information fromwhich we all operate. We’d still haveaccess to information without newspapers,but we’d have to obtain that informationin a more individualized way. Somewould “self-select” their information fromtelevision or Internet sources that wouldconfirm beliefs they’ve already held,rather than challenge them to see otherpoints of view. In today’s world, thedemise of a newspaper would not inhibitinformation flow; rather, it would cut a tiethat binds the newspaper’s community.Despite all this, I know my argumentsare more emotional than logical. The fateof newspapers is where it should be – inthe hands of consumers. I just hopeenough of us will continue to prefertrudging to the street than logging ontoour computer.Taras Szmagala Jr. may be reached atSzmagala@yahoo.com.Notice to publishers and authorsIt is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly publishedbooks, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodicals only afterreceipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. News items sent without acopy 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, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36COMMENTARY: Institute for Ukrainian Diaspora Studies, from its genesis to realizationby Lubomyr R. WynarIn his column, “A home at last” (July22), Dr. Myron B. Kuropas brought tothe attention of readers the need for historiansand other social scientists to focusgreater research on the history ofUkrainian immigration and the diaspora.He correctly observed that, with theexception of the important work accomplishedby a few scholars and institutions,this field has generally been overlookedby many of our historians in thediaspora. This state of affairs appliesmore to the United States than it does toCanada.During the many years in which Iserved as director of the Center for theStudy of Ethnic Publications and CulturalInstitutions in the United States and editorof its journal, Ethnic Forum, at KentState University in Ohio, I developednumerous contacts with ethnic culturaland social institutions, publishers, scholars,community leaders, as well as withethnic studies departments at universitiesand colleges. Some ethnic groups hadwell-developed community-based programsand centers and also succeeded inLubomyr R. Wynar, Ph.D., is professoremeritus at Kent State University, honoraryprofessor at the NationalUniversity of Ostroh Academy and presidentof the Ukrainian HistoricalAssociation.establishing academic departments at ourinstitutions of higher learning, all ofwhich incorporated strong components ofboth research and education that focusedon their immigration history, as well ason the development and contributions oftheir communities in the diaspora (e.g.,the Jewish ethnic group).In comparison, I found that in spite ofthe richness and diverse nature of activitieswithin our Ukrainian communities,the record for documenting our immigrationand diaspora history in terms ofresearch, publication and education wasrather scattered and much weaker. As ahistorian, I have consistently maintainedthat the history of Ukrainian immigrationand of our communities found throughoutthe world is the history of theUkrainian people and, therefore, constitutesan integral part of Ukrainian history.The Ukrainian Historical Associationand its journal, The Ukrainian Historian,have always promoted this position.The genesis of the idea for establishinga center for immigration and diasporastudies at an institution of higher learningin Ukraine initially emerged in l990,when I attended the InternationalCongress of Ukrainian Studies in Kyiv.At that time I became aware of a somewhatnegative attitude toward Ukrainiansfrom the diaspora, particularly thosefrom the West. These attitudes are adirect legacy of the Soviet educationalTo The Weekly Contributors:We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, lettersto the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. 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Call 973-292-9800.system, which deliberately presentedmisinformation and distortion of the historyof Ukraine, its people, and especiallyof the historical events of first half ofthe 20th century.In subsequent years, I attended numerousconferences, visited major academicand cultural institutions, and held extensivediscussions with many prominenthistorians and other scholars in Ukraine.I concluded that the distorted views heldby a significant percentage of theUkrainian population regarding the historyof Ukraine, and particularly the historyof Ukrainian immigration and thediaspora, were so ingrained that anychanges to this mindset would likely be agradual process, accomplished throughchanging conditions in Ukraine by creatingnew structures within existing ones.In this view, I was supported by Prof.Mykola Kovalsky, one of the mostrespected historians in Ukraine, who atthat time was the vice-president (pro-rector)of the newly established NationalUniversity of Ostroh Academy, and withwhom I had developed a close personaland professional relationship. It wasProf. Kovalsky who initiated the ideathat the Ukrainian Historical Associationestablish an active branch at OstrohAcademy, which he envisioned as functioningas an important center for historicalresearch, publication and the disseminationof historical knowledge throughthe sponsorship of scholarly conferencesand seminars in Ukraine.He believed that such a UHA centercould act as an agent for change fromwithin; its establishment would be animportant step in shaping Ukrainian historiographyby influencing the directionof its future development and, thereby,beginning the process of dismantling thefoundation of historical distortions laiddown during the Soviet regime.Prof. Kovalsky’s vision proved to becorrect. From the time the first branch ofthe Ukrainian Historical Association wasestablished at Ostroh Academy under thedirectorship of Prof. Kovalsky, UHA hasexpanded to include 15 active branchesat other academic institutions, sponsoredthree widely attended international congressesof Ukrainian historians at threemajor Ukrainian universities (whichincluded topics on Ukrainian immigrationand diaspora history), supported thedevelopment of serious research programsand scholarly conferences atimportant cultural institutions (e.g.Hrushevsky museums in Kyiv and Lviv,the Stefanyk Library in Lviv), and implementeda strong program for publishingimportant historical works in Ukraine byestablishing a UHA editorial branchoffice in Ostroh.Our journal, The Ukrainian Historian,has added two editors from Ukraine: Dr.Yuri Makar, dean of the history collegeat Chernivtsi National Univerity, and Dr.Alla Atamanenko, professor of historyand the director of the Institute forUkrainian Diaspora Studies at OstrohAcademy.It should be mentioned that in 2000,Prof. Makar co-sponsored with theUkrainian Historical Association theFirst International Congress of UkrainianHistorians that was held at ChernivtsiNational University, and in 2002 heorganized the fifth InternationalCongress of Ukrainian Studies, whichwas co-sponsored by the InternationalAssociation of Ukrainian Studies andChernivtsi National University. Dr.Atamanenko, who replaced the recentlydeceased Prof. Mykola Kovalsky as editor,was a protégé of this eminent historian;he considered her to be one of hismost talented students and a remarkablygifted historian.Our editorial branch in Ostroh haspositively impacted UHA’s publishingprograms; it has allowed us to extensivelyexpand our author base in Ukraine,especially among the younger generationof talented historians. The central editorialoffice remains in Kent, Ohio, fromwhich all final editorial decisions regardingany UHA-sponsored publications aremade and from which I continue to serveas editor-in-chief of The UkrainianHistorian.During the latter years of the 1990s, itbecame evident that a special strategyneeded to be developed that wouldspecifically address the negative attitudesthat continued to be held by a substantialpercentage of the Ukrainian populationtoward Ukrainian émigrés, andespecially toward those who formed the“Third Wave,” the displaced persons(DPs) of the Second World War. With theearlier successful establishment of UHAand its editorial branch into an existingacademic structure serving as a model,we decided that creating a special institutewithin an elite and progressiveUkrainian university would be the mosteffective approach to begin correctingthis problem.The vision was that such an institutewould provide scholars in Ukraine withthe opportunity to conduct objective,source-based research on the variouswaves of Ukrainian immigration and onthe many communities established byimmigrants throughout the world. Inaddition to promoting historical and sociologicalresearch on immigration, thisinstitute would also play a significantrole in education by organizing periodicscholarly conferences, conducting seminarsfor university faculty and secondaryschool teachers, developing universityand school curriculums, and publishingfactual materials on Ukrainian immigrationfor use in schools and institutions ofhigher learning. Nurturing relationshipswith scholars from the West, who wouldbe encouraged to assist in the institute’swork and development, would be a highpriority.Establishing this institute in Ukraineitself was a most important consideration;the resources and programs offeredby an institute based within a Ukrainianacademic institution would have thepotential of reaching a significantly highernumber of scholars, teachers and students,most of whom would never beable to travel to the West due to prohibitivecosts. The various exchange pro-(Continued on page 20)

No. 36by Yuri ShevchukNEW YORK – Recently, theUkrainian Film Club of ColumbiaUniversity, already the largest collectionof classical and contemporary subtitledUkrainian films in North America,received a valuable addition: the completecinematic work of OleksanderDovzhenko (1894-1956).Universally considered to be one of theworld’s most important filmmakers,Dovzhenko is primarily remembered as theauthor of such masterpieces as “Zvenyhora”(1927), “Arsenal” (1929) and, above all,“Earth” (1930). Of Dovzhenko, CharlieChaplin noted that “Slavic cinematographygave the world only one filmmaker:Oleksander Dovzhenko.”Such recognition aside, Dovzhenko’slife and oeuvre have been placed within theRussian imperial canon, organically aliento him. Some try to reduce Dovzhenko to atired and constricting stereotype – theUkrainian peasant balladeer.Despite the considerable attention hehas drawn from cultural historians overthe last few decades, Dovzhenko’s worktoday remains elusive and open to widelyopposing interpretations. Besides thethree above-mentioned films, his otherwork has remained virtually unknown,inaccessible both to experts and to wideraudiences. In North America one canpurchase only two of his films, “Arsenal”and “Earth.”The unique DVD collection titled“Oleksander Dovzhenko: TheCinematographic Legacy” makes all hisextant work available to the world.Created at the initiative of the Ministry ofCulture and Tourism of Ukraine, this 10-DVD set is composed of the filmsDovzhenko made himself, including theunique footage of his unfinished featureTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 9Dovzhenko legacy enriches Columbia collectionnarrative, “Good-Bye, America!” as wellas films written by him and directed,after his death, by others, most notablyby his wife, Yulia Solntseva, and, in oneinstance, Andry Donchyk.The DVD set represents all the knownfeature narrative and documentary filmshe made, with the exception of his firstcomedy, “Vasia the Reformer” (1926), asatire of the New Economic Policy period,which is believed to have been irrevocablylost. The set does include thescreenplay of the film, which Dovzhenkoco-directed with Favst Lopatynsky.Each film in the DVD set has undergonea process of image and soundrestoration. Each is supplied with subtitlesin Ukrainian, Russian, English andFrench. “Zvenyhora,” “Arsenal” and“Earth” are in two versions: the first –the original silent version, the second –the re-edited one with musical accompanimentadded in the 1970s. According tothe collection’s foreword, “allDovzhenko’s films are furnished, wherepossible, in their original version withoutany ideological adaptation of the Sovietor post-Soviet era, with minimal interferencein the interpretation of the works.”The set is accompanied by an annotatedcatalogue with a chronology ofDovzhenko’s life and work, as well as abrief description of each film. The DVDset includes unique footage: the untilrecently inaccessible scenes of Dovzhenkohimself playing the part of a ship stoker inthe early political detective thriller,“Diplomatic Pouch” (1927) – the onlyknown instance when he appears as anactor in one of his movies and Dovzhenkospeaking to peasants in western Ukraine in1939, after the occupation of westernUkraine and Belarus by Soviet troops.Of some interest is Yulia Solntseva’sfilm, “The Unforgettable” (Nezabutnie),Oleksander Dovzhenko behind the camera.based on Dovzhenko’s screenplay, “Ukrainein Flames” (1944). The screenplay and itsauthor were denounced by Stalin at a meetingof the Bolshevik Politburo on January30, 1944. Stalin’s denunciation markedDovzhenko’s final fall from grace with theSoviet regime. The text of Stalin’s speechalso is part of this set.It was initially announced that“Oleksander Dovzhenko: The CinematicLegacy” would be issued in a limited editionof 1,000. In actuality, only 10 suchsets were made. The sets are not for saleand are distributed as gifts by theUkrainian Ministry of Culture andTourism. It is unclear when and whetherthe set will become commercially availableto a wider audience.The Ukrainian Film Club of ColumbiaUniversity plans to hold a series of specialevents both on the Columbia campusand beyond the university at the invitationof other organizations to popularizethe cinematic legacy of OleksanderDovzhenko in North America.“Oleksander Dovzhenko: TheCinematic Legacy” includes the followingfilms: “Love’s Berry,” 1926; “TheDiplomatic Pouch,” 1927; “Zvenyhora,1927; “Arsenal,” 1929; “Earth,” 1930;“Ivan,” 1932; “Air City,” 1935; “Shchors,”1939; “Liberation” (Osvobozhdeniye),1940; “Battle for Our Soviet Ukraine,”1943; “The Victory in Right-Bank Ukraineand the Expulsion of the German Invadersfrom the Boundaries of the UkrainianSoviet Territory,” 1944; “Michurin,” 1948,“Good-Bye, America,” 1951; “Poem of theSea,” 1958; “Chronicle of the FlamingYears,” 1960; “Unforgettable,” 1967;“Golden Gates,” 1969; and “Death of theGods,” 1988.To get a detailed description of andstills from these films visit www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc;click on “Film Library”and then on a film title.

10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36A study of Virko BaleyPreludeThe creative versatility of the UkrainianAmerican composer, conductor, pianist,educator, lecturer, music critic and activistVirko Baley has very few parallels in contemporaryUkraine. Although anotheresteemed musician, Albert of the oldergeneration, namely Vasyl Barvinsky, doescome to mind, his name is not so well recognizedin the West as that of Baley.Our subject’s Ukrainian birthplace inRadekhiv (near Lviv) on October 21, 1938,and his education in Germany and theUnited States completed with distinction,determined Mr. Baley’s formative years andhis creative course. He began piano studiesin Munich at age 7 seven (1945) under concertpianist Roman Sawycky Sr. (thiswriter’s father). When his family settled inthe United States in 1949, he continued hiseducation at the Los Angeles Conservatoryof Music and Arts (now California Instituteof the Arts), where he received both bachelorand master of music degrees. Mr. Baleyalso studied with renowned tutors RosinaLhevinne and Karl Ulrich Schnabel.Mr. Baley is founder and director of theLas Vegas Chamber Players, Nevada’sonly serious music group to earn internationalattention. He has shaped the ensemble’sannual Contemporary MusicFestival into an event described by theSan Francisco Chronicle as “exceptionalat every turn, not only in the west, butinternationally.” Since 1980 Mr. Baleyhas served as music director of the newLas Vegas Symphony Orchestra.The composerMuch has been written of Baley thecomposer by such periodicals as TheUkrainian Weekly (under the bylines ofOles Kuzyszyn andJohn Schaefer), TheJuilliard Journal, American Record Guideand Musical America. The UkrainianWeekly of November 2, 2003, noted that“Baley spent his creative life in the UnitedStates and considers himself a citizen ofthe world. Multilingual and multi-disciplinary,he infuses his music with themes ofcontemporary and traditional motifs.”American Record Guide in itsMay/June 1998 issue observed that“Baley’s music is vibrant, dramatic, communicative,much of it framed by extramusical allusions that place it in a solidcontext.” And The New York Times wroteof “sophistication and high music drama.”American and European critics,reviewing Mr. Baley’s music, recognizeits depth, distinct imagery and originalmusic thinking. It is music filled withbeauty and emotion – a rarity in contemporarywriting, that also defines Ukrainianfolk motifs within the fabric of the scores.Conductor, musicologist, activistWhile working in the above fields, Mr.Baley focused on the music by the “NewA leaflet announcing a 1994 concert of music by Virko Baley at New York’sUkrainian Institute of America.Ukrainians” in Kviv of the 1960s, the socalled“Shestydesiatnyky.” Such an orientationhas teen often noted by the media and,after Mr. Baley’s lectures at Harvard, Yaleand Rutgers the musicologist-teacher finallyemerged as one of the leading authoritieson the avant-garde style on both sides of theAtlantic. His early published account ofpost-1960 trends titled “The Kiev Avant-Garde” appeared in the American periodicalNumus-West in 1974. Its encouragingreception paved the way to the German version,printed in Melos in the year 1976.Mr. Baley’s audio-visual presentation atthe Ukrainian Institute of America, sponsoredby the New York Group of poets, onDecember 1, 1973, like his writings of thatVirko Baley conducting.time, appeared bold and self-assertive.Although some may have also detected anoccasional touch of swagger, Mr. Baley'soutput was entirely original among theUkrainian musicology of the day. Like the“New Ukrainians,” he espoused little in hisown writings that could be considered“mainstream,” except sound business sense.According to still another critic Mr.Baley’s “courageous approach to thepiano” likewise characterized his newand unorthodox position in music of thattime. And one of Mr. Baley’s favoritemusings voiced in lectures was his owncommitment and love for “modern beauty”– an ideal for his and for all time.Contributor to encyclopediasMr. Baley hit his stride in the early1990s with his column “Notes from thePodium” in The Ukrainian Weekly andalso with his contributions to majormusic encyclopedias.Since one of the disappointments withthe 20-volume New Grove Dictionary(1980) was its lack of Ukraine-orientedcontributors from North America, theeditor-in-chief, Stanley Sadie, correctedthis deficiency in a more recent offshoottitled The New Grove Dictionary ofOpera (four volumes, London, 1992),which employed musicologists RichardTaruskin of California and Mr. Baley.Of the 50 entries relating to Ukraine, 14were penned by Mr. Baley and includeddetailed historical overviews of musicallife in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Lviv (thelatter co-authored by Kornel Michalowski).Scholarly exactitude and completenessplaces the “Lviv” entry far ahead of theanalogous article in the second edition ofthe German encyclopedia Musik inGescnichte und Gegenwart (Music of thePast and Present Times – Sachteil, Vol. 5,Kassel, London, New York, 1996). Therethe entry “Lemberg” (Lviv) was contributedby German specialists.Also in the Dictionary of Opera are Mr.Baley’s analytical entries on composerBorys Liatoshynsky and the latter’s modernopera “The Golden Ring” (after IvanFranko’s novel Zakhar Berkut) bely themusicologist’s singular knowledge ofexpressionist style in Ukraine of the 1930s.Of special significance, however, isMr. Baley’s article “Ukraine,” placingthe operatic genre in three centuries ofperspective from composers MaksymBerezovsky to Valentyn Bibik. It’s worthnoting, that no other reference tool publishedin the West contains such incisivewriting and discussion of the Ukrainianmusical theater and the harsh politicalclimate in which it was forced to grow.Another remarkable, if controversial,source, The Biographical Dictionary ofRussian/Soviet Composers by A. Ho and D.Feofanov (New York, London, 1929)included almost 150 Ukrainians with nineentries by Mr. Baley, among them evaluationsof Guba, Grabovsky, Silvestrov andZagortsev. The editorial policy, with whichMr. Baley could hardly agree, preferred theletter G to H, while composers M. Lysenko,M. Kalachevsky, F. Akimenko et al shouldnot have been included in a dictionary ofsuch narrower Russo-Soviet scope.CD issuesIt was Liatoshynsky and his modernschool in Kyiv, which determined post-1960 trends in Ukraine. The recent impacton the West of the numerous CDs withLiatoshynsky’s orchestral music was calleda “juggernaut” by just one impressed critic.This particular situation invites continuedinput and Mr. Baley’s command of theLiatoshynsky legacy suggests him as thepotential author of an English-languagebiography on the Kyiv modern master.In a broader and more practical sense,Mr. Baley’s musicology is knowledgeapplied with discipline.Be it teaching, lecturing, conductingor directing music festivals, all dovetailingin, reportedly, over 50 CDs to date,Mr. Baley was and remains the creativeforce in all these initiatives.His conducting activity captured on CDusually featured 20th century masters suchas Mahler, Schoenberg and Stravinsky,and includes contemporary Ukrainiancomposers Karabyts, Silvestrov and Baleyhimself. Moreover the conductor recordedhis own interpretation of the traditionalclassics like Mozart and Wagner – someissued on the Cambria label. As a pianistMr. Baley made several discs for theTakoma, Orion and Nonesuch labels.CodaIn conclusion, Mr. Baley’s many-sidednessof composition, performance,teaching and musicology, his natural versatilityas artist and scholar permeateshis life and creativity.Mr. Baley garnered numerous grantsand commissions from the NevadaCouncil on the Arts and the NationalEndowment for the Arts, and in 1983was named by the Nevada governor“Musician of the Year.”On March 7, 1996, by order of thethen President Leonid Kuchma, Mr.Baley became the first diaspora musicianto win the Shevchenko State Prize “forconsiderable contribution to Ukrainianmusic and its worldwide promotion.”(See Svoboda, March 12, 1996.)The literature on Mr. Baley is considerableas it also is international. His biographicallistings may be found in Who’sWho in American Music (New York:R.R. Bowker, 1983) and in Encyclopediaof Ukraine (Vol. 1, Shevchenko ScientificSociety, University of Toronto Press,1984). More recent listings include theDictionary of Ukrainian Composers byIhor and Natalia Sonevytsky (Lviv:Union of Ukrainian Composers, 1997)and Slovnyk Muzykantiv Ukrainy(Dictionary of Ukraine’s Musicians) byIvan Lysenko (Kyiv: Rada, 2005).This composer who scores his lifeboldly has certainly arrived on the contemporarymusic scene.

No. 36THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 11Plast members descend on Torontobefore their international jamboreeby Yarema BelejSpecial to The Ukrainian WeeklyTORONTO – As the planes rolled intoPearson International Airport in Torontoon Friday, August 3, and buses arrived inother parts of the city a great gatheringof Plast youth was assembling inToronto’s west end. By the end of theday nearly 300 teenagers from all partsof Canada and the United States weregathered for the beginning of theInternational Plast Jamboree.Early the next morning the rest of the“yunatstvo” (Plast teenagers) wouldcome to the school and the large groupwould divide into their separate campsfor the first stage of the jamboree.Divided among four strata based on ageand level of achievement, the separategroups set off in individual buses to theircampsites across northeast Ontario andQuebec.The camps lasted for 10 days inGrundy Lake Park, Samuel deChamplain Park, Algonquin Park (allthree in Ontario) and the Baturyn campground(Quebec), with the mostadvanced scouts assigned to OrundyLake Park and the neophytes to Baturyn.These individual encampments fosteredscouting skills, techniques and traditionsfrom cooking to bonfires.Everyone also participated in retreatsthat varied from canoeing or kayaking tohiking – testing the mettle and teamworkof the young “plastuny” (scouts).This first stage of the jamboree was atime for teens of the same age and rankto come together and experience true“plastuvannia” (scouting) en mass. Thecounselors and leaders of the campsorganized programs and events monthsand years in advance to further theknowledge and experiences of the youthsearning new merit badges and camping.These counselors and leaders areThe commemorative cancellationstamp issued by the Grafton post office.themselves members of Plast; they shareand build on their own experiences asformer campers. Their efforts and sacrificewere essential to the camps existenceand it is their dedication and workthat ensured that the scouts had a greattime and a productive learning experienceat their various camps.“I have never seen so many teenagerssmiling,” said Irene Sawchyn Doll ofMorristown, N.J., as she looked at thefaces of the teens in the camp. “They justall seem so happy and content.”With representatives from across theworld – Australia, Argentina, Canada,England, Germany, Poland, Ukraine andthe United States – at every camp, scoutshad the opportunity to exchange knowledgeand customs with their peers while creatingnew memories and friendships that few othershave a chance to experience.Although this first stage mirrored otherPlast camps in its set-up and events, therewas no comparison in terms of the multitudeof different people and charactersthat come to the jamboree –a uniqueexperience and one that every Plast membersmakes a point of attending at leastonce during his or her Plast career.Over 700 Plast scouts spend10 days in Canadian wildernessby Yarema BelejSpecial to The Ukrainian WeeklyOTTAWA –For two days – after 10spent in the wilderness – over 700 “plastuny”descended on the capital city ofOttawa for the second stage of theInternational Plast Jamboree. Here Plastmembers from around the world had achance to get an appreciation of Canada’sunique culture, history and method ofgovernance.With accommodations at the Universityof Ottawa, the weary campers took fulladvantage of the showers and beds at theirdisposal in the modern university dorms.Soon after arriving at the 16-story residence,clean faces emerged for a cafeteriadinner – the campers’ first meal notcooked on Coleman stoves by their owngrass-stained hands.The next day, August 14, saw a massof uniformed campers touring throughmuseums, mints and the CanadianParliament itself. This was an opportunityfor all of those not from Canada togain a healthy respect and understandingof how the friendly country came to beand its vital role in the world’s history.After a very long day of walking aboutthe great buildings and museums, the Plastmembers regrouped and headed to a bigdrill hall for a rowdy “zabava” (dance).Performing for the sea of green-and-brownclad Plast youths were two very popularUkrainian bands, Taran of Winnipeg,Manitoba, and Ukraina of Ottawa.Rocking the hardwood floor with theirloud music, the bands riled up the scoutsinto a near frenzy with a modern mix ofclassic Ukrainian songs. With sweat drippingand smiles on their faces, everyonethen got into concentric circles to sing thetraditional Plast song marking the day’send, called “Nich Vzhe Ide” (The Night isComing.)The next day everyone rose early, packedtheir gear and loaded the big hiking bagsonto buses. After a quick breakfast the morethan 700 Plast youths marched onParliament Hill to witness the changing ofthe guard while the heavens rained down ontheir uniforms. Then, as if it were planned,the sky opened up and the sun shonethrough when the throng of scouts gatheredat the steps to be addressed by Plast brassand a couple of members of Parliament.Greeted by jamboree organizers and theorganizer of its Ottawa leg, the Plast membersstood and sang their hymn at the footof Canada’s seat of power. Following thestirring singing, Member of ParliamentBorys Wrzesnewskyj addressed the crowd.After receiving an award from the Plastbrass for “many years of generous workwhich reflect the highest ideals of thescouting movement, including your workwithin the ranks of the Ukrainian ScoutingOrganization and the broader Ukrainiancommunity, including more specificallyyour devotion to community, cultural andpatriotic goals for the benefit of theChurch, Ukraine and Plast,” Mr.Wrzesnewskyj waxed nostalgic about hisdays in Plast and how the organizationhelped him become the person he is today.Liberal Opposition House LeaderRalph Goodale addressed the throng,conveying official greetings from LiberalOpposition Leader Stéphane Dion.The previous day, Mr. Wrzesnewskyjalso personally escorted the scoutsthrough the halls of Parliament and intothe House of Commons. The MP and thethe Plast youths spent the good part of anhour exchanging their ideas and views onCanada’s parliamentary system and therole of members of Parliament.At the conclusion of the ceremonies inOttawa, the mass of scouts got into theirbuses and headed for the “Plastova Sich”campground in Grafton, Ontario, for thethird and final stage of the InternationalPlast Jamboree.Four-day festival concludes Plast’s 95th anniversary jamboreeby Oksana ZakydalskySpecial to The Ukrainian WeeklyGRAFTON, Ontario – For the finaldays of the International Plast jamboree,all the camp participants came to the“Plastova Sich” campground in Grafton,Ontario, where the first worldwide Plastanniversary jamboree held in NorthAmerica had taken place 50 years earlier.Over the four days, the campers werejoined by other Plast members – some ofwhom had been there 50 years ago – sothat the total number of jamboree participantsswelled from 737 to 1,811.While the majority of those taking partwere from North America, a large contingentof 99 members from beyond thecontinent also took part. Although eachcountry had faced challenges in sendingits delegation – some financial, othersthat of timing (it is the middle of theschool year for Argentina and Australia),every national organization where Plastexists today was represented.In order to enable a large group of representativesfrom Ukraine to come, a specialfund had been set up by the organizingcommittee. Started by the generousdonation of $20,000 from theWrzesnewskyj family foundation calledDopomoha Ukraini, it included sponsorshipsby Plast fraternities and sororitiesand branches, as well as many individualdonations. These funds were used to bring43 Plast members from Ukraine and twofrom Poland, and helped cover some ofthe costs of seven members fromArgentina.The program for the final four daysincluded competitions, campfires, a musicfestival and lots of opportunities for justhanging around. Whereas at their campsthe scouts had cooked their own meals,here four large dining tents were set upwith catered food and two-hour mealtimesto ensure lots of time for interaction.The final phase of the jamboree waslaunched on Thursday evening, August16, with the lighting of an eternal flameby heads of the national Plast organizations.On Friday morning all the youngscouts took part in a game competition –they had to go around eight differentskill-testing and team-building sites inteams of eight. This was a logistical challengefor the organizer – Dr. KatrusiaHaras, whose Ph.D. is in outdoor education– as a total of 64 sites had to be preparedin advance. Later, a music festival,opened by the Winnipeg group Taran, wasfollowed by a “Canadian Idol”-type competition– “Zolota Gitara” (GoldenGuitar) – won by an instrumental-singingtrio from the camp for “rozviduvachi”(youths holding the third rank in Plast“yunatstvo”).Saturday, August 18, was an open pub-For a photo report on the jamboree, see centerfold.lic day, when many visitors from nearbyToronto, parents of the campers and specialinvited guests – heads of Ukrainianorganizations, sponsors and donors of thejamboree and local politicians – werewelcomed. All the visitors were first treatedto a colorful 95th birthday celebration,with balloons and streamers and lots oflively running around on the central field.A traditional “defiliada” (review parade)saluted the visitors and, at its conclusion,Chief Scout Lubomyr Romankiw presentedto the Plast museum the Plast emblem,“leliyka,” which Ukrainian Americanastronaut Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper hadtaken on her flight into space. With it camea certificate of authenticity which read, inpart, “This pin was flown for PlastUkrainian Youth Organization aboard theUnited States Space Shuttle Atlantis duringa mission to the International Space(Continued on page 17)Commemorative postcard featuring the International Plast Jamboree emblem.

12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36The International Plast Jamboree, Canada 2007A project by the Edmonton Plast branch.Ukraine’s delegation, with its head, Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, and Anna Szyptur, jamboree co-chair, in the center.Chicago scout units march in the review parade.The delegation from Argentina (from left): Iwan Dmytriw, Sabrina Jaremko,Genia Dmytriw, Anna Nazaryk, Stefan Kluba and Augustyn Agres.A view of the official opening ceremonies of the International Plast Jamboree.

No. 36THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 13The music festival and “Zolota Gitara” (Golden Guitar) competition.During the first stage of the International Plast Jamboree held in Canada (from left)are: Luda Monczak, Areta Hryschuk and Markian Kuzmowycz on the beach of Samuelde Champlain Park.A game challenge: move the plank without stepping on the ground.“Novatstvo” at the festival in Grafton, Ontario.Toronto scouts during their performance.The certificate of authenticity issued for the Plast emblem taken into space byNASA astronaut Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper.

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(RFE/RLNewsline)Yushchenko says PM raises tensionsKYIV – President Viktor Yushchenkotold journalists in Kharkiv on August 30that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych isexacerbating political tensions by supportingVerkhovna Rada ChairmanOleksander Moroz’s push to open a legislativesession on September 4, shortlybefore September 30 elections, RFE/RL’sUkrainian Service reported. “The sessionthat certain political players want to holdin the Verkhovna Rada building onSeptember 4 is illegitimate, as is the [current]Parliament,” Mr. Yushchenko said.“I regret that the prime minister hasagreed to and supported such a decision.”Mr. Yanukovych said at a Cabinet meetingthe previous day that the session onSeptember 4 could view a draft budgetfor 2008. “Parliament is actually nonfunctional;it has been blocked. If it convenesto work, it will be for one day ortwo days, no more. In such conditions weneed to make an expert assessment of the[2008 draft] budget, with the participationof all branches of power,” Mr.Yanukovych said. (RFE/RL Newsline)Orange victory = price surge?KYIV – Communist Party leader PetroSymonenko told Interfax-Ukraine onAugust 30 that Ukrainian-Russian relationsremain tense, and warned of a spikein Russian gas prices if an “Orangeteam” of the Our Ukraine – People’sSelf-Defense bloc and the YuliaTymoshenko Bloc comes to power afterthe September 30 elections. “Severalweeks ago, I met with Russian leadersand I can say unambiguously – if theOrange madmen come to power, thenUkraine will see an increase in the gasprice to $300 per 1,000 cubic meters,”Mr. Symonenko said. Ukraine currentlypays $130 per 1,000 cubic meters ofRussian gas. The price is due to increasein 2008. (RFE/RL Newsline)President chides splinter groupKYIV – President Viktor Yushchenkosaid on August 29 that the registration ofa separate list of candidates for theSeptember 30 parliamentary elections bya splinter group from the Pora Party doesnot benefit the democratic movement,Interfax-Ukraine reported. “I know thereare many forces that would not like tosee Ukrainian democrats united. ... Theirgoal is to misinform the people, to tellthem that the democratic forces aredivided,” Mr. Yushchenko noted. ThePora Party was initially in the pro-presidentialOur Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense (OU-PSD) bloc, but a splintergroup led by Yaroslav Hodunok managedto register a separate list of candidatesunder the party’s name on August 28. Mr.Hodunok told journalists in Kyiv onAugust 30 that he is ready to withdrawhis list from the election campaign if theOU-PSD and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc(YTB) sign a political agreement onforming a post-election coalition withoutthe participation of the Party of theRegions, UNIAN reported. Mr. Hodunokalleged that some “oligarchs” from boththe OU-PSD and the YTB are conductingsecret negotiations with the Party of theRegions in order to create a broad coalitionafter the elections. Ukrainian commentatorsbelieve that the separate electionbid by the Pora Party may significantlyimpair the election chances of theOU-PSD and the YTB, thus benefitingtheir rivals. According to Ukraine’s electionlaw, only parties gaining over 3 percenton the vote qualify for parliamentaryrepresentation. The votes cast for partiesbelow the 3 percent threshold are ineffect wasted and not taken into accountduring the distribution of parliamentaryseats. (RFE/RL Newsline)CEC annuls Pora splinter’s registrationKYIV – Following a court ruling, theCentral Election Commission onSeptember 4 revoked the registration ofpolitical candidates from a splinter groupof the Pora Party, Interfax-Ukrainereported. The candidates had been registeredto run in pre-term elections scheduledfor September 30. The Pora Partywas initially part of the pro-presidentialOur Ukraine –People’s Self-Defense(OU-PSD) bloc. The OU-PSD bloc subsequentlychallenged the registration ofthe Pora Party list in court. (RFE/RLNewsline)Website on KGB crimes launchedVILNIUS, Lithuania – Lithuania’sGenocide and Resistance ResearchCenter announced in Vilnius onSeptember 3 that it has launched a website(http://www.kgbdocuments.eu)intended to shed light on the role of theKGB in the Baltic states in 1940-1941and 1943-1991, news agencies reported.The site includes scanned Russian-languagereports from KGB departments inLithuania, Latvia and Estonia. (RFE/RLNewsline)PACE concerned about irregularitiesKYIV – Co-rapporteur of theParliamentary Assembly of the Councilof Europe Hanne Severinsen believes theVerkhovna Rada’s consideration of theissue of deputies’ immunity was nottimely, it was reported on September 5.According to Ms. Severinsen, the PACEdelegation hails the initiative ofUkrainian politicians to limit deputies’immunity, however, she said, the relevantamendments should be adopted followingthe election. “Immunity must berestricted. But I’m not sure that the issueshould not have been considered in theParliament, which is, actually, non-functioningsince there aren’t 300 deputies,”she said. The rapporteur added that membersof the international delegation monitoringpreparations for the early parliamentaryelection are worried about the(Continued on page 15)The following mistakes occurred in the printing ofmy CD covers in Kyiv which need to be corrected:1. On the CD "Tilke Tobi" song #1- the music was written by YuriyHodovanec and the words by me - Erko.2. On the CD "Kolyb Ya Mav" song #17 the music was written byYuriy Hodovanec and the words by M. Tarnavska.Severin M. "Erko" Palydowycz

No. 36NEWSBRIEFS(Continued from page 14)procedure of voting at home. She airedher hope that this would not repeat falsificationsobserved during the 2004 presidentialelection. According to Ms.Severinsen, the political situation inUkraine could be stabilized if the authoritiesand the opposition present a wellbalancedtext of the Constitution, whichwould be voted on in a nationwide referendum.(Ukrinform)CEC registers 356 more observersKYIV – The Central ElectoralCommission registered another 356 officialobservers from international organizationsfor the snap parliamentary electionsto be held September 30, it wasannounced on September 5. Among themare 10 observers from the InternationalRepublican Institute, three from theOrganization on Security andCooperation in Europe, 210 from theinternational public organization for promotionof election technologies calledFor Fair Elections, two from theAmerican Center for International LaborSolidarity, 73 from the UkrainianCongress Committee of America and 58from the interregional public foundationfor promotion of public control for fairelections called Observer. (Ukrinform)All Ukrainians abroad can voteKYIV – The Foreign Affairs Ministryof Ukraine has received the report of theCentral Election Commission on regulationsof voting procedure for Ukrainiansabroad. In accordance with the regulation,Ukrainians leaving Ukraine beforeSeptember 22 can submit their documentsto a precinct abroad in order to getthe right to vote. According to theForeign Affairs Ministry’s press secretary,Andrii Deschytsia, the ministry hasorganized 115 precincts in 85 countries.(Ukrinform)ROC patriarch protects turfMOSCOW – Russian OrthodoxTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 15Patriarch Aleksii II was quoted by theItalian daily Il Giornale on August 29 assaying a meeting between him and PopeBenedict XVI would make sense only ifthe Roman Catholic Church gives upwhat he called missionary ambitions tospread Catholicism in Russia, Reutersreported. Patriarch Aleksii stressed that“any meeting between the pope and thepatriarch of Moscow must be well-preparedand must run absolutely no risk ofbeing reduced to an opportunity to take afew photographs or appear togetherbefore television cameras. It must be anencounter that really helps to consolidaterelations between our two Churches.” Headded, “Even today, some Catholic bishopsand missionaries consider Russia asmissionary terrain. But Russia, holyRussia, is already illuminated by a faiththat is centuries old and that, thank God,has been preserved and handed on by theOrthodox Church.” The patriarchdescribed the alleged Catholic proselytizingin his country as “the first point ofthe problems that need to be clarified andsmoothed over regarding a meeting withthe pope.” The patriarch added thatanother problem is what he called thespreading of Catholicism’s Eastern Riteto “areas where it never used to exist,such as eastern Ukraine, Belarus,Kazakhstan and Russia itself.” These andsimilar issues were frequently cited bythe Orthodox Church as reasons fordenying a visit to Russia to the late PopeJohn Paul II, whose Polish origins madehim particularly suspect as a proselytizerin the view of many Orthodox clergy andbelievers. Many Catholics hoped that apapal visit to Russia might finally takeplace under the German-born Benedict.(RFE/RL Newsline)Regions Party to initiate referendumKYIV – The Party of the Regions willinitiate an all-Ukrainian referendum onthe status of the Russian language,Ukraine’s accession to NATO and theelection of chiefs of regional and districtadministrations, the head of the party’selection staff, Borys Kolesnykov, said onSeptember 5. The referendum will beheld within 60 to 75 days fromSeptember 7. As many as 9 million signatureswill be collected to support theidea. Mr. Kolesnykov also noted thatopinion polls suggest that as many as 45percent of Ukraine’s population wantsthe Russian language to have nationalstatus. (Ukrinform)Kyiv institutes sanctions against IranKYIV – Ukraine has joined the UnitedNations in instituting sanctions againstIran. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs MinisterArseniy Yatsenyuk told journalists onSeptember 5 that the government hasintroduced a ban on the export of productsand service to Iran that could beused in the military nuclear program. Inlate December 2006 the U.N. SecurityCouncil unanimously voted for the introductionof sanctions against Iran in viewof its refusal to curtail its program of uraniumenrichment. (Ukrinform)Turning the pages...(Continued from page 6)poem by Taras Shevchenko, “MyFriendly Epistle,” which was set to musicand selected by Cmdr. Stefanyshyn-Piper.Mission Commander Brent Jett, PilotChris Ferguson and Mission SpecialistsStefanyshyn-Piper, Joe Tanner, DanBurbank and Steve MacLean, a CanadianSpace Agency astronaut, comprised thecrew of the mission, the 116th spaceshuttle flight for the National Aeronauticsand Space Administration and the 27thflight for Atlantis.Their mission deployed a new set ofsolar arrays at the International SpaceMoroz: new Rada may impeach presidentKYIV – Verkhovna Rada ChairmanOleksander Moroz said on September 5that he believes the Parliament that will beelected on September 30 will initiate proceedingsto impeach President ViktorYushchenko. Mr. Moroz stated this at theinternational conference “Development ofParliamentarism: Problems and Prospects.”In particular, Mr. Moroz said that whensomebody takes over the powers of anotherbranch of authority, this signifies “a usurpationof power,” underlining that “This is acriminal offense, which is classified by thelegislation of Ukraine and entails liability,including criminal liability.” According toMr. Moroz, the Constitution of Ukraineprovides for expression of no-confidence inthe president in the form of impeachment.“The new Parliament, provided it is electedand its legitimacy is acknowledged, willdefinitely tackle this issue,” he said.(Ukrinform)Station. On September 12, 2006, MissionSpecialists Tanner and Stefanyshyn-Piperwent on the first of three spacewalks withthe goal of hooking up and activating a17.5-ton, 45-foot-long truss with a set ofsolar arrays (which span a total of 240feet and a width of 38 feet) to increasethe station’s power.On the final spacewalk on September15, 2006, Mission Specialists Tanner andStefanyshyn-Piper released the photovoltaicradiator restraints, deployed theSolar Alpha Rotary Joint braces andinstalled an external wireless TV transmissionantenna.Source: “A series of firsts forStefanyshyn-Piper in space,” TheUkrainian Weekly, September 17, 2006.Tamara Orlowsky87, wife of the late Dr. Miroslaus Orlowsky, passed away peacefully on August30, 2007, the 29th anniversary of his death. She is survived by two daughters, MariaSestina and her husband, Mike; Dzvinia Orlowsky Hoffman and her husband, Jay;and four grandchildren, Tessa and Peter Sestina and Max and Raisa Hoffman. Shehas extended family both in Ukraine and America.Vichna Pamiat!Donations in her memory may be made to:“Chornobyl Film,” The Ukrainian Artistic Center,2657 W. Iowa Street, First Floor, Chicago, IL 60622-4755.DEATH 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. Box 280 (NB: pleasedo not include post office box if sending via courier), Parsippany, N.J. 07054;fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040;e-mail, adsukrpubl@att.net.Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person.ANNA H. IWANCIW89, of Chatham, N.J.,died at home after a short illness on August 30, 2007.Anna was a devoted mother to Irene with her husband,Michael Brennan, and the late Eugene M. Iwanciw.Born in Rahway, N.J., she lived in Elizabeth before movingto Chatham 26 years ago.She was the co-owner and operator of Mike’s Grocery andDeli of Elizabeth, and later worked for Exxon Research andEngineering in Florham Park for 17 years, retiring in 1994.She was the treasurer for the Ukrainian National Women’sLeague of America, Branch 24, in Elizabeth.A funeral was held on Wednesday, September 5 at St.Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Elizabeth, N.J.Interment followed inGate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover, N.J.

16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36Documents...(Continued from page 1)Ukrainian leaders and scholars laudedthe publication of “Revealed Memory”not only as a landmark event inHolodomor scholarship, but also inrebuilding Ukrainian consciousness andspirituality that had been destroyed bythe Soviet government.“I bow my head before you, ValentynOleksandrovych, that you and your servicedid such great work,” said Dr. IhorYukhnovskyi, chair of the Institute ofNational Memory.Only 2,000 copies of “RevealedMemory” have been printed so far, and TheWeekly’s Kyiv Press Bureau was not ableto obtain a copy to examine its content.The SBU must publish at least 25,000more copies, Dr. Yukhnovskyi said, sothat every major Ukrainian educationaland research institution receives a copy.Mr. Nalyvaichenko said the SBU iscommitted to that task.On the international level, the SBUwill also work to translate “RevealedMemory” and distribute it to foreign governmentsto assist in gaining furtherinternational recognition of theHolodomor as genocide, he said.The Institute of National Memory isworking towards publishing aHolodomor atlas to accurately documentwhich villages and towns of Ukrainewere affected and to what extent.Monuments will eventually be establishedin every Ukrainian village affectedby the Holodomor, Dr. Yukhnovskyi said.The SBU will continue to search forany photographs from the Holodomor,Mr. Nalyvaichenko said, none of whichhave been discovered to this day.Any photographs currently associatedwith the Holodomor were taken by internationalrelief agencies along the VolgaRiver in Russia in 1921 and 1922 and thenused by Nazi Germany as part of an anti-Soviet propaganda campaign in 1935 tofalsely depict the Ukrainian Holodomor,explained Morgan Williams, a prominentHolodomor activist and researcher.The photos made their way intoAmerican newspapers owned by WilliamWant 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.Zenon ZawadaInternational Coordinating Committee to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary ofthe Holodomor Chair Stefan Romaniw examines “Revealed Memory” alongsideActing Chair of the Security Service of Ukraine, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko.Randolph Hearst and then became widespreadin the diaspora, he said.Ukrainian World Congress PresidentAskold Lozynskyj remarked at the presentationthat Ukraine’s population couldhave reached 100 million had it not beenfor the Holodomor.Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenkodeserves direct credit for allowing Mr.Nalyvaichenko to serve as acting SBUOSCE helps...(Continued from page 2)est in retraining exceeded the number ofavailable places in the training program.The project, funded by the U.S. andFinnish Missions to the Office of theOSCE and the OSCE ProjectCoordinator, last year helped to retrainchair and publish the archives, he added.“I think this is a phenomenal start, butit’s only a start,” Mr. Lozynskyj said. “Ithink these materials are very important,but the problem in Ukraine is theHolodomor issue hasn’t been publicized.”In fact, most of the major televisionnetworks didn’t even mention the releaseof “Revealed Memory” on the televisionnewscasts that evening.some 852 military servicepersons in 18civilian fields, in 22 cities throughoutUkraine. Over 78 percent of the graduatessubsequently found employment.This year, more than 900 military servicepersonsare expected to be retrainedunder the project. These figures renderthe project the biggest and most widespreadinternational resettlement initiativeto currently exist in Ukraine.

No. 36Disbanded Verkhovna Rada...(Continued from page 1)ture remain operational until newly electedlawmakers take their oath of office.However, Mr. Moroz failed to mentionthe constitutional provision stipulatingthat the Verkhovna Rada is a full-fledgedlegislative body only when it has nofewer than 300 deputies.It was Mr. Moroz himself who, withPresident Yushchenko and Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych, struck a political dealin May to disband the Verkhovna Radaand hold early elections, following the voluntaryresignation of national deputiesfrom the pro-presidential YuliaTymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine. Thesubsequent resignation of pro-presidentiallawmakers brought the number of deputiesin the 450-seat legislature below 300,allowing President Yushchenko to issuetwo decrees, on June 5 and August 1,scheduling early polls for September 30.In April Mr. Yushchenko issued twoother dissolution decrees, justifying themby what he saw as the ruling coalition’s illegalpush to revise the results of the 2006elections by expanding the ruling majorityto 300 deputies. The ruling coalition objectedvociferously to the decrees, arguing thatthe Constitution does not provide for thedissolution of Parliament on such grounds.There were 269 deputies from the rulingcoalition of the Party of the Regions,the Socialist Party and the CommunistParty registered in the session hall onSeptember 4. Mr. Moroz’s argument thatthe legislature is fully legitimate apparentlydoes not hold water.The Verkhovna Rada gathered onSeptember 4 with the declared aim ofTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 17stripping national deputies and seniorgovernment officials of their immunityfrom prosecution and other privileges.Abolishing parliamentary immunitybecame a key slogan in a hitherto lacklusterelection campaign, with Mr.Yushchenko, the Yulia Tymoshenko Blocand the Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc as the main proponents ofthe move. Mr. Yushchenko and his 2004Orange Revolution allies proposed thatparliamentary immunity be canceled afterthe September 30 polls.In what appears to be a clever publicrelationsmove, the ruling coalition tookthe opposition up on this idea and proposedto implement it ahead of the polls,at a legislative session in September.Prime Minister Yanukovych went so far asto propose canceling immunity and privilegesnot only for lawmakers, but also forall senior government officials, includingthe president, the prime minister andjudges. In other words, the coalition putthe opposition’s intentions to the test.As expected, the opposition deputiesdid not show up at the session. PresidentYushchenko said in a televised address toUkrainians on September 3 that the sessionis a provocation intended to derailthe early polls, adding that any potentialresolutions will have “no practical forceof law or political effect.”Despite Mr. Yushchenko’s statements,the Verkhovna Rada on September 4endorsed a bill on stripping lawmakers ofimmunity from prosecution. Since parliamentaryimmunity is a constitutional provision,its cancellation requires endorsementof the bill by the ConstitutionalCourt and another parliamentaryapproval by no fewer than 300 votes.If the session was objectionable from alegal point of view, and without any practicalmeaning, was it actually worth holdingfor the ruling coalition? According toMr. Moroz, it was necessary to open thesession within the constitutionally prescribedterms. “We cannot disregard therisk of pre-planned chaos in governance,in which, following undesirable electionresults gained by some participants in theelection campaign, the newly electedVerkhovna Rada would not be able tobecome legitimate,” Mr. Moroz said.In this somewhat cryptic manner, Mr.Moroz appears to have expressed the fearshared by many observers of the Ukrainianpolitical scene that the September 30 electionresults could be contested in court byany party dissatisfied with its election performance.They warn that it will be easy tocast doubt on the election results due toprocedural mistakes and legal irregularitiesin the electoral process.Thus, if the elections fail to receive officialrecognition, Mr. Moroz may hope forthe continued existence of the current legislature,in which his Socialist Party has morethan 30 lawmakers. Current opinion surveysin Ukraine suggest that the September30 polls may consign the Socialist Party topolitical oblivion. Its current support is wellbelow the 3 percent threshold required forparliamentary representation.The Yanukovych-led Party of theRegions, currently supported by some 30percent of Ukrainians, is widely expectedto receive the most votes. But according topolls, the combined result of the OrangeRevolution camp – the Yulia TymoshenkoBloc and Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense – may equal that of the Party ofthe Regions, thus replicating the situationafter the March 2006 elections.If that happens, Ukraine will most likelywitness another tortuous process of buildinga ruling coalition. Some surveys suggestthat the Bloc of Lytvyn, which is ledby former Rada Chairman VolodymyrLytvyn, can overcome the 3 percent thresholdand assume the role of kingmaker in anew Parliament, similar to the role performedby Mr. Moroz’s Socialists in 2006.It does not seem likely, as Mr.Yushchenko has repeatedly suggested,that the early elections will constitute anew political beginning for the countryand enable it to make a clean break withat least some of its political vices.Instead, Ukrainians must be prepared tosee more of the same.Four-day festival...(Continued from page 11)Station in September 2006...”The day ended with a non-traditionalcampfire, where, on a large sound stageenveloped in lighting, a “festival of song”took place in which the larger Plast branches– Edmonton, Toronto, Detroit, Chicagoand Philadelphia, and a group fromUkraine, showed off their original musicalpresentations written for the occasion.During these last three days, an exhibitof projects by scout units on the assignedtheme “The Ukrainian community in thecity where we live” was on view. The 30projects showed variety, remarkable creativity,admirable execution and fascinatingresearch. The projects were part of an interunitcompetition that was won by the 38thand 31st units from Passaic, N.J. Part of theexhibit was a huge map of Ukraine, whereeach jamboree participant was asked to putin a pin in the village, town or city to whichhis or her family traces its heritage. In theend, every oblast in Ukraine had at leastone pin, while the largest number of pins –30 percent – were in the Lviv Oblast.Thanks to the efforts of VolodymyrLuciw, Canada Post issued a special commemorativestamp featuring the emblemof the jamboree. The local Grafton postoffice produced a cancellation stamp withthe Plast emblem and the jamboree dateof August 17, which could be used on lettersand postcards mailed that weekend.The last day of the jamboree wasSunday, and it began with a liturgy celebratedby Bishop Stephen Chmilar. As itwas the Feast of the Transfiguration, theRev. Mykhailo Loza blessed 12 basketsof fruit which were distributed amongthe participants.The closing ceremonies ended withthe extinguishing of the eternal flame,the distribution of its embers among theheads of Plast national organizations andinstructions to bring these embers toUkraine in five years, where Plast willcelebrate its 100th anniversary.

18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36Some good news...(Continued from page 6)1991, approved by the national vote ofDecember 1, 1991, adopts this Constitution– the Fundamental Law of Ukraine.Article 1Ukraine is a parliamentary-presidentialrepublic.Article 2The Parliament of Ukraine is unicameraland is called the Viche. The Vicheshall be elected according to the principleof proportional representation of parties.National and regional electoral thresholdswill be specified in the Law onParliamentary Elections. If no party orjust one party surpasses these thresholds,election results shall be nullified and newelections shall be held within a month.Article 3The president of Ukraine is elected byuniversal popular vote for a five-yearterm. One and the same person shall notoccupy this office for more than twoterms (both consecutively and non-consecutively).Article 4The government of Ukraine shall beformed by the Viche, but must beapproved by the president. The Viche canoverride presidential disapproval if twothirdsof the Viche vote against it. Theseprovisions do not apply to the defenseand foreign affairs ministers, who will beproposed by the president and approvedby the Viche.Article 5The prime minister of Ukraine isdirectly accountable to the Viche.Article 6The candidacy for prime minister ofUkraine shall be put forward by the parliamentarymajority. The candidate shallchoose candidates for other ministerswho are thereafter subject to majorityapproval. Upon completion of this procedure,the Viche shall vote on the Cabinetof Ministers and, in case of approval,shall submit the Cabinet for presidentialapproval.Article 7The Constitutional Court of Ukraine iscomposed of 18 judges. The judges areappointed by the president (one-third),the Viche (one-third) and the Conventionof Judges of Ukraine (one-third) andapproved by the Parliament by a simplemajority. One-third of judges (two fromeach branch of power) shall be reappointedevery five years.Article 8The parliamentary opposition has speciallegal status in Ukraine (which isdetailed in the Law on Opposition) andshall be granted positions of deputyheads of all parliamentary committees.Notice a few important details. First, thepreamble is short, listing the main principleson which Ukrainian statehood shouldbe based and eschewing grandiose promisesof all things to all people. I take that tomean that the students are far more pragmaticand far less ideological than theirelders – surely good news for Ukraine.Second, the preamble says nothingabout either the Ukrainian or Russianlanguage – testimony again to the students’belief that a constitution shouldfocus on principles and that practicalquestions of language should be a matterfor legislation.Third, the students want to retain the currentbalance between Parliament and presidentin Ukraine (Article 1). As was clear inthe discussions we had, they believed thatbalance was essential to Ukraine’s furthermovement along the path of institutionaldevelopment toward democracy.Fourth, the students wanted to breaksymbolically with the present – and theSoviet past – by emphasizing that theUkrainian Parliament should be called aViche (Article 2), and not a Rada.Fifth, by introducing both national andregional thresholds for parties (Article 2)the students clearly wanted to force all ofUkraine’s parties to become nationalentities that transcend particular regions.Their hope was that thresholds wouldhave the effect of forcing the Orangeforces to reach out to the eastern oblastsand the Blue forces to reach out to thewestern oblasts.And sixth, all eight articles demonstratethat the students were aware thatpolitical conflict and political oppositionare healthy things that do not, in and ofthemselves, make for a weaker state or aless democratic political order. Theythereby effectively signaled their beliefthat Ukraine’s division into Orange andBlue camps had to be accepted as a factof life that was unlikely to change in theforeseeable future.Now, a closer look at the text of thisconstitution will show, I’m sure, a varietyof weaknesses and imperfections. But, asa first draft, it’s not bad – and it’s certainlyno worse than the constitutional reformthat currently defines Ukrainian politics.Now here’s the good news. All thesestudents, like many of their colleagues inUkraine’s universities, are sure to playimportant roles in the years to come. Withthem and their generation increasinglyassuming positions of responsibility,Ukraine’s future may be far brighter thanso much of the current discourse of betrayaland despair would suggest. Ukraine’syouth is smart, pragmatic and self-confident,and they know what they want andhow to get it. The generation defined byViktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yanukovychand Yulia Tymoshenko is transitional andits role will end once the Soviet legacywill have receded into the distant past anda new generation takes over. That hopefulday may be closer than anyone thinks.MAY WEHELP YOU?To reachThe Ukrainian Weeklycall (973) 292-9800,and dial theappropriate extension(as listed below).Editorial – 3049, 3088Production – 3063, 3069Administration – 3041Advertising – 3040Subscriptions – 3042

No. 36by Stan JakubowyczTOMS RIVER, N.J. – Each year, theToms River Chamber of Commerceorganizes a historical event calledFounders Day. The Annual Founders DayFestival is held to promote cooperationand volunteerism in the community, generatecommunity spirit and recreation,and enhance the economic welfare of thecommunity.There is something for everyone at theFounders Day Festival. Whether you’reyoung or young at heart, a history buff, amusic lover, or just like to browsethrough a maze of arts and crafts vendors,there is something for everyone.THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 19COMMUNITY CHRONICLE: Toms River Ukrainians participate in Founders DayFor St. Stephen Ukrainian CatholicChurch, this year’s Founders Day, markedon June 2, was also a milestone becausefor the first time parishioners joined manyothers in celebrating this very popularevent in the heart of Toms River.The primary objectives of the parishwere threefold: to gain recognition as avibrant member of the Toms River community;to teach the citizens of OceanCounty about the rich Ukrainian cultureand the Ukrainian Catholic rite; to haveattendees taste delicious varenyky andkovbasy with kapusta. All three objectiveswere met with so much confidencethat some parishioners are already talkingabout future participation.At the Founders Day Festival (from left) are: Oksana Powzaniuk, HelenFedoryk, Halyna Jakubowycz and Zenia Brozyna.Manning St. Stephen’s Parish booth are (from left): John Bortnyk, Jerry Tchirand Stan Jakubowycz.UNIS donates books to libraryof Ukrainian Catholic National ShrineWASHINGTON – The Ukrainian NationalInformation Service (UNIS), the UkrainianCongress Committee of America’s (UCCA) publicrelations office in Washington, donated part of itsoffice library to the Library of the UkrainianCatholic National Shrine (UCNS).The donation was a part of ongoing service to theUkrainian community, in honor of UNIS’s 30thanniversary. Among the donated books were volumeson Ukraine’s history, the culture of variousregions of Ukraine and historical novels.Michael Sawkiw Jr. (left), president of theUkrainian Congress Committee of America, withJurij Dobczansky, librarian at the UkrainianCatholic National Shrine Librarian, who acceptsdonated books from the Ukrainian NationalInformation Service.Jurij Dobczansky, UCNSlibrarian and senior cataloguerat the Library of Congress,accepted the books on behalf ofthe church library and thankedUNIS for its assistance in buildingthe library’s collection.In particular, Mr. Dobczanskystated: “We truly appreciate thisgesture and welcome UNIS’sactive involvement in our community.The donation comes asour library prepares to mark its25th anniversary. You may restassured that the books will finda home here. Some may eventuallyfind their way into the collectionsof the Library ofCongress in the event that ourlibrary already has a copy. Inthis way it will better serve ourcommunity in a major researchlibrary.”In presenting the books tothe Ukrainian Catholic NationalShrine Library on July 16,UCCA President MichaelSawkiw Jr. stated: “As part ofcelebrating the 30th anniversaryof the UNIS office, we’dlike to find new ways to get thecommunity involved in ourwork, which is so important atthis particular time. We believethat education is one of themost important means of keepingour community informedand interested in current eventswithin the community in theU.S., as well as in Ukraine.”The highlight of the event was the reenactmentof the 225th anniversary of theLoyalists’ attack on the Toms RiverBlockhouse at Huddy Park followed by aparade and the judging of well over 100tents and booths by the Chamber ofCommerce. St. Stephen’s received secondprize for the best decorated booth.Many parishioners volunteered duringthe weeks leading up to the festival andat the event itself. St. Stephen’s participationat the fe-stival wouldn't be the hugesuccess it was without the help of manyvolunteers who helped prepare thevarenyky and make many, many delicioussweets and other baked goods.Special thanks were expressed toHalyna and Stan Jakubowycz for constructionand decoration of the parishbooth, as well as to Andy and RussellMiller of Ad Media and Billboards to Go,who donated the two beautiful banners tothe parish (which can and most likelywill be used at all future events).A special thank-you went out to thepastor, Father Ivan Turyk. In a short time,this charismatic young priest managed towin the respect and admiration of theorganizers of this beautiful event. In fact,one of the organizers suggested that hetake part next year in the opening prayerof the Founders Day Festival.

20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36Institute for Ukrainian...(Continued from page 8)grams sponsored by governments anddiaspora institutions were important;however, the reality was, and continuesto be, that these programs provide anopportunity to only a handful ofUkrainian scholars and graduate studentsto study at Western academic andresearch centers.This vision of a center finally becamea reality in 2002, with the official openingof the Institute for UkrainianDiaspora Studies at the NationalUniversity of Ostroh Academy and theestablishment of the Chair of the Historyof the Ukrainian Diaspora in 2006. Asthe initiator and chief promoter of thisvision, the Ukrainian HistoricalAssociation played a substantial role inits final realization and continues to providesignificant support in programORTHODONTISTDr. Daniel A. KuncioÑ. чÌËÎÓ é. äÛ̈¸ÓSpecialist in Child and Adult OrthodonticsDiplomate, American Board of Orthodontics• Certified and Published in Invisalign®•• Complimentary Consultation •• Most Insurances Accepted •development.To date, the institute has sponsoredtwo international conferences on theUkrainian diaspora, and is organizing thethird conference to be held in 2008 inOstroh. The generous donation of importantpublications and materials related toimmigration and diaspora history by individualsand institutions has allowed theinstitute to build a strong library collectionand resource center that is alreadyproving to be invaluable to its users. Inaddition, the director of the institute, Dr.Atamanenko, has established a workingrelationship with important Ukrainiancultural, social and scholarly institutions,and continues to actively expand thesecontacts.A most important player in all this hasbeen the rector of the National Universityof Ostroh Academy, Dr. Ihor Pasichnyk.Without Dr. Pasichnyk’s strong andenthusiastic support, this institute would• Three New York City locations •WWW.KUN CIOORT H ODON TIC S.COMBAYSIDE • UPPER WEST SIDE • TRIBECAnot be in existence today. Dr. Pasichnykhas been the principle driving forcebehind the spectacular growth of OstrohAcademy since its official rebirth in l994.His energetic leadership and dedicationmakes Ostroh Academy the remarkableand progressive institution of higherlearning that it is today.Over the last 10 years I had the opportunityto visit Ostroh many times, andwith each visit I am greeted by incrediblechanges and extraordinary growth. Thehigh caliber of students admitted to thisinstitution, the innovative programs, thewillingness to experiment with new educationalmethodologies and the dedicatedfaculty are all elements that defineOstroh Academy as a progressive,Western-leaning center of higher learning.As for myself, what I find to be mostimpressive is the presence of a strongawareness of a Ukrainian national identityand pride exhibited by Ostroh students.Within the walls of the Academy, Ihave not heard one word uttered inRussian from either the faculty or students.This is why each time I visitOstroh, I feel that I have come home.Dr. Kuropas is right in his assessmentthat the Institute for Ukrainian DiasporaStudies is indeed a unique center. Just asOstroh Academy, founded in 1579, wasthe first institution of higher learningamong the Eastern Slavs, the Institute forUkrainian Diaspora Studies and the Chairthe History of the Ukrainian Diaspora arethe first in Ukraine, and most likely theworld. We finally have an institute thatcan focus on an area that we in the diasporahave somewhat neglected:Ukrainian immigration and diaspora history.Most important is the fact that thisunique center is located in Ukraine, thecradle from which we all emerged. Ibelieve that the fruit borne from this veryspecial place will begin to heal the Soviet– created rift between our people inUkraine and our people scatteredthroughout the four corners of this earth.From this very special place, OstrohAcademy, which gave birth to highereducation, spiritual enlightenment andnational revival in Ukraine, the seeds oftruth about the dignity, nobility and greatachievements of the Ukrainian immigrantwill at long last begin to be plantedacross our motherland.I wish to impress upon the Ukrainiancommunity – individuals and institutions– to support the National University ofOstroh Academy, as well as the Institutefor Ukrainian Diaspora Studies. AtOstroh we have been offered a chance tofinally begin rectifying the years ofSoviet distortion about the Ukrainiandiaspora. This existing rift must beclosed if the diaspora is to have anymeaningful role in successfully keepingUkraine on a Western-oriented pathtoward democracy, modernity and sovereigntyrather than the one toward theEast, leading to subservience, corruptionand dictatorship.It is a truism that if any real change isto occur, it must come from within, itcannot be imposed from outside. Thework at the institute can begin thisprocess of change from within.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.

No. 36THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 21OUT AND ABOUTSeptember 12PhiladelphiaUkraine vs. Italy, Euro Cup broadcast,Ukrainian League of Philadelphia,215-684-3548Lehighton, PAEnsemble, potato bake, pig roast anddance, featuring music by Burya,215-235-3709 or 610-377-4621September 14New YorkSeptember 14-16Emlenton, PASeptember 15New Britain, CTBook presentation by Susan Gold, RajanMenon, Alexander Motyl and YuriyTarnawsky, Ukrainian Institute ofAmerica, 212-288-8660Debra P. Burgan Memorial Golf Tournamentand Autumn-fest Weekend, All SaintsCamp, 724-287-8597Ukrainian Festival, St. Josephat UkrainianCatholic Church, Polanka/Falcon Field,860-225-7340September 22OttawaSeptember 22PhiladelphiaMurder Mystery Dinner, UkrainianProfessionals and BusinesspersonsAssociation, Tosca Restaurant,ucpbaottawa@infoukes.com or613-565-3933Vitali Klitschko vs. Jameel McCline fightbroadcast, Ukrainian League ofPhiladelphia, 215-684-3548September 22Ukrainian Fall Festival, St. John UkrainianPortland, OR Orthodox Church, 503-235-7129September 15Rawdon, PQ18th annual Ukrainian Youth Associationgolf tournament, Rawdon Golf Club,514-256-3167September 22New YorkLecture by Vasyl Hrechynsky, “The ChoralArt of Oleksander Koshetz,” ShevchenkoScientific Society, 212-254-5130September 16Minneapolis, MNSeptember 16Alexandria, VASeptember 22Ukrainian Heritage Festival, UkrainianEvent Center, ZAPpower25@aol.comConcert featuring “Bandurna Rozmova,”The Washington Group Cultural Fund, TheLyceum, 703-241-181720th anniversary of Kazka Ukrainian DanceSeptember 23Film screening “Bereza Kartuzka” by YurijWinnipeg Luhovy, Manitoba Museum, 204-944-9128or szwaluk@shaw.caSeptember 24WashingtonLecture by Nadia Diuk, “The NextGeneration in Russia and Ukraine – Agentsof Change?” Kennan Institute,202-691-4000“Golden Illusions” art exhibit,book presentations slated at UIANEW YORK – “Golden Illusions” –Alexander J. Motyl’s exhibit of his mostrecent acrylic paintings – is on view atthe Ukrainian Institute of Americathrough September 22.The show will feature over 60 of Prof.Motyl’s latest paintings, including a largeseries of 12-by-16-inch icon-like paintingsof variously shaped triptychs of multicoloredbottles. Bottles have figured prominentlyin much of Prof. Motyl’s work, butthese paintings resemble secular icons inthat they feature exactly three bottles on afield of textured gold paint. Although thecomposition is simple, the effect can bemesmerizing, as the bottles appear to besuspended in molten gold – hence the titleof the show, “Golden Illusions.”When asked to describe the style ofthe paintings, Prof. Motyl responded,“Think of Giorgio Morandi using anexpressionist palette and painting icons.”The show will also display a selectnumber of Prof. Motyl’s signature figuresand cityscapes. The former generallydepict solitary individuals against a backgroundof horizontal bands of color; theformer often show the subtle interplay ofsky, roofs and windows against a backdropof hues and tones.The Tori Collection is sponsoring theshow in cooperation with the UkrainianInstitute of America. Tomoko Torii is thecurator of the Tori Collection and hasbeen representing Prof. Motyl since 2001.Prof. Motyl is professor of political scienceat Rutgers University – Newark aswell as a painter and writer. He is theauthor of six academic books and twonovels – “Whiskey Priest” and “WhoKilled Andrei Warhol.” The September 7-22, show is his third at The UkrainianInstitute of America. “Golden Illusions”will close on Saturday, September 22,with an afternoon tea reception at 2-4 p.m.Guests also will have an opportunity toview Prof. Motyl’s paintings during theUIA’s September 14 special event – bookpresentations and signings by four authors:• Susan Gold’s “The Eyes Are theSame” (Full Court Press) is a memoir ofher life as a child in Volodymyr Volynskyand Zolochiv, and of her survival of theHolocaust in a Ukrainian peasant’s barn.A former businesswoman in Moscow andKyiv, Ms. Gold is currently retired.• Vasyl Makhno’s “Cornelia StreetCafé” (Fakt Press, Kyiv) is a collectionof new and selected poems from 1991-2006. Mr. Makhno is a Ukrainian-languagepoet resident in New York.• Prof. Motyl’s “Who Killed AndreiWarhol” (Seven Locks Press) is an absurdisttragicomedy of a Soviet Ukrainianjournalist’s fictitious encounter with popartist Andy Warhol in 1968.• Yuriy Tarnawsky’s “Like Blood inWater” (The University of Alabama Press)is a collection of five surrealist collages inwhich waking life gives way to dreams. Dr.Tarnawsky is a founding member of theNew York Group of avant-garde Ukrainianwriters and of the Fiction Collective.The Ukrainian Institute of America islocated at 2 E. 79th St., on Fifth Avenue.For more information contact the ToriCollection at www.toricollection.com or610-745-1700, or the Ukrainian Instituteof America at www.ukrainianinstitute.orgor 212-288-8660.September 25-29Carnival for Hope, St. Anne UkrainianWarrington, PA Catholic Church, 215-343-0779Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given toevents advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcomesubmissions from all our readers; please send e-mail tostaff@ukrweekly.com. Items will be published at the discretion of theeditors and as space allows; photos will be considered. Please note: itemswill be printed a maximum of two times each.Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studiesin Morris County, NJannouncesthe beginning of the school yearfor children from pre-kindergarten (age 5) through 12th gradeon September 8, 2007at 9:00 AM.Please register online www.ridna.orgUkrainian American Cultural Center60 E. North Jefferson Rd.Whippany, NJ 07981Lubodar Olesnycky, President of the Parents’ CommitteeWebsite: www.ridna.orgAn open invitation to 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.

22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36UKELODEONFOR THE NEXT GENERATIONFirst Plast camp for scouts held in Washington stateby Mariana Kolomayetsand Taya HnateykoCLE ELUM, Wash. – “VyklykNebokrayu,” translated as “The Callof the Horizon,” was the perfect namefor the first Plast camp for scouts age11-17 (“yunaky” and “yunachky”tobe held in the state of Washington. Itwas also the first camp for most of theSeattle “plastuny.”However, Seattle kids weren’t theonly ones there. Scouts came from asfar away as New York City,Rochester, N.Y., Hartford, Conn., andChicago. Three of our counselorswere from Seattle and one came fromToronto. The camp ran from July 4 toJuly 8. Although it was only five dayslong, we really accomplished quite abit to make it feel like a real Plastcamp experience.The camp was held at FlyingHorseshoe Ranch in the CascadeMountains of Washington state.There were nine girls, three boys,and four camp counselors, andeveryone went home with lastingmemories.We spent the first day playing“getting to know you” games. Wesoon became fast friends. All the“yunak” campers got to sleep inauthentic teepees. On the secondday, we began building our “brama”– the gateway into our camp.We also went on a seven-milehike to Esmeralda Basin on MountStewart. At our final destinationpoint, we were at snow level. Wehad lunch on the melting snowfield,where afterwards we had a snowballfight and a snow skating contest.You’d think after the hike, we wouldneed a rest, but think again.The next day we spent some timeworking on our horseback ridingmerit badge. Before we got on thehorses, each of us had to brush andsaddle our own horse. Those saddleswere so heavy. We rode aroundthe rink to get comfortable on ourhorses, learning how to control thehorses, and give the go, stop andturn commands. Then we went offon our trail ride up the mountain.We christened our camp thatnight by walking through the gatewaywe built, symbolizing our commitmentto grow as plastuny. Thesame night, we had a session onballroom dancing. Afterwards, therewas a fun dance party.The fourth day was as packed asthe rest. We learned how to properlybuild a cooking fire and safely usecamp stoves. After that lesson, wehad to depend on what we learnedto prepare a lunch ourselves overthe fire that we built. We were soproud of ourselves for making sucha delicious meal from the handful ofrandom ingredients provided.After lunch, we went back to ourcampsite and established teams fora rousing game of capture the flag.In the evening we had a groupcampfire with the younger scoutgroup and all our parents. Everyonehad a great time singing songs andpresenting skits. Towards the end ofthe campfire with the fire flickering,all six Seattle “yunachky” tookthe Plast vow. This was a trulymemorable night for all of us.The christening of camp.Seattle “yunachky” take the Plast vow by the campfire.Morning came, and many of uswere saddened by the thought ofcamp ending. We realized that wewould all be going home soon to ourown corners of the country, but weleft with memories that would serveus a lifetime.Mariana Kolomayets,12, is a“yunachka” from Chicago, andTaya Hnateyko, 12, is a “yunachka”from Seattle.OUR NEXT ISSUELunch on a snowfield in Esmeralda Basin.UKELODEON is published on the second Sundayof every month. To make it into our next issue,dated October 14, please send in your materialsby October 5. Please drop us a line: UKELODEON,The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, 973-644-9510.Call us at 973-292-9800; or send e-mail tostaff@ukrweekly.com.We ask all contributors to please include adaytime phone number.

No. 36THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 23UKELODEONFOR THE NEXT GENERATIONPlast cub scouts enjoy camp in Pacific Northwestby Ruric Ellingsand Marko HnateykoCLE ELUM, Wash. – We attendedthe first Plast camp for “novatstvo”(children age 7-11) in the PacificNorthwest. It was a five-day camp onJuly 4-8 on a horse ranch in a smalltown in eastern Washington called CleElum. The camp was called “SlidamyPredkiv” (In the Footsteps of OurAncestors). It was a great camp.At the camp there were 10 kidsfrom Seattle, two girls from Arizona, a“novachka” from Rochester and a“novak” from New York City. All threecounselors were from the East Coast.We worked on three different meritbadges. The counselors entertained uswith some great stories about theplanets and outer space. We made ahuge map of Ukraine and used pins tomark where our ancestors came from.We played a fun game where weimitated different animals. We hadcampfires almost every night. Theboys made shields and swords, andthe girls made princess hats. Then wetook a hike to the river, where alongthe way we heard about the Ukrainianlegend of Prince Oleh, Kozak fightersand the goddesses Lada andBerehynia. At the river we built a fortout of rocks and then went swimming.The best part of camp was thehorseback ride. Because we weresplit into two riding groups, both of usgot to ride the same horse, Sam. SamSinging the camp song for the last time at the camp’s closing ceremonies.is 25 years old! We led him into theriding rink, brushed him, saddled himand rode him on a trail up the mountain.At times, we even got to trot him.We had so much fun, we can’twait for the next time we go to Plastcamp, especially since we’ll bothMishanynabe “yunaky” (Plast scouts age 11-17) next year.Ruric Ellings and MarkoHnateyko are both 10 years old andare members of the Plast group“Orly” (Eagles) in Seattle.To solve this month’s Mishanyna, find the names of the cities and townslisted below in the Mishanyna grid. This week’s installment of our geography-relatedpuzzle covers toponyms beginning with the letters S, T and U.Happy hunting!“Novatstvo” in the horse arena, waiting to go on the trail ride.Chicago ODUM holds diverse activitiesSevastopol Sumy TumanivkaSlavske Terebovlia UhnivSniatyn Ternopil UmanSosnivka Tovste UkrayinkaStara Sil Truskavets UspenkaSubotiv Tryduby UzhhorodCHICAGO – Members of ODUM – the Association of American Youth ofUkrainian Descent – in Chicago participated in various activities throughoutthe year. Among them were “Andriyivskyi Vechir” (a traditional Ukrainiangathering in December), horseback riding, bowling and “Laser Quest” (seen inthe photo above). Members attend meetings on Saturdays and have specialactivities from September through May. For more information about theChicago ODUM branch readers can log on to http://odum-chicago.com/.

24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007No. 36Soyuzivka’s DatebookSeptember 10-12Reunions - Regensburg,Bertesgaden, Karlsfeld andLandshut GymnasiumsSeptember 14-16UNA General Assembly Meetingand Bayreuth GymnasiumReunionSeptember 21-23KLK Weekend - GeneralMeeting and Banquet;Whippany Spa GroupSeptember 25-27Stamford Clergy Days - Fall SeminarSeptember 28-30Plast Rada - Pershi Stezhi sorority;Plast Rada - Burlaky fraternityOctober 5-7Plast Rada - Lisovi Chorty fraternityOctober 5-8New York Cycle ClubOctober 12-14UNWLA Spa Weekend; PlastRada - Chortopolokhy sororityOctober 13Corvette Road RallyOctober 19-21Plast Rada - KPSOctober 26-28Halloween Weekend - Kids’ Paradeand Masquerade ZabavaNovember 3WeddingNovember 9-11Plast Orlykiada WeekendTo 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.comBeing Ukrainian means:❏ Malanka in January.❏ Deb in February.❏ Sviato Vesny in May.❏ Wedding of your roommate in June.❏ Tabir in July.❏ Volleyball at Wildwood in August.❏ Labor Day at Soyuzivka in September.❏ Morskyi Bal in November.❏ Koliada in December.PREVIEW OF EVENTSThursday, September 13NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Film Clubof Columbia University will open itsfourth season with the event titled “TheUnknown Oleksander Dovzhenko.” Theprogram will start at 7:30 p.m. in 516Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, 1130Amsterdam Ave. (take subway No. 1 to116th Street) and will include: “Love’sBerry,” silent comedy, 1926, and“Diplomatic Pouch,” Dovzhenko’s firstfull-length film, 1927. (Details atwww.columbia.edu/cu/ufc.) In his introduction,Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, the FilmClub’s director, will offer an overview ofdevelopments in Ukrainian cinema overthe last five months. The screening will befollowed by a question-and-answer sessionand discussion. All films will beshown free of charge in their original versionwith English subtitles.Sunday, September 16MINNEAPOLIS: The seventh annualUkrainian Heritage Festival of Minnesotawill be held at the Ukrainian Event Centerat 301 Main St. at noon-5 p.m. The mainstage will feature performances by theCheremosh Ukrainian Dance Group andother local Ukrainian singers and musicians.Other highlights will include avarenyky-eating contest, Festival King andQueen contest, Ukrainian food, crafts vendors,cultural display and children’sgames. For more information contact 612-379-4969 or 612-379-1956.Saturday, September 22LEHIGHTON, Pa.: The KazkaUkrainian Folk Ensemble will celebrate 20years as a performing ensemble with a“zabava” (dance) at the UkrainianHomestead at 8 p.m.-midnight featuringRon Cahute and Burya from Toronto.Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at thedoor; price includes soda and snacks (cashbar). Children age 14 and under are welcomefree of charge. Kazak and theHomestead will also sponsor a pig roast atnoon-6 p.m. At 3 p.m. Mr. Cahute willpresent the Barabolya show. Tickets forthe all-you-can-eat buffet and show are$20 for adults, $10 for children. Ticketsfor the show only are $8. For informationcall Paula Holoviak, 570-708-1992, e-mailkazka@epix.net or log on towww.kazkaensemble.org.Sunday, September 23WINNIPEG, Manitoba: The Winnipegpremiere of the documentary film “BerezaKartuzka” (Ukrainian version) will bepresented at the Manitoba MuseumAuditorium, lower level, 190 Rupert Ave.,at 2:30 p.m. Produced and directed byaward-winning filmmaker Yurij Luhovy,this is the first film to be made about thePolish concentration camp BerezaKartuzka, where thousands of arrestedUkrainian patriots were imprisoned in1934-1939. The film is based on extensiveresearch, vintage stock shots, commentariesby pre-eminent academics andeyewitness testimonies. The screening issponsored by the Ukrainian CanadianCongress, Manitoba Provincial Council.For information contact Lesia Szwaluk,president, at 204-942-4627 orszwaluk@shaw.ca.Sunday, October 7SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla.: At 6-8p.m. the Miami chapter of the UkrainianNational Women’s League of America willhold a cocktail reception fund-raiser at thenew and elegant oceanfront hotelAcqualina, 17875 Collins Ave. This year’s“Help the Children” fund-raiser for theChildren of Chornobyl Relief andDevelopment Fund will be hosted by thevice-mayor of Sunny Isles Beach, LewisThaler and his wife, Madi. U.S. Rep.Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida will be anhonorary guest. The evening will feature asguest speaker Dr. Steven Schultz, directorof pediatrics at Holtz Children’sHospital/Jackson Memorial. He will speakon the recent collaboration betweenUniversity of Miami physicians and doctorsin Ukraine. Entertainment will be by theUkrainian violin virtuoso Vasyl Popadiukand his group Papa Duke. Donations are$150. For information and tickets callOksana Piaseckyj at 305-798-0190.Saturday, October 13HORSHAM, Pa.: The UkrainianAmerican Sport Center Tryzub (CountyLine and Lower State roads) invites you toan international Oktoberfest picnic and“zabava” (dance) beginning at 3 p.m.Enjoy imported and domestic specialtybeers and wines expertly selected for pairingwith our international kitchen andgrill: “The Best of the Wursts” and othergrills, roasts, tasty ethnic foods and bakedgoods. Our Biergarten will come to lifewith the international Ukrainian, EasternEuropean, traditional and modern music ofthe Harmonia Orchestra (New York City).Dance, listen, sing and enjoy the tastyfood and festive atmosphere ofOktoberfest at Tryzubivka come rain orshine (the event will be under a roof in theevent of rain). Admission is $10 per person;children under 13, free. 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