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Cambridge Makes Wayfor Ukrainian geniousTaras Shevchenko
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Te Days o Ukraine is the rstcultural event o such a scale thatwe hold in the very heart o Lon-don.
It is not just a estival, whichaims to showcase the countrys
vibrant contemporary art, lit-
erature, music and ashion. Wewant Britons to discover a brandnew Ukraine, a country whichshares the European values andis aimed at entering the amily oEuropean nations.
For almost twenty years we have witnessed the Eu-ropean integration success o our Eastern Europeanneighbours and soon Ukraine will be signing a uniqueAssociation Agreement with the EU which will shapeUkraines civilizational choice. In my view this eventmay be compared to the all o the Berlin Wall.
Tis is a conscious choice and it is irreversible. It
is in ull compliance with aspirations o the Ukrain-ian people and strategic vision or development o theUkrainian statehood.
Te relations o political association and economicintegration between Ukraine and the EU will con-tribute to ull potential o bilateral relations betweenUkraine and the UK, boost mutually benecial trade,investments, technological exchange and people-to-people contacts.
Tis year has also seen a signicant number oimportant Ukrainian-British bilateral events in thespheres o political dialog, economy, military and, o
course, cultural dimension.I strongly believe that the Days o Ukraine in theUK, which we launch here at the Parliament, will bea successul estival. And I truly hope that it will turninto annual event.
On October 17, 2013 the ocialceremony o the opening o the Dayso Ukraine was held at the BritishParliament.
Among guests o the event wereJohn Bercow, Speaker o the Houseo Commons, John Whittingdale,Chair o the British-Ukraine All-PartyParliamentary Group, Lord Risby,Chairman o the British UkrainianSociety, Mr Kostyantyn Gryshchenko,Vice Prime Minister o Ukraine, LeonidKravchyk, First President o Ukraine,Volodymyr Khandogiy, Ambassador oUkraine to the United Kingdom as wellas other ocials, representatives o the
Ukrainian and British business circles,media and think tanks.Te Days o Ukraine in the United
Kingdom are organized in Londonrom 17 to 19 October 2013 by FirtashFoundation, a charity, with the nancialsupport o Group DF, an internationalgroup o companies based in Ukraine. Aspart o the event London Stock Exchangewas opened by Ukrainian businessmanDmitriy Firtash on October 17.
Ukraine shares the
European values and is
aimed at entering the amilyo European nations
It is very
important
that we
begin the Days
of Ukraine in theUnited Kingdom
at the London
Stock Exchange.
London is the
nancial capital
of Europe; it is a
huge investment
potential for our
country.
Dmitriy Firtash,
the owner of
Group DF Volodymyr
Khandogiy, Ukraines
Ambassador
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economy
Once the ree trade re-gime between the EUand Ukraine is ully in-troduced the GDP o the
latter is bound to increase by more thansix percent annually. Such statementwas made by the European Commis-sioner or Enlargement and EuropeanNeighborhood Policy Stean Fule, pic-
tured, during the roundtable discussionin the Ukrainian parliament.In his address the EU Commissioner
talked about the new transitional pro-visions or the Ukrainian producersthat are going to be introduced to helpUkrainian economy adapt to the EUstandards. Negotiations on the liber-alization mechanisms provide or theprotection o Ukraines economy, sothat the changes dont come too ast,said Fule.
Reportedly, the international audit
company Ernst and Young estimatesUkraines current GDP growth at 1.1percent, while the IMF stated that theGDP o Ukraine in 2013 was expectedto remain at zero percent. Te 2013 statebudget estimates the nominal GDP in2013 to reach approximately UAH 1,576trillion (approx. USD 197 billion) main-taining the GDP growth at 3.4 percent.
Now that Ukraine goes through re-orms and is getting ready to sign theAssociation Agreement (AA) and theDeep and Comprehensive Free radeArea Agreement (DCFA) with the EU,the eastern European country claims itis ready to do all the homework thatmay arise while AA and DCFA are im-plemented, as noted by Prime MinisterMykola Azarov.
DCFA will undoubtedly createunique opportunities or accelerated
modernization o the Ukrainian econo-
my, improving its investment attractive-ness, and increasing competitivenesso Ukrainian manuacturers, said thePrime Minister. Te implementationo technical regulations and standardsrequires a lot o work and signicantinvestment, he noted, expressing hopethat the Commission would grantUkraine adequate nancial and techni-
cal assistance to support the competi-tiveness o domestic products.Te EU, on the other hand, was
ready to provide nancial assistance toUkraine in the amount o EUR 186 mil-lion, as noted by Commissioner teanFle. He also added that there was apossibility o allocating EUR 610 mil-lion aer all the conditions o the Eu-ropean Union are met. Besides, the EUocial promised to support Ukraine inits uture negotiations with the IMF on
the account o getting another loan.
EU Commissioner: Ukraines
GDP Will Increase 6% Afer
Signing Association Agreement
A PROJEC involving Ukraini-an gas transport system has madeit to the list o 250 key energy in-rastructure projects, adopted by
the European Commission onOctober 14, 2013. Te projectswill receive unding o EUR 5.85bln during 2014-2020. Financingthese energy inrastructure pro-jects would create most benetsto European consumers, accord-ing to EU Energy CommissionerGnther Oettinger.
Ukrainian energy inrastruc-ture project will involve theconstruction o a connecting
Adamowo-Brody pipeline. Itwill extend or 371 km joiningthe JSC Uktransnaas HandlingSite in Brody (Ukraine) and Ada-mowo ank Farm (Poland). Te
pipelines maximum technicalcapacity will reach 10, 20 and30 mln tonnes per year, respec-tively depending on the three
consecutive stages o the projectimplementation.
Te completion o the 250projects will help the EU mem-bers integrate their energymarkets, enable them to diver-siy their energy sources and helpbring an end to the energy iso-lation o some Member States,reads the europe.eu note. Moreo-ver, the projects will enable theenergy grid to uptake increasing
amounts o renewables, helpingreduce CO2 emissions.Ukraine is a major transporter
o imported Russian gas to Eu-rope. Its vast pipe network (near-
ly 40,000 km long) allows thecountry to transport, store, anddistribute gas to many Europeancountries. Ukraines pipelines go
rom Russia to Belarus, Hungary,Moldova, Poland, Romania, andSlovakia. Ukraine obtained itsrst gas pipe back in 1924. Its gastransport inrastructure has beendeveloping rapidly ever since.
Ukrainian underground gasstorage acilities constitute an-other subject o interest or theEU. Ukraine is not just a transitcountry or the Russian gas, the country also has a potential
to store gas, said Oettinger. Weare considering the possibility ostoring 35 bln cubic meters ogas [in Ukraine], maybe 60, headded.
Ukrainian Gas Pipe Among EUs
Key Energy Infrastructure ProjectsUkraine is
not just a
transit country
for the Russian
gas, thecountry also has
a potential to
store gas.
Gnther Oettinger,
EU Energy
Commissioner
Ukraine possesses 13
underground gas storage
facilities with total
capacity of more than
31 bln cubic meters
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Te gov-
ernmenthas ap-proved rais-ing an addi-tional 2.6 blnUSD in 2013required orthe Cyclone-4project, whichenvisions crea-tion o a spacerocket complex
at the launch siteAlcantara inBrazil under stateguarantees. Teproject is includedin the Ukraines Eco-nomic DevelopmentProgram (20132014).It was approved lastspring.
Te implementationo the joint Ukrainian-Brazilian project will help
strengthen Ukraines po-sition on the global spacemarket, increase volume oproduction o the domes-tic space industry and helpUkraine enter new regionalmarkets.
Creating a space rocketcomplex Cyclone-4 is includedin the long-term cooperationagreement signed by Ukraineand Brazil in 2003. Te complex
will enable the launch rom Al-cantara o spacecra into lowand medium Earth orbits.
In accordance with the agree-ment, Ukraine will develop the
launch vehicle and prepare the
necessary production acilities.Brazil will create a launch centerinrastructure at Alcantara.
Te Ukrainian-Brazilian Al-cantara Cyclone Space entityestablished in 2007 is in chargeo this ambitious high-tech pro-ject. It began construction oground based acilities or Cy-clone-4 in Brazil during theautumn o 2010. According tothe National Space Agency o
Ukraine, to date, constructionis more than hal nished. It isexpected that the rst launcho Cyclone-4 will occur atAlcantara in late 2014.
Ukraine has expandedcooperation with manycountries in the space sec-tor. Under the Russian-Ukrainian joint project,on August 22, 2013 theDnepr launch vehiclewas launched at the
Yasny launch base(Orenburg region,Russia). It deliveredinto orbit a SouthKorean remote sens-ing satellite Komp-Sat-5 weighing 1,400kilograms. his isthe 18th successullaunch o the Dne-pr launch vehicle,which helps dis-
pose o intercon-tinental missilesby using themto deliver spacepayloads.
It should be noted that the
Dnepr launch vehicle based onthe RS-20 missile is internation-ally popular and attracts inves-tors by its reliability, minimalimpact on the payload duringlaunch, as well as by its cost. Telaunch price is 31 mln euros,which is signicantly cheaperthan the nearest European com-petitor, the Vega launch vehi-cle, which costs 59 mln eurosto launch. A reliable Dnepr LV
has a 97% success rate (188 testlaunches), the best or missiles othis class.
Ukraine in 2013 urtherstrengthened its infuence on theglobal market or space prod-ucts by the successul launch oDnepr LV. Ukraines space enter-prises continue to play a key rolein technical support o the mostsignicant space program today.
Te government believes thatthe space industry has a poten-
tial to be a key to innovation de-velopment o Ukraine. Its sup-port will satisy the long-terminterests o the state in securityand deense, boost developmento undamental and applied sci-ence, and education.
Te Cabinet last year ap-proved the Concept o nationaltargeted science and technol-ogy space program 20132017.Te approximate unding rom
all sources (state budget unds,investment, public-private part-nerships) is 2.58 bln USD, in-cluding 140 mln USD rom thestate budget.
Ukraine expands
participation ininternational
space projects
space
Ukrainian
governmentaimed to
increase local
space industry
output by 50
percent over the
next ve years
through closer
cooperation
with investors.
We are setting
up a program
to implement
research and
development
projects in the
space industry
on the basis of
public-private
partnerships.
Mykola Azarov,
Ukraines PM
The space industry
has a potential to be
a key to innovation
development of
Ukraine
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Taras
Shevchenko
is one of the
most uncom-
promising and
unique voices in
modern Europe-
an culture. This
voice is becom-
ing increasingly
better known
in Great Brit-
ain. Since 2008,
Shevchenkos
poetry has beenstudied in the
Ukrainian origi-
nal by Cambridge
students.
Dr Rory Finnin,
University Senior
Lecturer
T
aras Shevchenko
(1814-1861) de-serves his own Hol-lywood blockbuster.
Ukraines cultural godather wasan orphaned ser who became apainter; a painter who became aearless poet; and a poet who en-dured imprisonment and exileto become the voice o a people.
His work led to the emer-gence o a country that is nowthe largest within Europe.
Over the course o the com-
ing year, the University o Cam-bridge will be joining the worldin celebrating the 200th anniver-sary o Shevchenkos birth.
oday, the University is an-nouncing that it has named acentral avenue on the SidgwickSite aras Shevchenko Way( ) orthe duration o the bicentennial.
Tis symbolic, temporarynaming o a well-travelled pas-
sage running east to west on theSidgwick Site is a rst or Cam-bridge.
Its location - at the intersec-tion o the Faculties o Law,
History, Divinity and Modern
and Medieval Languages - wasselected to speak to the poets en-during legacy.
aras Shevchenkos workshatters barriers between eastand west, explains Dr RoryFinnin, University Senior Lec-turer in Ukrainian Studies.
With a singular passion heappealed or justice or all op-pressed peoples, drew importantmoral lessons rom the past, andinterrogated the relationship be-
tween the human and the divinein a broken world.
His is one o the most un-compromising and unique voic-es in modern European culture.
Tis voice is becoming in-creasingly better known inGreat Britain. Since 2008, arasShevchenkos poetry has beenstudied in the Ukrainian origi-nal by Cambridge students inthe MML Faculty. Since 2011,
prints o his paintings have hungin seminar rooms in the RaisedFaculty Building.
For too long, arasShevchenko has been placed on
a granite pedestal and primarily
considered a Ukrainian nationalpoet, says Finnin. At Cam-bridge we read him as a poet oglobal stature and signicancewho happens to be Ukrainian.In his innovative use o a ver-nacular, he can be as powerulas Burns. In his conessionallyricism, he can be as intimate asRilke. In his mysticism, he can beas evocative as Blake. And in hishumanism, he can be as stridentas agore. Tis complexity can
be intimidating, but our studentsrelish the challenge.
Cambridge Ukrainian Stud-ies, a programme o the De-partment o Slavonic Studies,plans to use aras ShevchenkoWay or impromptu literaryreadings and musical peror-mances over the course o thebicentennial.
odays unveiling is con-nected with this weeks Days o
Ukraine estival in London (17-19 October), which is showcas-ing the best o contemporaryUkraines literature, music,ashion, and visual art.
An unveiling of a special commemorative pavement marker takes placeon the Sidgwick Site to commemorate the Bicentenary of the birth of apainter and poet known widely as Ukraines cultural godfather.
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aras Shevchenkohad never been to
England, but he wasond o English lit-erature and art. Te Ukrainiangenius Shevchenko was ondo the most prominent Englishgenius William Shakespeare.Te researchers note thataras Shevchenko always keptShakespeare verses in Russiantranslation with him.
Nowadays aras Shevchen-kos works and his name are wellknown to the world. Even
ar away in the outerspace there is anasteroid Kob-zar, which wasnamed aferthe outstand-ing Ukrain-ian poet andartist. TeShevchenkopoetry is trans-lated even to
Chinese and tomore than to twen-ty languages o thenations living in India.
Tere is no sucha city, town or evena village in Ukraine,which dont have its street,park named afer the Ukrain-ian genius. Tere are almost128 monuments to arasShevchenko outside our coun-try. Since today Cambridgealso has its aras Shevchenko
Way.In his times, Shevchenko
didnt get a chance to visit themotherland o his avouritepoet and playwright. He hadnever been to Cambridge aswell. Due to lecturers and stu-dents o Cambridge Univer-sity as well as to all those whosupport the Ukrainian Stud-ies at Cambridge University the name and works o arasShevchenko are settled in oneo the most prestigious Univer-
sities o Great Britain.
As Gaur Gu-lom, the Uzbek
poet said aboutShevchenko, heis a aithul andgenius son othe Ukrainianpeople, but hebelongs to allthe peoplesnotwithstand-
ing o the lan-
guage they speakand the part o the
world they live. Tisis so because he praisedthe high and noble ide-als, which are immortaland which express the
best thoughts and aspirationso all the peoples o the world.Te unveiling o the arasShevchenko Way in Cambridgeis another recognition o signi-cance o the Shevchenkos herit-age or the world.
Last year when Ukrainehosted the EURO ootballChampionship, the Guardiancompared the amous Ukrain-
ian ootball player, who has thesame surname as our nationalpoet Andrii Shevchenko withhis English colleague WayneRooney. Te British paper saidthen: His name has a particu-lar meaning. Just imagine thatWayne Rooney were born asWayne Shakespeare.
I believe that arasShevchenko should have lovedsuch a paralel with Shake-
speare, his avourite poet andplaywright o England.Im particularly proud
that due to all who study andpopularize the works o arasShevchenko in Great Britain the country o Shakespeareand ootball the name oShevchenko associates notonly with the modern sportbut with the classic literatureand art o Ukraine, the coun-try o a huge potential and richhistory.
culture
Shevchenko
belongs to
all the peoples
notwithstanding
of the language
they speak and
the part of the
world they live.
The unveiling
of the Taras
Shevchenko Way
in Cambridge is
another recog-
nition of sig-
nicance of the
Shevchenkos
heritage for theworld.
Volodymyr
Khandogiy, Ukraines
Ambassador
Self-portrait,
1840
by Volodymyr Khandogiy, Ambassador of
Ukraine to the UK
Kateryna (1842, Oil)
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