About ninth story, singer and you can showman Oleksandr Polozhynskyi raises us to his home town, Lutsk. Oleksandr, creator of the ring Tartak (‘Woodsaw’ – tr.) as well as the Buv’ye venture, remembers their youthfulness decades inside the Lutsk and reveals you how city enjoys changed into a heart of modern ways, modern young people and you may comprehensive knowledge. Bogdan Logvynenko, the new creator of Ukraїner project, go-off that have Oleksandr having a trip of modern Lutsk.
T he Volyn Botanical Lawn remains one of the most well-known elements to unwind and enjoy yourself in the Lutsk. The backyard is also the home of one of the city’s unofficial symbols: new Lutsk Elephant, a statue that is generally repainted inside a different sort of the color for each and every seasons because of the local enthusiasts.
– Did you arrive at the fresh organic backyard tend to? – For a time, We used to do folk moving within Palace out-of Pioneers (now the brand new Youngsters Middle – ed.). In the winter, on the way household, we enjoyed to slip down the slope on plastic bags. The latest terrain is really right for you to definitely. I regularly hang out near to that it elephant. In addition, brand new elephant have modifying colour. I’m not sure why which is. It’s quite possible that each and every time some one has some leftover painting, they feel required so you’re able to paint the elephant. This place has not yet very become modernised, however, I like they here. It has an ambiance of its very own.
The new Volyn Youngsters Center was made due to the fact a platform having events and instructional courses growing the knowledge, event and you can philosophy of your own local youth. Societal activist Zakhar Tkachuk firmly thinks the people from Lutsk should get doing work in personal existence, in addition to centre was spending so much time to do this: “An average of, we host 2 or 3 situations each day. If you want to keep a conference during the nine or ten pm, you’ll not come across an area for this: the town hallway shuts within six pm, all the blog post-Soviet libraries intimate from the 6 pm, exactly what can you are doing? That’s why we works twenty-four hours a day. We are thinking of installing an excellent hostel, however, so far do not feel the info for this. When you yourself have a sleeping wallet, you could stand quickly here. An abundance of teenagers become right here: FRI exchanges (‘First step toward Local Initiatives’, a Ukrainian youthfulness business – ed.), ‘Tvoya krayina’ (‘Your Country’, a non-earnings circle with an enthusiastic outreach programme doing Ukraine – ed.), BUR. Once they lack a location to spend the night, i usually let them know, “Yes, we don’t have beds, in case you may be Ok with that, be sure!”
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– That was your own young people particularly? – I spent my youth enclosed by pet. My father are the newest director of a pet store. Yourself I had most of the animal possible: all sorts of fish, parrots, canaries, hamsters, squirrels, Siberian Kvinner dating chipmunks, guinea pigs… I even had an animal monkey! Discover a female within the a village who had an effective monkey that lived in new grass. It had been a present out of their young man, who was good sailor. She don’t know what to do with brand new monkey, this stayed in a dog kennel for the a chain. My father went along to rescue the latest monkey, he purchased regarding the lady. Though it wasn’t exactly the forest, managing united states try better than way of life to your a sequence in good kennel.
Lutsk as viewed by the Oleksandr Polozhynskyi
– Do you participate in new KVK funny inform you for the Lutsk? – Yes, either I did so. (KVK was a tv comedy competition you to originated in this new Soviet period, where communities contend to display its comic power – ed.). We failed to refer to it as KVK, even though – we called they KVN, for instance the completely new, and you can chose terms from inside the Ukrainian to complement the original Russian acronym and keep a comparable definition: ‘Jokers’ and you may Wits’ Club’.
