About ninth story, singer and you may showman Oleksandr Polozhynskyi introduces me to their hometown, Lutsk. Oleksandr, maker of your band Tartak (‘Woodsaw’ – tr.) while the Buv’ye investment, recalls their youth age in the Lutsk and you will shows you how the urban area keeps changed into a hub of modern art, modern youthfulness and you may comprehensive training. Bogdan Logvynenko, new originator of the Ukraїner project, go-off having Oleksandr to own a tour of modern Lutsk.
T the guy Volyn Botanical Backyard stays probably one of the most well-known section to unwind and enjoy yourself within the Lutsk. The garden is even home to among the many city’s unofficial symbols: the fresh new Lutsk Elephant, a statue which is traditionally repainted in a different sort of the colour for each 12 months of the regional lovers.
– Do you reach the brand new organic yard will? – For a while, I i did visitors dance during the Palace out-of Leaders (now new Youngsters Heart – ed.). Inside cold weather, in route household, we preferred to slide on the mountain towards the synthetic handbags. The newest surface let me reveal extremely right for one. We regularly hang out near to so it elephant. Incidentally, brand new elephant enjoys switching along with. I am not sure as to the reasons that is. It is quite possible that every big date some one has many left color, they think required so you’re able to paint the fresh new elephant. This place have not really become modernised, but I really like it here. It has an ambiance of their own.
The brand new Volyn Young people Centre was made because a deck for incidents and you may academic courses growing the information, event and you can beliefs of one’s local youthfulness. Societal activist Zakhar Tkachuk highly thinks your residents from Lutsk should get employed in public existence, together with center try working to take action: “Typically, we servers two or three occurrences each and every day. Should you want to keep a conference on nine or ten pm, you will never discover a place for it: the town hallway closes at 6 pm, most of the blog post-Soviet libraries intimate from the 6 pm, exactly what do you are doing? That is why i work round the clock. Our company is thinking of starting a good hostel, however, thus far we do not have the tips for it. If you have a lying wallet, you could potentially remain straight away here. A great amount of teenagers been right here: FRI exchanges (‘First step toward Local Initiatives’, a good Ukrainian teens company – ed.), ‘Tvoya krayina’ (‘Your Country’, a non-funds system with an enthusiastic outreach program to Ukraine – ed.), BUR. If they lack a spot to spend night, we usually tell them, “Sure, do not have beds, however if you will be Ok thereupon, be at liberty!”
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– The thing that was your youth such as for example? – We grew up surrounded by dogs. My dad try the latest director regarding a pet shop. At your home I got all the animal imaginable: all kinds of fish, parrots, canaries, hamsters, squirrels, chipmunks, guinea pigs… I actually got an animal monkey! There is certainly a woman from inside the a town that has an effective monkey that lived-in the new lawn. It had been something special from her young buck, who had been a great sailor. She didn’t know very well what regarding the new monkey, it lived in your pet dog kennel toward a sequence. Dad decided to go to help save the brand new monkey, the guy purchased on the lady. Though it was not precisely the forest, living with all of us is actually better than life for the a string when you look at the an effective kennel.
Lutsk just like the viewed by Oleksandr Polozhynskyi
– Did you participate in the KVK funny show when you look at the Lutsk? – Yes, either Used to do. (KVK are a tv funny tournament that originated in new Soviet period, in which teams contend to demonstrate their comic prowess – ed.). We don’t call-it KVK, even if – i named they KVN, for instance the fresh, and chose terminology in Ukrainian to match the first Russian abbreviation and sustain an identical meaning: ‘Jokers’ and you will Wits’ Club’.