From the ninth tale, artist and you may showman Oleksandr Polozhynskyi introduces us to his hometown, Lutsk. Oleksandr, founder of the ring Tartak (‘Woodsaw’ – tr.) as well as the Buv’ye investment, recalls their youthfulness age in Lutsk and you will reveals all of us how the town keeps changed into a centre of modern artwork, modern teens and comprehensive training. Bogdan Logvynenko, the brand new founder of your Ukraїner investment, go-off which have Oleksandr to have a tour of modern Lutsk.
T the guy Volyn Botanical Lawn stays one of the most popular parts to unwind and have a great time during the Lutsk. A garden is even the home of among the city’s unofficial symbols: this new Lutsk Elephant, a statue which is generally repainted in an alternate the colour for each and every season by the local enthusiasts.
– Did you arrived at the new organic yard tend to? – For a time, I used to do folk moving within Castle out-of Leaders (now the newest Youngsters Centre – ed.). In the winter months, in route home, we liked to slip along the hill towards the plastic handbags. The terrain is very suitable for that. We used to spend time alongside so it elephant. In addition, new elephant have modifying along with. I’m not sure why that’s. It’s quite possible that each and every big date anybody has many kept paint, they think obliged to help you painting the fresh new elephant. This place has not most become modernised, but I favor they here. It’s an ambiance of their own.
Brand new Volyn Childhood Hub was made while the a patio getting events and you may instructional programs growing the info, experience and you will opinions of your own local youth. Social activist Zakhar Tkachuk highly believes the people off Lutsk should get employed in personal existence, and also the hub are spending so much time to do this: “Typically, i server a couple of situations each day. Should you want to hold a conference at nine otherwise ten pm, you may not see an area for this: the town hallway closes within 6 pm, all of the post-Soviet libraries romantic within 6 pm, what can you do? That is why we really works at any hour. We are thinking about starting good hostel, however, yet do not feel the info for it. When you have a lying handbag, you could stand straight away here. Enough young adults already been here: FRI transfers (‘First step toward Local Initiatives’, a beneficial Ukrainian teens team – ed.), ‘Tvoya krayina’ (‘Your Country’, a low-profit system with an outreach program up to Ukraine – ed.), BUR. When they don’t have a destination to spend the night, we constantly inform them, “Yes, we do not have any beds, however if you are Okay with this, be at liberty!”
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– The thing that was your own youthfulness such as for instance? – We was raised enclosed by pets. My father are new manager off a pet store. At home I got most of the creature imaginable: all sorts of fish, parrots, canaries, hamsters, squirrels, chipmunks, guinea pigs… We even got a pet monkey! There’s a female in a village who had a beneficial monkey one stayed in the new lawn. It was a present away from her child, who was an excellent sailor. She don’t know what to do with the fresh new monkey, so it lived-in a puppy kennel toward a chain. My father went to help save the brand new monkey, the guy bought it on the woman. Though it wasn’t exactly the forest, managing you was a lot better than lifestyle to the a chain for the a kennel.
Lutsk since the seen by the Oleksandr Polozhynskyi
– Do you participate in the brand new KVK comedy tell you in Lutsk? – Sure, Russisk vs ukrainske kvinner sometimes I did. (KVK was a tv funny tournament that originated in the brand new Soviet several months, in which teams contend showing the comic prowess – ed.). I did not refer to it as KVK, regardless of if – we titled they KVN, like the new, and you will picked conditions when you look at the Ukrainian to complement the initial Russian acronym and keep an equivalent meaning: ‘Jokers’ and you may Wits’ Club’.
