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hundred crowds turned foreign embassies in revenge forcing a new way to do it start from the country. next the latest in our series of reports looking at what happened the former republics of the city union after they gained independence twenty years ago. kiev the capital of ukraine this square is called the mind down the pub of all political upheaval since you claim gained independence in one thousand nine hundred one translated from ukrainian my damn means marketplace here electoral votes of the most popular item on the for many is that each new president coming to power in ukraine begins his presidency from scratch. several years ago thousands of people came to the my dam in an attempt to change the course of history from the so-called all right dr alicia my down has since become a symbol of shattered hopes that many. of those the only left

over from the revolution is this orange jacket. ukrainian society is split that's the main outcome of the orange revolution and one sided as the country's pro russian east while in western ukraine hostile attitudes towards the entire salvi era a quite common. occurrence for you trying to raise a hero the right for you in the race for heroes to fascism noble to fascism. over the twenty years of independence my dance quest has seen more demonstrations and rallies than some other capitals around that time in history. don't bask as an industrial area in crane's east twentieth century people used to come here from all over the soviet union in search of jobs. work status of the coal

mining is considered the most prestigious. in soviet times the more than a hundred coal mines and a mass all of them received government subsidies the most distinguished writers received popular acclaim just the same. but you're a cover up at the border when coal miners were regarded as the leader of the workforce they were paid higher wages than everyone else to be received between the seventh in the fourteenth place in terms of income over it but it is going bust real from a host of problems in the wake of the soviet union's collapse in ninety nine. coal miners did not get paid for months on end. many mines had to be shut down all hopes for a life of fortune after independence rapidly graham ish the interest in it. was

the an up you would say when the campaign to prioritise enterprises began they shouted from rooftops we will put things right the upshot is that forty nine percent of privatized enterprises have been shut down and that. this is the knowledge in sky of coal mines it's one of the few surviving enterprises in tom bass that employs more than one hundred people each day coal miners looking for ships go down deep beneath the ground. it takes the cage a few minutes to take them to a depth of five hundred and eighty five kilometers. is it possible we'll get trapped here. no not now we've bypassed a dangerous section it's a bit damp there but that's no problem. time stand still on the ground it is little took the picture of coal mine is going to work is roughly the same as it was half a century ago to three kilometer walk along tracks welcomes

a paradise bed daily extreme reality show. spades and cole hamels with a work tools one shift lasts for six hours the team's job is to fill seven trolleys with coal during that time. this is hard working t.v. especially for an all boys who king at the summer school you might think the job is easy just try to move it all from one place to no other using nothing but a speed up or. it's very difficult to find a job with a wage like the one paid to coal miners for the price the coal miners pay for their wages is sweat and sometimes blood several of such a shame of workmates dined here in two thousand and nine coal miners from all over ukraine came to the mine to help with the search for that day's. recruits like this in past call from hand to hand the use nothing but their hands to remove

blockages there was no other option in that situation the job had to be done as quickly as possible their hope was that the miners were still alive but still we lost six men. relatives of the coal miners trapped underground enjoyed a hellish experience in those days of uncertainty for the miners did not quit their jobs even after that accident they had to support their families in a situation where there were only a few vacancies in town. with cool will save ukraine if ukraine saves school or nearly the coal industry was all of you and your attention after years of mine ignored by successive governments and ministers. in two thousand and four the then prime minister of italy on a covert income from eastern ukraine won the presidential election a population of dawn basque a supporter that compactor it the supporters of his rival. claim that the election

had been rigged subsequent events in central kiev have gone down in history as the orange revolution the result was the fusion cahow the presidency for five years. victor joke was a college student at the to. time of the orange revolution viktor took part in the demo and wrote in a column of the post office situated in the night down square. just a few words there was no empty space here at the time of the revolution where they had written all over it people were everywhere when the revolution was over his column became an open air museum and. he wholeheartedly supporters he and his friends spent several days in the my down tent set up in the square house of them during the night at the time he and many others thought they were making history and this is a very large and massive platform a student with orange posters stood here the square was packed with people and the

noise was deafening. all three only music was blaring out of the loudspeakers a garbage can when you schenkel showed up on the platform the people were so happy they screen throughout a speech or they were inspired by the mere fact of their presence there is this. western ukraine. an outpouring of anti russian sentiment took place here soon after the orange revolution. and there's a restaurant resembling a secret bunker in the center of laval for such bunkers were used by the nationalists of the so-called ukrainian insurgent army fighting against the red army reserve sign has been replaced with mock ups of wartime submachine guns and pistols waiters wear the uniform of nationalist fighters the menu was in chillan but the surroundings for instance one of the items is called the everyday life of the vem out and if guests feel like shooting they're free to do so without leaving that tables. the walls of the restaurant feature posters dating

back to world war two they call on ukrainians to join the s.s. going to you know division made up of nationalists and fight against soviet troops together with the germans. this information could be displayed in a museum too but it's dull in the museum you come you look you read but you don't. then the much anything comes to a living museum not a mine and become a participant in events. when fashion is just the soviet union punching the twenty second one hundred forty one you crying in battalions to go and roll and cross the border together with german troops a week later they paraded through the streets of all the unofficial capital of western ukraine immediately afterwards a wave of ethnic cleansing swept the city. ukrainian state pro from asia the organization of ukrainian nationalists led by step down bundled up by proclaims the creation of a ukrainian state the new state will cooperate closely with grace germany which is

imposing its new world in europe under the leadership of the field of hitler and is hoping praying to free itself from soviet occupation. during the asian cup presidency a monument to step down bundy arab was unveiled in the fall of the opening ceremony it was described as an outstanding find to figure kremlin independence he's a hero in western ukraine for the country's east and there is a symbol of the ideology of political talent. many of those banned their supporters when the soviets declared an amnesty they surrendered and their fate was decided in accordance with a new full procedure some were convicted others rehabilitated the fullness of that prison terms unless the forces members of the red army at the end of the war a smaller part couldn't have been rehabilitated because that elbow ha in blood. so gazed up on true course thirteen years old when the nationalists entered the village of god himself and the region soon afterwards and saw his father under

another fifteen villages being brutally murdered their only crime was that they had signed up for membership of soviet collective farms before the war the nationalist regarded them as enemies of ukraine do you believe we are a band as were afraid of stage. an open execution after they threw the farmers into the basement in one of the houses they did as follows the bandits took seats and placed sixteen on roads before than they were heating the roads in a study of the nationalist oh those people one by one from the basement and burn them with hot oil in cut them with knives and strangle them with cold some of the in a nutshell well they were killing the home fuel need each. of the dead villagers were buried at the local cemetery a nationalist to murdered more than one hundred thousand people in western ukraine jury to and in the first post-war years.

after the breakup of the soviet union and slaves of the ukrainian insurgent army openly that surfaced in the streets this torchlight procession took place in the city of the valve in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. a re for the nation death to enemies or a for the nation so enemies. cultures that so much as i can wish for the white man it appears that donald trump he says he may or may not run for the us presidency irrespective of the final answer what does all this trump. crane's crimean peninsula the city of sevastopol this is where russia's black sea

fleet is stationed after the breakup of the soviet union russia and ukraine divided it between themselves it plays an important role in the city's economic. justice belaying just in the middle of this guided missile cruiser the most for is the flagship of russia's black sea fleet. it has a crew of the most of her live on the ship. this mighty vessel is more than just a fighting unit that were then able to where was she it is not only a battle unit it is our home but it provides is good shelter and food and. we clean it every day we scrub and painted. as lisicki in the crimea is not as much of a burning issue was it is in western ukraine warrant officer viktor plissken off married irina a ukrainian citizen after they fell in love in sevastopol their son yevgeny is now

eleven months old because wages a sale is eight hundred u.s. dollars which is good money in sevastopol but victor does not buy toys for his son instead he wins them a fair ground she calorie. i thank you. they go cold it's quite that is one feeling. at school. that the hell that. so russian sailors shoot. irina and victor don't get involved in politics they don't take part in rallies or protests they have little to squabble about. the politicians the band the coup is that a find is his friend it sounds good no interest portionless between the ukrainians

and russians that. get out so you thought his passions in the crimea often run high when nationalists from western ukraine visit the city in two thousand and seven the nationalists demanded that russian sailors need the headquarters of the black sea fleet in sevastopol. you fascist modes we live here it's a home we prosecute or no to hear ourselves or you kill to you create hail to the heroes run shot shot run a shot easy easy come down let's do it quietly. demonstrations by ukrainian nationalists always end the same way the nationalist serous courted to a bus and taken outside the city under police protection. in soviet times sevastopol was off limits to outsiders only locals with special passes were

allowed into it. among them was living on a was a veteran of the soviet black sea fleet. here at the dock at inkerman the ships were intent on ukraine following the division of the soviet black sea fleet. scores of battle ships and submarines was scrapped in a matter of years ukraine could not put them to any use. those ships were fit for further service as a ship is just a ship but there is also a crew on it see them with this crap not just ships but also people souls. social and economic problems first surfaced in the crimea even before the breakup of the soviet union. during the whole band in one thousand nine hundred five the crimea almost lost its revered wine industry on a grain of a pick grapes for thirty seven years in the mid one nine hundred eighty s. she bore witness to the wanton destruction of excess of crimean vineyards. because

. you know the cut twenty year old great finds at the very base like here look. it's pains me very much to see such great weinstein wiped out it was devastating it really is. later government officials conceded that the prohibition had been a mistake but many people in the crimea still cannot forgive gorbachev for it. through a twist of fate it was in the crimea that an attempt was made to topple the soviet president from power in august one thousand nine hundred one. one of many residences being built and for lost only a few years before those fateful events. but their country house as a secret object was a complete failure take a look at the place is in full view from all sides as you can see your residence is

clearly visible from everywhere obviously hills the mountains and so on it seems like war but chose resilience that had been built here deliberately or you know ordered to isolate him which are. women. k.g.b. colonel leo tolstoy was involved in those events he's a direct descendant of the famous russian writer of the same name. for more than twenty years he served as a bodyguard for every soviet leader coming to the crimea from version of the gorbachev. on august the nineteenth one thousand nine hundred one colonel tolstoy received an order from top k.g.b. officials and struck to him to block all exits from the residence both to the mountains and to the sea. for sure i was under orders not to let anyone out what about the president i inquired the reply was that he too was not to be let out

. was completely isolated all communications in t.v. broadcasts were cut. this footage was from around. the basement of the cellar residence of the child dictates a stinker doesn't concern us with. an unconstitutional coup has taken place. meanwhile you vomit your divel an employee at the photos post office was receiving scores of telegrams addressed to me gorbachev they included both official telegrams and telegrams from people all over the country urging him to hold out to the bitter end but it was impossible to pass them on to the soviet leader. we had no idea how the situation would work out in the end whether we would be allowed to do home or if we would be arrested and. no effective measures were taken they simply let things slide.

in the end the coup failed and gorbachev return to moscow of the soviet union was already doomed less than six months later needers of former soviet republics to establish a new union a commonwealth of independent states. learned craft took the first president of independent ukraine was among them. he'd been an active communist party. quickly changed his views. from william rydberg when you during the soviet ears i would often tell you cranes that soon we would live under communism some people responded to my words with a smile other east would ask a very naive questions like what is communism vocal suppose i want to have two suits will i be entitled to two suits or only one under communism this means it's unlikely that they believed in communism they were simply pulling my leg and easy

well it was. the collapse of the soviet single financial banking systems deprived hundreds of thousands of people of their savings. these are activists of the ukrainian socialist party demonstrating against nato ships entering ukrainian ports they have their own version of what course the breakup of the soviet union and the subsequent economic and social problems levelling is the vs the economic model and a system of governance when perfect but that could have been granted it was not that however at the highest echelons of the soviet communist party chose to strike a deal with the west but they wanted the children to inherit their property and it was necessary to dismantle the stone and constitution and reject the soviet system of government is looking at lots of that's exactly what's going on in ukraine the media. this is a new form of protest a protest against ukraine's image that has taken shape in the west in recent years young women from the feminist movement protesting against sex tourism the site is

kiev central streets and squares the main slogan is ukraine is not a brothel that's mighty few young women from ukraine and both in the sex industry of the european countries many of them believe that even come here they will be able to get any woman in kisa main street therefore we decided to fight his horrible image of ukraine where not prostitutes and we don't want other people to see us as such. another famine protested. in my down in central kiev ends in failure the police to not allow femen activists to enter the country's main square the situation does not degenerate into scandal protest actions are a common occurrence here. the police and passers by unlike have grown tired of the spectacle many of those who gathered at the my down in two thousand and four to support the orange revolution would very much like to forget about it if the ukrainian people started to understand that they became a part of the political game here that the revolution was orchestrated by bialik

arcs and the money was invested in it if those people were friends of you shame go completely ripped off the country. most of the opponents of the orange revolution world war two veterans kiev victory day may the ninth two thousand and six in a public address president you should go praises ukrainian nationalists for their service to the ukrainian people red army veterans were deeply insulted should the soldiers of the ukrainian insurgent army also fall against the fascist invaders the ukrainians have fought in different armies. the presidency was marked by a vigorous campaign to rehabilitate ukrainian nationalists in one of his last decrees he noted what he described as nationalist leader stefan vendettas service to ukraine. with murder as well i hereby award the title of hero of ukraine to step

down been there. done to the crew sparked a wave of protest among supporters of the new president of ukraine viktor yushchenko bitch who took over in january twenty ten a local government deputy burned his passport in sevastopol central square to publicly demonstrate against stepan bandera being awarded hero of ukraine your thoughts of years earlier i don't regret what i did done at all. there was an inspiring response it was a symbolic event and i think the fact that i burnt my passport was my contribution to the court decision to review those decree no matter how tiny the contribution might be. the first months a victim and a covert his presidency were marked by yet another event with far reaching implications for the crimea presidency on a covert agreed that russia's black sea fleet will stay in sevastopol for at least

another thirty two years with. there is nothing in the crimea no industry no minerals but the russian fleet has been around for two hundred and twenty seven years what is most important is that it inspires us with confidence in the future. a new era is producing new heroes in ukraine and some of twenty ten sergey should move the coal miner from don't ask was awarded the hero of ukraine's gold star for beating a raechel dating back to the soviet era in one hundred thirty five coal miner calls the final extracted one hundred ten tons of coal in just one shift in twenty ten so they should move to stand by several towns and set new records using the same type of coal from a tunnel produced before and. i simply wanted to show that there is a new generation of coal miners they too want to work they want to mine coal and

have a decent life just the way it was in the soviet years. on medication a three man team filled one hundred seventy such trolleys with coal after that shift foreman sergei schimmel was given two weeks vacation and then he was back down the line people and on bass like to say that more than anyone else coal miners rejoice in the sunshine especially after a six hour shift five hundred meters on the ground. i'd say you seem. blue sky the greatest pleasures for miners for well we don't always see the sun because when work night shifts to put you know human sense to fresh air on the surface is good enough. for most people in the city objections ques again lives with his family work in mines all related facilities at thirty seven so gay is one of the youngest people to be awarded the hero of ukraine's gold star because it's a hazardous job and miners can become pensioners of thirty five percent gay intends

to continue for as long as he's fit. i still want to work in a coal mine what happens later is anyone's guess who live goes on regardless the ship i hope there is a long life ahead of me or. life in ukraine is gradually returning to normal populist promises of things of the past few cranes are becoming aware of the fact that their country will have to go a long way before it identifies its own path of development even at the age of twenty this state is still very young.

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