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kiev the capital of ukraine this square is called the mind down the whole political upheaval since ukraine gained independence in one thousand nine hundred one translated from ukrainian my dumb means the 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 during the so-called all in trouble in. my down has since become a symbol of shattered hopes the many. just lost the only left over from the revolution is this orange jacket. ukrainian society is split that's the main outcome of the orange revolution among scientists the country's pro russian east while in western ukraine hostile attitudes towards the entire soviet era a quiet calm and. right for you crying the race for heroes right for you the race for heroes no to fascism no to fascism. over the twenty years of independence the high dam square the scene more demonstrations and rallies in some other capitals around that time history.

of. the basque is 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 in damascus all of them received government subsidies the most distinguished miners received popular acclaim just so. i. but during the bill when coal miners were regarded as the elite of the workforce what they were paid higher wages than everyone else to be received between the seventh in the fourteenth place in terms of income but it had gone bust real from a host of problems in the wake of the soviet union's collapse indicting argued for

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 vanished into thin air. tuesday and upwards when the campaign to privatized enterprises began they shout it from rooftops will put things right the upshot is that forty nine percent of privatized enterprises have been shut down and cloned that. this is the knowledge in sky of coal mines it's one of the few surviving enterprises in combat it 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 brittle the picture of coal mine is going to work is roughly the same as it was half a century ago the three kilometer walk along tracks welcomes of paradise bed daily extreme reality show. spades and cole hamels with a lot of tools one shift lasts for six hours the team's job is to fill seven troll digs with coal during that time. this is hard work indeed especially for nobody's looking at the some new school you might think the job is easy we just try to move it all from one place to another using nothing but his speed of course. it's very difficult to find a job with all grades like the one paid to cold minus the price the coal miners pay for their wages is sweat and sometimes blood several of sergei sherman's work mates

dying to hear in two thousand and nine coal miners from all over the crane came to the mine to help them to search for that piece. of the crush like this in past pool from hand to hand the use of 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. nearly every coal industry was only given due attention after years of wine ignored by successive governments and ministers. in two thousand and four the then prime

minister vicki on a coach who comes from eastern ukraine won the presidential election the population of donbass cape support that compactor it the supporters of his rival viktor yushchenko claimed 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 of how the presidency for five years. i. think to all stop joke was a college student at the. i'm of the orange revolution viktor took part in the demo and wrote in the column of the post office situated in the my down square. footage that there was no empty space here at the time of the revolution what they had written all over it people were everywhere when the revolution was over this column became an open air museum and. the whole heartedly supported it he and his friends spent several days in the my down ten set up in the square house of them during the

night of the time he and many others thought they were making history with a very large and massive platform as students with large posters stood here. the square was packed with people and the noise was deafening. moved by only my music was blaring out of the loudspeakers when you shango showed up on the platform the people were so happy that they screen throughout a speech or they were inspired by the mere fact of their presence there is this. western ukraine devolve an outpouring of anti russian sentiment took place here soon after the orange revolution. there's a restaurant resembling a secret bunker in the center of off 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 is in chuen with the surroundings for

instance one of the items is called the everyday life of the verma 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 join our division made up of nationalists and fight against soviet troops together with the germans. this information could be displayed in a museum to this doll in a museum you come you look you read but you don't. men the much anything comes to a living museum not the mind and become the participants in events. when fashion is just a soviet union on june twenty second two hundred fifty one the crimean battalions asked to go and roland crossed the border together with german troops a week later they paraded through the streets of love of the unofficial capital of western ukraine immediately afterwards a wave of ethnic cleansing swept the city. ukrainian state profile mission filled

in isolation of ukrainian nationalists led by stephane bundled up here by proclaims the creation of a ukrainian state the new state will cooperate closely with great germany which is imposing its new that in europe under the leadership of the seawater and is hoping ukraine to free itself from soviet occupation. during the you should come presidency a monument to step down bundled up was unveiled in the fall of the opening ceremony he was described as an outstanding find to the kremlin independence he's a hero in western ukraine in the country's east and there is a symbol of the ideology of political talent. many of those banded are supporters when the soviets declared an end a stake they surrendered and their fate was decided in accordance with a lawful procedure some were convicted others rehabilitated the fullness of the prison terms in light of forces members of the red army at the end of the war as

a smaller part couldn't have been rehabilitated because that is what elbow ha in blood. sergei step until course thirteen years old when the nationalists entered the village of god himself and the region soon afterwards he saw his father and another fifteen villages being brutally murdered their only crime was that they had signed up for membership with soviet collective farms before the war the nationalists regarded them as enemies of ukraine and you know we are banned as were afraid of staging. open execution after they threw the farmers into the basement and one of the houses they did as follows the bandits took seats and placed sixteen on rolls before them and they were heating the rods in a stove and nationalist court those people one by one from the basement and burn them with hearts on cut them with knives and strangled them with cords some of the not shall they were killing the whole night. the dead villagers were buried at the

local cemetery the nationalists murdered more than one hundred thousand people in western ukraine jury in world war two and in the first post-war years. after the breakup of the soviet union and slumps of the ukrainian insurgent army openings resurfaced 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 just two enemies a raid for the nation two enemies. cultures that so much as i can recall right on it and so here it is the donald trump he says he may or may not run for the us presidency irrespective of the final answer what does all this truck. will. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the

future covered. cranes 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 defined it between themselves plays an important role in the city's economic. justice. belay 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 control on the ground most of whom live on the ship. this mighty vessel is more than just a fighting unit that where the new ship is not only a battle unit it is our home but it provides is with shelter and food and good will and we clean it every day we scrub and painted but i think just. as in

this city in the crimea is not as much of a burning issue was it is in western ukraine warrant officer victor police going off irina a ukrainian citizen after they fell in love in sevastopol their son yet kenny 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 buying toys for his son instead he wins them at a fair ground shing to hillary. is dealing. with thank you. they go hold it. that is one feeling. let's go. now back so russians see 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 and then the coup is the divide is here people are on friendly terms of bonaire one just bought alliance between the ukrainians and russians that. get out the youth fascists passions in the crimea often run high when nationalists from western ukraine this is. 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 moogs we live here it's also home we protecting our no to hear ourselves. hail to you chris hill to the heroes. shock shock shock easy easy condor it's three quiet tree. 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 mysterious and the owner who's a veteran of the soviet black sea fleet. here at the door couldn't come and the ships were obtained by 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 where 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. picked 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. you know the cut twenty year old greek finds it a very big like here look. it's pains me very much to see said. great clients didn't like sound it was devastating it 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 mikhail gorbachev residences being built and for osce only

a few years before those fateful events. but there were up of the country houses a secret augie was a complete failure to take a look at the place is in full view from all sides as you can see your residency is clearly visible from everywhere because it heals the mountains and so on you know it seems like gorbachev's residence had been built here deliberately in order to isolate in winter. 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 brezhnev to go to chart. on august the nineteenth one thousand nine hundred one colonel tolstoy received an order from top k.g.b. officials instructing him to block all exits from the residence both to the

mountains and to the sea. for which i was under orders not to let anyone out what about the president i inquired their 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 shown around. the basement of the same residence of the child to take to stake his son. in unconstitutional is to complete. meanwhile your ball version of l. an employee of the photos post office was receiving scores of telegrams addressed to mikhail 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 go home or if it would be a resistance. no effective measures were taken that they simply let things slide. in the end the coup failed and gorbachev returned to moscow and the soviet union was already doomed less than six months later the leaders of former soviet republics met to establish a new union the commonwealth of independent states. nearly craft took the first president of independent ukraine was among the. kid being an active communist but he. quickly changed his views your deal from william reprogram when you were during the soviet years i would often tell you koreans that soon we would live under communism some people responded to my words and with a smile others would ask a very naive questions like what is communism 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 the warnings the world. the collapse of the soviet single financial and banking systems deprive 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 course the breakup of the soviet union and the subsequent economic and social problems is that he asked economic model and the system of governance when perfect but that could have been prevented it i love god however at the highest echelons of the soviet communist party chose to strike a deal with the west they wanted the children to inherit the property and it was necessary to dismantle the soviet constitution and reject the soviet system of government but that's exactly what's going on in ukraine or something it isn't you

will carry. 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 are 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 probably a crane and bolts in the sex industry of the european countries many of them believe that even come here they will be able to get any woman who keeps main street therefore we decided to buy this horrible image of ukraine where not prostitutes and we don't launch other people to see us to such. another famine protested. my gun in central kiev ends in favor of the police to not allow femen activists to enter the country's main square but the situation does not degenerate into scandal protest actions are a common occurrence here. the police and passers by and i 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 were very much like to forget about it. when you people started to understand that they became a part of a political kariya that the revolution was orchestrated by the oligarchs and the money was invested in it by link you get those people were friends of you shingo completely ripped off the country. most of the opponents of the orange revolution will world war two veterans kiev victory day may the ninth two thousand and six in a public address president yushchenko praises ukrainian nationalists for their service to the ukrainian people red army veterans were deeply insulted should the soldiers of ukraine insurgent army also fought against the fascist invaders ukrainians have fought in different armies. the presidency was not by

a vigorous campaign to rehabilitate ukrainian nationalist in one of his last decrees he noted what he described as a nationalist leader stepan been there as a service to ukraine. was loaded with what i hear by award the title of hero of ukraine mr bond and there are. the decrees sparked a wave of protest among supporters of the new president of ukraine viktor yushchenko bitch they took over in january twenty ten a local government deputy burned his passport and sevastopol central square to publicly demonstrate against un-band they're being awarded hero of ukraine. for years earlier i don't regret what i did done at all. there was an inspiring response it was a symbolic event i think the fact that i burnt my passport was my contribution to the court decision to review. no matter how tiny the contribution might meet.

the first months a victim and a coach's presidency were not buying 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 ago. there is nothing in the crimea no industry and 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 of. the new era is producing new haven's in ukraine in summer twenty ten said gay should move the coal miner from gone past was awarded the hero of ukraine's gold star for beating a record dating back to the soviet era in one thousand nine hundred five a coal miner calls the final extracted one hundred and two tons of coal in just one shift and twenty ten so they should move as a big step by several times the seven year record using the same type of coal from

a ton of produce before and. i simply wanted to show that there is a new generation of coal miners to want to work they want to mine coal and have a decent life just the way it was in the soviet years. on that occasion a three man team filled one hundred seventy such trolleys with coal after that shift foreman sergei shimmery 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 see a scene. the blue sky the greatest pleasures from miners from well we don't always see the sun it's because we work night shifts to what you know even since to fresh air on the surface is good enough. for most people in the city of jesuits quest's

again lives with his family work in mines all related facilities are 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 a 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 life goes on regardless. i hope there is a long life ahead of me of. life in ukraine is gradually returning to normal populist promises of things of the past ukrainians are becoming aware of the fact that that 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.