Trip Ukrainian

Blogger flackelf from Ukraine visited Belarus. Here are his impressions.

The sense of shock I experienced yesterday Bakhmach station when the train moved out of the Belarusian Minsk - Simferopol, the train conductor who washed the floors, in the Ukrainian regional train, which was a terrible dirt and smelled of unwashed human bodies.
Immediately struck by the thought - well, here I am at home, in Ukraine, the country's speculators, bazaar market women and migrant workers.

Every visit to neighboring Belarus is like a trip to the other, parallel reality. So it was in this time, with a trip to Gomel and Gomel region. It feels as if between us is not 150-200 kilometers, and the same amount of light years, is so striking contrast. But 22 years ago we were very similar and almost the same, both countries were in the western part of the Soviet Union, both came from Russia and became independent in the same year. In the future, our paths diverged radically, Belarus has remained a loyal friend and ally of Russia, Ukraine has chosen the path of betrayal of common history, Russophobia and nationalism. Belarus has retained its economy and prevent its looting, Ukraine has gone way oligarchic capitalism, becoming the essentially deidustrializirovannym state to slowly but surely degrading population.

The first thing that catches your eye resident of Kiev, who had arrived in the Belarusian Gomel, it's Christmas tree decorated with red Soviet star. In Kiev, is simply unthinkable.





Gomel Railway Station Square.



In Belarus, there is a cult of the Soviet Union, while constantly emphasizes the historical continuity of the current Soviet republic of Belarus to BSSR.
Ukraine has, through the words of politicians, from year to year, he says that the entire 300 - year historical period of stay of its lands in the Russian state, and this is the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, is the foreign occupation, and the modern Ukraine is the successor Petliurist UPR, which existed in the history of just a year.
The ultra-modern station Zhlobin and a statue of Lenin. Unusual thing for a resident of the modern Ukraine.



The central street is called Gomel - Soviet.



The streets of modern Kiev and Lvov are named after Ukrainian nationalists and other enemies of Russia. The main criterion for this is the struggle of these heroes from Russia, no matter what the liberal Soviet or Yeltsin.





But what happened to the Lenin monument in the Ukrainian capital - Kiev. The Vandals, who call themselves "European nation" is simply dumped him and crushed into small pieces



Here's what a Belarusian province. This town called Zhlobin Gomel region to Minsk from here at least 200 kilometers.





Ukrainian province. City Krolevets in Sumy region.



The station Olevsk (Ukraine, Zhytomyr region).



Electronic display and everything else at the station Zhlobin. (Gomel, Belarus).



The overwhelming majority of Belarusians has a much cleaner and European Slavic appearance, compared with residents of the neighborhood. But while Belarus nowhere and no one discusses the so-called "European integration." And in Belarus is very beautiful women.



In Ukraine the same in order to prove to ourselves and the world that Ukrainians are residents of Europe, arrange meetings and permanent seats on the squares.



Aggressive Ukrainian nationalism captured the minds of a significant part of Ukrainian society. Thus the main ideological platform of Ukrainian nationalism is raging hatred for neighboring Russia or banal Russophobia, bringing to us from Europe. Russophobia and nationalism have become in Ukraine is essentially the main state ideology, Marxism-Leninism in the USSR, and for all presidents from Kravchuk to Yanukovych.
About the Belarusian nationalism, we hear almost nothing, and the people who profess this ideology in the country are wretched outcasts.

The Belarusian hymn of the first line is: "We are Belarusians are peaceful people." Anthem Belarus filled with optimism and positive, in contrast to the Ukrainian, the text of which comes through pessimism, depression, hatred of the enemies of the mythic and territorial claims against its neighbors (the kind to Don hsiang).



But since Belarus popularize the Belarusian language, and the process has nothing to do with Russophobia and hatred of the neighboring states. At the same time the status of Russian as the second state no one questions, and this is supported by the overwhelming majority of society.

In Russian:
"My first words in their native language - love»



In Ukraine, the topic of the state language, and the maximum zaidelogizirovana politicization, thus promoting it for use aggressive techniques that are not compatible with civilized norms.
In Russian:
"Janissaries learn our native Ukrainian language, or get away»



In the ordinary Belarusian store.

The Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation is a single union state. Between them, in fact there is no state border and unified legislation. Belarus and Russia are also military allies, and in the Belarusian society on this occasion there is a practical full consensus.



Ukrainian nationalists also all 20 years climbs with permanent rallies, where they constantly condemn Russia in various sins and curse
The Russian government, in all its historical forms. At the same time real and not contrived Russia's participation in Ukrainian domestic politics is minimal, which is not true of Western countries.



Ukrainian nationalists trample the flag of Russia on the streets of Kiev.
In Ukraine, even the lowest public loyalty to the neighboring Russian Federation, a large part of society is regarded as a betrayal of the interests of Ukraine, and these people immediately recorded in some kind of "fifth column of Moscow».



Public transportation in Gomel (Belarus)



And this is a typical stop in Kiev.



Stop the diesel train in the Gomel region (Belarus).



Stop the diesel train in the Zhytomyr region (Ukraine).



Grounds maintenance at the station Zhlobin (Belarus). Well, she's still looking, in fact, and so clean.



Gone are all the station and have collected just pathetic polkulka debris.



At the station Kiev-Passenger under a pedestrian bridge in the Northern platforms.



Bench in Kiev.



Benches Gomel.



The bus station in the town of Zhlobin (Belarus).



The bus station in the town Hristinovka (Ukraine).



Parade in a typical five-storey building in Gomel.





Typical front door in a typical five-story building in Kiev, by the way, after the recent redecoration.
I was not looking specifically for the subjects of the photos. Fotkal that simply lies on the surface.



The streets of our cities (Ukraine).



A special stand for your town Zhlobin (Belarus, Gomel.)



And pasting ads in Ukraine. But our permanent election and Maidan no thumbs will not be enough.



In Belarus, you will not find people who consume alcohol on the street. Deepest gateway with the street will not be considered.
Here in this tent at Railway Square Gomel sells alcohol on tap, but just try to get out of it with a bottle in his hand.



Store of live beer in Gomel, equipped with tables for drinking beer.



And the beer consumed in Ukraine.



Or like this.
The peasants on the uptake of three, in broad daylight, in the middle of Station Square in Darnitsa.



The diesel train Gomel node. Himself diesel train is released in the USSR in the 80s of the last century.



And here is a typical train at the Kiev railway node. By the way this electric train only 11 years old.
At the same time write off a higher fare in Belarus, as it can be done with Russia, it does not, she's exactly the same as Ukrainian, even if not lower



A small detail. Even on the streets with the slight movement and Belarussians are patiently waiting when the green light. We, the citizens of Ukraine do not understand.

I tried not to give personal assessments, just show various examples of the gulf that lie between our two countries.



Source: flackelf.livejournal.com