Everybody was studying in different ways

In the summer of 2014, when the mine of Ukrainian executioners hit the building of the school №33, I just was in a building next door. Thanks to what I was not only able to see all of it with my own eyes, but even shoot video as the newly renovated roof lights as fire spreads as it covers the top floor. Brand new plastic coating melts and drips to the ground like a toy layout. The whole combustion process took no more than a few minutes. When the fire engines arrived, rescued from destruction it had nothing to correct the situation could only overhaul. The irony: it was put into operation back in 1935 (then female school №21, named after Ordzhonikidze), it stood virtually no damage entire Patriotic War. The Germans occupied the city, using it as a space for exchange of youth sent to Germany, but did not destroy. It was made by “our” – people with the same passports of citizens of Ukraine, as we do, but for some reason decided that they know better what language we speak, what to think, what to want and to love. And when it turned out that the residents of Donetsk do not agree with this approach, in which the only possible “one language and one nation”, they have burned our schools, hospitals and kindergartens. Because, probably, that we backward “Asiatic”, “quilted jackets and Colorado,” and they – representatives of the European people advanced, flexible, and affordable, not what the people of Donbas – “scoops.” I do not need to add that in the morning the Ukrainian media said that “terrorists and separatists” once again fired themselves. And here’s their school is burned by them. What can you do – they are the barbarians. To be honest, I still cannot understand how you can believe such a stupid propaganda. After all, the people of Kiev did not shell themselves. Why do they think that we can do it?

The language of the facts

I think the causes of such actions on the part of our former compatriots (because now we really do not want to have anything to do with Ukraine, and only out of respect for Russia agree on incomprehensible to us “Minsk format”) will help you understand a fresh quote from the “leader of the Ukrainian nation” – Peter Valtsmana-Poroshenko. Recently, he wrote in his “Facebook” (this is the new Ukrainian authorities have a statutory body to communicate with the citizens): “The genius of Ukrainians everywhere, step by step, changed and continues to change the planet – in dozens of countries on every continent, from the microcosm of genetics star tracks to astronautics. The Ukrainians were able to change the world – now they need to change their country.” In fact, came to power by the coup gang is in an active process of transforming the country. The Commissioner for Human Rights of the DPR Daria Morozova voiced data of such active “change the world”: as of January 2015, the shells hit the 209 institutions of education, the total damage from this was about 42,2 million UAH. In particular, they damaged or destroyed 105 schools, 67 kindergartens, 20 teaching and educational complexes, 12 boarding schools, 5 lyceums. Also they suffered 13 vocational schools, 11 higher educational institutions, 16 projects in the sphere of physical culture and sports.
That’s really intense change in the picture of the world, do not say anything! And in fact, these data do not give voice to the damage caused to schools in the LPR. And there the intensity of attacks was higher; particularly Lugansk suffered a lot more than Donetsk.

The task – to destroy

If we are interested in the scheme, in which hostilities are conducted from Kiev, we learn painfully familiar handwriting: mainly Ukrainian artillery strikes occur in infrastructure, schools, hospitals, power distribution and water filtration plant. Several times during the fighting there were disabling filter stations of the Donetsk city Department of water, are subject to constant attacks boilers and other heating elements of the structure. There is a clear fulfillment of the task – the Donbas is to become uninhabitable. Or, at least, it must essentially stop its development. It is clear that the complex task is — passing due to unclear who needs (to us, at least it’s just not needed) war is constantly “distracting” the male population of reproductive age, and those who did not die at the front or become disabled, or mentally challenged people, again incapable of creative work. And it seems – the main thing. By the way, it was since unfolded hostilities in Yugoslavia and wherever a hand in the United States. And even earlier at about the same logic they sold alcohol to the Indians – to vacate the area quickly.

Those who started this war, it is necessary that the residents of public education under the name “Ukraine” have lost the opportunity to live productively, create. And first of all it concerns those areas where “ATO”, like as not. But funerals and coffins comes to them at the first time. Or nothing comes at all, because Poroshenko with his companions say: “there is no loss.” There also returned cripples – mentally and physically. On the same grounds there is the mass closing of the enterprise, there is sold into foreign hands of state-owned assets, businesses and land. It turns out that war, oddly enough, the hardest hits of Ukraine itself. Sooner or later, it will not sustain such a system voltage. And most importantly — whom do they pour their blood for, those who went to fight in here? Who benefits? Hey, you there on the other side, ask yourself these questions. Many gave you a war?

Stop thought

“I think, therefore I exist,” said at the time Descartes. Now, in order to think, need to learn. Therefore, to stop the process of study – it means to stop its own existence. Not immediately, but in the long term. At least, in the Donetsk Basin in order to frustrate the work of the education system from the punitive forces it was done more than enough. Officially, the last school year began on a month later. I think that anyone who has to do with teaching understands that it is of critical importance.

In addition, due to the ongoing shelling a significant part of pupils and students prefer to move to e-learning, that is, of course, may not impact well on the quality of acquired knowledge. On that day, when Donetsk dropped “Point U”, I was just at the university. The blast was so powerful that even strong “Stalinist” wall swayed, as if it led by wave. So the pair soon turned into evacuation. In general, it is difficult to get rid of the feeling that the task – to stop the educational process – was delivered loud and clear. And the attacker performed it. But again, with great harm to themselves.

Official Ukrainian statistics gives us information that the public order in their education system decreased for all indicators (see the article “Higher education for the unemployed: whom Ukraine teaches ” on the resource osvita.ua). The only exceptions are medical and military – these specialists the project “Ukraine” are still needed. Moreover, Sergey Kwit the Minister of Education appointed by the junta, does not hesitate to declare that in the future all universities should be paid. This, they say, the normal practice is for the European countries, and Ukraine, as we know, the most that neither is Europe.

Another was a destructive step in relation to the education of Donbas was creation of “clones” – on the initiative of Kiev universities and research institutes began to translate for “ATO zone.” So there were quite enchanting institutions such as Donetsk National University … in the Vinnitsa. It’s like a citizen Petrov, who being married, lives with citizen Sidorova. Most importantly, it does not bother them, and they say to others: “No, what you need, we have something just do everything right.” And such trick was done with each institution of higher education and of the DPR and the LPR. It is clear that the aim of this action was to split the teaching staff, to complicate the work of our universities and institutes, as defectors usually have time to take important working documents, stealing office equipment, in general – took with them everything that they can take away. However, the fact of the matter is that you cannot pick up the walls. And even more so the spirit cannot be transferred. Ultimately, for us in the Novorossia all this was contrary purification. In fact because, who left? It is made by people who did not love their city. And here they are now sitting in Kiev and Vinnitsa, cursing us, coming malice against primarily to their native land. And that, as history shows, is a thankless task. By the way, about the history – a historical faculty of Donetsk National University under a “Pickup” got 50% of the employees. In principle, it is not surprising – the ideological sector employees went to serve the interests of their masters, as the city in which they did before, this process has become impossible. And they do not want to lose wages. But I want to ask you, fellow historians: how many successful “government in exile” do you remember? After all, in 90% of cases Mazepas and Orlyks became a bargaining chip. And home on a white horse, none of them returned. Why are you so cheaply? And again – for whose benefit?

The orchestra plays to the beat

I would like to finish the material on an optimistic note. Firstly, it’s because the failure of the military aggression of the Ukrainian side is obvious. Much later, we learn, how this effect has been made; now it is a military secret. But strategically we have already won. And woe to the descendants of the ancient Ukrs, which is still hasn’t understood it.

Secondly, due to the preponderance of the military this year in the DPR and the LPR classes began on time. Foster campaign in our institutions of higher education has been “excellent”, and now in the classrooms and campuses there are full of life. Every day in the center of Donetsk, I see those who, like me, did not leave the city. We stayed here to continue to learn and create. We survived. Like this.

Artyom Olhin