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2 | guest

This year in summer, famous actress Ada Rogovtseva is turning 77. This talented actress and just awesome woman experienced a lot of happy moments as well as difficulties in her long life. Her brilliant acting career was intertwined with her own life storylines, among which there were a lot of tragic ones. Just after the death of Ada Rogovtseva’s husband, the famous actor Kostyantyn Stepankov, who passed away in 2004, her fate prepared for her another terrible challenge: her son Kostyantyn died in 2012… Ada Mykolayivna is a really brave woman. She speaks surprisingly openly about how she lived through those losses. Her story, full of life wisdom and unique philosophy, can be an example for everyone of how not to give up, not to lose one’s footing, and how to find courage to move on after hardships…

Ada Rogovtseva:

«Creative People Stay Children for the Rest of Their Lives» – Ada Mykolayivna, people say “My years are my treasure…”

– For any person with my profession, for an actress I mean, the years are their enemies. A lot of roles you could perform just fall away. And the roles offered to you are not as interesting as before.

These are usually supporting roles. My late husband Kostyantyn Petrovych Stepankov just hated aging.

When God gives you a long life, this, on the one hand, is good: you live long and can experience a lot.

However, on the other hand, age means getting old, it’s the period when a person’s soul is dying away.

The nearest people are passing away… Therefore, old age is a challenge.

– What is your attitude toward old age? Is it the same as your late husband’s?

– (She recites a poem. – Editor) “I didn’t hurry my life, I held it as I could / And I have never had enough time, though I was saving every minute / I didn’t even notice when the children grew up / And I am grayhaired now. What a wonder / I don’t remember my young years. / Old age, old age… What news.” Old age comes as news. It irritates me. Because my eyes lose the ability to see well, my teeth to bite, and my waist isn’t the same as in youth. And when you want to run, your legs just can’t do this… First, you don’t understand why it is so…

It’s harder and harder to work every year. However, only interest keeps me going. It’s very interesting how life goes on. It’s interesting to observe how a day changes a night, one season changes another one. I’m interested in people, surrounding me. I have valued time since childhood. One more thing that keeps me up in this world is love for everything surrounding me: for people, for every animal and plant.

– It seems to me that actresses only get more beautiful with age…

– It depends… It’s very easy to become a witch late in life. And it’s necessary to have talent to remain the person who you are. It’s also important to be able to live for the day, and not in the past. The present day is the most important.

– You’ve mentioned many times that writing helped you to live through your husband’s death: you didn’t retreat from the world, but started writing My Kostya - a book dedicated to him, a book about him. You told all the world about your happiness and sorrows…

– This book is the story of our love, our relationship.

It’s a very intimate book. I started writing it right after

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Kostya Petrovych’s death, I missed him so much… and instead of crying and screaming, I just wrote a book. The words just appeared on the paper. My daughter Katya helped me. Our diaries came in handy, the ones we started to write after we heard the news that Kostya Petrovych’s days were numbered.

Almost every day we noted in them what was going on with him and what we felt. We picked photos. His pictures and portraits are hanging all over our apartment in Kyiv and in our village cottage. He is everywhere. I wrote the story of our love and collected the memories of Kostya Petrovych’s friends.

– In the book My Kostya you decided to write about infidelity…

– The book wouldn’t be complete without it. Even if there was something strange in the 46 years that we were together… It seemed to me that if I wrote about that pseudo infidelity, about what affected me so much, and described how I managed to cope with it, this story would be helpful for other people in similar situations, since there’s no need to hang oneself or slit one’s wrists... After that situation we lived together almost 30 years.

After that Kateryna was born.

– How did two such creative personalities live under one roof? Each of you had your own creative ambitions and oddities…

– Kost Petrovych was my teacher. I was taking his class. That is how our relationship began. In our family life we made concessions.

It was necessary to maintain a house, help and understand each other. People complain that it is hard to live without mutual understanding. Kost Petrovych said: it’s harder to live when you understand a person completely.

– In the book you also mentioned Kostyantyn Petrovych’s alcohol abuse. Why do creative people become addicted to it so easily?

– That way they escape from reality.

Creative people stay children for the rest of their lives. Other professions may have a routine, discipline, etc., buy it is impossible to schedule an actor’s life. Everyone has their own life schedule.

– You had barely lived through the death of your husband when fate prepared another tragic challenge: in 2012, your 50-year-old son Kostyantyn passed away… And you again wrote a book…

– Yes. When my son Kostyk was gone, I wrote the book The Life Certificate. Again, I didn’t know what to do and how to live then… But writing brought me back to life. Having written The Life Certificate, I taught myself to say aloud the sentence “My son died.” And I taught myself to live with this thought. There’s no point in escaping people and keeping grief to yourself. It is necessary to socialize, to communicate with people. Why do people go to church? Because while praying, they unload their grief and frustration…

can do nothing without it. Praying for me is like breathing.

– When your son Kostyantyn died, you told that you died too… However, you managed to find courage and recover.

– Because I still have a daughter and three grandchildren. God wouldn’t forgive me if I didn’t find courage to live for them.

– How old are your grandchildren?

– Prayer helped you to accept the fact of your husband and son’s deaths

– Soon, Dasha, the daughter of my Kostyk, will be 14. Kateryna’s children: Oleksiy is 23 years old and the youngest Matviy is 3. All they are so different…

And everyone is like a treasure! It seems that my heart beats and my blood runs in their bodies. My love for them is overwhelming. I cherish them and not just help bring them up.

– I pray all the time. I prayed in the Soviet times too, especially every time before taking the stage. I

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4 | interview

The 1994 World Cup football match between the national teams of Cameroon and Russia set a new world record. Oleg Salenko scored five goals against the rival team during the 59 minutes of the game.

At that time, the results of the Russian team was almost a repeat performance of the USSR national team game in the World Championship in Italy. In the first two matches, the Soviet Union was also losing by two goals but, in the final match, it was victorious over Cameroon – 4:0. In the USA, the Russians managed to win with the score 6:0. However, both teams dropped out of the group and left the World Championship. The only consolation for the Russian national team’s fans was that their hero Salenko got the Golden Boot Award as the top goal scorer of the 1994 World Cup. Besides the fantastic result in the World Championship, Oleg Salenko is the only one who managed to score a hat trick in the final of the USSR Cup and also the youngest player to score a goal in the Soviet Championship. His name has been literally inscribed into football history forever. Today Oleg Salenko is the Bulba News’ guest.

OLEG Salenko:

«The Manchester United Coach Pours Beer for His Football Players from behind the Bar» – Oleg, during your life you spoke to many journalists and gave numerous interviews. Did you notice a change of interest in you after the end of your career as a football player? What is the most frequent question you are asked?

– I am often asked about the 1994 World Cup match in the USA between Russia and Cameroon. Most of all everyone is interested whether this match was fixed or not. Honestly speaking, I’m quite tired of answering this question. But, perhaps, no interview has passed without it.

– Is there any question that irritates you?

– It happens that in a particular situation every question irritates me. But there is nothing that irritates me all the time. Sometimes I don’t like it when I’m asked about my personal life – I think this is between me and my family.

Sometimes people ask me my opinion about the political situation. Then I answer: Let’s talk about life and sports, because politics is something else entirely. I am not pretending to be a statesman. These are different things.

– So was the match against Cameroon fixed?

– (He laughs) One still can’t believe that there was no deal. At that time the Cameroonian national team was rather strong. All the more, some players, who also took part in that match, added fuel to the fire. For example, Serhiy

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In the twilight of his career, famous Soviet football player Aleksandr Zavarov played for the French club Nancy. When he was on the team, he received the nickname “blette” (French for “beetroot”), since Zavarov would often say this Russian swear word after his or his teammates’ mistakes on the football field

Yuran even now doesn’t miss the opportunity to say that the game’s destiny was determined outside the football field. This football player was suspended from the team, and because of that he took offence. Serhiy said this in a fit of anger, and then had to continue saying so.

Also there are people who didn’t play in that match, but say that it was fixed. Indeed, that match against Cameroon was the only chance for us to continue competing in the World Championship. If our goal was just to win, everyone would have stopped at the score 2:0 or 3:0. Under such circumstances, we, for sure, wouldn’t have scored six goals. But we needed to win with a high score. That’s why we played to the very end. There was a time when both teams were playing open football. I watched the video recording of that match several times and noticed that the rival team also could have scored many goals. Probably, fortune was on our side.

– Besides the match with Cameroon, what game evokes a lot of emotions?

– Matches in which I scored and in when in the final the team fought for an honorary trophy. For example, the final match in the 1990 USSR Cup Tournament. At that time we beat Lokomotyv 6:1, and I distinguished myself with three goals. All my life I will remember the final of the 1988 Youth European Championship in the Czech Republic. In overtime, we managed to beat the Portuguese with the score 3:1. These are the matches that

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evoke positive emotions. I have negative emotions associated with the match of the World Championship among juniors against the Nigerian national team. We were winning 4:0, but then the rival team managed to even out the score and at the end we lost at the penalty kick. At that time, I understood that you can’t relax under any circumstances.

– Oleg, rather often you become caught up in some scandals.

Could it be because you are a quarrelsome person?

– It’s because I have am a strong leader and I’m used to holding key positions in the team. Evidently, because of my wish to be a leader some people didn’t like me. It is common in a team where there are lots of strong people. It happened that I showed my character. Conflicts, of course, were inevitable.

I don’t regret my actions. I wouldn’t have achieved anything without them.

When I played for Valencia, only my poor language skills prevented me from being an absolute team leader. In general, if you play well, in the West, you are forgiven for a lot of things you do outside the field. In our country, everyone needs to be reformed. That’s why it’s difficult for our coaches to work abroad. Even Valeriy Lobanovskyi, when he went to the Emirates, remained a leader, but never naturalized himself there. This is simply because of the fact that he used to talk with the players and devoted lots of time to psychological issues.

– Did your character cause difficulties in your life?

– Yes, more than once my character has gotten me in trouble.

In the former Soviet Union, this happened at every turn. It’s much easier abroad. I wanted to come back and play for some time at home, but all the coaches were afraid of me. They didn’t want to have such a leader. No one understood that I graduated from a foreign school. And abroad the rule of thumb is: you have to play, you’re paid for this, and all the rest doesn’t matter.

Unfortunately, our mentality hasn’t changed yet.

– And when did you get punished for daring to drink alcohol?

and in 1990, he expelled me from the youth national team. Once, I went to the training center, to the sauna, and drank two bottles of beer together with other players. In two hours, all the team was gathered and I was expelled from the youth team. The coach training us at that time said that he understood everything, but the instruction was given from above, from Byshovets. So Byshovets expelled me from the national team because of two bottles of beer, but those who were drinking with me were left on the team.

Abroad, the attitude toward this is completely different. There, after a match, you can easily drink wine or beer together with the coach. In Spain, the club’s president gave me expensive bottles of wine as a present.

As Andriy Kanchelskis says, in Manchester United, if the team gets on a losing streak, the coach immediately takes them out of the city for two days, where he pours beer for his players from behind the bar. It’s done for the team to recharge their batteries. It’s accepted in the world. We have a different attitude toward this. Our football players locked themselves in their rooms and drank alcohol.

– In the beginning of the 90s, the article “Beer for a Spurt,” submitted by Byshovets, was published in The Soviet Sports. In 1994, the Russian national team almost fell apart because of him,

– Do you know any cases when alcoholic drinks prevented someone from becoming a successful football player?

– In Glasgow’s Rangers you played with Paul Gascoigne, who besides the fame of a talented football player, was distinguished by his drinking habit. You once said that if he played in Ukraine, because of his drinking, he would be no more than a mediocrity.

Is it really true that so many of our football players drink alcohol?

– Gascoigne is one of those who drank and didn’t hide it.

Others drink at home, and that’s why no one could see this. He liked to drink and then make a scene. It created a particular image for the football player that was perceived there quite normally.

Gascoigne would get drunk, crash somebody’s car, hit his wife, and in the morning the newspapers would write about this on the first page. And if three days later he scored two goals, then even more fuss was raised. People were astonished: “He drank and scored two goals!” But as soon as he started to play worse, everyone immediately recalled his alcohol addiction. Once, I was also advised to go home, close the door behind me, and only then enjoy my drink. But I’m not an alcoholic and don’t need to hide. My friends and I partied – we drank a little, had some fun…

What’s wrong with that?

Lev Yashin was known not only as a football goalkeeper, but also as a hockey goalkeeper. In 1993, he was a winner of the USSR Hockey Cup and a bronze medalist of the USSR Championship. Yashin was offered to play in the national hockey team in the World Championship, but he decided to focus on football.

– No, I don’t. Those who couldn’t show themselves finished their career sooner. And others played, despite the fact that they also drank beer and wine. Moreover, some football players smoke. When I played for Zenit, and later on for the Kyiv Dynamo, most of the football players smoked. It prevented some people from succeeding, but didn’t prevent others. I’ve never smoked. I always wondered how a person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day could have enough endurance to play.

In Italy, football players aren’t forbidden to smoke and, in Scotland, they are allowed to drink only beer.

– And the last question. You were most successful playing for which club?

– Probably, I was the most successful when I was playing in the Spanish Championship.

After one year playing for Logrones I broke many records. The team was named after me. I scored 16 goals and was the 6th top goal scorer in the Spanish Championship. I was also very successful when I played for Valencia and the Glasgow Rangers. Even now the presidents of these clubs welcome me when I visit them.

There, if a player did a lot for the team, he is always welcome.

On May 17, 2010, in Spain, an unusual charity football match took place – Bilbao’s club Athletic played against 200 children at once. Although the children chose the 6680-51 tactics with three goalkeepers, they still lost with the score 3:5.

6 | travelling

elBa: the lAnd of nAPoleon

And yURi BAshMet’s festivAl Our ferry boldly breaks the sea surface. The end of March is delightful with its warm weather. Under the Tuscan sun (the book by American writer Frances Mayes and the movie of the same name have nothing to do with it) we follow our Mediterranean route to the island of Elba. The journey is short: one hour by sea and we reach the shore of the third – after Sardinia and Sicily – largest island of Italy. This fact primarily inspired me to follow my husband to the Italian Rally Championship in Portoferraio, the biggest city on the island of Elba. And only after my beloved motor racer made a passing mention of The Napoleon Festival on Elba did something click in my mind.

Of course, it was the same “solitary island” poetically described by Mikhail Lermontov in the poem “Napoleon.”

And the “gloomy Elba” from “Napoleon on Elba Island” described by Alexander Pushkin. Our journey to the island differs from Napoleon’s. That’s why I hope to see a beautiful Elba, but not a cloudy and gloomy one.

seagull posing at bonaparte’s door Right after parking on a quay of Portoferraio, I set off on my first walk around the city streets. It didn’t take me long to find a reference to Napoleon. First of all, we notice a huge billboard “1814/2014 Napoleone Imperatore All’Isola D’Elba” on the defensive wall around the historic part of Portoferraio. Then, on the list of events: exhibitions, music, theater, cinema, etc. We are in town for the rally racing event dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the world conqueror’s exile to Elba Island and the evening concert. By the way – little spoiler – the organizers presented the Cups to the Rally winners dressed in the military uniform of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard. And the concert was just a good rock concert on the historic Cavour Square to celebrate the winners.

It took me just one day – Saturday – to explore the biggest city of the

island. I passed through the historic Fort Stella every time when I needed something from the hotel where we were staying. On a Saturday morning (we arrived to the island on Friday afternoon) in Portoferraio the motorally started and continued on the forest roads invisible for the fans. Therefore, I prepared my own entertainment program. Accompanied by the warm spring sun I set off for Fort Linguella, which is situated along the shore with the round Mortello Tower surrounded by the sea. In the past centuries, the Tower served as a correction facility for prisoners, as it did all other similar towers in other Italian cities. As I get closer, the Tower gradually grows in size as does its mysteriousness. I now reach Fort Linguella. From up there I can have wonderful views and I don’t hurry to enter the Fort. I look at a seagull, motionless on the concrete beach. I come closer and the bird of prey turns back and retreats to a safe distance dragging its broken wing behind.

Here, alone with this bird, none of us carries a threat to the other: there are no nests with nestlings whose peace I could disturb and so anger the seagull. The bird also doesn’t have any reason to be afraid of me: I come as close as the injured bird allows me to approach with a camera and, consoling

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her with a quiet voice, I take a few photos of my model. And only after that do I move toward the entrance of the Fort. I walk behind the fence and to my great disappointment the Archeological Museum located here is closed.

Of course, how could I have forgotten: the tourist season in Italy begins in the middle of April and continues up to the middle of October. Only in this period all historic buildings and museums located there are open for visitors.

This means that I won’t visit Napoleon’s Residence (his Winter Palace in Portoferraio) either. There is nothing I can do about it; I’m satisfied with the fact that I for the second time walk where Napoleon used to walk. And this time I am closer to the Emperor – almost at Bonaparte’s place, in front of the closed door. (The first “Bonaparte’s place” I visited was Palazzo Borromeo on the island of Isola Bella in the Northern Italy, where Bonaparte together with Josephine came on invitation). The Fort was his home for less than a year, after a devastating defeat at Leipzig. His exile. But he was a legal owner of the island of Elba. Nevertheless, he felt very bored here. He wasn’t satisfied with watching breaking waves and the seascape. His ambition was to put the entire Europe into his pocket, big cities and countries. By today’s standards Elba was like a nickel for him. Nothing special. The seascape didn’t capture Napoleon’s imagination, since he was from the island of Corsica. He got an eyeful.

Well, I would be content with it being in his shoes. I sit down on a rock almost next to the Tower, listen to a rush of breaking waves, cries of seagulls flying in the air, watch the big and small sea boats that cut the waves and smell the salty fragrance of the sea. A few steps away from me a man and a woman enjoy the view, quietly speaking in English between themselves.

They look very peaceful. Elba can be dazzling.

in particular Portoferraio, from the top of the hill. This is the only thing available for us this month – that and of course the emperor’s portrait on one of the buildings located on the way to the hilltop.

By the way, the Mulini Palace was built on the place of ancient wind mills.

That’s why it acquired such a name: “mulino” means “wind mill.” According to some sources, Napoleon actively took part in designing and building the Palace and the garden. The landscapes of Portoferraio that Napoleon saw from the top of the hill could and can be seen by the seagulls every minute.

In general, it is a small and rather quiet costal city with multicolored sailing ships in the harbor, four-storey buildings, stores, cafes, restaurants, and even the bar with an intriguing name: The Moscow Mule.

On Elba, in addition to the mentioned Napoleon’s Mulini Palace, currently working as a museum, the villa-museum San Martino survived as a reminder about the emperor’s stay on the island. But it is located 5 kilometers away from Portoferraio and it is meaningless to go there without any chance to enter the territory.

From the historic hill we go down to the historic center. Martine and her four-paw friend are nice company to walk with on the narrow and calm streets of Portoferraio. We find stairs that are vaguely reminiscent of those in Rome on Piazza di Spagna. For Martine and her husband David, who reside in Valtellina, a cold mountain Italian region, where the snow lies for nine months in a year, the weekend on Elba is a pleasant trip from winter to summer.

the mulini palace and the moscow mule bar – the history and modernity of portoferraio

Sunday is the second and the last day of the rally. The competition is relocated to a suburb 20 km away from Portoferraio. The female part of the motocamp moves there too. We park in the countryside in a field, where our racers will finish at lunchtime. There are a couple of hours before afternoon, so I have time to explore the surrounding area. I take the road, turn right, and move where my intuition suggests I can find more beautiful landscapes.

The sea is for sure nearby. After forty minutes of strolling, passing by homes and hotels for guests that are empty in this month, I come to the end of my journey. From the asphalted roadway I turn down to a concrete walkway and behind a fence I see a sandy beach, palm trees, and the sea. I sit down on a bench on the beach. The sun, the tranquility of a small seaside town, whose name I failed to remember, and the pastel blue sea extending before my eyes.

Life here many not be as dynamic as in Portoferraio, but the sea is closer and more accessible.

In general the island of Elba is now on the list of places I want to visit again. At least in my memories and dreams. Oh, and I totally understand the worldwide famous violist Yuri Bashmet who has been organizing the international music fest Elba the Musical Island of Europe Festival for sixteen years. When you add music to the rush of breaking waves and tender sea wind, one senses beging to vibrate with emotional tones.

At lunchtime I return to where our minivan is parked. I pass by fishers who sell fresh fish right from cargo ships. I meet a French woman Martine who came here with her Italian husband to see the rally. She and her dog accompany me for the next tour of the city. We take the road leading to the hilltop to get to Fort Falcone: the fortress walls were erected in the sixteenth century by the famous Medici family to defend the city from enemies’ attacks. And not far from this place stands the Mulini Palace, Napoleon’s residence. By the way, not only Fort Falcone, but also Fort Stella as well as Fort Linguella, which I visited in the morning, are constructions that formed a powerful defense system in the past and were built by an order of Cosimo I de’Medici. Because of the low season, we fail to enter these historic buildings as well as their territories. Nevertheless, we go the same way as Bonaparte did two hundred years ago. I want to see Elba very much,

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Text and photo by olesya olENDiY

8 | cuisine

July 1

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International Sports Journalists Day

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Day of Traffic Police (Day of State Road Safety Inspectorate at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation)

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Day of Nature Reserve Workers

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International Chocolate Day

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Steel Worker’s Day International Chess Day

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July 26

Paratrooper’s Day

July 28

PR-Specialist’s Day Day of Christianization of the Kyivan Rus’

July 30

International Day of Friendship

Constant fatigue, vitamin deficiency, excess weight, and the absence of appetite in hot weather when it seems that you can’t ingest even the smallest piece of food? If these symptoms sound familiar, don’t despair. You need just to change your diet a little bit. Cut back on heavy and greasy food and add more fresh vegetables to your diet. Believe us, after a long winter and spring your body has missed them. And now’s the right time to make up for it. In this case, salads will come to the rescue. Although they are considered to be a starter, in summertime they can also serve as a garnish or as a main course. They are easily digested, full of healthy nutrients, and they clear the body from chemical toxins. They also give us a feeling of easiness and cheerfulness..

Before you start preparing your summer menu, remember that it’s best of all to dress salads with corn, sunflower, or olive oil, and forget about mayonnaise. It’s also very good to add some flax seeds to a salad. It’s a good source of Omega-3 vitamin complex, which is essential for the

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cardiovascular system and cerebral vessels. It’s also not advisable to keep the salad in the fridge for a long time. It’s better to serve it immediately after preparation.

For sure, summertime is the time of experiments. You don’t have to stick exactly to a recipe – you can add some creative touches to the cooking: add your favorite spices, and most importantly rich and tasty cheeses. By the way, for this you don’t need to buy expensive foreign products. The most suitable cheese for a salad is bryndza – a special sort of sheep milk cheese popular in Russia and Ukraine.

It contains vitamins А, В, С, Е and vitamin B complex, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, and also a lot of easily digested protein. Unlike hard cheeses, bryndza contains very little fat, which undoubtedly is its additional benefit, especially if it’s needed to keep your figure or lose excess weight. The protein contained in bryndza is a good alternative to the one contained in meat. In such a way, this product is also useful for those who refuse to eat meat for some reason.

If you don’t have time or don’t wish to putter about in the kitchen, we invite you to visit the Korchma Taras Bulba restaurants. Here, you will be able to choose from dozens of salads – from classical ones known to everyone to absolutely exclusive dishes.

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CHILI PEPPER christopher columbus named chili pepper after the pepper he had hoped to find in southern india. members of his expedition described this plant as the following: “it grows on the espa�ola island, and the locals call it ‘aKsi.’” in the aZtec language, the prefix “chili” means “red.” both the famous traveler and the aboriginals saw the true value of the plant.

Chili pepper is for sure the hottest spice you’ve ever tasted. Not everyone would risk using this deep red powder in cooking, and it’s their loss. Eaten in reasonable quantity, pepper produces a strengthening effect, improves digestion, and increases appetite. Chili pepper (or as it is also called “cayenne pepper”) really treats the body. A small red pepper is a fount of vitamins В2, В6, Р, and Е. It has the same amount of vitamin A as carrots and contains twice as much vitamin C as lemon. It’s rich in potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and iron.

According to specialists, the consumption of chili reduces the risk of cancer of the digestive system’s organs and skin. It is also recommended by WHO for its health properties and for increasing longevity. Furthermore, American scientists discovered an amazing property of chili pepper – normalizing sleep and treating insomnia.

The classical light-golden hue, a sweet and sour taste, lemon flavor, and so many bubbles that always rushed up your nose. Just close your eyes and you will recall one of the most popular sparkling drinks in the USSR: Buratino lemonade. The “soda water,” as kids called it, was sold in half-liter bottles made of dark green or yellow glass and was an indispensable drink at weddings, birthdays, or other parties.

The non-alcoholic drink looked like beer: the same bottle, same metal cap, and same volume. Moreover, very often it was bottled at the same plant as beer. The drinks were distinguished only by the label which depicted the fairy tale character Buratino (a Soviet equivalent of Pinocchio).

This fizzy drink was sold at all stores and cafes. It cost ten kopecks excluding the cost of the bottle. With it the price was 22 kopecks, although it was always possible to return the empty bottles to the store and get your money back.

Unlike a lot of other products, the lemonade wasn’t in short supply and was produced in all the Soviet Republics using the same recipe. We don’t know the drink’s exact ingredients because they were kept secret. But we do know that there were no artificial coloring agents and flavors, and that the shelf life of the lemonade didn’t exceed seven days! The producers let a light sediment gather on the bottom of a bottle. Of course, parents gladly bought this drink for their children. And they could drink it as much as their hearts desired. A bun and a bottle of Buratino lemonade were regularly consumed by students for lunch.

In the 1990s, after the dissolution of the USSR, lemonade with the same name appeared in stores again.

However, it was produced in plastic bottles. The producers changed not only the shape, but the ingredients too.

The drink started to contain preserving agents, coloring agents, and other additives. Therefore, the shelf life of the lemonade was increased from seven days to an indefinite time. As a result, Buratino lemonade was called “a drink produced of a natural extract taken from little wooden men.” Of course, as a result of all these changes the drink was not considered healthy for children anymore. Now nobody buys it for their children.

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СЕЛО ДЕМНЯ: ТІ, ЩО ОЖИВЛЯЮТЬ КАМІННЯ Унікальне село Демня на Західній Україні існує вже сотні років. Такого населеного пункту не знайдеш більше ніде у світі. У ньому живуть десятки майстрів, які заробляють собі на прожиття обробкою каменю. З нього самоуки виготовляють раритетні скульптури, відомі по всій Україні. Причому, роблять їх «на око», без будь-яких попередніх креслень чи гіпсових форм. Прийшло натхнення, беруть у руки молоток з долотом – і гайда за роботу. Свій фах умільці передають від батька до сина, тож там уже сформувалися цілі династії майстрів. Таке ексклюзивне захоплення має своє пояснення: Демня розташувалася поблизу багатих родовищ вапняку. Близькість покладів каменю і визначила заняття мешканців.

Ми приїжджаємо до Демні із самого ранку. Перше, що впадає у вічі — це величезний білий кар’єр, де метушиться кілька робітників. Століттями люди добувають у ньому каміння,

але запаси вапняку практично не вичерпуються. Місцеві жартують, що вистачить на хліб і воду не тільки їм та їхнім дітям, але і далеким нащадкам. Мовляв, головне, щоб знайшлися охочі працю-

вати, бо з кожним роком це ремесло відмирає. Старі обробляти тверду породу уже не можуть, а молодші не хочуть, бо шукають для себе більш привабливого і легкого заробітку.

TO THE PLEASURE OF ALL CYCLISTS! ALL RESTAURANTS OF THE CHAIN ‘KORCHMA TARAS BULBA’ ARE EQUIPPED WITH BICYCLE PARKING FACILITIES!

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Вузькими вуличками, оминаючи мілкий потічок, ми прямуємо до одного з най­шано­ ваніших майстрів. Це Степан Янів, якого давно знають по всій країні. Чоловік робить не тільки скульптури, але й цілі пам’ятники. Народного умільця застаємо саме у майстерні. З-під його рук на світ народжується черговий шедевр. Це Матір Божа із дитиною. Постаті, підставка для них, філігранно оповита виноградом колона — усе зроблено з суцільної кам’яної брили. Як це вдається майстрові, нам не вкладається у голові. Чоловік сміється і каже, що це одна з найпростіших робіт, а бувають і значно складніші.

– Будете мене фотографувати? То почекайте, нехай я одягну на голову бриль, щоб бути колоритнішим. Тільки дивіться, бо він має зверху великі дірки, щоб не було видно, бо потім будуть люди сміятися. Я у цій майстерні кожного дня працюю. Так звик, що без каменя не можу і дня прожити. Останнім часом створюю не надто великі скульптури, але були і гігантські. Найбільша, яку виготовив, важила щонайменше 50 тонн. Це пам’ятник князю Святославу. Щоб зробити його, мусів наймати помічників. Блоки були такими величезними і важкими, що сам ради точно б не дав. Працював над ним чотири місяці, але результат вражає. Той пам’ятник, то моя найбільша гордість… Майстер зізнається, що він самоук і жодних спеціальних навчальних закладів не закінчував. Таким заняттям зацікавився зовсім випадково. Одружився з дівчиною, у якої цим займалася сім’я. Родина і привчила юнака до складного ремесла. У результаті цій справі віддав тридцять п’ять років свого життя. Каже, що хоч воно і пробігло ніби одна мить, але встиг зробити десятки скульптур. Тепер вони розкидані по багатьох селах та містечках і нагадуватимуть про свого творця ще багато часу.

– Я даю їм гарантію щонайменше сто років, — розповідає Степан Янів. — Це ж камінь, дуже стійка порода. Колись, недалеко від нашого села, знайшов старовинну скульптуру Іоана Хрестителя, то вона була датована 1806 роком, але таке враження, ніби зроблена вчора. Хіба що трохи потемніла від часу, бо ж стоїть під відкритим небом. Я хочу, щоб різьбу по каменю переймала і молодь, тому всіляко популяризую цей промисел. У нашому селі є кар’єр і це дуже хороша перспектива. Не треба їхати шукати хліба у чужі світи… Зрозумійте, що справа навіть не в грошах, а у престижі. Ти ж бо робиш щось таке, що мало кому до снаги повторити. У мене є зять, то я спеціально притримую його біля себе, щоб мати кому передати свій фах… «Умільців стає все менше», — додає ще один мешканець Демні Ярослав Верещинський.

Чоловікові можна повірити, адже йому уже 77 років, тож встиг побачити чимало, а відповідно порівняти має з чим. Я, — розповідає він, — ніколи у житті не працював за ескізом, а одразу брався за камінь. Якщо перед тим робити гіпсову модель, то це займає дуже багато часу, таке заняття досить

марудне, бо спершу треба виліплювати фігуру з глини, потім переносити на каркас у гіпс, а вже потім втілювати у камені. По традиції, як мене вчили предки, роблю одразу. Скажу вам відверто, що перша робота завжди виходить доброю, друга — ні, третя — як і перша, уже до-

бра. Головне виховати у собі любов до каменю. Ти живеш з ним, думаєш про нього, засинаєш з ним. Усе наше село з того і живе, то наш перший і другий хліб. Скільки скульптур зробив за життя не знаю. Порахувати важко. Підіть, подивіться на цвинтар, вони практично усі там… Про специфіку Демні місцеве кладовище справді розповість якнайбільше. Це такий собі некрополь в мініатюрі, музей кам’яних скульптур під відкритим небом. Там ви не знайдете жодного стандартного надгробку, бо кожна робота ексклюзивна і є справжнім витвором мистецтва. Не дивно, адже місце останнього спочинку своїх родичів, друзів та сусідів майстри намагалися увіковічнити якнайкращою скульптурою. Так, щоб не було соромно перед нащадками. Умільці навіть розповідають про цікаву традицію, яка зародилася між ними. Раз на рік йдуть на кладовище, щоб показати свої твори і подивитися на роботи колег. Кам’яні скульптури, розташовані там, потемніли від часу і негоди. Розумієш, що у цьому місці вони доречні як ніде більше. Прийде час і вони точно стануть об’єктом дослідження для мистецтвознавців. Текст: Степан Грицюк Фото: Юрій Гелитович

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we turned one!

The US Korchma Celebrated Its Birthday

the new york city’s Korchma taras Bulba celebrated its one year anniversary. Any passerby could tell from the restaurant’s exterior that it was a special day. every vacant space in Korchma was decorated with balloons. the hostesses invited everyone to be part of the celebration, and а band played Ukrainian songs. our guests had a very good time and everyone received a complimentary gift from the restaurant. it was a blast! to prove it, here are some statistics on our achievements: in the last year, we welcomed 28,178 patrons, and we sold 3,118 servings of borscht and 5,100 pyroshky. the amount of delicious fruit liqueurs and moonshine vodka consumed by our guests is simply uncountable! We look forward to welcoming you to our new york restaurant in the years to come and we will do our best to earn your positive feedback.

Welcome aboard! Добро пожаловать на борт!

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TO CELEBRATE THE 15TH BIRTHDAY OF THE KORCHMA «TARAS BULBA» CHAIN OF RESTAURANTS WE PRESENT A CD OF UKRAINIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC IN MODERN ARRANGEMENTS FROM BULBA PRESS.

PHOTO CONTEST!

Miss Amy Tolly dressed as Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany’s is reading Bulba NEWS.

THE EXCLUSIVE NEW DISC WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN OUR RESTAURANTS! FIND TIME IN YOUR LIFE FOR OUR MUSIC!

BUBLA NEWS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE START OF A COMPETITION FOR ITS READERS: “WE ARE READ AROUND THE WORLD!” TO TAKE PART, PLEASE PICK UP A FREE COPY OF OUR NEWSPAPER AT ANY RESTAURANT OF THE KORCHMA TARAS BULBA CHAIN AND TAKE AN INTERESTING PICTURE WITH IT. IT CAN BE A TRAVEL PHOTO, VACATION PHOTO, OR ANY STAGED PICTURE. THE BEST PICTURES WILL BE PUBLISHED AND THE WINNERS WILL GET KORCHMA “TARAS BULBA“ GIFT CERTIFICATES OF 15, 10 AND 5 THOUSAND RUR. YOU CAN THEN USE THEM AT ANY RESTAURANT OF OUR CHAIN. EMAIL YOUR PHOTOS TO BULBANEWS.RU@GMAIL.COM

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we are GrowinG!

KoRchMA tARAs BUlBA hAs oPened A neW RestAURAnt! We are happy to share with the patrons of the Korchma taras Bulba chain our latest and very exciting news. starting in June the restaurant’s entire menu of classic Ukrainian cuisine can be tasted at yet another location. the culinary map of Moscow can now boast of a new restaurant. it is our nineteenth one.

The new restaurant of the Korchma Taras Bulba chain opened on 18 June 2014 in Odintsovo District, at 11 Rublevo-Uspenskoe Shosse.

The restaurant is located in a picturesque district of Moscow on the top floor of the Living House mall, and it can seat over 250 guests. Because the location is so convenient, we can offer our patrons seats both inside the restaurant and on two wide terraces opening to the busy business quarter or to a serene pine grove. Our young guests are invited to explore the children’s room, and on the weekends they can play with a professional performer or take part in the project Children Cooking with the chef. You can also order something from the traditional Korchma Taras Bulba menu that keeps the same prices throughout the entire chain. Our restaurant is the best place to eat delicious borscht, hand-made dumplings with various fillings, and all kinds of kvas and fruit drinks made using special recipes. But the secret of our dishes is not only in the mastery of the chef, but also in what they are made of. Korchma Taras Bulba uses only fresh ingredients: all of them are grown in our own farm Kazachye in the pristine, green area of the Ryazan region. They are later cooked with Kamorinskaya water extracted from our own well in Kamorino, Mikhaylovskiy District. Every member of our staff is honored to work for you.

WelcoMe! Children’s encyclopedia, a fairy tale ‘The Cat and the Fox’, as well as poems, riddles and crossword puzzles. Look for the April issue of the children’s magazine Tarasik by BULBA PRESS in “Korchma Taras Bulba’ chain of restaurants

к ниг а -ме ню TO CELEBRATE ITS 15TH BIRTHDAY

‘KORCHMA TARAS BULBA’ REVEALS ITS SECRETS! WE OFFER YOU A RECIPE BOOK

NOT BY THE SALO ALONE

YOUR KIDS DESERVE THE BEST CHILDHOOD!

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Korchma starts joins fundraiser to repair first Orthodox Cathedral in New York The US Korchma Taras Bulba has started a new charity project. This time, the Ukrainian restaurant joined the fundraiser to restore the first Orthodox Cathedral in New York. In October 2013, the church was destroyed by a fire that was started by a short circuit in the basement, which damaged the parish museum and library, and shattering all the windows and doors. St. Nicholas Cathedral exists exclusively on donations from the congregation and other well-wishers, so we decided to contribute to the restoration of the cathedral.

A short historical note: the Church of St. Nicholas of New York, located at 15 East 97th Street, celebrated its 112th anniversary this year. A community of Orthodox Christians, which brought together Russians, Ukrainians, Greeks, Serbians, Syrians, and Arabs, was established on the American East Coast back in 1870. When the community grew and the little

church at the Russian consulate became too cramped, the future Archbishop Tikhon Belavin, who was later appointed Patriarch, blessed the construction of a new big cathedral. The first monetary donation for the purchase of land and the beginning of construction was made by Tsar Nicholas II, and the first liturgy in the new church took place on 23 November 1902. Eye-witnesses claimed that the first service was attended by at least two thousand believers (twice as many as the church was designed to accommodate), and another thousand stood outside. In his sermon to the congregation Archbishop Tikhon Belavin said: “Now this great city has seen a church truly worthy of the prominence of Orthodox faith.”

In 1973, the cathedral’s cultural merit was celebrated: it was awarded the status of a New York City landmark. This fact is inscribed on a bronze plaque installed by the City’s Architectural Society.

Just as it did 110 years ago, St. Nicholas Church brings together Orthodox Christians from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Georgia, and other countries. That is why its reconstruction is of vital importance.

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Restaurants’ location:

MOSCOW, Aviamotornaya metro station, 6 Krasnokazarmennaya St., (499) 763 5741

Avtozavodskaya metro station, 6 Velozavodskaya St., (499) 764 1532

Akademicheskaya metro station, 16/10 Profsoyuznaya St., (499) 125 0877

Alekseyavskaya metro station, 3 Bochkova St., (495) 616 6754

Airport metro station, 64 Leningradskiy Prospekt St., (499) 151 9011

Baumanskaya metro station, 23/41 Bakuninskaya St., (495) 956 5580

Borovitskaya metro station, 8 Mokhovaya St., 24-hour, (495) 644 8020

Krasnye Vorota metro station, 47 Myasnitskaya St., (495) 607 1762

Leninskiy Prospekt metro station, 37 Leninskiy Prospect St., (495) 954 6466

Novokuznetskaya metro station, 14 Pyatnitskaya St., (495) 953 7153

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Smolenskaya metro station, 12 Smolenskiy Avenue. St., 24-hour, (499) 246 6902

Tsvetnoy Boulevard metro station, 13 Sadovaya-Samotechnaya St., 24-hour, (495) 694 0056

Chekhovskaya metro station, 30/7 Petrovka St., (495) 694 6082

Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station, 6 Borovskoye Road, (495) 980 2051

Vystavochnaya metro station, of 1905 year, 27 Shmitovskiy Passage, 24-hour, (499) 256-4660

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