Archive
29.05.2004
Presentation of the German cultural center
“Interaction (Cooperation)”
On May 29, 2004 in Gorodnya in a small hall of a House of culture the presentation of the German cultural center “Interaction (Cooperation)” took place, which is headed by the teacher of German language Nicolai Khmelenok. On presentation there were representatives of the Chernigi German cultural center.
In the introductory word the chairman of the German cultural center “Interaction (Cooperation)” Nicolai Khmelenok told, how the idea was born to organize such center in Gorodnya, has dwelt at length on on history of Russian and Ukrainian Germans. It is symbolical, that the German cultural center in Gorodnya is registered per day of German Christmas. Although our center exists absolutelly recently, we have already friends in Germany appeared. On October, 3, per day of German unity, we for the first time met with guests from Germany, for which the childrens’s group of our German cultural center has prepared a concert in the German language.
Then the member of the German cultural center Galina Burenok, the student of universities of Germany, to be exact of university in Konstanze, told, than the German university from the Ukrainian universities differs. She showed to the present persons her it student’ and (travel card) passage tickets, told about the flower island on the Boden lake Mainau (this paradise on earth belongs to one family), showed the most interesting photos.
After that childrens’s group of the German cultural center acted with the artistic program. Children performed in German songs “Katyusha”, “Was wird es noch geben”, “Antoshka”, read known verses of the Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Konstantin Simonov in German.
Guests were introduced (presented) by the chairman of the Chernigiv German cultural center Victor Baltser. He said that in October of this year to the German cultural center Chernigiv will be five years, and wished to our center good look. Victor Baltser handed to the Gorodnya cultural center a small gift — books in the German language.
Then the word was taken Andrey Shtoller, former chairman of the Chernigiv German cultural center “Interaction (Cooperation)” which stood at the sources of German motion in a region. He said that in Chernigiv were pleasantly surprised, when knew that they have a namesake in Gorodnya. He told a little about background of center, about that they are supported by all cultural institutions of city, city executive committee, local businessmens. The Chernigiv German cultural center is included into coordination advice (council) of Association of Germans of Ukraine, constantly participates in all festivals, international seminars and competitions of culture and art and in July, 2003 was recognized by best in the countries of CIS. Therefore in May in Chernigov German cultural center there came the ambassador of Germany together with the wife and other official persons. With the help of the German cultural center it is succeeded to attract the German investments on Chernigiv region. Some monthes back in Chernigiv was created the German-Ukrainian joint, and it brings to the German cultural center 5 % arrived.
The cultural leader of the Chernigiv German cultural centre Svetlana Pilipenko, before to present the cultural program, told about that the Association of Germans of Ukraine is created in July, 2000 and that 100 societies are its member. The job conducts in three directions: making of people healthy from 55 to 70 years, mainly ethnic Germans, rest of children on a sea, youth rest.
For young people the seminars on computers get organized, camps of rest, alloy on yachts, sporting complexes, different sporting measures.
Before to give the microphone to Lidiya Prichepa, Svetlana Pilipenko reminded the wonderful words of one German poet: “Where you hear cantos (songs), search itself the shelter, you know the wicked (malicicious) people of songs do not sing”.
Lidiya Prichepa, laureate of regional competitions of children’s of Chernigiv, “Mini Miss Chernigiv-2003-2003”, “First Vice Miss” of the international festival “Starry Crimea”, which passed in Yalta, performed two songs in the German language: “Moon in the sky” and “One day of love”.
The hall applauded for another laureate of regional competitions of children’s artistic creation — Vladimir Nimak, which has performed the song “Ein bisschen Frieden”.
With bated breath an audience listened, as the cultural leader from Chernigiv German cultural center has sung in the German language the “Guten Tag” and aria from the Kalmann’s operetta “Silva” in the German language.
Then the teacher of history Wladimir Lepen told about the book of memoirs (flashbacks) of the German prisoners of war about Stalingrad, above translation of which the leader of the German cultural center “Interaction (Cooperation)” Nicolai Khmelenok works, read out fragments from this book.
In conclusion the adult members of the Gorodnya German cultural center came forward with the concert program. Both inhabitants of Gorodnya and guests (visitors) were shocked by the fate (destiny) of Vasiliy Dikiy from the Makishin village, in young days losing sight, but not giving up to a fate. He learns German language, listening transmissions of the “Deutsche Welle” and writing down them on the old tape recorder. Vasiliy Ivanovich read the poem R. M. Rilke’s in the German language.
To the guests it was complimented with the book of the Gorodnya journalist Iwan Dudko “Gorodnya”, the typed and printed on a computer brochures with verses and other materials of the members of the German cultural center. “Let you always are accompanied with good look!” — the collegues from Chernigiv have wished on farewell.