Презентация участников клуба "Полиглот" при ДонНУ в рамках Резиденции Линды Норрис и Джорджи Немет в Донецке при финансовой поддержке Центра культурного менеджмента (Львов) и Европейского культурного фонда (Нидерланды)

1. Kovtun A., Kovalenko A., Yarovaya M.

2. He has been working for about
30 years in the
Yuzhnodonbasskaya mine #1 in
Ugledar.

3. - Well, it’s a very hard work. The preparations and the transportation
take a lot of time, so that we spend ten hours per hour in the mine.
And besides physical burdens, our job is very risky.
You know, every time you're going down to the mine, you understand
that you may not come back this evening. Of course, it is much better
when you don't think about it, but it is really hard not to think of it in
real life. You say "hello" to people and in an hour you understand that
by this words you've already said "good bye". If you try to think detailed
about this job you'll become more than scared.

4. - Of course, I didn't work in
mine for pleasure. I didn't
have another possibility to
earn money. You know, it was
much more harder for my
family to put up with my
work. They were praying for
my life while I was working.

5. - Some people don't return to work after accidents. They are
both scared and tired. You know, one thing is to suppose the
possibility of accident, and the another one is when it happens
in close vicinity of you.

6. - As I've said before this job takes a lot of time and energy,
but all my free time I try to spend with my family. They're
waiting for me every day and I really love them.

7. - Yes. In such conditions, which we have underground the
friendship is highly valued, so our best friends are our
workmates.

8. - Unfortunately, now our government doesn't think much of our
work, so we don’t have high wage or pension. Earlier people
had more serious attitude to it.