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MEZHYHIRYA
Trip to the "Museum of Corruption"
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Mezhyhirya - a complex of omnipotence or an omnipotence of complexes?
Mezhyhirya or among the common people "Megazhirye"(Luxurious) is located very close to Kiev, but the trip there was postponed several times. When we got together, it was a very hot day. At the entrance to village Novye Petrovtsy, the queue of cars was so great that our tourist minibus made its way to the entrance to "Mezhyhirya" for a long time. We were confused by the large number of "commercial offers" of viewing ... Here and guides for 70 hryvnia and a road train for 200 ... How so many commercial structures could be organized in a couple of months is not clear. After all, only the status of the one who will look after the estate was decided for more than one month. Let's start with the fact that before the "Revolution of Dignity" we knew a little about Mezhyhirya. At least it seemed to us quite small. Approximately like in this photo:
But reality is significantly different from speculation. The size of Mezhyhirya impressed us so much that walking along the signs we did not even want to reach Putin's house and the alcohol museum. How many times in your life have any of you refused to go to alcohol because of fatigue? That's the same!
We were a little frightened off by a 6-meter-high fence that surrounded the territory. We imagined how Tanya Chernovol climbed over it in pre-revolutionary times to take a picture of the territory and sympathize with it ...
The aesthetics of landscape solutions - fits harmoniously into the landscape and the efforts of landscape designers were not in vain. The park surrounding us was gorgeous.
The main attraction is, of course, the honka where Yanukovych lived. Trying to understand the meaning of the word honka, we rummaged around the net and found a "Finnish football club". But Ukrainians know that honka is the dictators' place of residence.
The entrance cost 200 hryvnia per person. Thanks to this, we were able to once again think about corruption on the territory of the "corruption museum". Is it possible to walk through several rooms
worth that kind of money ?! And who is skimming the cream off all this? After taking a walk near the "honka" we went to the park.
I was surprised by the disproportionate investment of resources in the environment. Was a bridge of this size really necessary to cross a small ravine?
Then it was more touching, we began to meet all kinds of animals. They were nice:
And sometimes they are not just cute, real "cute", for example, this hare, which went out into the sun to warm up ...
We were admiring the animals and stumbled upon Yanukovych's "pheasant house", where there were ten species of pheasants. Before that, we did not know that pheasants are so diverse.
Opposite these cells, across the alley, the Kiev Sea flopped. Probably many yachtsmen thought how to get here and see Mezhyhirya, but it was impossible. The protective fence was electrical and multi-voltage.
Walking along this embankment, visitors come to the "Yanukovych family" yacht pier. The pier looks simple, without unnecessary frills. And it's called "Galleon".
After docking, the yachtsmen found themselves inside the "Galleon", where a restaurant was waiting for them, which was closed during our visit :-) We walked around the territory of Mezhyhirya and understood that a person could not bypass this territory in one day, but at the same time, there were natural beauties everywhere great.
Further there was a helipad, lakes and a golf course. The golf course, in turn, had lakes :-)
The weed is well maintained, fountains are on, refreshments are sold nearby. We only have to visit the farm and the zoo about which we have heard a lot. There were also birds ...
And horned ...
And even, baby Bambi ;-)
Both the farm and the zoo were truly impressive in size. After walking through their territory, we headed towards the exit. And in one of the buildings located at the entrance, our soldiers who were wounded on the eastern front were already housed. Those. benefit to people from Mezhyhirya began to appear.
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Vitaly & Nataly
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