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Марина Волкова

Дни мифотворцев на Урале

Дни мифотворцев на Урале
Дни мифотворцев на Урале

Сегодняшний круглый стол в городской думе открыл Дни мифотворцев на Урале. Три доклада: Дмитрий Замятин (Москва), Сергей Новопашин (Екатеринбург) и Гаяз Самигулов (Челябинск) задали несколько направлений возможного мифотворчества и брендинга на Урале.

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В Екатеринбург, к Крапивину

Четыре челябинца и двое примкнувших внимают Крапивину
Четыре челябинца и двое примкнувших внимают Крапивину

В воскресенье в Екатеринбург отправляется поэтически-композиторско-библиотечно-издательский десант: Ирина Аргутина, Елена Поплянова, Надежда Капитонова и Марина Волкова.
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In Canada like in Russia, only it is normal

In Canada like in Russia, only it is normalMarch, 19 – April, 1, 2010, Canada

We visited Canada by the invitation of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – it is business visit by exchange of experience.

In detail about business part of the travel you can read HERE, and this reportage is unofficial part of the visit.

In Canada like in Russia

Canada like Russia, only there is clean and normal”, – my daughter said at the second day in Canada.

In Canada like in Russia

In Canada like in Russia

Canada is homely and comfortable like house slippers. There is comfortable and quiet, just “on a foot”, in Canada.

In Canada like in Russia

Comfort defines by both absence of perfection and fanatic order: it is clean, but within reasonable limits; it is order, but with possibility of small disturbance, as if Canada lives at the command “Stand at easy”.

Canada’s people is so variegated that question about nationality is forgotten at the first day of arrival. Polychromy of Canadian оn black-and-white background of America sets imperceptible harmony – it is safely, comfortably, understandably.

In Canada

In Canada

Canada is unpretentious and simple.

Emigrants from all over the world speak simplified English, and domestic simplicity of language sets simplicity and prosaicness of life – all is simply: respect elder, take care of children, work hard, but without strain, keep a home and soil, which they live on.

In Canada

Canada like Russia, only Canada has not yet become a great power, while Russia has already ceased to be one.

And difference is not only in motion vector, it is in aims: Canadians do not create the great power; they make the state which is comfortable for life.

In Canada

Canada is one of the richest countries of the world

Canada’s industrial areas from faraway look like industrial zones of Russian cities.

Distinctions are in quantity of stacks, in quality of air and water and in quality of life of workers.

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In Canada like in Russia

Canada ranks second place by territory in the world after Russia, but there lives only 34 million people.

Every year Canada accepts 250 hundred immigrants from all over the world.

In Canada

Permanent inflow of new Canadians (they can become citizens of Canada after three years) does not allow Canada’s culture “to stand too long” and makes revival in businesses – settlers tend quickly to make comfortable, to work enthusiastically and to create wholesome competition on work places.

Uninterrupted building (plus 250 000 flats or houses every year) is one of stable locomotive of Canada’s economics.

In Canada

In Canada

Of course, oil and gas are here, but Canadians stake on development of industries, agriculture.

National economics is variety just like population: the development of trade harmoniously combines with the development of industry, big business does not press small one, and all together does not destroy nature.

In Canada

In Canada

“You were building socialism, while we have built”, – Jon said, our Canada’s guide, consultant and good friend.

In Canada

Stories of school teachers about developed socialism are recalled in Canada.

The principle of “from each according to ability, to each according to work” have realized here, and there is nothing to say about social justice and equality: generously raising taxes also generously pour head of Canadians by rain of social welfare.

All like in Russia, it is only without lies and stealing – so taxes are returned.

In Canada

In Canada

In Canada, difference between the richest and the poorest is practically unnoticeable for Russians.

Riches live near with a lake, aside from main road, their houses are bigger in three-five times, there are places for lawns on streets.

On the photos – the area where top-managers live (Jon showed me it as the place where I would live if I worked in Canada like I worked in Russia).

In Canada

In Canada

Photos of houses of the middle class, generally labors of metallurgical works:

In Canada

In Canada

They live, commonly, in cottages, closer to soil. There are not fences and needless embellishments. Toronto is called as the big village by Canadians themselves.

2.5 million live in Toronto, with suburban cities and villages – 5.

In Canada

In Canada

It is Canadians’ choice – live in a high-rise building, in a townhouse or in a cottage.
Immigrants usually begin from high-rise buildings in big cities, and adopting, they move to own house.

In Canada

In Canada

City design is unpretentious; it has been created not to see round it, but for comfortable. Canadians’ favorite materials are metal, stone, wood.

In Canada

In Canada

Kingdom of stainless steels and modern embellishments is in public buildings.

In Canada

In Canada

Masterpieces of architecture are not habitual for our view: for example, a hospital was stylized under a factory, or avant-garde sculptures.

In Canada

In Canada

There is ikebana near the hotel where we lived; it is branches of a pine, a birch in metal urn. By our standards, it reminds of thrown litter after New Year.

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Tranquility of Canadian life is tried to explain by usual «only there were no war». Last war was in 1812 in Canada. Since Canadian soldiers took part in arms in the other countries’ territory only.  Hardly more 60 thousand serve in modern army by the contract, armament can be counted on the fingers of one hand too.

In Canada

In Canada

However, there are not many things in Canada – there are not the president, governors, even the Constitution is not as the only document. There is not the ministry of education (but there is qualitative free education!).  There are, probably, not ministries of culture and sport, but there are both culture and sport.  Canada is proved to be very theatre country, conceding only Great Britain and USA by the number of performances and festivals; and count of art- galleries are amazed.

In Canada

In Canada

In Canada, galleries are organized, as all Canada, comfortably. Halls of Canada’s galleries seem unaccustomed to us having accustomed to theme halls (there is Shishkin, there is Vrubel, there is the art of the 9th century…) – they were created with a glance of feature of perception, but no art history. The hall of wood miniatures can be situated near the hall of photography. It is unusually, but not boring and not tiresomely. Whole families go to museums and galleries. The most childish museum is the museum of butterflies.

In Canada

In Canada

In Canada

In Canada