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30 of November, 12:28

Blackout in Crimea: life without gadgets, live chat and romance
SIMFEROPOL, 30 Nov - Last news (Crimea). Because of the damage in Ukraine transmission lines settlements of the Crimea remained without electricity six days ago. Crimean authorities imposed a state of emergency, the Peninsula's population began to depend on the schedule of emergency shutdowns. What do the Crimeans dark autumn evenings are explained to a journalist Last news (Crimea).


People living in step with the times and are actively using computers, tablets, and laptops, we had to postpone them to the side. In the rare hours of electrical energy, Crimeans are trying to prepare, to stroke, to swim and to do household chores, and the rest of the Time, the vast majority of inhabitants of the Peninsula are conducting, communicating with the family.

"I thank them (the activists "energoblok" - ed.) We became romantic. Daily candlelit dinner and conversation about How the day went, what's going on with friends and neighbors Than living - it's what We do for a week. On schedule, the light we shall be morning and evening, and in fact - in the afternoon, " said a citizen of Simferopol, Pavel Boltik.

Local youth cooperation, that is, under the lights. In the squares and in cafes where there is light, in the evening crowded. Near establishments with free Wi-Fi young men and women browsing social networks and reading the news.

"The only way I have news. The house is almost no light, then looking at the tape, and after their talk at Home, " said Tatyana, who settled on the parapet, Near one of cafe in Simferopol.


That became a problem for parents, into the hands of young Crimeans. The time that adults first spent on cleaning, Ironing and evening news, is now fully dedicated to children.

some parents with children in the evenings together - and children fun, and adults have the opportunity to exchange news. As revealed Last news (Crimea) resident of Bakhchisaray Yana Gerasimova, in their organization - 3 family with kids the same age presumably. For several consecutive evenings family get together.

"Dark or light, and the more the merrier. Not All Children normally relate to constant darkness, and when they are playing together and having fun - they don't even notice it. We include glow toys, and the apartment is All lit up Like a New year, " said Gerasimov." Fun, however, often have candles to light. Children had a habit of blowing out their birthday, and successfully doing this, when you are close to the candles, " adds her Friend.


All who for some days have boring home pastime, have the opportunity to go to the cinema. Some of them work on their own power, some are stuck in a schedule of minimum off. As revealed Last news (Crimea) in the 1st movie on the Crimean capital, the demand for evening sessions.

"We are also dependent on graphics trips, but in the evening we light exists and We are working. The most recent sessions We have cancelled the last 20 hours. Have the ability to say exactly what in the evening a cinema popular, the demand for sessions is ", - said in the theater.


in remote regions of the Peninsula light is served much less frequently Than in major cities. For example, residents of parts of the settlements of Saka, the Bakhchsarai and Kirov areas have received electricity Only in the environment, i.e. on the fourth day after the cessation of the supply of electricity from Ukraine.

Flow of electrical energy, even at night for a few hours, became a real holiday for inhabitants of the Crimea. For instance, the Goncharov family from the village of Golden field of the Kirov district in a rare "light" watch is engaged in processing and preserving products.

"Turn on the light for two hours a day and Only at night. Refrigerators do Not work the whole day, and that products Not completely disappeared, We process them into canned food. Fortunately, there are own autoclave. We are in the rare hours of electricity from prepared in the fridge meat and vegetables canned goods are doing, " said villager Valentina Goncharova.

in the night of Sunday 22 November, Ukraine has stopped deliveries of electric energy to Crimea because of a corrupted yesterday pylons. On the same day the head of the Republic Sergey Aksenov introduced on the Peninsula, a state of emergency, the Crimea began to live on a schedule of rolling blackouts.

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