That's what their flag means

[topum]

Work in the Ukrainian village here



looks very much like the flag of Ukraine



By the way the Russians and the Ukrainians living here do not seem to care about the Russia - Ukraine conflict and tension at all. They have a Romanian village, a Russian village, a Ukrainian village and a Gypsy village very close to each other here and the Russians and the Ukrainians are getting on famously. They also seem to be closer to each other than both of them are to the Romanians. They understand each other's languages and when they talk the Russians speak Russian and the Ukrainians respond in Ukrainian and vice versa and that works perfectly.

Comments

[sparkythegeek.livejournal.com]

Funny how that is, no? How people actually get along fine, but conflicts seem to rise at higher levels. :\

[diejacobsleiter.livejournal.com]

Yes, most of the Ukraine landscape is flat as a table. Step', as it is called there. And sky. For hundreds of miles.

It's a good thing that people in the local neighbourhood are so teflon-protected from political poisons. In countryside, their life more depends on real people next door, than on TV. In cities (Russian and Ukrainian) community ties are very weak, so people are an easier target for propaganda.

[topum.livejournal.com]

I was told that people who are actually in Russia and Ukraine are very emotionally involved in this conflict on both sides. Here, in Moldova it is a bit different. Firstly, both the Russians and the Ukrainians living here are not subject to their respective motherlands' propaganda, which I was told is horrific on both sides (because they live here in Moldova). And secondly, they are both Slavs in a non-slavic country where after the Soviet Union brake-up there has been quite a bit of tension between the local Romanian speaking majority and the Russian speaking / Slavic minority (which Ukrainians are lumped into) so they kind of feel united against this bigger threat.

[topum.livejournal.com]

It is in Moldova not in Ukraine. I don't think it is the village vs city thing, rather it is because they live here in Moldova and firstly, are not subject to their motherlands' propaganda and secondly, they feel united against the bigger threat, which is the Romanian majority here with it's anti-Russian sentiment (for the purpose of which Ukrainians are lumped together with the Russians).

[diejacobsleiter.livejournal.com]

Oh, I thought you've already invaded Ukraine. If it's about rus. and ukr. minorities in Moldova, then yes, it's a different configuration.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

The flag would be improved if it had a tractor on it too, I think. Or at least some clouds.

[topum.livejournal.com]

I am now a firm believer that most things can be improved by adding a tractor ).

[tigerweave.livejournal.com]

Love the picture next to the flag.

Interesting about the politics and the realities of the people in the villages.

[tigerweave.livejournal.com]

I just googled the meaning of their flag, I didn't realise you meant it's literally the meaning.

Like the aboriginal flag here. Except for a completely different country. It's about the land and the people.

[topum.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Yeah, politics can get quite complicated in this part of the world.

[topum.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is the actual meaning.
I just googled the Australian Aboriginal Flag and its meaning. Interesting.