However, the second version is never the same. This principle always
works irrespective of the sphere where it is used. This year we have
really the same situation in our political life, not as huge as during
the orange revolution but large enough strikes were held in Kyiv. This
was really a stress for people who live in Kyiv. Maryinskyi park was
totally blocked by the representatives of the party of Regions, there
people, mostly students, put their tents and have been living there for
nearly one month, some of them are still “resting” there. All of them,
as they told, were expressing their ideas, but in reality they were paid
money, more often 100-150 grivnas and also were given some food to stay
there for some time. Most of them even don’t about ideas and goals they
were striking for, it was very pity for me to watch all what was
happening. Kyiv suffered a lot, this awful traffic jams the reason for
which were strikes, it was impossible to be in the center of the city,
in some cases it was really dangerous But thanks God everything passed,
and most og them went home

Institute of
Culture.In 1997 records first songs “Prosto Vera”, “Abrikosy”. Later appear “Ya rozhdena dlya lyubvi”, “Ya vyshla na perron”, “Vaza i pion”, “Controler”, “
Po chut-chut”, and records some music videos. He gets invitation to show of Ukrainian channel “1+1″ “SV-show” where he again portraits train conductor Verka Serduchka. Since autumn 1998 the show is being broadcasted simultaneously at Russian channel “TV-6″. This show is the one that brought huge popularity to the comical artist.
Issued music albums as Verka Serduchka “Ha-ra-sho!”, “Zheniha hotyela”, “The Best. Neizdannoe”, “Tralli-valli” and also instumental album “Posle tebya” as Danilko. Took part in various musicals of Russian/Ukrainian co-production, mostly as Verka Serduchka, but in “Figaro” as Andrey Danilko. Has created solo musical “History of Verka Serduchka”.
In 2005 takes attempts to enter Eurovision from Russia and Ukraine but was disqualified in both countries: in Ukraine due to failure to appear for preview-video shootings, in
Russia because of failure to submit lyrics of the song. After that claims in one of his music videos: “I’ve decided, I’ll go to Eurovision representing
Kazakhstan, let others win too!”. In 2006 was considered candidate to represent Poland in duet with Polish analogue “Renia Paczkowska”, but Renia aka Mihal Wisnievski decides to enter contest with own band “Ich Troje”Verka Serduchka has been confirmed as candidate for Eurovision, her team has submitted entry to the competition. We do not take this contest seriously, we just want to show ourselves and to have fun”, commented representative of the singer. It is generally considered though after selection of Danish drag act DQ chances of Verka Serduchka for positive result have been significantly lowered. 

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Literature, mainly poetry, of the quarter of the present century was under French and, to some degree, German influence, attained its greatest height since its classical age of Pushkin, Lermontov, and Gogol. The rigid censorship which shut out all but carefully selected authors and ideas, and the prohibition or discouragement of many nonpolitical forms of art

 (particularly trivial genres such as popular love, mystery, and detective stories, as well as all varieties of novelettes and general trash), automatically focused the attention of the reading public on new and experimental work, filled, as often before in Russian literary history, with strongly felt and often quaint and fanciful social notions. All works were checked whether there were some unpermitted statements against the central and the most important political party or the leader of the country.

( History: Literature, 319-330)