“Local authorities breed their hands, residents in despair, zoos and volunteers are not aware. The situation that happened in the village of Potik, Kyiv region, will cause a feeling of horror to anyone who will see these spooky footage. A huge pile of dead fish, nutrias that are no longer able to move, millions of birds that have lost their own home, turtles that try to survive in turbid”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Local authorities breed their hands, residents in despair, zoos and volunteers are not aware.
The situation that happened in the village of Potik, Kyiv region, will cause a feeling of horror to anyone who will see these spooky footage. A huge pile of dead fish, nutrias that are no longer able to move, millions of birds that have lost their home, turtles that try to survive in a muddy swamp. And all this – in one of the most picturesque corners of Shevchenko’s routes.
The river is ground
The situation in the village with a sudden and rapid sham in the river Potich (Rosava River) began at the end of last year. Initially, the signs of the abandoned disaster were not very noticeable. Only in many peasants the water went from wells. And in the spring, the local authorities began to raise the question of solving the situation with the reservoir.
According to the residents, a commission from the district center – the city of Mironovka came to the village. They looked at, recorded something, promised to take to the Gromazh hearings. But no one has seen them in the village since then, local deputies and old age have been spreading their hands, and Fauna continues to die rapidly.
Once a picturesque corner turned into a stench burial ground, but no one except the inhabitants. Some of the locals believe that new fields planted rapeseed on the site of the river, because it is very profitable to local farmers. People in despair, desperate, frightened and are afraid to seek help.
Once a historic town, today is a victim of environmental disaster
The village of Potik, which is now part of the Mironov community of Kyiv region, has a deep history, which begins before the XVIII century. The settlement originated on the banks of the River Potich – the one that is almost completely dry today, leaving behind death and mud.
In 1747, the first Greek Catholic Church was built in the village. Since 1803 the flow had the status of a town. It was here in 1845 that Taras Shevchenko visited, making the famous drawing of the pantry in the streams and later remembering the village in his letters and works.
In the nineteenth century, the stream was a craft and an industrial center: a sugar mill, a brick, a cloth factory, winds, schools, pharmacy, doctor and Zemsky mail operated. In the early twentieth century, about 5 thousand people lived here. In 1913, the Lesya Ukrainka School was opened.
After the revolutions and wars, the village went to different areas several times. In Soviet times, a club, a cultural house, a pharmacy, a shopping center, as well as settlements for displaced persons from the Chernobyl zone were built here.
In 2004, a memorial plaque was opened in the center of the village in honor of Shevchenko. The flow was not just a point on the map – it is part of the Ukrainian cultural, historical and spiritual heritage.
And today is this corner of history – on the verge of extinction. Because if nature disappears, everything that connects us to the earth will disappear.
