A very good documentary from a Mariupol local. One thing that really stands out is how Russia did more for this city in the span of two years than Ukraine did in all the decades since 1991. And i am convinced that even this was just a fraction of what a socialist state like the USSR or China could have achieved in terms of mobilizing manpower and resources on a massive scale in a short amount of time.
A notable problem that the film maker brings up is that not all new apartments are being given to locals for free. Some, particularly in some of the more attractive locations of the city, will be for sale and quite expensive. A sign that while this is overall a good project it is still negatively affected by the capitalist nature of modern Russia. Nevertheless it will be interesting to see how the city looks in a couple more years.
In a supplementary video to this documentary, the film maker remarks that only two of the three big industrial plants will be restored. Azovstal, the most famous one, will not. Instead it will be demolished. This is perhaps bittersweet because while it is sad to see such an industrial giant of the Soviet times go, the upside, as is also remarked in the video, is that the city will be much less polluted going forward, which will allow tourism to flourish.
A notable problem that the film maker brings up is that not all new apartments are being given to locals for free. Some, particularly in some of the more attractive locations of the city, will be for sale and quite expensive.
If I understand correctly, all the people who lost their homes are going to receive what the author calls “compensatory” apartments. It’s just that you’re not guaranteed to get one located exactly where you lived before the fighting began. Sometimes you are given an apartment elsewhere, and the juicy districts are being reserved for modern and expensive apartment blocks.
Well… It’s something. At the very least there’s hope again in the eyes of the people.
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