When bridges turn out to be walls
The only bridge I remember seeing in my childhood was the railway bridge across the Styr River. It separated the city of Lutsk, where I was born, and Rovantsi, a village where I used to spend my summer holidays at my grandparents’ house. The bridge separated two banks of the river rather than connected them. I do not misuse the word. The bridge was closed for civilians and only military personnel from a small garrison nearby were allowed to cross, maintain and guard it from the high towers on both banks.
May 2, 2019 -
Mykola Riabchuk
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Issue 3-4 2019MagazineStories and ideas

Picture from 2010 of the yet unfinished Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Bridge in Donetsk. Photo: Andrew Butko (CC) commons.wikimedia.org