For the leader of the group "Ocean Elzy" Svyatoslav Vakarchuk Ukraine's independence has never been a simple word, because he remembers well the day of its acquisition in 1991. He told this to TSN correspondent on the eve of a big concert dedicated to the Independence Day.
"Two days before the Independence Day, I was 16 at that time, my father, at that time a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union of the first democratic convocation, came home and started collecting documents. I asked why - he said, I'm going to the regional council and we will all be there. I take the documents, because I do not know when we will return home.. It was just the height of the putsch of 1991. And I remember how we worried not only for what will happen to the country, but also what will happen to the pope. And when in two days everything began to change so quickly, and in three days everything turned into the Act of Proclamation of Independence in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine - I remember this moment forever. And from him I still have a breathtaking spirit, in my heart so far. And since then, I have never been serious about words - the independence of the state. This is for me sacral. One of the most important things in life, "- says Vakarchuk.
Now, says the musician, he is ready to do everything for the prosperity of Ukraine, and as a musician, as a citizen, and as a public figure, and who he now positions himself more - the singer is not going to be determined.
"This is a question from the series" to astrologers "- they can be asked, they will say something, but everything will turn out differently. Life in Ukraine is changing very unpredictably.
The whole world is now moving unpredictably and quickly. Who could have foreseen in October 2013 the Revolution of Virtue, which will happen in a month. Therefore, the question is so hypothetical and theoretical that it is impossible to answer it seriously, "the star admits.
Recall, August 24 at the "Olympic" in Kiev will be a big concert "Ocean Elzy" on Independence Day - this is the band's first big concert for the year.
Correspondent of TSN Maria Vasilyeva.