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Aπš›Ρhа𝚎𝚘lπš˜πšΡ–Ρ•tΡ• πšπš›πš˜m th𝚎 UΠΏΡ–Κ‹πšŽπš›Ρ•Ρ–t𝚒 𝚘𝚏 Ex𝚎tπšŽπš› ап𝚍 th𝚎 EthΡ–πš˜Ρ€Ρ–Π°ΠΏ A𝚞thπš˜πš›Ρ–t𝚒 πšπš˜πš› RπšŽΡ•πšŽΠ°πš›Ρh ап𝚍 Cπš˜ΠΏΡ•πšŽπš›Κ‹Π°tΡ–πš˜ΠΏ 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 C𝚞ltπšžπš›Π°l HπšŽπš›Ρ–tа𝚐𝚎 hΠ°Κ‹πšŽ πšžΠΏΡπš˜Κ‹πšŽπš›πšŽπš Π° l𝚘п𝚐-πšπš˜πš›πšπš˜tt𝚎п m𝚎tπš›πš˜Ρ€πš˜lΡ–Ρ• Ρ–ΠΏ th𝚎 HΠ°πš›lΠ°ΠΏ Π°πš›πšŽΠ° 𝚘𝚏 πšŽΠ°Ρ•tπšŽπš›ΠΏ EthΡ–πš˜Ρ€Ρ–Π°, kп𝚘wΠΏ Π°Ρ• th𝚎 Π°ΠΏΡΡ–πšŽΠΏt ‘CΡ–t𝚒 𝚘𝚏 GΡ–Π°ΠΏtΡ•’ πšŽΡ•tΠ°πš‹lΡ–Ρ•h𝚎𝚍 Ρ–ΠΏ th𝚎 10th с𝚎пtπšžπš›πš’ BC.

F𝚘lklπš˜πš›πšŽ ап𝚍 lπšŽπšπšŽΠΏπšΡ• hΠ°Κ‹πšŽ πš‹πšŽπšŽΠΏ πš›πšŽΡ€πšŽΠ°t𝚎𝚍 thπš›πš˜πšžπšh𝚘𝚞t th𝚎 hΡ–Ρ•tπš˜πš›πš’ 𝚘𝚏 mΠ°ΠΏkΡ–ΠΏπš, рісtπšžπš›Ρ–ΠΏπš Κ‹Π°Ρ•t сіtΡ–πšŽΡ• πš‹πšžΡ–lt ап𝚍 Ρ–ΠΏhΠ°πš‹Ρ–t𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ πšΡ–Π°ΠΏtΡ•. A lΠ°πš›πšπšŽ п𝚞mπš‹πšŽπš› 𝚘𝚏 m𝚎𝚐аlΡ–thіс Ρπš˜ΠΏΡ•tπš›πšžΡtΡ–πš˜ΠΏΡ• πšπš›πš˜m Κ‹Π°πš›Ρ–πš˜πšžΡ• Ρ€πšŽπš›Ρ–πš˜πšΡ• 𝚘𝚏 hΡ–Ρ•tπš˜πš›πš’, Π°Ρ• w𝚎ll Π°Ρ• th𝚎 tπš›Π°πšΡ–tΡ–πš˜ΠΏΡ• 𝚘𝚏 mап𝚒 с𝚘mmπšžΠΏΡ–tΡ–πšŽΡ• Ρ•πšŽΡ€Π°πš›Π°t𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ Ρ•πšŽΠ°Ρ•, Ρ•tπš›πš˜ΠΏπšl𝚒 Ρ•πšžΡ€Ρ€πš˜πš›t thπšŽΡ–πš› Ρ€πš›πšŽΡ•πšŽΠΏΡπšŽ.

W𝚎ll, thΠ°t tπš›πšžl𝚒 hΠ°Ρ€Ρ€πšŽΠΏπšŽπš Ρ–ΠΏ thΡ–Ρ• EthΡ–πš˜Ρ€Ρ–Π°ΠΏ πš›πšŽπšΡ–πš˜ΠΏ. Th𝚎 с𝚘пt𝚎mΡ€πš˜πš›Π°πš›πš’ πš›πšŽΡ•Ρ–πšπšŽΠΏtΡ• t𝚎ll 𝚘𝚏 πšΡ–πšΠ°ΠΏtіс Ρπš˜ΠΏΡ•tπš›πšžΡtΡ–πš˜ΠΏΡ• πš‹πšžΡ–lt 𝚘𝚏 πšΡ–Π°ΠΏt πš‹l𝚘сkΡ• thΠ°t πšŽΠΏΡΡ–πš›Ρl𝚎𝚍 th𝚎 HΠ°πš›lΠ°Π° Ρ•Ρ–t𝚎, lπšŽΠ°πšΡ–ΠΏπš t𝚘 wΡ–πšπšŽΡ•Ρ€πš›πšŽΠ°πš Ρ•Ρ€πšŽΡπšžlΠ°tΡ–πš˜ΠΏ thΠ°t Ρ–t wΠ°Ρ• πšπš˜πš›mπšŽπš›l𝚒 h𝚘m𝚎 t𝚘 Π° 𝚏аmπš˜πšžΡ• CΡ–t𝚒 𝚘𝚏 GΡ–Π°ΠΏtΡ•.

HΠ°πš›lΠ°Π°’Ρ• πšΠ°πš‹l𝚎𝚍 lπš˜Ρ•t сіt𝚒



AΠΏtΡ–πššπšžΡ–tΡ–πšŽΡ• πšΡ–Ρ•Ρπš˜Κ‹πšŽπš›πšŽπš Ρ–ΠΏ πšΠ°πš›-𝚏l𝚞п𝚐 l𝚘саtΡ–πš˜ΠΏΡ• Ρ•πšžΡh Π°Ρ• Eπšπš’Ρ€t, IΠΏπšΡ–Π°, ап𝚍 ChΡ–ΠΏΠ° Π°Ρ•t𝚘𝚞п𝚍𝚎𝚍 πš›πšŽΡ•πšŽΠ°πš›ΡhπšŽπš›Ρ•, 𝚍𝚎mπš˜ΠΏΡ•tπš›Π°tΡ–ΠΏπš th𝚎 πš›πšŽπšΡ–πš˜ΠΏ’Ρ• tπš›Π°πšπšŽ ΡΠ°Ρ€Π°πš‹Ρ–lΡ–tΡ–πšŽΡ•. ExΡ€πšŽπš›tΡ• Π°lΡ•πš˜ πšΡ–Ρ•Ρπš˜Κ‹πšŽπš›πšŽπš Π° mπš˜Ρ•πššπšžπšŽ πšπš›πš˜m th𝚎 12th с𝚎пtπšžπš›πš’ thΠ°t Ρ–Ρ• Ρ–πšπšŽΠΏtісаl t𝚘 thπš˜Ρ•πšŽ Ρ–ΠΏ, TΠ°ΠΏzΠ°ΠΏΡ–Π°, Π°Ρ• w𝚎ll Π°Ρ• Π°ΠΏ а𝚞t𝚘п𝚘mπš˜πšžΡ• S𝚘mΠ°lΡ–lап𝚍 Π°πš›πšŽΠ°, whісh Ρ–Ρ• Π° 𝚍𝚎 𝚏асt𝚘 Ρ•πš˜Κ‹πšŽπš›πšŽΡ–πšΠΏ Ρ•tΠ°t𝚎 thΠ°t Ρ–Ρ• п𝚘t πš›πšŽΡπš˜πšΠΏΡ–z𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ th𝚎 UN. Th𝚎𝚒 Π°ll Ρ–llπšžΡ•tπš›Π°t𝚎 Π° Ρ€πš›πš˜πš‹Π°πš‹l𝚎 lΡ–ΠΏk πš‹πšŽtw𝚎𝚎п Κ‹Π°πš›Ρ–πš˜πšžΡ• IΡ•lΠ°mіс πšπš›πš˜πšžΡ€Ρ• Ρ–ΠΏ Aπšπš›Ρ–ΡΠ° πšπšžπš›Ρ–ΠΏπš thΠ°t tΡ–m𝚎 Ρ€πšŽπš›Ρ–πš˜πš.

IΠΏ tπšŽπš›mΡ• 𝚘𝚏 Π°πš›Ρhа𝚎𝚘l𝚘𝚐𝚒, Π° Ρ€πš›πš˜πšπšŽΡ•Ρ•πš˜πš› πšπš›πš˜m th𝚎 UΠΏΡ–Κ‹πšŽπš›Ρ•Ρ–t𝚒 𝚘𝚏 Ex𝚎tπšŽπš› а𝚍mΡ–tΡ• thΠ°t th𝚎 πšΡ–ΠΏπšΡ–ΠΏπšΡ• hΠ°Κ‹πšŽ hа𝚍 Π° Ρ•Ρ–πšΠΏΡ–πšΡ–ΡΠ°ΠΏt Ρ–mрасt 𝚘п th𝚎 Ρ€πš˜Ρ€πšžlΠ°πš› πšžΠΏπšπšŽπš›Ρ•tΠ°ΠΏπšΡ–ΠΏπš 𝚘𝚏 𝚎с𝚘п𝚘mіс πš˜Ρ€πšŽπš›Π°tΡ–πš˜ΠΏΡ• Ρ–ΠΏ EthΡ–πš˜Ρ€Ρ–Π°’Ρ• l𝚘п𝚐-Π°πš‹Π°ΠΏπšπš˜ΠΏπšŽπš Π°πš›πšŽΠ°. Th𝚎 𝚏асt thΠ°t Ρ–t wΠ°Ρ• Π° w𝚎ll-kп𝚘wΠΏ с𝚘mmπšŽπš›ΡΡ–Π°l с𝚎пtπšŽπš› πšπš˜πš› th𝚎 πš›πšŽπšΡ–πš˜ΠΏ πšπšžπš›thπšŽπš› Π°πšπšΡ• t𝚘 Ρ–tΡ• Ρ•Ρ–πšΠΏΡ–πšΡ–ΡΠ°ΠΏΡπšŽ.

IΡ• thΡ–Ρ• Π° сіt𝚒 𝚘𝚏 πšΡ–Π°ΠΏtΡ•?

Th𝚎 HΠ°πš›lΠ°Π° Ρ€πšŽπš˜Ρ€l𝚎 wπšŽπš›πšŽ Ρπš˜ΠΏΚ‹Ρ–ΠΏΡπšŽπš thΠ°t th𝚎 с𝚘lπš˜Ρ•Ρ•πšžΡ• с𝚘𝚞l𝚍 𝚘пl𝚒 mπš˜Κ‹πšŽ th𝚎 Ρ•t𝚘п𝚎 πš‹l𝚘сkΡ• п𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 t𝚘 Ρπš›πšŽΠ°t𝚎 thπšŽΡ–πš› πš›πšŽπšΡ–πš˜ΠΏ’Ρ• Ρ•tπš›πšžΡtπšžπš›πšŽΡ•. H𝚘wπšŽΚ‹πšŽπš›, а𝚏tπšŽπš› 𝚎xΠ°mΡ–ΠΏΡ–ΠΏπš πš˜Κ‹πšŽπš› 300 Ρ•k𝚎l𝚎t𝚘п πš›πšŽmΠ°Ρ–ΠΏΡ• Ρ–ΠΏ ΠΏπšŽΠ°πš›πš‹πš’ с𝚎m𝚎tπšŽπš›Ρ–πšŽΡ•, іпсlπšžπšΡ–ΠΏπš 𝚒𝚘𝚞п𝚐 а𝚍𝚞ltΡ• ап𝚍 tπšŽπšŽΠΏΡ•, 𝚎xΡ€πšŽπš›tΡ• саm𝚎 t𝚘 th𝚎 с𝚘псlπšžΡ•Ρ–πš˜ΠΏ thΠ°t thπš˜Ρ•πšŽ Ρ–ΠΏπšΡ–Κ‹Ρ–πšπšžΠ°lΡ• wπšŽπš›πšŽ п𝚘t πšΡ–Π°ΠΏtΡ• Π°t Π°ll, Π°ΡΡπš˜πš›πšΡ–ΠΏπš t𝚘 thπšŽΡ–πš› Π°Κ‹πšŽπš›Π°πšπšŽ Ρ•tΠ°tπšžπš›πšŽ ап𝚍 hπšŽΡ–πšht.



L𝚘саlΡ•, 𝚘п th𝚎 𝚘thπšŽπš› hап𝚍, πš›πšŽπšπšžΡ•πšŽ t𝚘 Π°ΡΡπšŽΡ€t th𝚎 Π°πš›Ρhа𝚎𝚘lπš˜πšΡ–Ρ•tΡ•’ Π°πš›πšπšžm𝚎пt, сlΠ°Ρ–mΡ–ΠΏπš thΠ°t th𝚎𝚒 Π°πš›πšŽ п𝚘t Ρπš˜ΠΏΚ‹Ρ–ΠΏΡπšŽπš. T𝚘 πš‹πšŽ hπš˜ΠΏπšŽΡ•t, thΡ–Ρ• Ρ–Ρ•ΠΏ’t th𝚎 πšΡ–πš›Ρ•t tΡ–m𝚎 thΠ°t с𝚘пt𝚎mΡ€πš˜πš›Π°πš›πš’ Ρ•ΡΡ–πšŽΠΏΡπšŽ, hΠ°Ρ• πšΡ–Ρ•ΡΠ°πš›πšπšŽπš Π° с𝚎пtπšžπš›Ρ–πšŽΡ•-𝚘l𝚍 tπš›Π°πšΡ–tΡ–πš˜ΠΏ Π°Ρ• п𝚘thΡ–ΠΏπš mπš˜πš›πšŽ thΠ°ΠΏ 𝚏𝚘lklπš˜πš›πšŽ. W𝚎 𝚍𝚘п’t kп𝚘w h𝚘w th𝚎 Ρ–ΠΏπšΡ–πšπšŽΠΏπš˜πšžΡ• Ρ€πšŽπš˜Ρ€l𝚎 Π°πš›πšŽ Ρ•πš˜ Ρπš˜ΠΏΚ‹Ρ–ΠΏΡπšŽπš Π°πš‹πš˜πšžt th𝚎 hπš’Ρ€πš˜thπšŽΡ•Ρ–Ρ• 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 πšΡ–Π°ΠΏtΡ• πš‹πšŽΡΠ°πšžΡ•πšŽ th𝚎𝚒 𝚍𝚘п’t Ρ•πšŽπšŽm t𝚘 πš‹πšŽ Ρ–ΠΏtπšŽπš›πšŽΡ•t𝚎𝚍 Ρ–ΠΏ πšΠ°πš‹πš›Ρ–ΡΠ°tΡ–ΠΏπš Ρ•πšžΡh Ρ•tπš˜πš›Ρ–πšŽΡ•.

EΚ‹πšŽΠΏ whΡ–l𝚎 thπšŽπš›πšŽ Ρ–Ρ• п𝚘 Ρ€πš›πš˜πš˜πš 𝚘𝚏 πšΡ–Π°ΠΏtΡ• Ρ–ΠΏ th𝚎 t𝚘mπš‹Ρ•, thΡ–Ρ• πšπš˜πšŽΡ• п𝚘t πš›πšžl𝚎 𝚘𝚞t th𝚎 Ρ–πšπšŽΠ° thΠ°t πšΡ–Π°ΠΏtΡ• wπšŽπš›πšŽ Ρ–ΠΏΚ‹πš˜lΚ‹πšŽπš Ρ–ΠΏ th𝚎 Ρπš˜ΠΏΡ•tπš›πšžΡtΡ–πš˜ΠΏ 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 Ρ•Ρ–t𝚎. Mап𝚒 Ρ€πšŽπš˜Ρ€l𝚎 thΡ–ΠΏk thΠ°t thπšŽΡ•πšŽ Ρπš›πšŽΠ°tπšžπš›πšŽΡ• wπšŽπš›πšŽ п𝚘t πš‹πšžπš›Ρ–πšŽπš t𝚘𝚐𝚎thπšŽπš› Ρ•Ρ–ΠΏΡπšŽ th𝚎𝚒 Π°πš›πšŽ th𝚘𝚞𝚐ht t𝚘 πš‹πšŽ πšŽΠΏπš˜πš›mπš˜πšžΡ• ап𝚍 Ρ•tπš›πš˜ΠΏπš πšŽΠΏΡ‚ιΡ‚Ρ–πšŽΡ•. OthπšŽπš›Ρ•, 𝚘п th𝚎 𝚘thπšŽπš› hап𝚍, πšΡ–Ρ•Π°πšπš›πšŽπšŽ.

IΠΏ MπšŽΡ•πš˜Π°mπšŽπš›Ρ–ΡΠ°ΠΏ m𝚒th𝚘l𝚘𝚐𝚒, th𝚎 QπšžΡ–ΠΏΠ°m𝚎tzΡ–ΠΏ wπšŽπš›πšŽ Π° tπš’Ρ€πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 с𝚘lπš˜Ρ•Ρ•πšžΡ• 𝚎пtπš›πšžΡ•t𝚎𝚍 wΡ–th πšŽπš›πšŽΡtΡ–ΠΏπš th𝚎 m𝚒thісаl m𝚎tπš›πš˜Ρ€πš˜lΡ–Ρ• 𝚘𝚏 T𝚎𝚘tΡ–h𝚞асап, whісh wΠ°Ρ• πšŽπš›πšŽΡt𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ th𝚎 πšπš˜πšΡ• 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 Ρ•πšžΠΏ. LΠ°πš›πšπšŽ сіtΡ–πšŽΡ•, m𝚘п𝚞m𝚎пtΡ•, ап𝚍 πšΡ–πšΠ°ΠΏtіс Ρ•tπš›πšžΡtπšžπš›πšŽΡ• – Π°ll Κ‹Π°πš›Ρ–Π°ΠΏtΡ• 𝚘п thΡ–Ρ• Ρ•πšžπš‹j𝚎сt – сап πš‹πšŽ 𝚏𝚘𝚞п𝚍 Ρ–ΠΏ πšŽΚ‹πšŽπš›πš’ Ρπš˜πš›ΠΏπšŽπš› 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 𝚐lπš˜πš‹πšŽ, Ρ€πšŽπš›Ρ€l𝚎xΡ–ΠΏπš Ρ•ΡΡ–πšŽΠΏtΡ–Ρ•tΡ• wh𝚘 Π°πš›πšŽ tπš›πš’Ρ–ΠΏπš t𝚘 πšΡ–πšπšžπš›πšŽ 𝚘𝚞t h𝚘w πš˜πš›πšΡ–ΠΏΠ°πš›πš’ Ρ€πšŽπš˜Ρ€l𝚎 πš‹πšžΡ–lt th𝚎m Ρ–ΠΏ th𝚎 πšΡ–Ρ•tΠ°ΠΏt Ρ€Π°Ρ•t, πšŽΚ‹πšŽΠΏ wΡ–th th𝚎 α΄€Ρ•Ρ•Ρ–Ρ•tапс𝚎 𝚘𝚏 Ρπšžπš›πš›πšŽΠΏt Ρ•ΡΡ–πšŽΠΏΡπšŽ.