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UKRAINE EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA


We arrived in Kiev at the beginning of March. Snow lay in every corner, held in place by the subzero temperatures. This was a place unlike any I’d ever seen before. I suppose you can say that about anywhere new, but to the unaccustomed eye, this was a certain departure. Our hosts welcomed us to Kiev with a natural warmness that remained throughout the trip. The local team included Sound House Pro’s CEO Andrey Garkaviy and Aleksey Konichenko, as well as Bosch’s Maksym Stoyko and Irina Ionicheva. We were also accompanied by Stanislav Serbin - Marketing Manager for Dynacord distributors, Cortmi. Though he wasn’t directly involved in the projects, he has assisted with translations, as he did during our visit. The travelling Bosch contingent included EVI Audio’s Oliver Sahm and Helmut Seidl, and Bosch Security Systems’ Erika Goerge.


KIEV On the morning after an evening of Ukranian tales and Georgian


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food, we made our way to the Olympic Stadium, or more accurately Olimpiysky, in central Kiev. It is a stadium that, like the city in which it resides, is awash with history. Built in 1923, the venue has been a constant feature amid a changing political and social landscape, its name changes throughout time serve as a skeletal representation of political transition. Following Ukrainian independence in 1991, the stadium was renamed as the Olimpiysky National Sports Complex in 1996, a name it has held ever since. Euro 2012, which begins on Friday 8 June, will reach its climax here on Sunday 1 July, with the final being played out before a 65,720 capacity audience. The stadium’s transition has not been limited to its various names changes; it has evolved structurally too. That evolution has taken on a more revolutionary pace over the last four years, while it has been prepared for the tournament. Reconstruction work has included the demolition and rebuilding of the lower tier, a completely new west stand with a two-level press box between the two tiers, the addition of a 13-storey high rise building to the west (to house the Sheraton Kyiv Olimpiysky Hotel), and the addition of a new roof covering the entire seating area. Its new capacity is actually 70,050, but this has been reduced to accommodate the army of press that will be reporting from each game during the tournament.


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