Anatolyi Matvienko and Grigoryi Omelchenko

"Sobor" regatta participants People's Deputies Anatolyi Matvienko, right, and Grigoryi Omelchenko stand behind the gates of the Khersonskyi reserve, surrounded by Militia, in Sebastopol, on Saturday, August 12, 2000. On that day regatta "Sobor" which started in Kyiv on July 28, arrived in Sebastopol and delivered specially made tongue for the historic "alarm bell", which is kept on the territory of the State Museum - reserve Tavricheskyi, not far from ruins of the ancient Byzantine basilica, which is considered to be connected with the Ukraine-Russia Christening, in Sebastopol. The participants of the regatta consider, that the action "return of voice" to bell became the next symbol of revival of the Ukrainian State System. In connection with the fact that on August 12 morning, while conducting digging on the territory of the reserve Khersones air bomb FAP-250 (250 kg) was discovered, the regatta participants, consisting of leadership of Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" and "Ssobornist" Deputy Group members, were not allowed to enter the reserve and conduct the planned ceremony. p-by Sergey Svetlitskyi/ UNIAN