With the set of groups in the Middle Kingdom, things have not been going very well lately, and God himself ordered to move further south and east in my study of the Asian part of the world.
The route I chose is the following:
Novosibirsk - Vladivostok - Singapore - Manila - Palawan Island (Philippines) - Hong Kong - Macau - Novosibirsk.
He (the route) began to look like this due to the numerous sales of air tickets.
For example, the section Vladivostok - Singapore, with a transfer in Hong Kong, cost me only 10,000 rubles. Well, how can you resist? Other flights also indulged in low cost. Flying within Asia is generally cheap. You only need to catch one of the sales on local low-cost airlines, and for this, in turn, you need to constantly monitor the sites of several airlines for a long time.
Singapore.
In my opinion, everything has already been written about this miracle city. I will announce my opinion about a three-day stay in this city-state.
I did not apply for a visa, since 96-hour visa-free transit is provided for citizens of the Russian Federation. In principle, this time is enough to explore the main attractions of Singapore.
I would like to especially note the airline "Singapore Airlines". Flight Hong Kong - Singapore, I mastered the largest Airbus A-380. Flying it is pure pleasure. The level of comfort in the local "economy class" is much superior to our domestic "business class" in everything.
In my opinion, the statement that Singapore is very clean city, a bit overpriced. The city center is polished, but it is worth visiting the Indian quarter - and everything will become clear. Dirty and stink.
Everyone smokes only in designated areas. These places can be identified by the presence of urns in them. How unusual and wild!
Prices in Singapore are very high for everything. After China, it was very unpleasant for me to pay 15-20 singadollars (1 dollar - 27 rubles) for lunch or dinner. And this is in an ordinary eatery. I didn’t drink beer at all, because 250 rubles for a jar of this drink is crazy price!!!
Where have I been...
Sightseeing tour by bus around the city, swept on the local Ferris wheel, the "Magic Gardens" of Marina Bay, the beaches of Sentosa Island, which I reached by cable car, and, of course, the casino of Singapore!
The casino at the Marina Bay Hotel left the most pleasant impressions. This is both the environment and the outcome of the Poker Game. I won't reveal how much I won, but Singapore cost me free...
By the way... Not a bad option for traveling. I arrived, admired the sights, rested, played in a casino, won - I left with my friends. But for such an option, the main thing is the last ... Then how lucky.
Also got caught in the local kind of rain! It's certainly SOMETHING... A solid wall of water falling from the sky! It rains every evening in Singapore!
Well, a couple of photos for the Pleziru.
Southeast Asia attracts not only with its exotic traditions and way of life, but also with its nature. Some of the animals that live here are found nowhere else. We present to your attention a selection of animals that live only in Southeast Asia.
proboscis monkey
These unusual and rare monkeys are found only on the island of Borneo. From the local population, they received the nickname Dutch monkeys, because they noticed the same long noses and large bellies in the Dutch colonizers. Males are distinguished by a large fleshy nose, which allows these friendly primates to make bizarre sounds for communication: roars, squeals, grunts. The habitat of these monkeys is rapidly declining due to the fact that local residents arrange oil palm plantations on their territory.
Komodo monitor lizards
These largest reptiles in natural conditions can only be found on the islands of the Malay archipelago Komodo, Flores and Rincha. The saliva of a monitor lizard contains many bacteria, so it is not necessary for a monitor lizard to bite its prey to death. It is enough just to chase the bitten victim, who dies from blood poisoning within a day.
Hornbill
This bird is the symbol of the island of Borneo. She is so worried about her offspring that while incubating eggs, the female literally immures herself in a hollow. Building materials: branches and earth, are fastened with their own droppings. The result is a strong wall with a small hole through which the male passes food to the female. In such voluntary confinement, the female spends about three months, waiting for the babies to hatch and nursing them. Then he cuts through with his large beak a window in " Big world» 🙂
Binturong
This cat bear (eng. bearcat) is actually neither a bear nor a cat. He is a relative of civet, the very ones that make the most expensive coffee in the world. This is a very friendly animal, thanks to which they began to start it as a pet. This idea is especially popular in the USA. The powerful tail of the binturong serves as its fifth hand, with which it clings to the branches of trees. In addition, the binturong marks its territory with the help of odorous secretions. This oily substance has been used in perfumery for centuries to add durability to perfumes.
Lori or tarsier
These cute animals live in Southeast Asia, the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines. The tarsier's head can rotate almost 360 degrees. In the past, Indonesians believed that the head of the tarsier existed separately from the body, and were afraid to face them, because they believed that the same thing could happen to people in this case.
Red panda
This beauty lives in the north of Myanmar, in the southern part of China and on the mountain slopes of Nepal. In English, the animal is called firefox and it is in honor of the red panda that the famous browser is named. The animal is listed in the Red Book, and is endangered because of its beautiful fur, which is used to make hats.
sun bear
The smallest member of the bear family lives on the islands of the Malay Archipelago. For its size, the local population gave it the nickname "bear-dog". And he got the name "sunny" for a bright spot on his chest. This bear has the longest claws and tongue with which it destroys termite mounds, and the shortest coat among bears, which allows it to easily endure tropical heat.
black-backed tapir
It lives in Myanmar, Thailand and the Malay Peninsula. Despite the brightness, the animal's unusual coloration is protective, helping it disorientate predators. In the dark, the white part stands out, and the outlines of the animal themselves are lost. The image of a black-backed tapir is guessed in a good spirit that saves people from nightmares in Chinese and Japanese mythology.
orangutan
These are the only Asian great apes found in Borneo and Sumatra. They are so similar to people that their name is translated from the Malay language as "forest man". We were lucky to watch them with our own eyes during.
flying dragon
This name was given to small lizards due to the ability to soar on their "wings", which they use not only for movement, but also to intimidate enemies. For people, flying dragons do not pose any danger and are so small that they fit in the palm of your hand. They are common in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines.
This was the promised ten amazing animals of Southeast Asia, and in conclusion, I would like to add a small bonus 🙂
Rafflesia
Almost all of the above animals are listed in the Red Book and are rare species that are under the threat of extinction. Have you seen any of these animals?
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In the numerous and diverse world of the fauna of mammals that are able to "fly", or rather plan, there are only a few. The most famous are flying squirrels, spiketails, marsupial flying squirrels and woolly wings. Here we will talk about the latter. Kaguan (Cynocephalus volans), flying maquis, or Philippine woolly wing, or simply woolly wing.
This unusual animal belongs to arboreal mammals that live in the tropics of Southeast Asia. There are only 2 extant genera and 6 fossil genera in the Colleopteran order. Of the living, in addition to the Filipino, the Malay (lat. Cynocephalus variegatus) woolly wing is known.
From the name it is not difficult to guess about the areola of their habitat. The first chose the Philippines, or rather, the islands of Leyte, Bohol, Mindanao, Samar and Basilan. The second is Thailand and the islands of the Indonesian archipelago.
It is difficult to say who this animal resembles more - to someone a cat, to someone. Its dimensions are small - up to 65 cm along with the tail, weight is about 2 kg. On a small pretty muzzle there are large round dark eyes and rounded small ears.
The small limbs of the woolly wing are equipped with sharp claws, so that it is more convenient to climb trees and hang on branches. But to plan between the trees, it is helped by a dense flying membrane that connects all the limbs, tail and neck of the animal. There are also small webs between the toes on the paws.
By the way, the flying membrane of the woolly wing is the largest among other "flying" mammals. From above, she, like his whole body, is covered with small, soft and thick fur, which is why they called this animal a woolly wing. The coat of the kaguan varies from brown-red to grayish-brown, the light belly and the same light spots on the sides stand out only against the general background.
Kaguanas are nocturnal animals that spend most of their lives in trees. On the ground, they can be found very rarely, since they crawl along it and can easily become prey to predators. Colleopterans spend their days in hollows, getting out of them after sunset. It is at this time that you can see their flights. In the jump, they spread their paws in different directions and stretch their tail, thanks to which the membranes are stretched as much as possible.
The flight range of woolly wings is up to 140 m, with a height loss of only 10 m. Smaller distances (20-30 m) they actually fly in a straight line. But that's not all. By changing the tension of the membrane, the kaguan can control the direction of flight. They land in the same way as, for example, flying squirrels or. Taking a vertical position at some distance from the target, they land on the tree with all 4 limbs.
The diet of these flying animals is purely vegetarian: buds, leaves, flowers and fruits of various trees. Interestingly, the breeding features of the woolly wings are similar to representatives of marsupials, so they are sometimes referred to as them. The female brings, as a rule, one (rarely two) small, naked and blind babies. For the first 5-6 months, he lives, firmly clinging to his mother's belly. Hanging on a branch or just sitting on a tree, the female bends her tail to her abdomen and creates a kind of protective bag for the cub. The cubs will be ready for independent life only after 2-3 years.
The twenty-seventh game of the Second Team Tournament.
Members
Alexander Altshuler
Alexey Paevsky
- Yakov Podolny, pediatrician from Karmiel (Israel)
- Alexander Altshuler, economist from Kaliningrad
- Alexey Paevsky, science journalist from Odessa (Ukraine)
Game progress
First round
Topics:
- ABC
- Men and women
- Flowers
- Musical instruments
- Islands
- …tooth…
ABC (300)
In 1895, Vice Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov developed exactly this for the Russian fleet.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Semaphore alphabet
ABC (400)
The stories from his 4-volume "ABC" have been included in anthologies and primers for 140 years.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
ABC (500)
Bulgakov's Sharik learned the alphabet from them. Mayakovsky admitted the same.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: signboards
Men and women (500)
In a recent survey of British families, the word babe - "baby" took first place in this list.
Correct answer: The most disliked addresses to wives
Flowers (400)
Peruvian Moyobamba is nicknamed the city of these flowers: up to 3500 species are found in the district.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: orchids
Flowers (500)
The national holiday sair-lola, dedicated to these flowers, is celebrated in Tajikistan at the beginning of summer.
Correct answer: tulips
Musical instruments (500)
General Evgraf Zhivago was surprised to learn that his found niece Tonya masterfully plays this instrument - just like her own grandmother, Tonya is not known.
Jacob answers.
Player response: Piano.
Correct answer: Balalaika
Islands (400)
In this novel, perhaps the largest of the vehicles born of the fantasy of Jules Verne operates.
Jacob answers.
Player response: "Flying island".
Correct answer: "Floating Island"
Islands (500)
From the shipyard built by Peter I on this island, 500 ships left for three centuries; now the island has become a district of Arkhangelsk.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Solombala
…tooth… (500)
The eighth and ninth Zhiguli models received this nickname for their body shape.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: "Chisel"
Musical instruments (300)
Auction. In the autumn of 1941, according to the directive of the People's Commissariat of Defense, 60,000 of these tools were sent to the front to raise the spirit of the soldiers.
Jacob plays. Rate - 900.
Player response: drums.
Correct answer: Harmonicas
Musical instruments (400)
Musical instruments (400)
Initially, they were made from boiled cow or goat ribs. Nowadays, they are mainly made from solid wood.
Correct answer: Bones
…tooth… (400)
The crater shaft of this active volcano on the Kuril Island Urup form three rocks.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Trident
…tooth… (300)
If the actor learned the text of the role in this way, then no stage fright will bring him down.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: by heart
Men and women (400)
In this film by François Ozon, the only man doesn't say a word; even the audience hardly sees the face.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: "Eight Women"
Men and women (300)
According to legend, she secretly entered Caesar from her brother, ordering him to be wrapped in a precious carpet. Plutarch clarifies: not in a carpet, but in a modest bed bag.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Cleopatra
Islands (300)
Sculptures (500)
Cat in a bag. Topic: sculptures. The sculpture "Russia", created in 1896, is a masterpiece of Kasli casting. What 3 items are under the shield?
Played by Alexander. The bet is 500.
The player does not respond.
Correct answer: Crown, scepter and orb
ABC (200)
At the end of 1917, the secret organization "Azbuka" was created in Kyiv to fight against Bolshevism. The letters of the alphabet served the agents in this capacity.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Underground nicknames
…tooth… (200)
…tooth… (200)
In the Miocene, this marsupial, or tilokasmin, lived in North America.
Correct answer: Saber-toothed tiger
…tooth… (100)
The Moscow Kremlin has 1045 of these "dovetails".
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Battlements of the wall
Flowers (300)
In the USA and Western Europe, unlike in Russia, it is believed that such a bouquet brings happiness.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: With an even number of colors
Men and women (200)
Suvorov ordered to carry this "gift", bought for his own serfs, "as they carry chickens, but very safely."
Correct answer: Brides
Musical instruments (200)
In 1712 he made a cello for the Grand Duke of Tuscany; now the American Yo-Yo Ma plays the instrument.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Stradivarius
Musical instruments (100)
Poets consider it their attribute, even if they don’t understand anything about music.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Lira
ABC (100)
Letter codes, that is, the alphabet itself, were invented by his colleague Weil, which the inventor himself denied.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: morse
Flowers (200)
This popular song performed by actress Nina Sazonova was first heard in the TV movie "My Street".
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: "Daisies hid"
Islands (200)
The Croatian island of Galesnjak is shaped like this; No wonder it is called the "Island of Lovers".
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Heart
Flowers (100)
Auction. In the Song of Hiawatha, the loving sighs of the south wind Shavandase destroyed this flower.
Played by Alex. The rate is 1,000.
Correct answer: Dandelion
Men and women (100)
At the beginning of the play, he was unrequitedly in love with the beautiful Rosalina, but the new love turned out to be stronger.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Romeo
Islands (100)
The name of this island was jokingly deciphered as "Communism off the coast of America."
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Cuba
Round result
- Jacob - 1 100
- Alexander - 700
- Alexei - 2 500
Second round
Topics:
- Bridges
- fly hunting
- Questions from…
- Spiritual Affairs
- solar system
- Length
Length (600)
This Russian measure was approximately equal to the length of a human step.
Correct answer: Arshin
Length (800)
Its length must be known in order to calculate the circumference of a circle.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Radius
Solar system (600)
This year, asteroid number 274301 was named after this online encyclopedia.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Wikipedia
Bridges (800)
Bridges (800)
The Keshwa Chaka Rope Bridge over the Apurimac River is the last surviving bridge built by the inhabitants of this empire.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Inca
Solar system (800)
On this planet you can find the land of Lada, the plain of the Snow Maiden and even the canyon of Baba Yaga.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Venus
Length (1 000)
Question-auction. This modern competitive discipline was part of the program of the ancient Olympics. Now the record belongs to Mike Powell.
Jacob plays. Rate - 1 700.
Correct answer: Long jump
Spiritual affairs (800)
Peter Negosh, who ruled this country at the beginning of the 19th century, was canonized by the Orthodox Church as Peter Tsetinsky.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Montenegro
Spiritual Affairs (1,000)
There is a temple "on blood" not only in St. Petersburg, but also in this Russian regional center.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Yekaterinburg
Fly hunting (800)
Maestro Titarenko removed him from flying, and during a German raid, without a command, he took off on a commander’s plane and shot down a Messer.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Grasshopper
Fly hunting (1 000)
Fly hunting (1 000)
These inhabitants of Southeast Asia fly up to 140 meters thanks to the fur membrane between the paws, tail and neck.
Alexey answers.
Player response: flying squirrels.
Correct answer: Wormwing
Bridges (1,000)
To remember (1 000)
Cat in a bag. Topic: To remember. The project of Turkish architects was preferred, and for 60 years Anitkabir in Ankara has been visited by millions of people, and not only Turks. What is Anitkabir?
Played by Alexander. The rate is 1,000.
Player response: National Museum.
Correct answer: Mausoleum of Ataturk
Solar system (1,000)
This space telescope, which orbited the Sun, managed to “look out” for 4 years of work more than a hundred planets outside the solar system.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: "Keppler"
Solar system (400)
In a photograph taken by Voyager from 6 billion kilometers away, it appears as a pale blue dot.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Earth
Solar system (200)
After Pluto was excluded from the planets, the title of the smallest planet in the solar system passed to him.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Mercury
Spiritual Affairs (600)
Filipinos carry a dark-skinned statue of the Savior around the capital three times a year; According to legend, this is exactly what happened on the ship that brought the statue to Manila four centuries ago.
Correct answer: Fire
Bridges (600)
This event first took place in 1982, although it did not go on the air. From the Soviet side, 200 students, hastily gathered in Ostankino, participated.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Teleconference with the USA
Questions from… (200)
Questions from the makeup artist
Make-up artist Natalya Orekhova asks questions. Checking the makeup of Josephine and Daphne, the director of the film "Only Girls in Jazz", forced the actors to go to this institution and only then began filming.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Women's toilet
Questions from… (600)
If the lower eyelid of an actor is lightly smeared with a special pencil that looks like lipstick, then the actor will do it.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: will cry
Questions from… (800)
In the film "Spring" Rina Zelyonaya as a make-up artist of the film studio commands: "Average plump, sexy number four!". What is she talking about?
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Lips
Questions from… (400)
A special black lacquer helps to give the viewer the illusion that the actor does not have this.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Tooth
Questions from… (1,000)
Take starch, add talc, zinc oxide, chalk. What will happen?
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Powder
Fly hunting (600)
Fly hunting (600)
Who flies two meters above the water and immediately flops back?
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: stingray
Bridges (200)
This is the Khimki microdistrict, and a swing bridge for entering the ship.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Gangway
Fly hunting (400)
According to J.K. Rowling, the Ministry of Magic banned these "vehicles" from being brought into Britain. Not otherwise frightened of the competition brooms.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Flying carpets
Length (400)
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: noah's ark
Spiritual affairs (200)
This archangel accompanied Muhammad during his miraculous ascension to heaven.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Jabrail
Bridges (400)
Bridges (400)
The people of Rotterdam have nicknamed this graceful bridge "the swan". The official name of the bridge is in honor of this famous native of the city.
Correct answer: Erasmus of Rotterdam
Spiritual affairs (400)
According to Teffi, these ancient steps could not be taken without blasphemy: either they would crush the tail of a sacred cat, or they would poke at a sacred dog, or they would eat a holy fly in borscht ...
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Egyptians
Round result
- Jacob - 8 000
- Alexander - 1 100
- Alexei - 7 900
Third round
Topics:
- Factories
- I'm sitting behind bars
- Spices
- What from what
- The Bears
- stairs
What of what (900)
What of what (900)
British artist Susan Stockfen put together a map of the world from this. The work took a year, you can admire it at the University of Berkfordshire.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Microcircuits
What of what (600)
African ugali, Romanian hominy, Italian polenta… All three porridges are made from this flour.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: corn
I am behind bars (1,200)
Even during the Cold War, this West Berlin prison was jointly run by the four allied powers.
Jacob answers.
Player response: Muabit.
Correct answer: Spandau
I am behind bars (1,500)
These "innovations" introduced in the Bastille and other prisons to aggravate the suffering of prisoners, King Louis XI affectionately called "daughters."
Correct answer: iron cells
Factories (1 200)
In 1922, the Petrograd Knitting and Hosiery Factory, founded by the merchant Natus, received the order and with it this new name.
Correct answer: Red flag
Factories (1 500)
Soups (1 500)
Cat in a bag. Topic: Soups. Here are French bouillabaisse, Finnish Lohikeito, Spanish gazpacho and German bread soup. Only this soup is supposed to be cooked in a cast-iron and left for another day.
Played by Alexander. Rate - 1 500.
Player response: gazpacho.
Correct answer: lohikeyto
Bears (900)
This Pushkin hero, having got to the gypsies, began to "go around the villages with a bear", which extremely outraged the romantic Ryleev.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Aleko
Bears (1 200)
The “Bear Circus” created by him was filmed in the films “Arena of the Brave”, “Michelle and the Bear”, “Not all bears sleep in winter”.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Valentin Filatov
Bears (1 500)
Bears (1 500)
These bears from an island near Alaska are taken under state protection - their numbers have declined sharply.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Kodiak
Stairs (1 500)
Stairs (1 500)
Six denominations agreed not to change anything in this temple without a common consent. So the stairs, who knows how to get on the ledge, do not touch for two centuries.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Spices (1 200)
Correct answer: Cardamom
What of what (1 200)
Auction. The purest sand from the Po River, or even imported sand from Istria, was used to make this in Venice.
Jacob plays. Rate - 8 800.
Player response: Yarn.
Correct answer: Glass
What from what (1 500)
From the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts every year they sent a steamer with dirty rags to England, and they received exactly this back.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: drawing paper
Stairs (900)
In the century before last, the first in the world appeared in a New York park on Coney Island for the amusement of the public. It acquired its modern look 27 years later. What are we talking about?
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Escalator
I'm behind bars (900)
Spices (900)
The Portuguese exported pepper miguetta from the coast of present-day Liberia. On the old maps the region is named as such.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Pepper Coast
Bears (600)
In the Norwegian village of Jarfjord, a she-bear and three cubs broke into a house in the absence of their owners, destroying honey and chocolate and washing down canned sweets with these contents.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: Beer
I'm behind bars (600)
In the century before last, this Russian ministry sent the academician of architecture Anthony Tomishko abroad. To study the prison case.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: MIA
Stairs (600)
At the third Odessa Film Festival "City Lights" Chaplin was shown there to the live music of the Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jacob answers.
Correct answer: On the Potemkin Stairs
Factories (600)
The Romans called the word fabrica such a small enterprise.
Correct answer: Workshops
Spices (600)
This spice is dried strips of bark.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Cinnamon
Spices (300)
Farmers who grow "organic food" spray hot pepper infusion for this purpose.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: For pest control instead of conventional insecticides
Bears (300)
This species, separated from the brown bear, is now the "youngest".
Jacob answers.
Player response: Grizzly.
Correct answer: Polar bear
I'm behind bars (300)
The son of Marina Tsvetaeva Georgy Efron in his diary calls this institution, where both his father and sister were "Bottles".
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Butyrskaya prison
What of what (300)
At the Winter Smile festival in the Arkhangelsk region, the local team not only built a stove out of it, but also managed to flood it.
Alexey answers.
Correct answer: Snow
Stairs (300)
The image of the progenitor of just such a staircase was found in one of the caves of Valencia. The drawing is about 100 centuries old.
Alexander answers.
Correct answer: Ladder
Round result
- Jacob - 1 800
- Alexander - 2 000
- Alexei - 11 200
Final round
Topic: Around the music
Tchaikovsky dedicated a trio for piano, violin and cello to his memory. And in the Great Hall of the Conservatory, his portrait occupies a central position above the stage. What are we talking about?
Jacob's answer: Nikolai Rubinstein
Rate - 600.
Alexander's answer: Cui
The rate is 2,000.
Alexey's answer: Beethoven
The rate is 1,000.
Correct answer: Nikolai Rubinstein
Outcome of the game
- Jacob - 2 400
- Alexander - 0
- Alexei - 10 200
Aleksey Paevsky is declared the winner of the game. The Ukrainian team advances to the final games.
