Alcohol and Demography: Time for Emergency Measures

Alcohol and Demography: Time for Emergency Measures

The growth of alcohol consumption in Russia is breaking records for the decade. Coupled with the rapid depopulation of the country's population, mortality from the consequences of alcohol consumption can have a...
American Reich

American Reich

Trump outlined a plan to create an American empire: Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal. Good old Anglo-American imperialism is the project of American "hawks" to get the US out of the crisis....
Yeniseisk - the father of Siberian cities

Yeniseisk - the father of Siberian cities

Yeniseisk, the "father of Siberian cities", is the cradle of the development of Eastern Siberia, where the paths of pioneers began and the economic center of the region was born....
"Golden Years". Studying at the Institute

"Golden Years". Studying at the Institute

A person is largely shaped by his environment. Having a mother who is a candidate of historical sciences, a teacher of the history of the CPSU, I constantly heard about lectures, seminars, passing the candidate minimum, "form number 6",...
Personality and history

Personality and history

“They expected bloodshed from him, but he ate a siskin”, or about the role of personality in history....
Trump – NATO 2025

Trump – NATO 2025

Donald Trump intends to demand that member states of the North Atlantic Alliance increase their defense spending to 5% of their GDP compared to the current...
"We are Russians - what a delight!"

"We are Russians - what a delight!"

There is no need to copy the Romanov project, where "Moscow is the Third Rome", that is, the West. And try to become the East. Russian civilization is the Global North....
Poverty and extinction of Russia

Poverty and extinction of Russia

One of the reasons for Russia's extinction is literally beggarly wages. Poverty and destitution of the majority of the people....
"We went the other way" or Let it all burn with fire

"We went the other way" or Let it all burn with fire

Our readers have begun to notice more and more differences between Russians and Ukrainians. Our nations have gone "into different directions" into the future. How did it happen that the usual moral norms of once fraternal nations became...
"A carriage, a carriage for me!"

"A carriage, a carriage for me!"

The 1957 cartoon "The Snow Queen" made a simply stunning impression on me. Especially the part where the robbers drive the carriage to their lair. I really wanted to make one for myself...
For those on the way...

For those on the way...

The word "toast", especially at Christmas or New Year, always for some reason reminds me of Jack London's story "To Those Who Are on the Road". I can't remember why this happened, but somehow it...
Gentlemen of the situation...

Gentlemen of the situation...

We were taught to love foreigners in the USSR from early childhood. By the way, no one there called on us to love the English and Americans, although we studied both English and American literature, and on...