Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia

"culture and history matter, values and tradition endure, peoples of the world have different instincts, wishes, priorities and dreams" 

part of understanding history and events is understanding people

The Russians by Hedrick-Smith

The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man by Francis Fukuyama

pushkin-putin-sad-tale-democracy-russia

exegi Monumentum poem by Pushkin

The image of Dual Russia