Fiction Regionism

"Regionalism" - it is mildly said, this is in this case a very cautious political correct euphemism. In fact, the book "Vladivostok 3000" is filled with frank, trumpeting in pipes by Far Eastern separatism. And the fact that this black mark came from the field of pop culture-the fact is not only funny, but also meaningful. This is a joint creation of two famous Vladivostok residents, although fame and popularity to them fell by no means equally. Primorsky journalist Vasily Avchenko, the author of the successful non-fiction prose "Right steering", in which the notes of the indicated regionalism were already more than enough, united with the rock surveillance Ilya Lagutenko. And together they gave this dreamy utopia about the beautiful Pacific Republic, packed in the plot of a spy detective and decorated with semi -mystical fantasies and marine romance.

There is no corruption in the republic and there is almost no crime. Unless the bad Chinese smugglers will appear. No one smokes tobacco there, but marijuana is legalized in specially designated places in your Holland. All civil servants are dressed there in a form resembling sea, and in general everything is organized in a naval way. The highest level of education and the same is life. The republic produces its high-tech, fruitfully trades with the whole richest Pacific region and wants to "stir up" with the "Asian tigers" of the Union, like European, only cooler (and then imperial Muscovy will become completely bad), conquers land by Japanese technology from the sea, in the footsteps of this state are Sakhalin and Magadan (and from this Moscow is also completely bad), people there are there) Cultural and more pleasant than in central Russia. And they fill up the whole world in tons of seafood. And proudly drive with the right wheel. The songs “Mummy Troll” serve as a constant soundtrack for this prosperity.

It is difficult to say how serious the contribution of literary work was made to this book Lagutenko, perhaps, simply gave permission to use his name, names and fragments of his songs with which the text was stuffed. Another thing is interesting-quite respectable, except for several Soft-social and, we would say, percentes from the later part of creativity, Selibrity “signed up” for a project that, albeit only in the space of fiction, but, however, the most unambiguous manner abandones the call of “territorial integrity”. He met with Putin, he asked him for the Amur tiger, but he himself, it turns out, wants to separate his small, distant homeland from our one and indivisible.

In the same way, the question of the purely literary virtues of the story, very modest, must be said (to nothing claiming fiction, to the best of forces, colored by marine romanticism and regional exotic) is purely secondary when evaluating this book as a kind of precedent. The main thing is that Vladivostok-3000 is the most natural manifesto of regional separatism. And the fact that in this case it is dressed in a relatively frivolous, lightweight form of adventure whitric and science fiction should, in truth, only more strongly to alarm the radio -integrity. Because in our time, mass culture is the tool through which ideas master the masses. Or an indicator that these ideas have already mastered the masses. And the means with which the masses are felt on the subject of readiness to accept these ideas. In any case, an alarming call for those who still come in a false hatred when reminding the phrase of Boris Yeltsin about "take sovereignty."

It is curious to compare "Vladivostok" with analogues from the field of Russian science fiction. The incredible popularity of the Retro utopia genre aptly and not without poison was noted by Konstantin Krylov. "Ah, if, then ..." This is a nostalgic, absolutely regressive intention, exposed in which, in fact, a terrible state was the worldview of the Russian man of zero. The subjunctive mood was his last joy. Retro utopia is barren masturbation, sweet dreams are not even about Russia that they lost, but about the one that never existed, but theoretically could be.

"Vladivostok 3000" has already been released in the new decade and is a distinct antithesis of this line. Yes, we are also talking about alternative history, as in retro utopias. But there are two important differences. Firstly, paradise is localized geographically, not temporally. He is not "when", he is "where." Incidentally, this resonates with the Russian utopian tradition (Kitezh, etc.). The Pacific Republic is literally a promised land, not just cleared of the vices of modern Russia, but also original (regional), distinctive, having its own specific charm, magnetism and charm. Just like the forever smiling face Ilya Lagutenko. Secondly, you can get to Paradise Vadivostok-3000 from the hell of modern Vladivostok Russian. A fairly transparent hint that the window of opportunities for the Primorsky "regionality" is by no means closed. In general, unlike the still flooding Russian NF retro-utopia, happiness is by no means a thing of the past. This is not a phantom pain for something not even lost, but not at all acquired, as in retro utopias, this is a project.

This is a very dreamy book. Popying the famous song about the capital of Holland, it could be called "in the port of Vladivostok" - and "Mumiy Troll" would be completely descended for Jacques Brelya. The book about Russian Macau, Gonk Kong, Shanghai or Amsterdam. Russian, not Russian. There are dialogs that can become an vengeful delight for all opponents of the empire:

"- My father is from Siberia.

- Well? Where?

- From near Krasnoyarsk.

- No, we are west ... We have a big Siberia.

- Yes, big ... you. "

The book is certified by the authors as a movie way. The text is really written so that it easily turns into a script. And it seems that there are already specific filming plans. In addition, as part of the same project, Mumiy Troll, shot a new video for its famous Vladivostok 2000, where their fellow countrymen and sailors of the Pacific Fleet are rampant at a concert organized right on the deck of a warship. That is, "Vladivostok 3000" - this, as was said, is a large -scale project. So far - lying entirely in the entertainment area. But who knows if he resonates with trends in other areas and will not have echoes in them?

The fact that the theme of the Pacific Republic was closely associated with rock culture is also indicative and naturally. Indeed, it was in Russian rock that the spontaneous, intuitive, politically not articulated regionalism was always strong.

And by the way, what about the Ural Republic? After all, so many rockers came out from there.