The memories of August 1991 swept a light nostalgic wave. In commemorative events that took place not only in Moscow, the pessimists were raised, claiming that the August victory over the GKChP was in vain and did not make sense. After all, one can in different ways to evaluate the event and its influence on the further course of history. You can talk for an arbitrarily long time about the possibility or impossibility of democracy in Russia.