An old joke: a man stands at the mirror, peers into the reflection, snaps his fingers, tries to remember something ... A voice from the kitchen: “Petya, go have breakfast!” A man, joyfully: “Exactly: Petya!” Who are we? Does everyone immediately remember? In the Soviet Union, the answer to this key question was as sweeping as it was empty: a new historical community, the Soviet people.

How to live Chechens in the Yaroslavl region In and native connection. Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of refugees and migrant workers have moved to Central Russia - from Central Asia and from the North Caucasus. How did they take root and have taken root? Will they be able to integrate into the Russian main part of Central Russia?

How the imperial, Soviet, Russian people were copied The first full-fledged census of the population of Russia was carried out February 9, 1897.

One day in the company of a scribe Lanter, whistle, questionnaire. The New Times correspondents participated in the All -Russian census - this is how it was in the capital's Zamoskvorechye "All -Russian census, hello!" - says student Stepan Malkhasyan in the eye of the apartment.

On Tuesday morning (9:12 Moscow time) in Grozny, shooting began on the territory of one of the administrative buildings of the Chechen Republic, Interfax reports . Initially, it was reported that the fire was opened in the parliament building. According to other sources, the shootout took place in the building of the Ministry of Agriculture.

What we know and what we do not know about our country and the people Terra Incognita On October 25, the All-Russian census of the population-2010 will be completed. 650 thousand “temporary censused workers” - this is the official name - the questionnaires will be sent to the territorial departments of Rosstat ( report on the work of scribes ).

Armed attack on the legislature of the Republic Contradictory information comes at the moment from Chechnya. News agencies reported about an armed gang that entered the building of the parliament of the republic, about the dead and wounded, and even about the taking of hostages. The head of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic, Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov, was in the building at the time of the attack, but was not injured, as he was evacuated in a timely manner.

The Central Internal Affairs Directorate began a pre-investigation check of the non-profit foundation "Wikimedia.Ru", which is responsible for the development of the Russian segment of the Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia, as well as the online library Wikitech, writes Newsru.com . The check was initiated after the police received a statement that Wikisource contained extremist materials, RIA Novosti reports, citing the director of the fund, Vladimir Medeyko.