Society with no memory Roman Badanin’s column on the fading of Russia’s recent history 10 ноября 2025 Roman Badanin, Proekt’s еditor-in-chief The history of states is the history of people. Every story in a newspaper or on the internet is an event in the life of one or several people. How accurately we describe our history depends on how much we know about those involved.

Society without memory. Column by Roman Badanin about how the modern history of Russia is disappearing. The history of states is the history of people. Any news in the newspaper and on the Internet is an event from the life of a person, several, many. How much we know about the hero determines how accurately we describe our story.

First scene Dominion of the best The story of how Vladimir Putin employed 26 of his relatives November 10, 2025 Characters: Vladimir Putin and his family, distant relatives and lovers, Boris Yeltsin and his family, as well as Gennady Timchenko, Nikolai Shamalov and other minor characters. Project contents English version The rule of the best is the original meaning of the word “aristocracy”, as it was understood in Ancient Greece.

Second scene Estate democracy The story of how the Kremlin was captured by the children and grandchildren of the executioners November 10, 2025 Characters: Anton Vaino, Alexey Gromov, Dmitry Peskov, Larisa Brycheva, Andrey Fursenko, Anatoly Seryshev and their families Project contents English version The Soviet government abolished the pre-revolutionary estates only to create new ones in their place, where the party nomenclature occupied the most privileged place - something like new nobles.

Genealogical research Russian authorities Worked on the project: Vitaly Soldatskikh, Ekaterina Reznikova, Roman Badanin, Mikhail Maglov, Mikhail Rubin, Katya Arenina, Roman Romanovsky, Leonid Pimenov, Alexander Savelyev, Elizaveta Tsybulina, Andrey Zatirko, Alexey Korostelev, Roman Kovalenko, Boris Dubakh, Nadezhda Makeeva and other authors and designers. With the participation of the Rupep.org project and the Protocol publication.