I have loved Christmas very much since childhood. This bright holiday gives believers strength. Therefore, even old people in Georgia tried to spend the night before Christmas in church for services. This night in itself seems like a miracle. Faith strengthens and the soul purifies. And this has been happening for more than two thousand years. Legends are passed down from generation to generation, and today I want to tell you one of them.

About a year ago I set myself a number of goals to try to achieve and a number of tasks to solve. One of these tasks was to try to stir up the “Kurgan blogosphere” and find associates and like-minded people in this matter, which is not useless for our city and region. Why and how? Many people now talk about “civil initiatives”, “civic position” on the Internet, but few people realize where this all comes from.

In the Democracy Index rating, Russia rolled over the past year at 10 positions, being in 117th place of 167 possible, moving from the category of “hybrid” modes to full authoritarianism. The reasons listed in the report are long known.

In an exclusive address for Echo of Moscow, published on January 6, A. Kudrin shared with the public his views on the protest movement, negotiations with the authorities, the demands of protesters, etc. Taking into account A. Kudrin’s earlier words about holding meetings with V. Putin, as well as confirmations voiced by the “national leader” about the fundamental readiness to negotiate with protesters, we can safely say that the key points voiced by A.

In Krylatko Park on Gagarin Avenue, the “snow town” is also teeming with life. We ended up there by chance last night and didn’t regret it Modern means were used to design the illumination here, so everything looks quite unusual for our city. Beautiful ice figures are illuminated with multi-colored lamps. This horse clearly lacks wings - it would be a symbol of our city) The main characters of any Christmas tree Actually, a Christmas tree!

On November 25, our most honest Foreign Ministry in the world denied rumors that the pilots released from a Tajik prison were actually exchanged for the Tajik major Rustam Khukumov, caught red-handed for transporting 9 kilograms of heroin. Already on December 29, Rustam Khukumov, sentenced to 9.5 years in prison, was quietly released home. This became known only now.

The main attraction of Bethlehem is, of course, the birthplace of Christ, over which the first temple was erected by the Byzantine emperor Constantine in the 330s. Yes, yes, so modest and even inconspicuous in appearance (in the background) - no golden domes, no expensive marble You can read more about the history and current state of the basilica on Wikipedia . I'll just comment a little on my photos.

At a meeting in the theater.doc, I promised to publish a scheme of the premises of our little Bastille - the N1 special receiver on Simferopol Boulevard. The year is saturated, and the scheme can come in handy more than once. So I am fulfilling the promise: When released, you are given such a certificate (you can go to the subway once for free): And, by the way, living in a special reception is not free. The cost of one day is 20 rubles.

After the grandiose rallies on Bolotnaya and Sakharov Avenue, it seemed to many that the main danger to the protest movement would be, first of all, associated with the red days of the calendar. Many years of experience have taught us that the first two weeks of January always fall out of social and political life, and even the most advanced representatives of the ruling elite began New Year’s celebrations with Catholic Christmas.

The blogosphere is vying with each other to discuss a politically correct scandal - the official registration in Sweden of the “Church of Kopimism”, or a newly invented “religion”... of Internet pirates. The creed of the pirate sect is the belief that any information should be freely distributed through unhindered copying.

Two guys with their girlfriends did not return from a party in a nightclub Early in the morning of January 6, 2012, a Mitsubishi Lancer crashed near house number 10 on Mira Avenue. At high speed, the foreign car flew into the oncoming lane and crashed into a tree. As a result of the incident, the driver and three passengers died on the spot. There are no corpses in the video, but still... probably not worth watching. Four families lost their children on Christmas Eve... Original

Well, we made it. Anti-Navalnaya oppositionists are starting to link to clearly anti-opposition blogs. I will agree too, although, of course, I am not an “anti-Navalninist”. Just after the link, it became interesting to go through the original blog, see what’s there and how. I think not only I will be interested. Here is an anti-Navalnen post . And here is a post about the rally on Sakharov Avenue , where the author proves that no more than 25,000-30,000 people gathered on Sakharov Avenue.

Many citizens use buses. And not only in order to get from one locality to another, but also in order to convey something to those living in another region. This time, the transfer of the “package” turned out to be a surprise: near Volgograd, the bus driver handed over an egg with a drug to a traffic police inspector. As it turned out later, the parcel was intended for a completely different person.

On January 6 at 14.00 in the snowy town on the central Christmas tree of Blagoveshchensk, a flash mob took place, held with the blessing of His Grace Bishop Lucian - participants of the Orthodox youth brotherhood of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky. Following the traditions of modern flash mobs, members of the brotherhood suddenly performed the Christmas carol “This is a Holy Night” for all visitors to the snowy town. About 20 people took part in the event.

I arrived in this city at about ten o'clock in the evening. They unloaded me near the bus station. - How can I get to the railway station? – I asked the native. “Here’s the stop, here’s the direction of travel,” answered the aborigine, “stand here and wait for tram number one.” Only the first one, not the second or even the third, will take you to the station. Do you remember? The first tram.