When I was not yet the director of the gymnasium, but I already had some administrative experience and, as it is now fashionable to say, temporarily , one of my hobbies was to participate in the activities of various working groups and commissions.

What has been talked about for so long (some with hope, some with anxiety, some with irony) has come true - tired of the construction of various verticals, the state decided to start cultivating a literary clearing. And to prove the seriousness of its intentions, it came up with the “Big Book” award. More precisely, as many as three awards - the main one (3 million rubles) and two smaller ones (one and a half million and just a million).

Studying the works of the classics of conservative thought - Burke, de Maistre, de Bonald, I became convinced that conservatism as such does not exist. There is no complete, clearly defined theoretical direction. Or rather, it could exist in such a capacity if we limit ourselves to those same classics. But the history of the development of conservative thought did not stop there.

The Liberty Award for outstanding contribution to the development of Russian-American cultural relations was established in 1999 in New York by three Russian emigrants - artist Grisha Bruskin, musicologist Solomon Volkov and writer Alexander Genis. Since then they have been issuing and investing - God forbid! The first ceremony took place at Carnegie Hall during a gala concert dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Pushkin.

Among the important premieres of October, which I wrote about the last time, there was another one - almost the most important, especially judging by the abundance of articles discussing its advantages and disadvantages. “Gentlemen Golovlev” in the Moscow Art Theater, set by Kirill Serebrennikov, were declared in advance one of the main premiers of the season, largely due to the fact that Evgeny Mironov was appointed for the role of Judas.

Soviet writer Grigory Baklanov in his memoirs (published in the mid -nineties, when Baklanov, of course, was no longer a Soviet writer, but, on the contrary, was a big anti -communist) described, in particular, the period when he, Baklanov, had to live on the same landing with Vsevolod Anisimovich Kochetov for several years in a row - the chief editor of the magazine - the chief editor of the magazine “October” (in those years, such a “new world” in those years, on the contrary, it seems that on

The Liberty Award for an outstanding contribution to the development of Russian-American cultural ties was established in 1999 in New York by three Russian emigrants-artist Grisha Bruskin, musicologist Solomon Volkovov and writer Alexander Genis. Since then they give out and invest - God forbid! The first ceremony took place in Carnegie Hall during a festive concert dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Pushkin.

Islamic fundamentalism did not arise from scratch. This is the reaction of the Islamic world to the policy of the West - a more developed and strong neighbor in civilization. It is clear that "the strong is always in powerless to blame." The West allowed himself not to delve into the causes of the conflict and suppress disobedience by force. Since “there is no reception against scrap”, unconventional weapons such as “living bombs” were used against the West.