I was always occupied by the topic of cultural and political correspondences. When you read five books about one era at the same time, you find a landscape of corresponding events. Here Pop Gapon went to the winter. And then-religious and philosophical meetings are sitting. And then Rasputin gathered into a pilgrimage through all of Russia. And then the Golden Fleece and Apollo. And then the flowering of public rhetoric in the State Duma. Young Nietzscheans scurry out of some salons to others.

From the editor. From September 30 to October 2, the Second Forum of civil activists “Last Autumn” will be held in the Moscow region - the reincarnation of the summer Antiseliger in the Khimki forest. One of the headliners of this forum will be musician Vasily Shumov, leader of the Center group.

Putin’s return to the Kremlin, to whatever extent it was expected or unexpected, had a strong effect on the country, it is possible to compare with this only the arrival of it twelve years ago, with all the difference - and even polarity - these events. The negative (or “failure”) aspects of this solution are obvious immediately, they can not even be listed. Let's try to focus on positive ones. Firstly, the situation has finally acquired complete clarity and certainty.

From the editorial office. While we have any nonsense here, in France there was another “shift to the left”. What is the RSA , Mikhail Mayatsky, living in Switzerland, reports. * * * Last Sunday, September 25, in the French Senate, for the first time in half a century, the left was the absolute majority. The slap in the right on behalf of and on behalf of the hinterland, familiar with reality, firsthand (the Senate is chosen by members of local Soviets - from regions to municipalities).

Vinyl boom - Renaissance or relapse? The fate of Vinil is like the fate of the deck of cards from the song of Arkady Severny - their fate is in the hands of the cook Il Lakei, etc. The mass import of old records from abroad is somewhat reminiscent of the violent repatriation of emigrants, or the slave market. Only instead of disenfranchised savages, the greatest artists of the twentieth century from Bing Crosby to the “Hanoi Rox” are taken to the platform.

This photo shows neither more nor less, but a showcase. The goods, as they say, face: a suitcase of post -war years, storing toys, which for the first time decorated the Christmas tree, too, this way about fifty years ago; worn furs from the eighties; Books that are a rarity in the early nineties; The green giant of the two thousandths crossed the arms on his chest. All this is sold on a flea market located around the central market of the city of Taganrog.