Mass rallies in Moscow and large Russian cities in December 2011 and during 2012 clearly showed the internal contradictions of the Russian political system, which could previously be judged by local bursts of public discontent.

The book of Mikhail Yampolsky, the famous Russian philosopher, culturalist and historian, is devoted to the transitional stage in the culture of Western Europe - the period from the end of the XVIII to the beginning of the 20th century.

The conversation about lost architecture often turns into a dispute about the stones: was the facade beautiful, how many years he stood, was it valuable or that or that? Microscopes and cameras aim in ruins, blow dust from old descriptions and expert conclusions. For all this paper fuss, the essence of the issue somehow fades: after all, architecture is, first of all, a conversation about people .

In the elections last October 14, with their extremely low obvious and convincing victory of United Russia, many representatives of the losing side saw the signs of the "collapse of Russia" and "signal for power." I'm afraid this interpretation will become the main one for our opposition, which has long been accustomed to counting the knockout signal missing her. They beat her - she grows stronger, everyone is happy.