Durakovo

Durakovo (translated as "Village of Fools") is a village in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, 240 kilometres (150 mi) south-east of Moscow.

History

Durakovo is a 160-hectare (400-acre) agricultural settlement that developed on a foundation of state farming of beets and cabbage. The village was named, according to local legend, when one aristocrat won it from another in a card game called “Fools”. The Durakovo region is home to artists, priests, businessmen, and farmers all who recently would have witnessed the birth and growth of human industry, prosperity, and sobriety due to the creation of a residential treatment center for alcoholic men. The center, also named Durakovo, is a twelve-step focused vocational and residential treatment program for individuals with alcohol and drug addictions; residents’ ages range from 15 to 67.[1]

Documentary

In 2008, Nino Kirtadze realized a documentary film entitled "For God, Tsar and the Fatherland" (alternative title: "Durakovo: Village of Fools"), regarding the rehabilitation centre from Durakovo, patronized by Russian Orthodox philanthropist Mikhail Morosov.[2]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2012-08-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Why Democracy: Russia's Village of Fools - BBC 4".

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