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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