Durakovo
Durakovo (the name may be interpreted as "the <settlement> of fools") is a village in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, 240 kilometres (150 mi) south-east of Moscow.
History[edit]
Durakovo is a 160-hectare (400-acre) agricultural settlement that developed on a foundation of farming of beets and cabbage. 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[edit]
In 2008, Nino Kirtadze released a documentary film entitled "For God, Tsar and the Fatherland" (alternative title: "Durakovo: Village of Fools"), about Durakovo rehabilitation center, patronized by Russian philanthropist businessman Mikhail Morozov,[2] who created "a microcosm of rising nationalist zealotry". The film got the 2008 Sundance Film Festival directing award.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Trends in Russian Addiction Treatment". Archived from the original on 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ^ "Why Democracy: Russia's Village of Fools - BBC 4".
- ^ Durakovo: Village of Fools, Durakovo: Village of Fools, Variety, January 29, 2008