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	Durakovo is a {{convert\|400\|acre\|ha\|adj=on~~\|order=flip~~}} 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”.		Durakovo is a {{convert\|400\|acre\|ha\|adj=on}} 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.<ref>http://www.counselormagazine.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=63</ref>		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.<ref>http://www.counselormagazine.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=63</ref>

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Durakovo (translated as "Village of Fools") is a village in Russia, 150 miles (240 km) south-east of Moscow.

History

Durakovo is a 400-acre (160 ha) 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.

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.

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Rural localities in Russia