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== History == == History ==
Durakovo is a 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”. 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”.
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 &ndash; 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>


== Documentary == == Documentary ==

Revision as of 21:55, 27 July 2015

Durakovo (translated as "Village of Fools") is a village in 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.

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.

References

  1. http://www.counselormagazine.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=63
  2. "Why Democracy: Russia's Village of Fools - BBC 4".

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