Durakovo
54°57′47″N 36°41′11″E / 54.963104°N 36.686361°E
Durakovo (Russian: Дураково; the name may be interpreted as "the <settlement> of fools") is a village in Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, Russia. According to the 2010 Russian census, the population was 0. In 2002 its population was 4.
Addiction rehabilitation center
The village houses a residential addiction rehabilitation center, also named Durakovo (54°57′51″N 36°41′19″E / 54.964218°N 36.688658°E), for individuals with alcohol and drug addictions; residents’ ages range from 15 to 67. It was founded by businessman Mikhail Morozov (Михаил Федорович Морозов). The center was accepted to be the second compound of the Moscow Novospassky Monastery.
In 2008, Nino Kirtadze released a documentary film entitled "For God, Tsar and the Fatherland" (alternative title: "Durakovo: Village of Fools"), where the center was described as "a microcosm of rising nationalist zealotry". The film got the 2008 Sundance Film Festival directing award.
References
- ^ База данных «Этно-языковой состав населённых пунктов России»
- ^ "Trends in Russian Addiction Treatment". Archived from the original on 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ^ Подворье Новоспасского монастыря в Дураково
- ^ "Why Democracy: Russia's Village of Fools - BBC 4".
- ^ Durakovo: Village of Fools, Durakovo: Village of Fools, Variety, January 29, 2008