Durakovo Explained

54.9631°N 36.6864°WDurakovo (Russian: Дураково; the name may be interpreted as "the 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.^[1]

Addiction rehabilitation center

The village houses a residential addiction rehabilitation center, also named Durakovo (54.9642°N 36.6887°W), for individuals with alcohol and drug addictions; residents’ ages range from 15 to 67. It was founded by businessman Mikhail Morozov (Михаил Федорович Морозов).^[2] The center was accepted to be the second compound of the Moscow Novospassky Monastery.^[3]

In 2008, Nino Kirtadze released a documentary film entitled "For God, Tsar and the Fatherland" (alternative title: "Durakovo: Village of Fools"),^[4] where the center was described as "a microcosm of rising nationalist zealotry". The film got the 2008 Sundance Film Festival directing award.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200327161527/http://lingvarium.org/russia/BD/02c_Kaluzhskaja.xls База данных «Этно-языковой состав населённых пунктов России»
2. Web site: Trends in Russian Addiction Treatment . 2012-08-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821193337/http://www.counselormagazine.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=63 . 2012-08-21 .
3. https://monasterium.ru/monastyri/monastery/durakovo-podvore/ Подворье Новоспасского монастыря в Дураково
4. Web site: Why Democracy: Russia's Village of Fools - BBC 4.
5. Durakovo: Village of Fools, Durakovo: Village of Fools, Variety, January 29, 2008