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Painful decision-making between two equally valid social demands - preserving the past, including its material remnants, which may become obstacles to progress at a certain point, or sacrificing something from ourselves and our ancestors for the sake of the future. Because if we want (and we must) move forward, we have to leave something behind. But on the other hand: "We are what we remember. Without memory, we disappear, cease to exist, and our past is erased, and yet we pay little attention to memory except in cases where it abandons us. I do very little to exercise, nurture, strengthen, and protect it." (Mark Twain) Yes, we must look forward, but at the same time, we must not forget what we have left behind. But what if we are in a fog, where is the front and where is the back? In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Russia found itself in a fog, as it had so many times in its long history... (2013.05.24)