Back in the 1990s, when I first came to the USA, only one episode broke my euphoria about the Western way of life.
We with a local friend went along the unfrequented street and admired the city. Suddenly, we were overtaken by a car from with incredibly loudly carried rap music. In the car there were …
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Will you still respect the sage who suddenly dislikes you?
Will you still despise the scoundrel who will bestow you with honors?
Will you still love the person who suddenly stopped loving you?…
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I have noticed an interesting thing: almost all readers who negatively reacted to my posts about the Soviet Union are supporters of Putin’s Russia in the conflict with Ukraine.
This once again proved to me that in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions there is now not so much …
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I remembered how when I was deputy akim of Astana and vice-minister, I went out with my family to the city on weekends, some passers-by recognized me and looked at me in amazement. They were very surprised: “a person like him with no bodyguards!” )))
And I always liked the democratic style of behavior …
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I look at some young high-ranking officials and remember myself in their situation.
Just appointed to a high position. Congratulations of friends and acquaintances. Pride of relatives. Attention at all events.
Then a new phenomenon appears in their life: an invitation to events as a “wedding general”. At first, it looks sincere. Close friends are invited. …
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In a free society, where there are few restrictions, limits, censorship, more thoughts, words, ideas are born.
And the more ideas, the greater the choice and the greater the probability of survival in the competition of the best of the ideas.
That is why the best cars, computers, phones, pictures and …
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The very word “scoop “came from the word” Soviet”, and they represent the most negative manifestations of lifestyle and thinking inherent in the citizens of the former Soviet Union.
Here, in my opinion, the main features of “scoop” and my explanation of their origin.
Class aversion.
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How is it that we have become a toothpick to “the Kazakh national instrument”?
Many men (and even women !!!) often demonstrate their virtuosity in front of the audience sitting at the table with them. Even in some expensive restaurants, toothpicks are openly put on the table together with a …
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As a child, I spent every summer with my grandmother in the village. She lived alone (grandfather was killed in the war), and I kind of helped her.
I remember one case.
Once in the middle of the night my grandmother harnessed the cart …
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I sincerely rejoice and I am proud of the Kazakhstani athletes who have reached the world level.
But one aspect upsets.
Apparently there they fall into the paws of foreign promoters and begin to play by their rules. They writhe menacing faces on the screen, gaze intently into the eyes of the enemy, shout: “I am …
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