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Eltsin. The first and the last24.04.2007 10:40 No comments OtherSide.com.ua
It is for historians Eltsin is an epoch. For contemporaries, even for those, who hated him, this epoch is their life; young Eltsin on a tank is their youth. Their illusions, which, certainly, it is sorry. He was the first, whosesoever name-days became a news number one, although, already and in the days of Gorbachev it became accepted a little to save on the tons of newsprint with the train of congratulations. And he remained the last, whose birthday a country remembered in general. His life did not yet become history, although its dry fact was already become by death. Maybe, therefore all is so strange: from appearance of self-willed tsar and granddad with oddities somehow embodiment of freedom turns out in itself, so quickly lost. And oddities… What anymore passes time from a that before New Year morning, last morning 1999th 2000th, they are excusable the more so. Well conducted the German orchestra well did not find in itself forces to get out from an airplane in Ireland. Well, it is talked it was ashamed for state. It is another formula: Eltsin was the first, whom sense of shame appeared at. To Eltsin such amount of people is ashamed not worldly-wise. Neither for Prague-68 nor for Tbilisi-89. To Eltsin there were only anecdotes about state and inspirers of its successes. About Eltsin were also anecdotes, and, by the way, after him about the next inspirers of new anecdotes not thought of already – only varied and adapted oneself old. And Eltsin was the last anecdote and first shame, though and incomprehensible for what. Eltsin was the first, who could take the liberty, ruling in Russia, intriguing and balancing, not hide the human beginning. His predecessors could not wrong, because only a man can make a mistake, and Eltsin, whatever he did, like a bear the circles of his unthinkable political dance did not look clumsy, did not build from itself famous person. Can someone present itself anybody from those, who was to him and stay after, apologizing for war in Chechne? We, certainly, suspected, that a few variously look at a political rhythm, that his formula some differed from our and was a simple formula and law of saving: power for democracy, but democracy for power. We trusted, that only with him will live so long to that unbelievable some time, which our formulas will coincide in, and correctly, trusted by the way, and he was, perhaps, unique, to whom it was needed on such business to trust. Freedom dried up before. At first - him, gradually and clearly, as it in general often happens with histories about freedom, not maintaining temptation-replaced rest. Then – our. We continued to support him, and he patted encouragingly on the shoulder of unnoticeable man with gait of Judaists and said: now - you. Those, who took off a red coat, in wines learned to understand far quick, than we thought. That capitalism, which we fastidiously named oligarchic, on a background a capitalism which we got, appeared flashback almost romantic. It is for one. Other is not ashamed anymore for anything. From the Kremlin now young and energetic persons are turned to us, luminous understanding that, what remarkable capitalism so painfully ranged for them, and only for them, Eltsin. And no fight of ideas is longer required. In place of auctions of mortgages now – «Yuganskneftegaz». Life, despite that we got used to think at time of Eltsin, appeared simpler, it can line up it without sly charts and ephemeral balances. Khodorkovskiy sits, it is not NTV, and there are not informative wars, which it was so desirable to consider of future freedom of speech. Instruments without which it is possible easily to treat throw out without every regret. Life showed that there is enough power for saving of power fully. Maybe, that is why it is so sorry that chance and those times. In fact he, seems, believed in this chance, true and sincerely, though and by the not first and main faith, but second exactly, and it, will consent, a great deal excuses. We drink, not clinking glasses. Standing. Looking at a window, thinking about something it.
Vadim DUBNOV, Moscow, specially for the “Other Side”
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