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Tell, please, when you last time saw on road the rolling drunkard? That-same! And I came across the such five days ago. It lay on a lawn strip between two lines of city movement. Accurate, absolutely still the young. Near it was the crumpled banks from under alcoholic cocktail. Two women stood on the sidewalk and about something to quiet faces talked. Whether noticed the guy and decide to take measures, whether did not notice, whether noticed, but to them all the same. I could not understand because women spoke in Latvian. It was the medieval Cesis.

For a week of travel across Baltics — forgive me, Latvians and Estonians, but are not present forces to call you by the Baltic States — I met several drunkards sleeping directly on the street. Also understood, at last, that to Russian Federation drink a little.

Or rather, drink, of course, much, but it is less, than earlier. And less, than to Estonia or Latvia. Though the statistics says that we on alcohol intake were made even to Latvians: they stretched up, and we reduced vodka appetites a little. But I do not trust. Because to Latvia as, however, and to Estonia, I in this travel saw on road drunk in each arrival to any settlement. Think, I joke? By no means! On the suburb Tallinn the man slept under a shop to which his doggie was attached. Nearby there was an empty bottle of vodka — an obvious signal not to disturb. On career to Rumm in bushes the drunk lay. In the settlement nearby the drunk man sprawled in the middle roads, from it left in a rush of the car. We thought that it brought down and disappear. Because for Russian Federation to see today thrown on road the victim of road accidents where it is more probable, than to meet the drunkard who has settled on it.

Went further: to resort and absolutely safe Parnu the drunk man slept in the central park directly during a concert of a wind band. Fine music, people have fun and clap. In total in beach bedroom-slippers, elegant hats. Nearby rolls on a lawn of people. I did not see drunkards only in Treymani's tiny coastal Estonian settlement — though in a local rural little shop the alcoholic department was huge, and through two kilometers the Latvian city of Aynazhi with the sea of the cheap alcohol, drunk I in Treymani did not see.

A here in Aynazhi where we went to watch the delightful coast, we met fatally drunk in each arrival though happened there on an hour - two, and even at all in transit.

B one of days we saw at once two sleeping drunk: one, the cyclist, grandly drank on a shop and soon settled on a lawn, having providently exposed before itself bottles from under vodka and beer — that did not take for an infarktnik and did not wake. Another in companies drunk, but still the standing on the feet friend rolled near a supermarket. The friend looked for who would agree to take the drunkard home. We agreed. The passenger by the way end even recovered and managed to report that the house it is waited only by a dog, and all relatives either died, or left for earnings.

the Big coastal Salacgrīva — drunk sleeps on a shop at an entrance to a supermarket. The resort Saulkrasti — drunk sleeps also at a supermarket, but sitting in a corner. The town Gulbene — again the drunkard sleeps sitting, this time — in the hall of shopping center. The provincial town Viļaka — drunk sleeps, having embraced a road sign.

last year week stayed in Riga — and there fully excite.

A Lithuania? Never walked specially across Lithuania, but very often happened there in transit. And each time — well, honestly, each time — when I appeared in the Lithuanian city or the settlement at least for 10 minutes, I saw there dead-drunk people. In the spring, for example, I spent in Vilnius waiting for bus change half an hour. During this time I managed to descend in a huge supermarket and to buy home gifts. On the street stayed at most minutes 7-10 — and all the same saw nearby the rolling drunk.

I give All these examples not to ashame neighboring countries. I only want that you felt, how far in the past there were with us these city still lifes. What, to Russian Federation pyan on road did not roll? Yes I at an entrance through drunk neighbors stepped over all childhood and youth. Was afraid terribly and what to do — in school it is necessary! Drunk made sour on benches till the morning, in a borderline shouted to the friend to the friend "You me you respect? " also beat muzzles. Slept at entrances. In a drunken condition broke not those doors. Broke the personal and others' heads, were cut in kitchens, were poisoned with the whole families.

when last time saw to Russian Federation the dead-drunk person who would lie on road and excited nobody. I do not remember!

Ya already many and many years did not come across such people in Saint Petersburg where long lived and where now often I happen. Unless in the late nineties met. To native Tyumen did not see to unconsciousness of drunk years 10. I even in our village, in the neighboring settlement never saw them though I live here the fifth year. Drink and — you guess on persons and you feel on a smell. Bottles can be found pothouses in bushes. And people dead-drunk there are not present. And in our district where I happen almost each week, I never met settled on road.

Here it is a lot of sticking. People who once impetuously drank and were spent on drink completely. Now they sober also cut a grass on the sites. At drinking peasants gardens and kitchen gardens are started — at us in the village of such frank ruin now is not present. In the neighboring villages too. Went on Pskov Region much and to Novgorod Region — did not meet villages where in large quantities would saw.

U me not really it is a lot of close acquaintances and relatives, but some selection nevertheless is. And I on it see that every year to Russian Federation more and more families absolutely without everyone efforts, it is simple by evolution, refuse alcohol. And if about 10 years ago in my circle was normal when any family holiday or arrival of friends did not do without alcohol, now no binge on tables is present.

I if someone, having called you on a visit, puts on a table vodka, cognac or simply liqueur, it looks so as if it not vodka, and feet on a table put. It is not accepted to drink! Also as it is not accepted to throw out now garbage from a window of the car and to speak a mat.

you noticed, what a mat to Russian Federation became less? Still there is a lot of it, but much less, than 10 years ago. At the end of 2000th I and itself could in usual conversation more than once smateritsya though the circle of my communication was made by the same approximately people. It was normal. And it is now awkward to swear a mat even if to you the iron fell on a foot. Until recently the using foul language person was perceived to Russian Federation as the person usual, and today him will unambiguously consider as the unsuccessful outcast. As well as the one who exposes vodka for a meeting with friends.

Ya passed these days on the Baltic coast and was surprised: on a beach, people go to a camping with binge. The family with three children comes for the weekend to the sea on trailers — a full trailer of beer, some boxes. Groups of friends sit till the dead of night at a fire: behave cultural, songs sing silently — take out about one hundred cans from under beer and cocktails in the morning.

Yes, at us too somewhere on country pits people on Saturday get drunk under a shish kebab. But it is unambiguous today not color of the nation. And there under alcohol the safe have a rest. They know perfectly foreign languages, they have a very expensive new mobile house for picnic, there is a new German car by which the second spouse is lucky children, in a trailer with them there come expensive the Persian cat and two well-cared dalmatians who to Estonia or Finland stand as the house to Leningrad Region. And all drink two days completely. Without ozvereniye and a fight as it is accepted at us, but all drink without stopping, except children and animals.

On the street of people can go to Estonia quietly with beer or cocktail and with the child. In Finland, this really paradise country, people buy vodka in the alcoholic beverages store and drink directly at cash desk and at an exit from shopping center. In toilets of the Finnish shopping and recreation centers often I see pyanenky old women: they tidy, full, rinse under the crane a bubble from under vodka.

Certainly, all this it is possible to meet at us. But remember precisely, since what time such scenes became for us abnormality. And how look now at people who drink in the presence of children or at a playground? Watch as on unambiguous lumpens. And there it is done by the person, capable to buy two expensive cars and to support expensive dogs.

among opposition easily can calculate Today people who do not know Russian Federation — these people steadily believe that the country becomes an inveterate drunkard. And write — becomes an inveterate drunkard. If hear such "expert", know that further the Boulevard ring he did not see life. Because actually Russian Federation sobers. Yes, while Eastern Europe and United Kingdom, for example, increase ethanol loading, to Russian Federation the accurate tendency to sobriety is established. Estimates of consumption of alcohol meet the different. But the most skeptical of them tell a minimum about 40% consumption recession in 10 years and approximately about the same decrease in productions in the alcohol country. And the other day shocking news at all came — poisonings with alcohol became considerably less. Drank antifreeze and suddenly ceased.

Now Russians drink probably in a year already less than 10 liters of alcoholic beverages in terms of ethanol. And with these indicators leave the first ten the most drinking countries according to WHO. And some countries, such as Latvia, Lithuania, United Kingdom, in every possible way seek to raise the place in this rating.

U us right there were experts who say that to Russian Federation the demographic dirty trick and such interesting data on sobriety write off for low birth rate in the 1990th. Allegedly people of 20-25 years have to be the main consumers of alcohol now, and them was born a little, today in this generation — a demographic hole. Here it supposedly also corrects statistics.

! Because the eyes I see that the province drinks everything, all age less.

Other experts convince as if to Russian Federation incorrectly consider. The pier, is not considered moonshine and a counterfeit. And you think, what Europeans have no moonshine? Devices for house binge to United Kingdom, for example, sell different and for every taste. A third of the country cooks cider. If to trust scientists, IQ at British of en masse is higher, than at us — it is very inventive people which is quite capable to master moonshining. And in Baltics where there are so much Russians, and other ethnoses to us are close related, with home brew everything is all right. And even better, than at us because alcohol there very much roads and the people turn as can. So the percent of unaccounted moonshiners there is not less. And percent of illegal alcohol the huge: any inhabitant Estonia, behind an exception unless babies and devout old women, asks to bring them from Russian Federation or from vodka duty free. Ask even teetotal, because vodka to Estonia — currency. The sea of alcohol is imported into Estonia from Latvia where it is cheaper. In border areas Latvia in the town with 500 inhabitants can be some alcoholic beverages stores. Plus — alcoholic departments in general store. Latvians complain that into their account attribute the vodka drunk at them by Estonians and Finns. However Latvians buy the sea of the Belarusian and Russian vodka behind which specially go. The Lithuanians, one of undisputed leaders on alcoholism in the world, complain that them eat round, that is opivayut, Poles. And carry alcohol from Belarus and Russian Federation. Yes if to add all drunk them Belarusian and Russian vodka to official data, the real separation of Lithuanians in a rating on alcoholism will be magnificent!

But we not about Lithuania, and about us. We began drink less noticeably. And many even the safe countries in a question of alcohol look now for us very much and very unusually. I, for example, was surprised when last year the husband was in Luxembourg on their any large holiday: brought many photo and video, and there — continuous pyan and dirt.

in the Afternoon the city was pure and beautiful, and by the night reveled. Went to watch statistics of WHO: it appears, Luxembourg — one of European leaders on binge.

Wild became pictures of Friday alcoholism of British when all large cities of the country are filled up with beaten bottles and glasses which in pubs on Friday often give the plastic. Club streets zablevany, drunk women in evening dresses and brilliants roll on roads up naked bottoms. I do not joke — the British Friday alcoholism generated the separate direction in the photo report. Poland — the country of total alcoholism. A little zapoyny and sung, but Friday through Sunday there is a continuous carousal.

To United States of America drink — be healthy. Lived in hotel in the center Chicago. Came before going to bed to a balcony and looked how absolutely drunk Americans and Americans not keeping standing disperse from bars. For some reason couples in which the woman semi-undressed and in the greased make-up, shouts came across every evening to me and vomits, and her more sober friend drags on himself load and endeavors to call a taxi.

It does not mean, of course, that Americans drink more us. However time for the Russian megalopolises such picture became already a rarity, so we in binge at last were civilized.

the fact that Russians sober while some Europeans drink more and more. They, progressive people, are for some reason sure that only the Kremlin propagandist because even if to Russian Federation really began to drink less can sound such data, and to United Kingdom — it is more, about it it is worth being silent. Because this fact does not keep within the general concept of a decline of the Russian civilization.

I Think that there, above, it too at anybody does not keep within anywhere. It seems to me, our power and officials categorically are not ready to prompt sobering up of Russians. Because the drunk person and sober it as other teetotal nation speaks, two big differences. We, maybe, also are rolled up. Or us methodically roll up. On the quiet and songs of the pomaded pop-music exhausted nothing thinking drunk Russians for Mozhay, and here they suddenly woke up. Also started looking round. Mironova Anastasia, information portal "Gazeta.Ru"