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I just spent many hours roaming around Kolomna. I love the neighborhood: it soothes my soul, if only for a short time.
I came upon two dudes approximately my age sitting on a bench and drinking beer. From what I heard them saying it was clear as a bell that they had listened to Kinchev, Sukachov, and Butusov in their youth.
“That’s where such old scum comes from. But they used to be regular guys—bright eyes, rock and roll, the whole deal.”
“They drank, shot up, and snorted away their conscience, but money doesn’t smell, supposedly.”
“It stinks like hell nowadays.”
I was going to walk past them, but I turned around.
“Excuse me,” I said, “but I accidentally overheard what you were saying. I think they were like that from the get-go. They just adopted a stage persona in their youth. It was cool then, the niche was open, and you could no longer go to prison for things like that (unlike now). It was a beauty way to go.”
The men looked up at me, exhaled, and shook their heads.
“If that’s so, it’s even worse,” one of them said.
I apologized again, and went on my way. My back already turned, I heard one of them say:
“Check it out. Our people are still roaming these parts…”
Source: Marina Varchenko (Facebook), 2 June 2023. Translated by the Russian Reader