There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act.

Photographing expresses human desire to preserve passing time. It is like a man struggling with time that elapses, and in general - a desire to preserve oneself.

if reason ruled the world would history even exist?

There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God.

When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered.

Literature seemed to be everything then. People looked to it for the strength to live, for guidance, for revelation.

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.