Аннотация: Vanya Zhukov reflects on the prospects of working in the Far East (not for decades, but for centuries). A story.
Vanya Zhukov reflects on the prospects of working in the Far East (not for decades, but for centuries). A story.
Vanya Zhukov is interested in the problems of the Far East.
From literature, from historical works, Vanya Zhukov got the impression that the Russian Far East until 1917 was a prosperous land. Even the story with the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway, with Port Arthur, with Tsushima, with the catastrophic Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, with the transfer (handing) of half of Sakhalin, did not affect the overall well-being of the Russian Far East.
Where did they try to bring bread from in 1914-1923 to starving Central Russia? From Siberia and the Far East.
Where did the reserves come from for Moscow in 1941? From the Far East.
The Far East began to slip, to fall after 1991.
But this is history. And we need to look ahead.
What are the prospects for work in the Far East? "Work" is meant in the broadest sense of the word.
Let's say the 2020 catastrophic wildfires. They are not particularly discussed. Apparently, so that the population does not worry.
But Vanya heard the opinion that about 1 percent of the forests burned down in 2020. Is this information correct or not? Vanya cannot determine this.
But he is a conscientious, honest thinker.
Let not 1 percent, but 0.5 percent.
With such a dynamics of forest burnout, for the complete completion of the process, it takes not 100 years (one percent per year), but, for example, 225 years (may be something will grow?).
Or, for example, what is the population of the Far East? The demography of the Far East, as well as large-scale catastrophic forest fires, is not particularly discussed. Or a silence, or general words.
Vanya heard the opinion that 5 percent of Russia's population lives in the Far East. Is this information correct or not? Vanya cannot determine this.
But he is a conscientious, honest thinker.
Let not 5 percent, but 10 percent.
If we assume that every year 0.1 percent of those currently living in the Far East move from the Far East to European Russia and to other regions, then it takes not 100 years for the population to completely leave (as would be the case with the departure of one percent of the Far Eastern population), but 1000 years.
However, recent historical events convince Vanya that the departure does not occur evenly. At first they leave (fly off) slowly, and then the process suddenly accelerates - they hang on the fuselages of aircrafts taking off.
If we make a correction for unevenness, then we divide 1000 by 2, it turns out 500 years.
Vanya is pleased. The work is promising. Not decades, but centuries. Duration from 225 to 500 years.
And for all these centuries, it is likely that the programs for the development of the Far East will be financed from state funds in the most generous way.
Vanya put down the pencil with which he wrote down his calculations and reflections, got up and began to proudly walk around the room.
If the development of the Far East by Russia began in the 60s of the 19th century, then about 150 years have passed since that time.
And there are centuries ahead!
Vanya is filled with pride and optimism.
September 4, 2021 05:11
Translation from Russian into English: September 4, 2021 06:17.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Ваня Жуков размышляет о перспективах работы на Дальнем Востоке (не на десятилетия, а на столетия). Рассказ".