About the book: 2022 / “Now is your time and the power of darkness,” - these words from the Gospel were put by L. N. Tolstoy as an epigraph to one of his works about the situation in Russia at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries. “We have accelerated towards the abyss and cannot stop and are flying into it... We are controlled by several dozen of the most immoral, cunning, selfish people. It is insulting and humiliating to obey and submit to these people, who, before our eyes, climbed to the highest places with various meannesses and nasty things and seized power,” wrote Tolstoy. He argued that “power is maintained by lies alone,” and therefore “formerly aroused admiration and devotion among the people.” , now in the greater and better part of people causes not only indifference, but often contempt and hatred.” His articles in this book are about this..