The author of this book, A. K. Smolko, earned fame in our country as a producer and creator of historical and patriotic films that received the highest rating from the audience: "Bryansk Story"," Life is a Gift", "Allies"," They Died for France","Nezhenskoe Delo". However, as an inquisitive and caring person, A. K. Smolko did not stop at film projects, he continued to ask himself disturbing questions for a long time: where is our country going? how to preserve and strengthen the Russian people? will the new generations be able to be worthy of the high bar that their grandfathers-winners raised? All these thoughts were embodied in the end in the articles presented in this book, the epigraph to which the author himself put the lines: "Rights are not rights – this is my country." And how can we not remember the wise words of N. M. Karamzin about our history: "This is all created by us, which means it is ours!»