The old world collapsed before my eyes, and I saw the birth of my new country - Russia.

I saw that times have changed, conversations on the street have changed. Our childhood games were like military operations: we blew up cartridges, carbide and gunpowder, fired from our father's guns. We studied construction sites, it was especially interesting to look at the explosions in a quarry where metal ore is mined. Everyone went in for sports, for teenagers physical strength was a determining factor, everyone was still trying to learn prison slang and, of course, it was necessary to correspond to all this. 

Now I understand that what I really had a lot, as a child of the new Russia is endless freedom.

I took a freight train and rode somewhere, I jumped from rooftops into huge snowdrifts, I even drove my father's car without a license, secretly taking my keys at night.

There were rules, but these rules were universal, but there was such a thing, that someone went beyond this framework. In general, the place where I come from is harsh people (in the area of ​​about 140 prisons and correctional settlements) and no less harsh winters, but also a freedom-loving, naturally strong human character, So if you say all these remarks out loud, then you can often  will hear the following answer:

"We were just born this way".