Day of the country that does not exist

In the repertoire of the composer and poet Igor Kornelyuk there is a song about a city that does not exist in reality The lyrical hero of the musical work sadly recalls the irretrievably gone past, in which there was so much sincerity, good spiritual impulses and selfless love The poet is not ready to give up his dream of returning to this lost paradise At the end of the film "Mayor Poppins, Goodbye!" The heroes of the film find themselves in a mysterious place where they meet with their childhood In a non-existent country, each of the characters talks to himself, who is at a very young age It is possible that it is precisely about visiting this place that I Kornelyuk’s hero dreams of from the song “The City That Doesn’t Exist” The history of mankind is full of myths, both about gods and legendary heroes, and mysterious states that are not on the world map In the memory of the inhabitants of Mesoamerica, the legend of El Dorado, a fabulous country rich in gold and precious stones, hidden in the Amazon jungle from the eyes of the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors, still lives This is how the Incas saved in the 16th century South American treasures from plunder by colonists Therefore, El Dorado (translated from Spanish as “the golden country”) has not yet been found However, there is another disappeared state, the memory of which stirs the hearts of many people On December 30, 1922, a powerful country was created - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The largest state in terms of area during its heyday ranked second in the world in terms of economic development, taking into account nominal GDP and military power, second only to its main competitor and strategic adversary - the United States Over the 68 years of its existence, the USSR experienced many great victories and heavy defeats, demonstrating to the whole world the unbending spirit of Soviet citizens Many of them remember with nostalgia a society in which social elevators worked, people were equal before the law, and their rights were protected by the state Despite the horrors of repression and deportation of small nations, the periods of Stalin’s purges of the nomenklatura and the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War associated with the loss of loved ones, Soviet people are grateful to the USSR for the opportunity to receive free housing, education and quality medical care After the signing of the agreement on the disintegration of the never-mighty country in Belovezhskaya Pushcha in December 1991, it ceased to exist However, this does not detract from the role the USSR played in the global civilizational process The formation of a state in which power belonged to the people, workers and peasants, left its mark on history forever Therefore, on December 30, according to established tradition, the Soviet Union is remembered, celebrating the birthday of a country that is no longer on the world map