Alternative history. Everything happened at the turn of the millennium. The sacred meaning of the boundary of centuries involuntarily crept into the thoughts of people with the advent of the new century. The old, discredited government will resign, and new, smart, energetic politicians will appear who will correct the mistakes made as a result of ill-considered market reforms. The human mass consisted of individuals and the fates of these individuals were sometimes successful, sometimes tragic or comical. And in our case, they are unusual.