Andrey Karimov is the head of the school, System of Siberian Cossacks.

He is an anthropologist, ethnographer, a practicing psychologist, organizer of

seminars for the general public and for Special Forces and police units in
Russia and Serbia. He created the methodologies, "Ethnomusical
Organization of Physical Education Of Preschoolers" and "Fathers and Sons."
he follo!ing are "uestions from #ournalist $aria %eonte&a '(azan) from her
inter&ie! for the online publication Free Tribune.
What is System of Siberian Cossack ?
*(+ his is a club of li,e-minded indi&iduals, !ith !hom are engaged in
personal gro!th and de&elopment, !ho care about the education of children.
.e must understand that the "System of Siberian Cossack" is not some
ancient system, and the name,is not the trade name recognizable among
other clubs. .e ha&e a lot of di/erent !or,shops for !omen, men and
children. .e parta,e in e&erything from the interaction of the family, to use
of military e"uipment. Pre&iously, !hen !e had a big club in 0o&osibirs,,
there !ere eighteen areas of !or,. 0o!, !e hold classes in the cities !here
!e are in&ited. 1asically, these are the topics that most people are interested
in, such as 2ghting lessons, seminars for young men and seminars to educate
children.
Tell us more about your methodology3
*(+ he System of Siberian Cossacks - is about the education of personal
identity, through internal "uestions such as ".ho am 43, .here am 4 going3,
".hy do 4 e5ist3" and "4f 4 e5ist, then !hat is my purpose3". hese are the
"uestions !e try to ans!er through combat, rhythm and mo&ement
practices. ools such as dance,mo&ement and &ocal lessons, help people to
acti&ely participate in the !orld, and not be afraid of it. 4f you can !hip out a
&oice, if you can stamp your foot, this in itself, encourages you to an acti&e
lifedtyle. .ith the 2rst stri,e 'heel on the 6oor), a man says, "4 am here, 4 am,
4 am ready to act, 4 !ill act," thus culture encourages people to be.
Why should this person be encouraged specifcally, is this not a
natural need?
*(+ $any people are not producti&e or are lost in a &olitile attitude to!ard the
!orld, so it is necessary to form a human need to consent to the personal
identity. $any no! thin, about this+ "4 - it7s not me, but someone7s
application." $any li&e passi&ely, as the poet said+ "People are ali&e and
afraid, and do not !ant to die." People go to !or,, then to the supermar,et in
the morning. For !hat3 4t is unclear. 8ou must be the person that ma,es
choices and acts creati&ely in the !orld to implement a mission, and to
realize that people here re&eal their soul. .e must realize this is nature, and
nature is this is the intention, the !ill and the initiati&e. *ll these people ha&e
a!areness through their o!n self realization. So !e say - "be a man." .hat
does it mean to 2ght3 4t means to defend your o!n borders, if necessary, be
able to cross borders. .hen 4 as, !hether it is possible for children to climb
o&er fences, the ma#ority says "no, no". 1ut !hat if it is necessary to sa&e
someone on the other side of the fence3 Still, half of the respondents say
"no". hat is !hat is di9cult, strict parents pre&ent children to realize the
&alue of time on Earth, be here no!, to be adaptable, to learn necessary
lessons, to gro!.
Why do people come to you at seminars ?
*(+ *lot of people come to practice martial arts, and say that they !ant to
learn to fght. 1ut the most important thing remains hidden+ the ma#ority of
people come from fear, and the real need is to teach them not to be afraid. 4t
is important to recognize all of the instructors, !ho are engaged in teaching
combat practice,this method of fear reduction. Fears are many+ fear of "being
beaten in the stair!ay" or that "47m not li,e e&eryone else" or "if 4 build
muscle , maybe more people !ill be attracted to me". *nd in fact, this is
!rong. 4t is necessary in life to foster lo&e and creati&ity, not fear.
On your !ebsite, among other acti&ities speci2ed, social adaptation is taught
, but speci2cally to!ards military personnel. .hy the does this need to be
implimented3
*(+ 'long silence ... )he fact is that !hen a person is gone a long time and
learns to obey, he ceases to ma,e independent decisions, and is al!ays more
or less clear !hat to do. hen, !hen he goes to a great life and does not
e5pect such a large number of bases. :o not e5pect that non-re"uirement
e5ists. here are many promises andfalse points of emphasis to !hich the
person is not ready, especially if he !as brought up in simple terms and if he
is e5pected to only carry out commands. %earn to understand !hat a lie is the
only pro&ocation military elite units, and many ordinary units do not teach
this. 1ut unfortunately,it is not only the conse"uences of military ser&ice, it is
the conse"uence of raising children in the daily en&ironment at home and at
school. *s a result, people are becoming more adapted to the fast-paced life.
*t my school as a child, they did not teach a person to distinguish fact from
2ction. his is a common "uestion no!,during a more challenging time than
e&er before. he mission, is to distract people from self focus. ;ust as ban,
loans are designed to confuse a man7s head, the same as in the supermar,et,
and so on.
What other problems are there now in the education of children?
What ualities are important to form a human child?
*(+ he fact that the formation of the indi&idual ends at se&en years. 4n pre-
school education, at this age 'se&en years), e&erything is incorporated, !hich
ma,es e&erything much harder. he child7s brain is de&eloping &ery acti&ely
up to three years, and then more slo!ly. 1efore that age should form three
important things+ trust, commitment and dedication. he fact that the child in
our society does not ha&e a yard, !here he !ould play alone or !ith other
children.<hildren are conducted ,constantly. <hildren are depri&ed of this self
e5ploration, and it seems , the to!n is isolated from children. 4t threatens our
consciousness and causes "hotbed education" in terms of any frame!or,,
soft or hard leads to the fact that a person dies or abandons action, closed in
itself. * se&en year old boy needs his mother and then he needs a
leader,then he goes into another spatial condition in this fairy tale forest.
1oys need uncles,positi&e role models and mentors. Society today is built on
a matriarchy - all its institutions contribute to the comfort of life, focused on
the institution of motherhood, e&en if it does not !or,, but is determined to
protect !omen, the protection of !omen !ithout a husband. he social
protection system is con2gured for single mothers. Ho! ha&e !e ha&e
de&eloped such a system3 he fact that the So&iet system at some point
became &ery !ea,, !hereas , pre&iously, right from ,indergarten, people had
and ac,no!ledgment of self, deeper self a!areness and ,ne! !hat steps to
ta,e ne5t in life. he system has manifested to men being o&erprotecti&e,
rigid, or tyrannical, !hich are all essentially the same thing. hose !ho tried
to escape from the system, escaped through sports clubs, hi,ing or army. 1ut
no!, the army is !ea,, because the o9cers are not independent and hea&ily
rely on their mothers still "brushing teeth and !ashing their faces".
The !oviet system created groups of people who have forgotten how
to thin" for themselves. and to ma"e independent decisions. When
and why did this happen?
*(+4n fact, this happened !hen 2ghting !ith 2sts , died. .ho is the 2st3 4t is
he !ho "sleeps on his 2st," !ho thin, for themsel&es. .hat did the So&iet
system do3his created people !ho ha&e forgotten ho! to thin, for
themsel&es and lo&e themsel&es. hat is, ta,e care of their gro!th and
de&elopment, to ma,e independent decisions. here is a loss of responsibility
in our young males.his is done in order to ha&e a more obedient sla&e. *nd
so it happened e&ery!here, seen as e&ery!here, the boys li&e !ith their
mothers up to forty - 2fty years, in 4taly the same.
What causes contributed to the loss of these practices?
*(+4n So&iet times, the social life !as highly regulated, and all forms of social
life !ere sub#ected to inspection or sharp as it7s called censorship. Especially
those !here people sho!ed their independence or !ill, especially dance.
hey !ere not #ust !ashed out of the culture, and e&en condemned. 4t !as
belie&ed that if you sing or plyashesh, then you got drun,. *n e5ample is the
inability to use my &oice. Physical causes - social conse"uence, people can
not sing because their &oice is clamped, then you need to remo&e the
barriers that man could sing. Robbed &oice robbed 2rst parents, then the
social structure. he fact that the culture of the Russian apparently created
culture-soil, destroying any basis for ma,ing the soil more tolerant to any
crop, although in itself susceptible culture and peaceful.
Which tool allows you to maintain the viability of the traditional
culture of the person?
*(+ <ultures can create a social collaboration or collecti&e. * social
collaboration is designed to change a person from their current state, to
charging them !ith energy for their future life. From !ell-,no!n social
collaborations,no! only one remains.he feast. hen !hen people come
together to eat, sing, tal,. hat in of itself, is a social ideaoglogy.
Among those who are engaged in the study and restoration of
#ussian fol" culture, to denote the totality of "nowledge and
training in this line the word $tradition.$ What is a $tradition$ in your
understanding?
*(+radition is a set of principles or entity that transcends people through
time and any particular place and time updated+ old prolongs itself in the
ne!. 4 ha&e e&en had the phrase "tradition, it germinates !ith the old in the
ne!, still yourself and it becomes real, modern" his is ho! 4 li&e, and stic,
to it.
%ontinuity is uniue to the #ussian tradition, or applicable to any
tradition of people, is this your ideaology?
*(+ 4 do not ad&ocate separation of one thing from another. 4 lo&e to 2nd a
commonality, so 4 !ill ans!er this !ay. Each person and each tradition
attempts to ans!er "uestions about !hy people e5sist and for !hat - this is
the main "uestion .=eneral culture, any tradition, encourages people to be, to
act and continue to be ones7 true self. Russian tradition to encourage to be -
there are those !ho consider themsel&es Russian, helping to li&e in the !orld.
*nd all its elements+ intonation, rhythmic style of the past, and li&ing for the
future. So&iet cultural policy has had a ma#or impact on the national culture
of all of it7s people !ho !ere part of the country. he Russian culture is said to
ha&e su/ered more than others. 1ecause it is of Russian traditional culture
that has created a culture of So&iet man. .as this lost throughout authentic
Russian tradition3 radition has purpose and meaning and this goal has not
changed, but some elements are, in fact, lost. radition that can only be
described as a phenomenon is present in large "uantities. he main ob#ecti&e
of fol, culture, as already mentioned,is to induce a person to be. * person7s
ability to ad#ust to shoc, is !hat determines his life, fate or spirituality. 1ut by
itself blo! means "gift" and the completion of the action, fell, sa! surprised
con&inced. Ob#ecti&e resist, restrain stri,es happening around. 4n this sense,
culture is still preser&ed and continues to ,eep the stri,e. Punch - this is one
of the necessary "ualities, !ithout !hich man can not be.
This is only a man&s uality culture? 'r culture ( is the notion of the
male?
*(+0o, !omen also ha&e this ability, #ust in the female body, physiological
ability to ta,e a punch and can easily manifest, meaning , it is more natural.
$en7s "uality punch brought tradition. <ulture and it7s elements, for instance,
fairy tales, are intended to educate boys from the men. <ulture largely
focused on the education of men, and tales told to men. .hen men ha&e
ceased to teach it, !e get young boys !ho can not ta,e a punch. <ulture
,eeps hitting only if it is independent, dependent, or if it is pegged, then
sooner or later it dies. 4f a boy is nursed for a long time, as a result, he
becomes either alcoholic or drug addict or commits suicide. So if !e babysit
our children too much, traditionally, there is a parado5 that results in only
faster self desruction.
)s not there a feeling that all the generations of #ussian now
substituted by such a blow?
*(+.ell, !hat can 4 say, 47m certain some long li&ed abroad in *ustralia, 4taly,
Slo&a,ia, Hungary, Serbia, S!itzerland, =ermany, Romania and 4 can tell you
!e ha&e a uni"ue country. o lo&e our fatherland must mo&e a!ay from him,
then feel to it spicy cra&ings and understanding of !hat is happening. 4 thin,
there is a special mission and destiny that e5ists in Russia. :o not #udge us
about it, but 4 do ,no! that !e ha&e the most interesting and uni"ue people.
.hat is no! happening in the !orld is a huge, big idea and Russia plays a
ma#or role in it. 4n other countries, people loo, at Russia !ith hope, because
the !orld is on the &erge of mental and spiritual, or may not be e5actly on
the &erge of a spiritual, not so easy to e5plain. E&en despite the fact that !e
ha&e problems !ith education, !ith all our tradition preser&ed the most in
terms of initiati&e, commitment and trust.
Trust in what?
*(+<redibility of all, because there are many ,inds of trust. o yourself, to
,no!, to society, to =od. 4n other countries, this le&el of mistrust leads to the
fact that the person is a person in a case, a small co9n.
*ou say that for young boys, there are some basic phases of
maturation, re+ected in popular culture with the help of symbols,
archetypes, and fairy tale characters that correspond to each phase
of growing your space action. The growth phase, when a boy ( a
child in the fairy tales portrayed the hare, the phase of the sample
and e,perience guy ( wolf phase of a-airs when a man, brea"ing
initiation wedding, acuires strength and tenacity, and is called a$
bear $in the tale, and then, brea"ing childbearing period, becomes
an old man ( $gray wolf$, acuires wisdom and acceptance. Whether
it is possible to e,trapolate and say in what phase of maturation is
now the #ussian society as a whole?
*(+ 4n the nineties, the company !as on the stage $an, e&eryone !as li,e
!ol&es tearing all, such a !ild 6oc, !ithout a ,ing in the head, in the tale
says that the guy is then your s,ills to the ,ing, behold the nineties, this is
the time for. *nd no! 4 2nd it hard to say, the go&ernment act li,e men,
changed mentality, they see the pro&ocation and are able to ta,e a punch.
he man ,no!s ho! to fend feints, ie attac,s the double intention.
*ou&re tal"ing about what is happening in ."raine?
*(+>,raine - is only part of the big plan, !hat is happening in the !orld. 4f !e
tal, about social roles, 4 see that the leadership !al, as the mature people
!ho can meet the challenges of the outside.
<ulture tends to be rehabilitated and e&en some!hat aggressi&e play itself
!hen the system pressure and censorship ends. his can be seen, for
e5ample, in the stage of the national republics, not of good "uality, but
di/ering &iability. .hy this is not happening !ith Russian culture3 here are
se&eral reasons.
Firstly, the Russian culture is also a literary culture. 1et!een secular and
urban popular culture, bet!een them is still a struggle, e&en though the 2rst
t!o pic,s in the #uices. 4t is belie&ed that the &illagers uneducated,
uncultured, they say. *lthough contrary language is the main means of
authentic culture, the language is retained by the people, of popular culture
too, many composers such as =lin,a and 1ortnyans,y.
/ow do you feel about modern music, which is located at the
0unction of the pop culture,What about mass and fol" tradition, when
musicians are synthesi1ed traditional and modern culture?
*(+ 4n the hands of masters of the culture, as !ell as any product does not
die, but continues to e&ol&e, but some performer7s material "dies" in his
hands and lips.
What does $die$mean?
*(+<ulture encourages people to li&e and act. 4f the material encourages
people to become stuc,, or hang, then it destroys the person. Here7s ho! to
get unstuc,, either be or not be. his idea either increases the po!er to
create, to gro!, to de&elop, so it is a continuation of life. 4f it only entertains,
corrupts, ta,e a!ay, then this to5ic culture is ,illing the person.