The fact that people left Koshkovo, a town and indeed, as they say today, "unpromising," was sad, but quite understandable and logically understandable. Much sadder, or rather more tragic, was the fact that some Koshkovites "fled" not only from the city, but also... from life. Even more tragic and beyond the usual logic was the fact that for the most part these were young people, and recently, which is especially scary, children and adolescents. Since March, that is, in a little more than six months, eleven schoolchildren have voluntarily passed away!...