Century century discord. A century is not an era. The century is not a stage. A century is not a period. A century is not a century. It can be long, it can be short, it can be shortened. In the history of Russia, the "short" XVII is clearly visible, which lasted only from 1613 to 1696; almost "normal" XIX, which took the period from 1812 to 1914; still unknown at the end of its own, still our XX, not at all completed by the mythical 11 of September 2001; long-long XVIII, which started in 1696 and ended, if not 1812, then collective suicide in 1825...