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Survive in the wild alone, dig a bunker in case of a nuclear explosion or repel an attack during a zombie apocalypse — these people are preparing for completely different extreme situations. Moreover, against the backdrop of recent events, their fears no longer seem so incredible. Who are survivalists, what do they expect and what can be expected from them?
"Alîkariya çareserkirina pirsgirêkek ku jiyana min pê ve girêdayî ye! Li Amerîkayê, motorsîkletên Ural tenê bi şewitandina elektronîkî têne firotin, lê di teqînek nukleer de ew ê ji hêla tîrêjên elektromagnetîk ve were seqet kirin… Ma meriv dikare li Rûsyayê belavkerek mekanîkî bikire?
Such an announcement appeared several years ago on one of the Russian biker forums. And the question asked in it will not seem strange to everyone, given the newly growing popularity of the subculture of survivalists, or survivalists.
Bijî wekî armanc
The beginning of the movement is attributed to the period of the Cold War. Khrushchev’s promised «Kuzkina mother» and the arms race led most Americans to think about the real possibility of nuclear strikes.
And while public bomb shelters were being built in the USSR, one-story America was digging personal shelters
Pêdiviya veşartina ji tornado û felaketên din ên xwezayî sedemek din e ku li gelek dewletan her xaniyek nûjen xwedan jêrzemînek germ, xweş û bi xwarina ji bo tevahiya malbatê ye. Hêviya zivistanek nukleerî ji bo hin kesan pêvajoya avakirina penagehekê veguherand hobiyek ku şagirtan bi dest xist, û bi hatina tevna gerdûnî ya Cîhanê re, ew di nav civatek de yek kirin.
In general, all preparations, as a rule, have one goal — to survive, preferably providing yourself with everything you need in case of an accident. After the epithet «big» in the abbreviation follows a word known to all native speakers of the Russian language, meaning an unpleasant ending. Whether it will be a nuclear explosion, a zombie invasion or World War III, an alien attack or a collision with an asteroid, opinions differ.
Cûrbecûr cureyên
Rescue scenarios and areas of preparation also vary. Some believe that the most correct thing is to go into the forests and survive in nature; others are sure that only in cities there is a chance not to die. Someone is in favor of unification, and someone is sure that only singles will be saved.
There are radicals who read: no later than the day after tomorrow the apocalypse happens, everyone will die, and only they will be able to escape in their “paranoid nest”, shooting at zombies with a shotgun and eating a supply of stew, which even the state reserve would envy.
Some survivalists are mastering available military and engineering technologies and purchasing devices, such as filters that turn the contents of a dirty puddle into drinking water.
“It’s just a hobby. I am interested in gadgets and technical innovations, I love trips to the forest. Someone buys smartphones to put likes, and someone buys multi-band radio stations so that there is a guaranteed connection in any conditions, 42-year-old Slava explains. — I am far from extremes and do not build a bunker, but I think it is important to be ready for any development of events and ensure the safety of yourself and your loved ones.
Pêdivî ye ku hûn bizanin ka meriv çawa alîkariya yekem pêşkêşî dike. Ez dizanim ku ev jêhatîbûn di jiyana rojane de çiqas bikêr in: her tişt dikare biqewime, mînakî, qeza an qeza, û divê kes zanibe di rewşên weha de çawa tevbigere.
Survivalist «toys» can be quite expensive. Some companies offer services for the arrangement of underground structures for a comfortable family life without going to the surface for several years. An American firm builds small self-contained bunkers for two people with a kitchen and a toilet for about $40, and medium-sized ones, equal in size to a “kopeck piece” in Khrushchev, with two bedrooms and a separate living room, for $000.
One can only speculate about the cost of the elite ones, which, according to rumors on the Web, are popular with some celebrities.
Other survivalists, on the contrary, consider the ability to manage with a minimum set of tools and rely on their skills, knowledge and intuition as the main thing. Among them there are their own authorities and legendary personalities, one of the most popular is the Briton Bear Grylls, the hero of the popular show “Survive at all costs”.
Ji ber vê yekê hin jînparêziyê wekî fersendek dihesibînin ku ji rûtîniya ofîsê qut bibin û xwe ji bo hêzê biceribînin, lê ji bo yên din ew bi pratîkî dibe wateya jiyanê.
Etîk
The “moral code” of a survivalist is a separate story, and it is not so easy for the uninitiated to understand it. On the one hand, the canonical survivalist takes on the mission of saving the entire human race. On the other hand, radical survivalists call the social environment during the BP period “ballast”, which, in their opinion, will only interfere with the preservation of their own lives, and it’s better not to even think about the fate of the surviving women — their role and fate will be determined by the “law of power”.
The rapid spread of a new virus and a possible global economic crisis for many of them look like harbingers of a BP or, at least, “combat exercises”
“Light Survivalist” Kirill, 28, admits: “On the one hand, at first it was alarming: an unknown virus is walking around the world, there is no vaccine — it looks like movie scripts about the end of the world. Incomprehensible job prospects also do not inspire optimism. But some part of me caught the adrenaline — that’s it, that’s what I was preparing for … Fear and delight, like on the edge of a cliff in childhood.
"Pêdiviya ewlehiya psîkolojîk ji bo kesên wiha ji yên din zûtir e"
Natalya Abalmasova, psîkolog, terapîsta gestalt
We bala xwe dayê ku di bineçanda zindîparêz de, pirraniya mezin mêr in? Ji min re xuya dike ku ev hobiya cîhana mêran e. Li vir ew dikarin însên xwe yên kûr nîşan bidin: xwe û malbatên xwe ji xetereyên derve biparêzin, hêz, zanîn û jêhatîbûnên taybetî yên jiyînê nîşan bidin, û ewlehiyê peyda bikin.
Imagine that we will lose the usual benefits of civilization: electricity, the Internet, a roof over our heads. These people want to be ready for such situations, not helpless and confused.
We can say that the need for psychological security is more relevant for them than for others.
Di nav motîvên hobiyek wusa de fersendek e ku meriv bi xwezayê re tenê bimîne, ji qerebalixiyê dûr, fêrbûna jêhatîbûnên nû, mînakî, rêgezkirina li ser erdê an destwerdana çekan. Hobiyek weha dikare balkêş û perwerdekar be.
Lê heke di jiyanê de mijara zindîbûnê bibe ya sereke û karakterê qelebalixiyê werbigire, wê hingê em dikarin li ser vê hobiyê wekî nîşanek patholojîk biaxivin, û li vir hewce ye ku em bi baldarî xwezaya vê binpêkirinê fam bikin.