'The main port of Russia in the Far East since 1870 is Vladivostok.
From these obvious well-known facts follows the assumption: Russia is interested in the development of navigation, all types of fleets (in the Pacific ocean) and in the development of shipbuilding. (...)
It seems, it is not noticeable what someone would drive Russia out of the market of shipbuilding. But this can be done imperceptibly ... So, in Vladivostok, in general in the Far East, there are mighty people, the state minds of a large public power... '.
We wrote these lines on March 5, 2019, when we discussed some possible directions of economic development in the Far East.
So, the development of shipbuilding is one of the historical directions of economic development in the Far East.
"Deputy plenipotentiary of the President of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District Grigory Kuranov, during the presentation of the acting governor of the region Mikhail Degtyarev to the Cabinet of Ministers [of Khabarovsk krai], presented him with a wooden ship's wheel." [unofficial translation]
(https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5f16e9d69a794744a90dbb6b - July 21, 2020, 17:44).
Much is now becoming clearer. In the Far East, there are indeed powerful people, statesmen who wield great state power.
These powerful people "create" captains with helms [ship's wheels] without ships.
These state minds, possessing great state power, imagine shipbuilding in the style of children's fairy tales ... The helm [ship's wheel] can be attached to anything in the governor's office ... A shipbuilding ...
It remains to expect major successes in the development of shipbuilding in the Far East ...
[DCXLV. The Sketch about the gudgeons from the works of Saltykov-Shchedrin. - March 5, 2019]
July 22, 2020 04:39
Translation from Russian into English: July 22, 2020 14:18.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Капитаны Дальнего Востока. Скетч'.