Homeless Nineties. A Conversation with the Great Bum. The True Story of the Night Shelter Foundation told by its Founder

"Night Shelter" is one of the oldest currently operating charitable organizations in Russia: since December 11, 1990, homeless individuals, who were commonly referred to as BOMZh, began to receive systematic assistance in St. Petersburg. This book is a lengthy three-month... street conversation between journalist Anastasia Medvetskaya and the founder of "Night Shelter," Valery Sokolov. Sokolov reveals for the first time how everything was actually born and developed. How to push an initiative in the Leningrad City Council? How to maintain a record system for those without homes? How can one even dare to help those who often arrive with lice, open tuberculosis, and sometimes even steal? Where to find funding? Behind all this lies the story of a personal drama of the former homeless hippie in valenki, Sokolov. Valery Sokolov is a former hippie and homeless individual, the founder of the first charitable organization in Russia to help the homeless, "Night Shelter," and the publisher of the newspaper "At the Bottom," distributed by the homeless. Anastasia Medvetskaya is a journalist, author for "Moscow Mag," "Fontanka.ru," and others.