Kolokolamsk is a wonderful example of a remote outback. Its inhabitants are unusually lazy, ignorant, and greedy. They are typical Soviet citizens and regularly follow the directives of their superiors, implement new ideological trends, while foolishly distorting them in such a way that a comic effect is achieved. This is how the authors show the inconsistency and absurdity of many aspects of Soviet life in the late 1920s.
