A new year—2025—is upon us. It marks a quarter of a century in this new millennium, and for twenty-five years in Russia, the sprouts of a new and splendid civilization have been growing and strengthening: the Kin’s Domains. May 2025 become a kind wizard for our entire planet, so that no continent will tremble. Instead, the Earth will begin to blossom with the exquisite colors and fragrances of the gardens planted by the joyful creators of their Kin’s Domains.
I envision a time when the President of our country will address all the people of the Earth with glad tidings, sharing how this wonderful idea took root here in Russia—among our own people—and has become our national idea, supported by every branch of government. Our President will invite people from all across the planet to follow these admirable initiatives. This good news will circle the globe in an instant, eclipsing all streams of negative information. These glad tidings will heal many ailments of the human body and soul, for such is the property and power of positive information.
Scientists, public figures, and ordinary readers in various countries around the world are watching with interest and hope as this new movement, born in Russia, continues to develop. At the Kin’s Domain festival in the Belgorod region, Doctor of Economics and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Evgeny Stepanovich Savchenko, declared:
“Today we are witnessing the beginning of building a new space, a new civilization. The people who have taken on this mission are paving the way for the future of Russia. They have listened to their souls before others, and their souls have guided them. This is the most important law of the universe.”
When presenting an international award for the Ringing Cedars of Russia book series, thanks to which Kin’s Domains began to appear in Russia, the international committee noted that these books:
“…have given us new insights into how the world is structured, a new interpretation of economic and political processes, and thus serve as a signal to the world that there must be an urgent change of strategy and tactics in every field—ecological, economic, political, social, demographic—to find new, viable ways out of humanity’s dire situation.”
On the eve of the New Year, the Vladimir Culture Fund Anastasia [Note: That’s the full name of the Russian Anastasia Foundation] released an almanac entitled “Russia’s National Idea: Kin, Motherland, Kin’s Domains.” This extraordinary publication includes research and reports by scholars from Lomonosov Moscow State University, dedicated to the unique phenomenon born in Russia and its future: Kin’s Domains based on the principles outlined by the taiga hermit Anastasia in the Ringing Cedars of Russia book series.
The almanac also contains an address to the President of Russia, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, and to regional authorities, showing who has been attempting—and for what purposes over the years—to spread disinformation and prevent positive transformation in Russia. The Anastasia Fund asks everyone to support Kin’s Domains and help distribute the almanac “Russia’s National Idea.”
I realize I began my New Year’s greeting in quite an official tone, but this information is so important and close to my heart. I want it to reach the Presidential Administration, to receive a response, so that all the creators of Kin’s Domains can finally experience greater peace of mind. I believe this will happen.
Now, let me say directly: I offer heartfelt congratulations to all Kin’s Domain creators, as well as to all my readers in every country. First and foremost, I congratulate my own family—Lyudmila, Polina, Serge—and my granddaughters, Ninochka and Mashenka.
I also wish a happy New Year to my neighbors. To the right of my Domain lives Viktor Yakovlevich Medikov, Doctor of Sciences, and a three-term deputy of the State Duma, who is establishing his own Kin’s Domain. To the left of me lives a wonderful little girl—still very young but already beautiful—together with her mother, Valentina. In fact, in the Kin’s Domain Settlement where my own Domain is located (it is called Rodnoye, “Native”), there are many kind, caring, and responsive people. It is so important to form a supportive, compassionate community where everyone helps one another raise their children.
Take, for example, a Kin’s Domain Settlement in the Vladimir region: there are many artistic clubs and activities beyond the standard school curriculum, and so many children participate. I salute all the parents there, especially the mothers of large families who are on their own yet still creating Kin’s Domains. I also want to congratulate all those men who help single mothers in their Domains—there is this lovely tradition where men walk around the settlement offering their services as workers, mostly to women, though often they are secretly hoping to find a bride. It’s such a sweet story. A man goes to a woman and says, “Do you need any help?” She replies, “Yes, I do,” because there is always something to do in a Domain. He helps with the work, she feeds him, they talk, she pays him, and he leaves. But if she likes him, and he likes her, they can form a pair and begin a new family together.
Right before the New Year, I visited the Kin’s Domain Settlement called Arai in Kazakhstan, where I met some wonderful people, including the entrepreneur Vitaly Kim. He has also created a recreation area called “Ozer,” turning what used to be a mosquito-ridden patch of wasteland into a place where pines, birches, and apple trees now grow. I visited this settlement for the second time—my first visit was 12 years ago, when there was nothing there. Now there are gardens and greenery everywhere. It’s splendid. I believe this is an excellent initiative. Everywhere that people establish Kin’s Domains and Kin’s Domain Settlements, the environment will flourish. Eventually, this will transform the ecology of the entire Earth if such efforts become widespread.
I keep coming back to this topic because I believe 2025—this quarter-century marker of the new millennium—will bring many pleasant days and successes to all Kin’s Domain creators.
Happy New Year, friends! I look forward to meeting many of you in Kin’s Domain Settlements. And, of course, most of all, I want to wish a happy upcoming New Year to Anastasia, that extraordinary woman. It seems so much time has passed now, and her whereabouts are unknown, ever since she told me that for a while she would not appear to help me, that she was giving her very soul to people. Ever since she spoke those words, it is as though she dissolved into the vastness of the universe. She used to say, “I will give my entire soul to humanity. I shall stand among you with my soul.” And now I see people who seem to possess Anastasia’s energy, her strength.
So, I congratulate you, Anastasia! I believe I speak for all readers when I say thank you for creating the space you have and let it continue to grow in perfection. Your grandfather once responded, when asked if Anastasia can predict the future: “She does not predict the future—she models it herself.” Anastasia, please teach us how to shape the future. All Kin’s Domain creators know that a person, through the power of their thought, can truly build the future. Perhaps modern people do not possess thought as powerful as yours, but we do have numbers on our side, and when all our thoughts unite, everything will turn out beautifully—maybe even this year.
Once again, thank you, Anastasia. It has been a long time since I have seen you, but I remember your hair, your wonderful, kind grayish-blue eyes, and the fragrance of your breath. Until we meet again!
“Anastasia, we will write our life anew, on a blank page—
A blank page, a blank page…
For from this moment on, the world is ruled by light and kindness—
Light and kindness, light and kindness…
We will bring people joy, happiness, and love—
Children will follow our example, and our Earth will become beautifully renewed,
A planet of peace and love, flourishing once again in wondrous gardens.
You, my God, and I are in harmony, ready to spend our lives happily,
Ready to live in joy, to help you create beauty all around us,
Together with our Father, to bring forth new wonders.”
Let there be Good. Know that Good prevails. We share joy, happiness, and love with each other, and it lives on in our children, as our planet blooms anew—a planet of peace and love, blossoming in wondrous gardens.
Happy New Year 2025!
