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FENIXSELF-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

FENIX / PEOPLE AND DEVELOPMENT

Develop.
Create.
Pass it on.

Everyone has something
that can become the start of a great endeavour.

Knowledge, culture and practice help people unlock their abilities, learn together and pass on experience.

FROM PERSONAL CHOICE TO SHARED ENDEAVOUR

An adult student mastering work with a tree next to a mentor - an artistic image
PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE

The future begins
with our participation.

ARTISTIC IMAGE

Four websites — four purposes

How they connect ↗
  1. 01 · LearnFENIXGrow through knowledge, environment and practice.You are here
  2. 02 · ExploreORION22:22Find sources, preserve memory and explore the future.
  3. 03 · CompareEQUILIBRIUMExamine connections, compare scenarios and solutions.
  4. 04 · ParticipateSPECZASHCHITABring people and resources together for shared work.

Eight funds.
Participation in a shared endeavour.

Eight funds of NPO MPK SPECZASHCHITA: the purpose, formation, features, positioning and brand identity of each fund.

SPECZASHCHITA funds
Person ✳Culture ✳Education ✳Science ✳Creation ✳Future
Independent learning through creative diary and observation of nature - an artistic image
YOUR OWN PATH TO KNOWLEDGE · ARTISTIC IMAGE

KNOWLEDGE BECOMES YOUR OWN

When you understand.
When you try.
When you pass it on.

Self-development begins with your own question. FENIX materials connect it with culture, research, mentoring and practical work.

“Noospheric University for everyone” is an educational idea: learn throughout life and turn what you study into meaningful action.

Explore the learning route
An experienced craftswoman passes the skill of working with clay to a young adult - an artistic image
EXPERIENCE THAT LIVES ON · ARTISTIC IMAGE

PRACTICE / LIVING VILLAGE

Knowledge endures.
The work continues.

A place where knowledge meets life: the people, work and cultural memory of rural territories. Articles and a proposed relay of practices help discuss how to preserve experience and pass it on to the next generation.

The author’s image for the “Foundations of Self-Development” section
Artistic image · Foundations of self-development

01 / FOUNDATIONS OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT

Great changes
begin with you.

Understand yourself. Learn to see the whole. Turn knowledge into action. FENIX offers a path on which development becomes a conscious practice.

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01

Conscious choice

Define your own goal, recognise your abilities and choose a direction for development.

Your own path. Your own responsibility.
02

Living knowledge

Learn to ask questions, compare sources and test ideas in practice.

Understand more deeply. See more broadly.
03

Joint action

Connect skills with people’s tasks and create a result that can be evaluated.

Develop yourself. Create together.
The man at the open window with a personal diary is an artistic image of conscious choice
Artistic image · FENIX manifesto

02 / FENIX MANIFESTO

The person —
the beginning of the future.

Our guiding principles are human dignity, freedom of choice and responsibility for what we create.

Primary source: FENIX foundations ↗

01We learn throughout our lives —
to discover possibilities.

02We connect culture and science —
to understand and create.

03We test ideas through action —
to make knowledge useful.

04We grow together —
to make the future shared.

An editorial manifesto based on the programme’s founding document.
Samples of water, soil, materials and layout of the settlement on the training table - an artistic image of the development directions
Artistic image · 19 directions of development
19

DIRECTIONS OF PEOPLE’S SELF-DEVELOPMENT

Find your own.
See the whole.

Knowledge reveals itself through action. Each direction has its own colour, authorial materials, film and practical task from the FENIX programme.

Directions: 19 of 19

A person in a wheelchair and a companion on an accessible garden path - an artistic image of an accessible environmentD01

People and health

An accessible environment. Care. Participation.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Adult student and mentor compare book and records — an artistic way of learningD02

Education and knowledge

Sources. Mentoring. Practice.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Weather observation at the school weather platform - an artistic imageD03

Natural climate

Observation. Adaptation. Responsibility.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Study of soil samples on the school bed - an artistic imageD04

Land and soils

Soil fertility. Careful land use.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Water metering and careful treatment with a household crane - an artistic imageD05

Water

Resource accounting. Quality. Conservation.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Airing the study room and monitoring air quality - an artistic imageD06

Air

A clean environment. Observations. Ventilation.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Observation of insects and plants in the meadow - an artistic image of biocenosisD07

Biotic communities

Native species. Living connections. Nature.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Educational accounting of products and careful storage - an artistic image of food literacyD08

Food

Literacy. Quality. Reducing losses.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Engineer explains energy metering on closed equipment - an artistic imageD09

Energy

Efficiency. Accounting. Safety.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Samples of wood, ceramics, metal and crystal - an artistic image of materials scienceD10

Materials

Properties. Testing. New solutions.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Adult craftsmen repair a bicycle assembly - an artistic image of practical productionD11

Industry

Craftsmanship. Quality. Creation.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Affordable stop, tram, pedestrian crossing and cycle track - an artistic image of mobilityD12

Transport

Accessibility. Routes. Connectivity.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Residents discuss the layout of the common yard - an artistic image of participation in the development of the environmentD13

Cities and settlement

Living environment. Community. Participation.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Researcher compares plant growth and observation records - an artistic image of scienceD14

Science

Hypothesis. Data. Verification.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Participants check digital information with the source - an artistic image of digital literacyD15

Digital environment and AI

Tools. Knowledge. Checking answers.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Participants draw up training estimates on documents and samples - an artistic image of resource accountingD16

Economics and finance

Resources. Accounting. Transparency.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Generations help each other and pass on the skill of repairing clothes - an artistic image of mutual assistanceD17

Social system

Mutual support. Family. Employment.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
Checking the free output and the workshop readiness kit - an artistic image of safetyD18

Safety and resilience

Readiness. Responsibility. Action.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗
The team discusses the made bench and records feedback — an artistic image of development managementD19

Development management

Plan. Feedback. Result.

Intro · Film · Practice ↗

Colour coding helps identify a section in cards and intros. The D01–D19 code and name accompany the colour in every section.

FENIX / A UNIFIED SERIES

Nineteen directions.
One language of creation.

All intros in one video. You can watch and download each individual intro on its direction page.

Download all 19 intros as ZIP ↓
Open University Conceptual Image: People of Different Generations Learn and Work Together
NEW ARTISTIC IMAGE / A SPACE FOR KNOWLEDGE

LIFELONG EDUCATION

Noospheric University
for everyone.

An open learning route: study sources, discuss ideas with mentors, research and create your own work. The library contains the World Noospheric University project and practical FENIX modules.

  1. Choose your question and direction
  2. Find sources and learn with a mentor
  3. Create a work and check the result
  4. Preserve experience and pass it on to others
World Noospheric University project ↗

A non-profit humanitarian project from the author’s library.

Required introductory video course

NOOSPHERIC UNIVERSITY · 5:14

Education: One University

A vision of a personal learning path in which mentoring, practice and knowledge sharing help you move towards your own endeavour.

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SELF-DEVELOPMENT · 5:27

FENIX — Foundations of Self-Development

From choosing a task to checking the result: an introduction to the practice of meaningful self-development. A learning example shows how to preserve experience and improve your own work.

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SHARED ENDEAVOUR · 4:57

FENIX — From Personal Choice to Shared Endeavour

A film about self-development, culture and the practice of cooperation. The FENIX working concept shows a path from personal choice to a useful shared result.

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Architectural image of an open university courtyard with a library, gardens and water
A VISION OF FENIX / THE UNIVERSITY AS A MEETING PLACE

CULTURE AND EDUCATION

Learn.
Understand.
Pass it on.

Culture helps us find meaning. Education provides tools. Together, they turn personal experience into knowledge we can share.

  • A culture of thinking and dialogue
  • Research and creative practice
  • Mentoring and collaboration
Explore the learning module ↗
Mentor and adult student study sheet and record observations - artistic image of research practice
Artistic image · Full-cycle science

FULL-CYCLE SCIENCE

An idea becomes knowledge
when it is tested.

The full cycle connects formulating a question with research, applying the result and a new round of learning.

01

Question

What needs to be understood
or changed?

02

Research

Hypothesis, method,
observation and data.

03

Verification

Comparison against criteria
and reproducibility.

04

Application

A practical task
and evaluation of the result.

05

Transmission

An open account of experience
and new questions.

Educational diary, archival materials, layout of the territory and created subject - an artistic image of the connection of four roles
Artistic image · FENIX roles in the shared system

THE ROLE OF FENIX IN THE SHARED SYSTEM

Learn. Create.
Pass it on.

Knowledge becomes a public resource when it is connected with practice, people and preserved memory.

Image: Four sites — Four tasks
Thematic artistic image · The role of FENIX within SPECZASHCHITA

EDUCATION AND COOPERATION

The role of FENIX within SPECZASHCHITA

FENIX connects learning with shared endeavour: training, retraining and professional development, and support for the employment of cooperative members. In the programme model, personal routes and mentoring are connected with practical tasks of cooperation.

Documentary basis ↗A people’s university, workforce training and support for the employment of cooperative members.

SPECZASHCHITA funds

Artistic image of the archive: preservation of manuscripts, maps and cultural artifacts
Thematic artistic image · The role of FENIX within ORION22:22

KNOWLEDGE AND MEMORY

The role of FENIX within ORION22:22

FENIX helps people learn, create and pass on experience. ORION22:22 and the Heritage Preservation Archive give that experience a place in shared memory: they preserve sources, provenance, versions and the conditions for further use.

Documentary basis ↗The architecture of interaction proposed in the FENIX evolutionary programme.

Person → Knowledge → Shared endeavour → Preserved experience

Discussion of a film about nature in a small cultural center - an artistic image
Artistic image · Films and author’s addresses

OUR VIDEOS / BY MEANING

See the idea.
Understand the connection.

The authors’ films about personal choice, cooperation and memory. Thematic films about water, energy, science and other fields are presented within the 19 directions.

The Artistic Image of Open University

Introductory course of the Noospheric University

The required admission programme: “Baraka”, “Home”, “Thrive”, “The Connected Universe”, “Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds”, “Samadhi”, the “Global Crisis” forum and materials about time.

Open the programme and films

New works. Nature and continuity.

Film · 2:56 · 2026-10-08 · Full HD

EQUILIBRIUM — KNOWLEDGE PUZZLES

From individual facts and discoveries to a holistic understanding of the world. An artistic film about observation, testing knowledge and creating together.

Russian narration, music and embedded subtitles.

Open the film ↗

Film · 2:54 · 2026-10-08 · Full HD

Rus — A New World Order

Rus as a vision of the future: culture, science, care for nature and cooperation between people. An artistic vision of a new world order.

Russian narration, music and embedded subtitles.

Open the film ↗

Film · 2:59 · 2026-10-08 · Full HD

NEUROSVOD — SFERA EQUILIBRIUM

A concept of collective intelligence: from data and knowledge to shared decisions and action. A film about the architecture of connections between people, technology and values.

Russian narration, music and embedded subtitles.

Open the film ↗

Film · 2:57 · 2026-10-08 · Full HD

EQUILIBRIUM — Digital Transformation

Digital technology, knowledge and cooperation in the service of people. An artistic film about moving from a flow of data to meaningful collective action.

Russian narration, music and embedded subtitles.

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Vision of the future · 2:44 · 2026-10-08 · Full HD

Rus! Who Are We at the UN?

Rus as a vision of the future: culture, knowledge, living nature and cooperation. An artistic film with Russian narration, music and embedded subtitles.

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Nature and ecosystems · 1:00 · 2026-10-04

Living Russia

Russia’s nature, ecosystems and human responsibility.

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People, family and shared endeavour · 2:42 · 2026-10-03

World Empire of the Ancestral Line — FENIX

Everyone is unique and needed. People, family, the interconnection of platforms and creating together.

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ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE · 2:34

FENIX — Address to the People

An inspiring address about personal choice and the possibility of acting together. Ten thematic parts form a vision of people’s self-development.

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SPECZASHCHITA · 1:30

SPECZASHCHITA — Cooperative of a Common Goal

People, knowledge and shared endeavour in a vivid image of cooperation. The film presents the idea of a common goal, connections between sectors and creating together.

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ORION22:22 · 3:07

ORION 22:22

An introduction to the ORION 22:22 concept: a shared language of classification helps connect ideas, projects and a thoughtful choice of actions.

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Artistic image of time: a ring sculpture in a garden filled with golden light

SUPERCLASS “CULTURE AND SCIENCE” · 5 FILMS

The Science of Time

13:20, the 13 Moon calendar, Dreamspell, time and shared memory. Short films based on the ideas of José Argüelles — with Russian narration, subtitles and a guide to primary sources.

Open the film series

04 / RUSSIA. A MAP OF DEVELOPMENT

The future is created
locally.

Person, team, territory. The map connects the programme’s directions with questions that can be put to any city.

Map of Russia. Geographical landmarks: Moscow, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Yakutsk and Vladivostok
Geographical landmarks Conceptual map

← Pan the map to see all the cities →

The map shows areas of possible work, rather than operating branches or implemented results. The cities are geographical reference points. Geodata: Natural Earth.

05 / SUR SYSTEMS

To manage —
is to connect.

The development management system connects the goal, the state of the environment, resources and a verifiable result. Each step brings us back to the question: what has changed?

SUR master document ↗
SUR / DECISION CYCLE
What result is needed?

Formulate a clear task and determine in advance the criteria by which its solution will be assessed.

An introductory diagram of the author’s management model.
The hands of the master collect a wooden object - an artistic image of human knowledge, time and skills
Artistic image · The person as a bank
THE PERSON AS A BANK

The principal capital —
the ability to create.

The author’s concept views the person as a bearer of knowledge, time, competencies and responsibility. At its centre are a useful contribution and meaningful accounting for it.

Read the concept ↗A conceptual model of the person’s role in the economy.
Participants relate the workshop layout with samples of materials - an artistic image of resources for the common cause
Artistic image · Issuance platforms
ISSUANCE PLATFORMS

Resources —
for meaningful endeavour.

The materials explore the connection between resources and development tasks: the basis for issuance, accounting rules, participants’ obligations and verification of the result being created.

Explore the platform model ↗Research materials and project proposals.
The author’s image for the “Global Balances — 130 Years” section
Artistic image · Global balances — 130 years

HISTORY / RESOURCES / FUTURE

130 years.
Learn to see the whole.

1895–2025: six eras, 12 domains and 19 balances. An analytical overview, presentation, working templates and a narrated film.

EQUILIBRIUM materials for independent study and shared work. From a historical overview to a project profile, a source register and a 90-day preparation plan.

Open documents and materials ↗
Books and Observation Sheets on the Light Learning Table — The Artistic Image of the Open Library
Artistic image · Library of materials

06 / LIBRARY OF MATERIALS

Knowledge is open.
Start with what interests you.

Full library ↗

Superclass — a collection of images of self-development12 works with questions for reflection and links to programme documents.

EQUILIBRIUM: People, Culture, DevelopmentUnderstand yourself. Learn together. Create the future. 17 materials in the new edition.

Primary documents are available in the FENIX library.

Educational three-dimensional model of the river, city and gardens - an artistic image of spatial connections
Artistic image · Atlases and spatial diagrams

ATLASES AND SPATIAL DIAGRAMS

Knowledge on the map.
Connections in sight.

Social data, projects, territories and the FENIX spatial concept offer different ways to read the overall picture.

01 / ATLAS
Cover: Atlas of social data EQUILIBRIUM
Cover of an authorial work · EQUILIBRIUM Social Data Atlas

EQUILIBRIUM Social Data Atlas

The material describes an architecture for observing, understanding and developing society through data, connections, decisions and measurable impact.

Open the material ↗DOCX ↓PPTX ↓
02 / ATLAS
Educational three-dimensional model of the river, city and gardens - an artistic image of spatial connections
Thematic artistic image · Atlas of projects and territories

Atlas of projects and territories

A geographical guide to the cooperative’s documents and programmes.

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03 / CITY DIAGRAM
Image: City of Knowledge and Energy
Author’s conceptual diagram · Master plan of the City of Knowledge and Energy

Master plan of the City of Knowledge and Energy

The author’s diagram of the FENIX city concept.

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04 / CITY DIAGRAM
Image: City geometry FENIX
Author’s conceptual diagram · Geometry of the city of FENIX

Geometry of the city of FENIX

A graphic diagram of the spatial concept.

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MEMORY / CONTINUITY / FUTURE

Archive for preserving
heritage.

Identify, preserve, research and pass on memory between generations. A book, document, recording, family story or project result retains its source, context, versions and authorship.

  • Authorial documents, books and research
  • Stories of families, communities and territories
  • Films, images and records of experience
  • Provenance, versions and usage rights
Read the Archive concept ↗
Artistic image of the archive: preservation of manuscripts, maps and cultural artifacts
NEW ARTISTIC IMAGE / MEMORY BETWEEN GENERATIONS

HERITAGE PRESERVATION ARCHIVE · 3:00

ORION 22:22 — Heritage Preservation Archive

Memory, the provenance of sources and the right to pass on knowledge come together in the concept of a heritage preservation archive.

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FAMILY AND CONTINUITY · 3:56

Unified Lineage System

Family memory becomes the starting point for continuity, mutual assistance and projects shared across generations.

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07 / IMAGES AND BRAND IDENTITY

The future has
its own image.

Light, open space and the energy of FENIX. A visual language that connects people, knowledge and a living environment.

Image register: directions, sections, atlases, maps and profiles ↗

Superclass — design of a programme for human self-developmentFrom self-knowledge to passing on experience: twelve artistic images in the library.

FENIX IN MOTION

Knowledge. Energy.
A living future.

A short branded intro for the programme.

Films and author’s addresses ↗
Hand begins drawing in diary next to unfinished cup - artistic image of the first step
Artistic image · The first step

SMART NAVIGATION

Find your interest.

Ctrl / ⌘ K — open search · Esc — close

Film

Open the original film ↗