Posts from The game doesn't launch even on powerful hardware.
Also, please provide more detailed system information (86 or 64-bit, service pack or not, Russian locale or standard, is there enough memory on the HDD).
For now, I suggest you try disabling Kaspersky (it analyzes the game's loading screen proactively) and manually changing the screen resolution in the game's configuration files.
I haven't tried manually changing the resolution yet; thanks for the idea. Which files do I need to change?
setvar gfx_resolution = 1024x768