I love the music of Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tschaikovsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Moussorgsky. Big country that spans an awful lot of time zones. Russian Revolution in 1917, ideals betrayed by the Soviet regime. Endured terrible losses in World War II, far more than the U.S. Beat us (I'm a United States citizen) into space with Sputnik. Shots of those big rockets that seemed to say "CCCP" on them. Khrushchev pounding the table with his shoe. Bad treatment of Jews, a lot of Soviet Jewish emigres arrived in the U.S. during the 1980s and form an important ethnic group in the Boston area near where I live. Pushkin created the modern literary Russian language. The movie, Dr. Zhivago (and the theme music, "Lara's Theme").

Almost forgot: the musical and movie, "Fiddler on the Roof," based on a story by Sholom Aleichem, set in a Jewish community in Imperial Russia.

Vodka~！

I have some friends from Russian) We get along normally together) I like russian language, but I can speak a little in russian. This language is very hard for me but I believe that I will able to)

I know a little bit about Russia, less than I should. But I think that the Russians are introverts? I know a little bit about the current situation. Could you tell me anything else about the Russians?Thankx!