Russia [Theme]
- And peace is his commandment. So that he who loves God also loves his brother, there is no fear in love. He who abides in love abides in God. And God is in him! And God is love.
But in Rus' there is such a fair collection of disgusting faces that I couldn’t bear to look at them. Even now I want to spit when I remember them. Now there is a foreign land in front of me, a foreign land around me, but in my heart there is Rus', not nasty Rus', but only beautiful Rus'.
Quote Explanation: Nikolai Gogol, from a letter to Mikhail Pogodin, 1836.
On eyes weaned from tears.
Without touching this beauty.
I love you forever, until eternal peace...
And the high flight of these proud, illustrious birds.
Will he really not forgive?
And cast down the successes of lies! ..
Quote Explanation: May 1, 1845.
Our strength triumph!
Quote Explanation: 1915 (second year of the First World War).
I do not argue that this is sad. but all of Rus' is sad. Everything
Koschei hid his death well. Koshchey is strong! He is the Last Living Legend of our land.
Come on, try it!
And meets on the way only hungry dogs.
Courage, stand, be strong and overcome!
Quote Explanation: Early August 1863.
