My motherland is Russia. I can't say that I am a patriot, a classical one. I don'tlike demonstrations of all kinds and i don't celebrate The Day of Independence of Russia. In my country many things are not perfect. And I travel a lot and i lived in different countries I see how life can be and how hard people live in Russia especially in small town and villiages away from Moscow.
It makes me sad. One period I really shamed tosay that I am Russian, but now I realise one very important thing, that I am Russian. I speak Russian, I love Russian literature (especially Bunin and Bulgakov), I like Russian Art (Tretyakov Gallery), Russian Ballet, Russian Opera, Russian traditions and people.
I don't like Russian pop music, showbusiness, many modern films... But Tarkovskey... It's worth watching...
I am not interested in politics, I know only one things - forordinary people politics is not important, people are people everywhere, I just love people, respect them, it doen't matter where are they from.
Russian writer Bunin (he has got The Nobel Prize in Literature, 1933)
It's Mikhail Bulgakov, the author ofgenious "Master and Margherita"
The great Russian ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya
The very short and nice film about Russia
thank you