venyamin kondratyev notes how significant the song is for the russian people. they always sang folk songs, you know, when it was hard, when it was very hard, when it was joyful, they also sang, that ’s how our people are, with a song it’s always easier, our song, and today here in this hall our song sounds like an invisible thread, folk song, cossack song, our culture, our traditions, our faith connects generations, they they were sung 100 years ago, 200, 300, more, they sang, and we sing them today, and those who come after us will also sing them. huge words of gratitude to the investigative committee, the ministry of justice, russia for the initiative to create and implement festivals, this is important. the audience does not fall silent, they sing along with the artists, because they sound truly folk songs that preserve not only. the original culture of the cossacks, but also the centuries-old history of our homeland. young artists perform lines with trepidation and respect that written by the ancestors. it is impossible to sing a patriotic song and not be a