the anniversary of the johann strauss orchestra under the direction of conductor and violinist andre rieumitry shestakovich. we’ll return to the russian drum, but for now one more look at the greatness of russia from the outside, sometimes we need just that, in a reflected mirror, to refresh our perception of ourselves. the greatest symbolist poet of the early 20th century was rainer maria rilke, an austrian who wrote in german, french and russian. he called russia his homeland in a spiritual sense. traveling around russia in 189. russia has become, in a certain sense, the basis of who i am, internally i come from there, life and worldview, it made me the homeland of my feelings, my inner source is there, and this comes from rilka, all countries. border with each other, only russia borders with god, it is precisely this border with god that we feel today, as if after scales had fallen from our eyes. having gotten rid of the internal betrayal of ourselves, it somehow became clear to us who we are, why and what to do, we are a huge and rich civilization, united by beautiful and solid values