Ok...this is the last Russian one...
I'm so addicted to Russian music - they have the most incredible voices and "soul" to their music. I guess Russia is a land of great passions - the highest of the highes and the lowest of the lows...
My mother used to be involved in a bilateral program studying nutrition and heart disease between NIH and USSR and it involved travel back and forth. I was in Jr High and Highschool, but I have many fond memories of when they visited us. One time, it was during the aniversary of their revolution, which meant a lot to them - so we had a cake and a party and they stayed till late at night, andn we danced - even I, and I was maybe 14 or 15 - dancing with the Russians. They were very sentimental....it was quite an experience. We're all people together, aren't we? With the same hopes and fears.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmvy5mgVdjI&feature=fvst]Volga boatmen 2 versions - YouTube[/ame]