Poems and Songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. A Song of Rossia.
Commentary to the poem “There is no more beautiful country...”
Over the years, this poem-prayer has become more and more relevant.
One of close in spirit poems is Stanislav Slutsker’s “A Prayer” (2018).
Here also comes to mind Joseph Dzhugashvili’s poem “A Morning” (1895):
Next to her sister Viola, |
In 1912, this poem was included in the “Textbook of the Native Language” for primary classes in Georgia, and it would be good to include it today in the “Textbook of the Native Language” for primary classes in Rossia.
The original text of the poem consists of two final lines.