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“And there ain’t persons in the world that are more tearless, more arrogant, yet simpler than the Russians . . ..” Anna Akhmatova Russian’s Soul is Russian Truth “Russia can’t be understood with mind”-this line from Fyodor Tyutchev’s poem have become more than a mere aphorism to the Russians. After this line being composed, Russians gained kind of a spiritual creed that explains their destiny and the life of every single Russian. Since long ago Russians have had a foreboding that Russia is destined for something great, that Russia is a totally unique country. The whole world recognizes the Russian Empire as on of the strongest powers that plays a prominent role in the international political arena. Russia’s history has for the most part been a history of losses and following attempts to bring back the bereavement. Great Russia is still a solitary province in world’s life and European culture; its spiritual life is solitary and exclusive. The world still does not know and comprehend Russia; therefore, disfiguredly accepts Russian image and fallaciously and superficially judges about it. For a western person Russia remains a somewhat strange East: sometimes attractive with its mystery and at times r