For whom who learns Russian (once more about Russian nature))) Sergei Yesenin is a Russian lyrical poet with tragic life story. His poems are full of light sadness and delicate sense of nature. The pupils in many Russian schools learn this poem by heart. БЕРЁЗА Белая берёза Под моим окном Принакрылась снегом, Точно серебром. На пушистых ветках Снежною каймой Распустились кисти Белой бахромой. И стоит берёза В сонной тишине, И горят снежинки В золотом огне. А заря, лениво Обходя кругом, Обсыпает ветки Новым серебром. 1913 THE BIRCH-TREE Just below my window Stands a birch-tree white, Under snow in winter Gleaming silver bright On the fluffy branches Sparkling in a row Dangle pretty tassels Of the purest snow. There the birch in silence Slumbers all day long And the snow gleams brightly In the golden sun. And the dawn demurely Going on its rounds With a silver mantle Decks again the boughs. The painting by Savrasov A.K. Winter Landscape, 1873.

My travels in Russia I travelled only in the european part of Russia. First time I was in Russia with my parents. It was several times, we had visited Moscow and St. Petersburg, and a town in Kirov region where my uncle lived. We travelled by train and once by plane. Also I was in Yekaterinburg when me went to another train (пересаживались на поезд, как правильно?). I moved to Moscow for studies and now I live here with my husband. We always travel together. We saw Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Yelets, were together in St. Peterburg again and in Vyborg. But I hardly can advice to visit Kazan this year because it has a lot of repairs, they are preparing for Summer Universiade 2013. I love russian nature. It is common image in Russia (as I think) about russian nature - white birch-trees and cornflowers, endless fields and wide rivers, thick forests. Of course it's not only like that, because Russia has wide territory. I like to be at the nature (бывать на природе), but there is a little problem... There are crowds of mosquitos and gadflies (gadfly - как по-русски точно звучит))), even if I use repellents, I always have stings. But such things are only for the summer. You can enjoy beautiful landscapes in every time of year.

My first travels I was born in Kyrgyzstan, so my first travels was in that country. We often went to the mountains at weekends, mostly in summer. As russian poet Vladimir Vysotskiy said "only mountains where you never was could be better than the mountains" ("лучше гор могут могут быть только горы, на которых еще не бывал"). Tien Shan is very beautiful place. We were in different valleys, walking along the rapid rivers, exploring waterfalls. Cool spring water is more delicious when you get it directly from the spring, breathing fresh mountainous air full of fragrance of the meadow herbs! And of course I was at the lake Issyk Kul many times. It is big salty lake among the mountains. It has both rocky and sand beaches. This lake is visited not only by people from Kyrgyzstan, but from Kazakhstan too, because it is close to the border. Once I was in Kazakhstan, in Almaty. There were beautiful flower fields of red, violet and yellow colors along the way.

About myself I am a student in Moscow State Univesity. I study English, German and cultural communications. Also I am bachelor of physics , chemistry and mecanics of the materials, but I realised that I want to study languages. I enjoy travel, may be the next time I will write about it. And I like to do different things... read books, sing and play the guitar, listen to music, draw, walk, dance, swim, watch films, make flowers from the wool (felting), watch the animals - "these are a few of my favorite things".