Ангел Марин

Russian man for centuries lived in an oscillating rhythm: fire or rest, concentration or relaxation, swiftness or drowsiness, joyous or dusky, passionate or indifferent, "joyful to the heaven - sad to the death." It is like a flame that went out for the time being, impaired concentration and drowsy of intensity, which can be found in the glow of the eyes, in the smile, in the song and in the dance.

Who is want closely to know Russian soul, he must be introduced with the Russian song. "When, for example, after the exercise the soldiers are returned to their barracks systems, or especially when, after the successful completion to the troop is given command: «Soloists, forward! "- then is come marching chorus, singing folk songs and besides soloist is begins, and the choir joins in every second or the third stanza of the song. We are need to hear this enthusiasm, this passion by humor. This is free syncopated rhythm, it suddenly explodes sharp pipe, these grabs, it beating the key frets. You'll never hear unison, never hear false voices never becomes a song choral recitative. All are standing by this and can not hear enough». Berdyaev was defined: «Russian are almost ashamed of what they are Russian; national pride is alien to them, and often even - alas! - alien to the national dignity." Gorky wrote, not without reason, of the down Russian national pride. To meet with prominent Russian people, he came to the conclusion that they are often underestimate their true value, their creative abilities. In 1900 year he wrote to Chekhov: "It's terrible tragedy that all the Russian people are value themselves less than the actual value. You are too, it seems, very guilty of this." Such a proposition he expressed repeatedly. According words of A. Kuprin for Russian is characteristic "innate shame of high-sounding phrases, or a nice gesture, and a complete inability to exploit their own assessment," it is inherent in a mixture of "heroism with humility."