8:00 It has these famous opening words: “Happy families are all alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” It is a sensational work of a genius.
8:40 Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy's home town... "We have 150,000 visitors a year"
Later life, Tolstoy became even more renowned as radical thinkers, than a , he was feared by Tsar authoritues
believe that peasants have nobleness
romantic, peasants are closer to the God than we are
13:20 Yasnaya Polyyana, Voronezh
14:00 I would say that is 600-700 arches of field, the soil is the best in the world, "black earth", Tsar of the Earth, more precious than gas, than oil
black earth, 1 meter depth, great stuff, you can understand why farmers love it
in much its way, Russians live their same as a century ago
27:00 150 years ago, Leo Tolstoy, 列夫·托爾斯泰 said:"Can it be that there is not room for all men on this beautiful earth under these immeasurable starry heavens?" "Can it be possible that in the midst of this entrancing Nature feelings of hatred, vengeance, or the desire to exterminate their fellows can endure in the souls of men?"
32:00 “Placido Domingo can't compete with him" (Laughing)
The bear will wake up and everything will be in its right place. United Russia is the bear. Unite and go forward. "Tell me what is the true Russia?" "Russia is the Russian people"
41:40 We are in the oldest city in Russia. "In 561 AD, ..." "It tells that in some way they came to philosophy that there is no reason to fight against any one, the reason is to keep peaceful life, if someone wants to rule us, let him do it, why war?"
Persian on the ? side, the Arabic in ? side.
44:00 In the Soviet period, this mosque turned into a prison, later a museum. Today, it thrives a place of worship, for?, ? and ? Muslim alike. "This is something very unusual" "Praying together" "Praying together!"
In prospect, this journey across the largest country in the world is quite daunting, but I feel now I understand a little bit more about Russia, its diversity and its richness. And I met some incredible people, warm, friendly, and welcoming, and that, plus all the 伏特加酒 I consumed, fuels my enthusiastm for the next stage. (Can't stop laughing at his winery humor, and contemplating the deep empathy behind...)