Joseph Brodsky about Russia

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“Russia is my house, I lived in it all my life, and I owe everything to her and her people to everyone. And - most importantly - her language. ... And I can say that I have never been offended by my fatherland. Not in offense and now. There was a lot of bad things, but no less good - Russia is a great country, and all its vice and its virtue are more or less pronounced. In any case, their size is such that an individual reaction cannot be adequate. "
Joseph Brodsky, New York, 1972

In Leningrad

In the village of Norinsky Arkhangelsk region, where the poet was serving a link. In an interview with Solomon Volkov, Brodsky called this time the happiest in his life.