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Pis'mo K.S. Stanislavskomu ot S.S....

Language: Russian

Dorogoj Konstantin Sergejevich,

ja pozdravljaju Vas ot chistoj dushi, ot vsego
serdca! Za `eti desjat' let Vy shli vsjo vperjod i
vperjod, i na `etom puti vy nashli, - Sinjuju pticu! -
Ona vasha luchshaja pobeda!
Teper' ja ochen' sozhaleju, chto ja ne v Moskve
chto ja ne mogu, vmeste so vsemi, Vas
chestvovat', Vam khlopat', krichat' Vam na vse
lady: - Bravo, bravo! -, i zhelat' Vam [mnogo, mnogo,
mnogo]1 let! Proshu Vas peredat' vsej truppe moj
privet, moj dushevnyj privet.

  Vash Sergej Rakhmaninov.
  Drezden, 14 oktjabrja 1908 g.
  Postskriptum: Zhena moja mne vtorit.


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1 alternatively, "mnogaja, mnogaja, mnogaja" (this is an archaic style, now grammatically incorrect)

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