Russia’s turbulent history has had an immeasurable influence over its music. The Russian people have seen years of war, peace, poverty, economic growth, demise, and their rebirth. Russia’s music reflects the spectrum of emotions that coincide with these events. Experience all that Russian Favorites has to offer with this authentic collection. Every beginner will have some fun sharing these songs with family and friends as all the lyrics are written in Russian. Russian Favorites plays an important role in our ethnic library. Our cultural series of songbooks has always been popular, but now with the added interest generated by “23 & Me” the demand has shaken our library to the core and the dialogue created is remarkable! Our roots have become a major point of interest of late and this ethnic series, arranged by Tony Santorella and edited by Jonathon Robbins, is standing by to hopefully provide some answers. In most cases our collections include the lyrics in both English and the native language.