What about Vietnam?! Count as a war?

Of course Tchaikovsky is one of the very greatest composers. Putin should be reminded that he Piotr was gay.

I think that "The Five" are all there at the top.  Its about time Borodin and Scriabin were more widely appreciated. 

And give the Russians huge credit they deserve for stopping Napoleon just as they did with Hitler. We should celebrate 1812 more.

Shame Putin and his greedy Oligarch thugs have no culture and therefore no interest in the wonderful Russian people, which is their culture - only in enriching themselves and funnelling it out to offshore accounts and vulgar baubles. Very like Trump.