My Native Country.

As all Russian people, I love my country, but what do I love it for? Not everyone can answer this question.

As for me, Russia is the place where I has born, was grown up, live now. It’s the river where I and my friends liked to swim when we were small children. Russia is the land which history my grandparents and parents has been telling me since my childhood. To tell the truth, I can’t explain why I love my country. Probably, I love it for its peculiar nature, for its special ecosystem with long rivers, fresh springs, fields and meadows, which have no visible ends. How great is it to get up early in the morning and to go fishing to your favourite place by the river! You can sit in silence, have a rest and try to understand the beauty of the place your heart belongs to, the importance of the little spot in the map, where you and your people were born.

Many Russian writers tried to inspire the people of our country to love their Motherland. But our compatriot K.G. Paustovsky, who had unlimited love for Russia, believed that it’s impossible to love our country trying to find reasons for this love. I agree with him, because I’m sure that we should love the native place with all our hearts and with pure unspoilt soul like babies love their mothers. I’m sure that it is impossible to learn how to love your country. No textbooks help us to do it. This feeling is something you were born with, it is in the air you breathe, in the water you drink, in the nature you can see around.

In my opinion, nobody can love Motherland more than Russian people do. It is this love that gives them force and energy to cope with difficulties, to fight enemies, to help people of different nationalities. I hope that it will always be the same in the future. Nobody can express the feeling we have for our country. It is something we must understand without words. This feeling will be in our hearts forever, no matter what happens to us and how our life changes.