Mayakovskiy POEM in RUSSIAN w ENG Translation В 140 Солнц Закат

Mayakovskiy POEM in RUSSIAN w ENG Translation В 140 Солнц Закат The poem by Vladimir Mayakovskiy "В сто сорок солнц закат пылал, в июль катилось лето..." read by a native speaker of Russian in Russian language. The audio is accompanied by the presented slides which have both texts - Russian original and English translation. The poem was written in 1920 - 3 years after 1917 - Great October Revolution, when the USSR was formed. USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The country existed from 1917 to 1989/1990. Soviet Union consisted of 15 socialist republics. Today there are Russian Federation and 14 independent countries. All the 14 named countries speak different languages: Byelorussian, Armenian, Turkmenian, Uzbek, etc. Many people of these 14 countries, especially people of older generations - born in 1950s, 60s, 70s - can speak Russian language. Russian Federation or Russia has about 145 million population today. Many Russians are scattered around the world, especially women, who tend to get married and join a husband in a different country. Thank you for visiting my channel! Zoia Eliseyeva, educator, February 24, 2025 from CA, USA