Pis`mo K.S. Stanislavskomu ot S.V. Raxmaninova
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Dorogoj Konstantin Sergeevich,

ya pozdravlyayu Vas ot chistoj dushi, ot vsego
serdcza! Za e`ti desyat` let Vy' shli vsyo vperyod i
vperyod, i na e`tom puti vy' nashli, - Sinyuyu pticzu! -
Ona vasha luchshaya pobeda!
Teper` ya ochen` sozhaleyu, chto ya ne v Moskve
chto ya ne mogu, vmeste so vsemi, Vas
chestvovat`, Vam xlopat`, krichat` Vam na vse
lady': - Bravo, bravo! -, i zhelat` Vam [mnogo, mnogo,
mnogo]1 let! Proshu Vas peredat` vsej truppe moj
privet, moj dushevny'j privet.

  Vash Sergej Raxmaninov.
  Drezden, 14 oktyabrya 1908 g.
  Postskriptum: Zhena moya mne vtorit.

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

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  • ENG English (Anton Bespalov) (Rianne Stam) , "Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky from S.V. Rachmaninov", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Lettre de S. V. Rachmaninov à K. S. Stanislavski", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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