It was winter, they were in the Russian countryside, and there was no vodka in the house.
The short focuses on the lives of three eccentric people living on a farm in the Russian countryside.
At one point, Joe, ever feckless, decides to take a train into the Russian countryside.
The main theme of Soloukhin's work is the Russian countryside, its present and future.
The movie opens with a panoramic shot of a bucolic Russian countryside.
"Think how many armies have been swallowed up by the Russian countryside!"
The Russian countryside can be stunning in its beauty.
Thanks to him we've come to think of our Russian countryside as poor, humble and pleasant in a modest sort of way.
Bast shoes were still worn in the Russian countryside at the beginning of the 20th century.
But this is a seminal time in the life of the Russian countryside.