A man like you ought not to be in possession of any Russian works of art'.

Initially, it presented only Russian works, but foreign composers entered the repertoire around 1840.

"When we come the first few times to a country, yes, we show these Russian works," he says.

Books in French are stacked near Russian and German works.

Both the ballet and opera companies perform a range of Russian and foreign works here.

He also translated a number of Russian works into Slovene.

"Russian works well in most cities," she replied, "but the country people do not like to speak it."

They started by translating Russian works that had been translated into English.

Several translations of important Russian works have been made through his recommendations.

The museum will be closed Monday through Thursday while the Russian works are moved out.