I was born a thousand years ago as Novgorod. A lot of water has flowed since then, and I have come a long way. I was the Grand Principality of Vladimir, I was also the Principality of Moscow, then the Russian State, the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Now I am the Russian Federation, simply Russia. I don't want to be alone, not again.... I hope we'll be friends) ^u^