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Second, the observation is appropriate, since the Russians themselves very much like to deal with the "roots" of the Rurikovichs of all kinds (but only when it is advantageous for them).
Third, look at the leisure where Peter Ilyich created most of his masterpieces. It is in the estate of the Countess of Mecca (now Brail of the Vinnitsk region, Ukraine) that there is still the same lilium-grown pond surrounded by the forest, the view of which inspired the great composer to create the "Swan Lake".
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If Petro Ilyich performed on the territory of the Russian Empire, which is now misunderstood to be on the territory of Ukraine, it does not make him a Ukrainian composer.