Yeah I share the idea that it about regret for a lost soviet society. The title itself is interesting because Russian Literature is about failed romances, and shows how suffering eventually leads to redemption. And I think it works on both levels. The romance being the political situation of communism which eventually failed. However the song reinforces how this failure did not redeem the people from suffering but did the opposite (not ignoring the suffering that took place under Soviet Union.) Capitalism is not the redemption it should be though. And this old political situation exists only in novels: in Russian Literature; this romance with Communism. Although there's of course a lot more to the song.
"Our earthly pleasures distract us against our will"
Materialism controls us in our capitalist society
Yeah I share the idea that it about regret for a lost soviet society. The title itself is interesting because Russian Literature is about failed romances, and shows how suffering eventually leads to redemption. And I think it works on both levels. The romance being the political situation of communism which eventually failed. However the song reinforces how this failure did not redeem the people from suffering but did the opposite (not ignoring the suffering that took place under Soviet Union.) Capitalism is not the redemption it should be though. And this old political situation exists only in novels: in Russian Literature; this romance with Communism. Although there's of course a lot more to the song.
"Our earthly pleasures distract us against our will" Materialism controls us in our capitalist society