Many treasures come from Russia with Love Among them, gymnasts soaring high above Famous for the Bolshoi Ballet and Beluga caviar Russia, at one time was ruled by a Czar
The Empress Alexandra, had a close friend She believed Rasputin healed her Son, others did not comprehend. Because of his association, they thought Rasputin had too much power And so he was poisoned, beat and shot in his fateful last hour
But Rasputin before death correctly predicted That the Royal family would soon be restricted Czar Nicholas II was the last on the throne Till Lenin led the revolution and he was overthrown
The Royal Family were herded together, lined up and shot The promised family portrait photo shoot, it was not After Lenin came Stalin, with his institutionalised terror Millions were killed after purge, trial and error
Then came Khrushchev, hid his complicity and started reform But would not tolerate Hungarian's who did not conform Brezhnev came next with his muscles flexed Invaded Afghanistan and suppressed the Czechs
His successor was Andropov, formerly head of the KGB Introduced reforms, left a Korean airliner in a pile of debris Chernenko, the caretaker was in charge for a year A boost for his career, a return to austere
Under the idealist Gorbachev, the USSR ceased to exist Glasnost and Perestroika, welcome at first, failed to persist For ending the ‘Cold War’, he won the Nobel Peace Prize But while in Crimea, a military coup staged a surprise
Yeltsin to the rescue, champion of democracy he climbed onto a tank He led the resistance, protected only by his personality and rank Now Yeltsin’s man, Vladimir Putin, “He’s no threat to Russian Democracy” But recent events hint at a return to autocracy`
