In the course of reading he [Alexander Pushkin] became more and more melancholy and finally became completely gloomy. When the reading was over he uttered in a voice full of sorrow: "Goodness, how sad is our Russia!"
"Four Letters Concerning Dead Souls". Book by Nikolai Gogol, 1847.
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