place
Russia
also: Rußland
The Russian empire; the narrator says he learned in Russia to take tea with lemon, and several of the book's tales are set in its villages.
Reading notes
- Stories of God §21 Russia
The Russian empire; the narrator learned there to drink tea with lemon, and the book's later tales are set in its villages.
- The Sonnets to Orpheus §20 Russia
Rilke's two journeys through Russia (1899, 1900) marked him deeply; the white horse galloping free on the night meadow is his offering to Orpheus.