早在我們胸前飄著紅領(lǐng)巾的時候，我們這一代人心頭就懷有一個夢：那就是能夠到卓婭和舒拉的故鄉(xiāng)走一走，能夠站在莫斯科紅場上看到古麗雅曾看到過的克里姆林宮頂上那顆閃閃的紅星，能夠到英雄的城市列寧格勒(現(xiàn)在是圣彼得堡)轉(zhuǎn)一轉(zhuǎn)……，向往太多，思念太多，然而這終究是夢，莫斯科離我們那么遙遠(yuǎn)，那么縹緲……

一年二年過去了，十年八年過去了，我們從少年變成中年后來又變成老年，沒想到這一天終于等來了!

今年8月7日至8月17日，我們終于圓了夢。我們來自浙江杭州不同單位、不同崗位的25位革命后代，在俄羅斯舉辦的“中國年”中，參加了“2007俄羅斯伏爾加河合唱之旅”，踏上了俄羅斯的土地，親沐著來自白樺林的清新空氣，這真讓我們陶醉了!

我們踏進(jìn)俄羅斯的第一站是圣彼得堡，這是一座歷史名城，她哺育了俄羅斯歷史上最偉大的詩人、作家以及作曲家普希金、陀思妥耶夫斯基、柴可夫斯基等等，她的建筑精美絕倫，令人嘆為觀止。圣彼得堡也是一座文化名城，擁有50多所博物館，特別是雄偉壯麗的冬宮那長達(dá)20公里的藝術(shù)長廊收藏了數(shù)千萬件藝術(shù)作品，實(shí)在令人驚嘆!

在圣彼得堡我們參觀了阿芙樂爾巡洋艦。就是這艘艦的“一聲炮響，給我們中國送來了馬克思主義”，點(diǎn)燃了中國革命的火炬。今天我們親眼看到了這條艦，并緊緊的挨著它合影，這簡直讓我們像孩子見到親人，難得啊!最讓我們激動的是乘坐謝爾蓋·庫奇金號豪華游輪，航行在涅瓦河、伏爾加河及莫斯科運(yùn)河上，飽覽了沿河周邊的景色。此時此刻，伏爾加河這條流域面積136萬平方公里、滋潤著沿岸7000萬俄羅斯兒女的母親河，響起了讓人神往的“伏爾加船夫曲”。船上的日子是那么快樂、幸福，每當(dāng)我們同伴中有人過生日，船上俄羅斯小伙子和小姑娘們便舉著彩色氣球、捧著蛋糕、拉著手風(fēng)琴唱著生日歌歡快地走過來，剎那間歌聲笑聲涌滿在我們周圍；夜晚當(dāng)我們唱起中國藏族歌曲時，中國在俄羅斯的女留學(xué)生和俄羅斯姑娘們便情不自禁地伴著歌聲跳起了藏族舞，一時間，中俄兩國人民的友誼溢滿了船艙。在豪華游船陽光甲板上還有一對幸福的伴侶，一位是畫家、中國美院的侯教授；一位是杭州星海合唱團(tuán)的副團(tuán)長兼音樂總監(jiān)白莎大姐，他們從踏上俄羅斯土地的那一刻起，就用他們的心去體會這個民族的偉大精神，他們在船舷旁時而親密談?wù)撝麄兊纳┳余囦诹袑幐窭彰佬g(shù)學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)繪畫的情景，時而唱起俄羅斯著名歌曲，最后，他們以一張伏爾加河船上的合影，記錄了這美麗的瞬間。

在莫斯科，當(dāng)我們手拉手站在莫斯科紅場的那一刻，激動的淚水濕潤著我們的臉龐：俄羅斯民族是一個英雄的民族，在反法西斯戰(zhàn)斗中，他們?yōu)槭澜缛嗣駱淞⒘税駱?。在列寧墓前，我們肅穆地站立著，一時思緒萬千，耳邊似乎響起列寧的聲音：“忘記過去就意味著背叛”。我的好朋友王錫冬懷著無比崇敬的心情，代表我們向革命的先驅(qū)、偉大的導(dǎo)師列寧墓深深地鞠了一躬!

在離開莫斯科前夕，我們又來到了莫斯科新圣女墓參觀。一走進(jìn)大門，仿佛穿越了歷史的天空，那些熟悉又陌生的塑像面孔在我們眼前晃動，我們迫不及待地走上前與衛(wèi)國戰(zhàn)爭年代獻(xiàn)出生命的英雄的墓碑合影，當(dāng)即想起了“卓婭與舒拉的故事”和保爾·柯察金英雄形象……

時間過得飛快，離別時刻到來。當(dāng)我們將一枚枚中華人民共和國國徽紀(jì)念章別在老船長和船員胸前，別在冬宮、夏宮、克里姆林宮講解員的胸前，別在建筑工地工人們胸前之時，他們的雙手緊緊握住我們的手，一時間大家覺得是這樣的難舍難分!

為了我們心中的夢，我們還會再赴俄羅斯!

Long-Cherished Dream Comes True

By He Qingsheng

When we were young， we dreamed of visiting Moscow and St. Petersburg， for we were reading so much about Soviet heroes and their brave deeds. But one decade after another passed and the dream was still a dream. It was not until this year that 25 of us， descendents of Chinese revolutionary martyrs， got a chance to visit Russia. We were part of a Chinese singing group for a cruise on the Volga River. The ten-day journey started on August 7， 2007.

Our first stop was St. Petersburg. We knew the historical city was home to Russia’s poets， writers and composers such as Alexander Pushkin， Fyodor Dostoyevsky， and Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky and we knew the city was grand. But when we were actually there， we wowed at the grandeur of the city’s architecture. The city has over 50 museums with a huge aggregate collection of arts and crafts. We also visited the famous Battleship Aurora where the first shots of the 1917 revolution were fired. We took photos.

After the exciting visit to St. Petersburg， our long memorable journey on Neva River down to Moscow began. The days and nights on the river were exciting and happy. There were exhilarating shipboard activities. We heard the Song of Volga Boatmen.Whenever one of us had birthday， the Russian youths on the cruise would come to us， singing with accompaniment of an accordion， holding balloons and a birthday cake. When we chanted Tibetan songs in the evening， the Chinese students in Russia and Russian girls would dance to our tune.

We reached Moscow. When we finally stood on the Red Square hand in hand， we wept. Our long-cherished feeling that the Russian people were heroes was so true and firm when we were there. They fought the fascists and showed the whole world what Russians are. We mourned silently in front of Lenin’s mausoleum， recalling Lenin’s words: “Forgetting the past means betrayal”。

Before we left Moscow， we visited Novodevichy Cemetery. As soon as we stepped into to the cemetery， we felt as if we were seeing the heroes?familiar faces in our dreams decades ago. We took group photos in front of a tomb for Soviet martyrs who died in World War II.

Saying goodbye was emotional. The cruise trip was not just travel. It was also saying goodbye on various occasions. We pinned memorial buttons with the Chinese national emblem to the chests of cruise crew， guides in Summer Palace， Winter Palace and Kremlin， and construction workers. We shook hands with them.

Now we are dreaming of a revisit to the great country in the north.

(Translated by David)