Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya at the dacha (1990)

Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya's dacha in Zhukovka. M.L. Rostropovich speaks to guests in French and Russian about cultural ties and friendship between France and Russia.

Emigration and return to the homeland.

People are packing their things.

They were eating in front of the house.

A bench covered with snow.

Sleds at the entrance.

People are going out into the yard. G.P. Vishnevskaya and her neighbors are walking along the path, a correspondent is taking pictures.

People are coming out of the gate, saying goodbye.

Everyone is getting into their cars.

View of the house from the road. M.L. Rostropovich's car is backing out.