His journey took him, for the first time, as he says, outside his native Russia.

Here was a top-flight traditional maestro whose career had been based mainly in his native Russia.

During the 2005-06 season, he returned to his native Russia, where he has played ever since.

The family has recently arrived in Paris from their native Russia.

As a publisher in his native Russia he brought out the early works of Stravinsky.

It managed to peak inside the top five in their native Russia.

By this time she had been away from her native Russia scarcely a dozen years.

Larionov said it would be his first game in his native Russia since 1989.

In his native Russia, the legend is if anything even greater.

She has never returned to her native Russia, and is conflicted about that prospect.