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On March 3rd, 2001, a few hours after he stepped off the plane from Moscow to New York, Sri Chinmoy related these stories about his very first visit to the former Soviet Union. Also included in this book are the transcript of Sri Chinmoy’s private and soulful meeting with President Gorbachev at the Gorbachev Foundation on March 1st, the poems and songs that Sri Chinmoy wrote during his trip and a selection from the more than 5,000 soul-birds that he was inspired to draw.