 In 1931 Maxim Gorky advised Korin that the name "Requiem for Russia" was too strong to be accepted and recommended a change to "Русь Уходящая" - literally "Rus that is going away", but usually translated as "Farewell to Rus".Gorky believed that the painting showing the last parade of the Orthodox Church, depicting the tragedy and at the same time the misery of those people who would disappear into irrelevancy, would be accepted and even well received by the Government.Korin agreed to the new name of the painting.