its part of your heritage, your family history and shaped who you are as a person. IMO its very wrong to just wipe out that part of who you are.
Russia is an amazing country with a very diverse history and culture. Would you boycott a production of Swan Lake or The Nutcracker by the New York Ballet as they were written by a Russian - Tchaikovsky?
Would you have walked out of the gymnastic competition at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016 when the Russian team came on ( and very likely have missed the performances of the USA team)
What if War and Peace was on the school / college reading list, would you ban your kids from reading it cos it was written by a Russian- Tolstoy?
My mum and her friend went on a tour of Russia this summer. They had an amazing time, they visited St Petersberg and Moscow, went on a bullet train and so much more. Like any foreign travel, as long as you research, stay in tourist areas, behave respectfully and dont commit any crime, then its just the same as going to London for example. My mum and her friend did a package tour, flights, visas, hotels, transport etc were all arranged for them. They said there was a great mix of ages and people on the tour with them.
Experiencing a different culture, seeing what its actually like is a very worthwhile life experience. Yes there are things which to us in Europe and USA we dont like or understand BUT the same could be said for USA. A lot of people think USA is 'backward' on human rights, mistreatment of LGBT, gangs, ethnic minorities, gun laws etc etc.