クドリャフカ (Kudryavka)

Background
Kudoryafuka is Pianissimo's 11th work; and one of his most notable, the other being "SecretCrush". The song tells about Rin (Laika the dog) who Len found, and soon became friends. However, later on she was sent to space as a "test subject" and died.

This is based on a true story; and Laika is a relatively famous dog. On 1957, Laika became the first animal to orbit the earth, however died a few hours after the successful launch due to overheating. Laika was just a stray dog found on the streets of Moscow; however she was trained very well. It is told that Laika was intended to die and caused several controversies at that time.

Note that Kudryavka is Laika's nickname.