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"Russians" is a song by Sting, from his debut solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in June 1985, and released as a single in November. The song is a commentary and plea that criticises the then-dominant Cold War foreign policy and doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD) by the United States and the then-existing Soviet Union .
The song, simply titled “Russians,” was first released as a single from The Dream of the Blue Turtles, his first solo album after breaking away from his band, The Police. It was among his ...
Sting dedicated "Russians" to the Ukrainian people, as well as to the Russians opposing Vladimir Putin's unjust war.
"Those Were the Days" is a song composed by Boris Fomin (1900–1948) but credited to Gene Raskin, who put a new English lyric to Fomin's Russian romance song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu", [a] with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevsky. The song is a reminiscence of youth and romantic idealism.
An instrumental variant of the song was featured in the 2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade, celebrating the triumph of Russia over Nazi Germany. [3] In each parade, the song has been played during the infantry column precession. [4] "To Serve Russia" has performed by the Alexandrov Ensemble (commonly referred to as the Red Army Choir). [5] [6]
"Dark Eyes" (Russian: Очи чёрные, romanized: Ochi chyornye, lit. 'Black Eyes') is a well-known and popular Russian romance (sentimental art song). The lyrics were written by the poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka and first published on 17 January 1843.
In a special report by Russia-24, the singer commented on several lines of the song. In particular, responded to criticism of the phrase "I am Russian to the whole world out of spite": Yaroslav stated that "'out of spite' is a synonym for the words 'in spite of', 'in spite of', 'in spite of', so there is no evil here, it's just a phrase ...
The "Song of the Volga Boatmen" (known in Russian as Эй, ухнем! [Ey, ukhnyem!, "Yo, heave-ho!"], after the refrain) is a well-known traditional Russian song collected by Mily Balakirev and published in his book of folk songs in 1866. [1] It was sung by burlaks, or barge-haulers, on the Volga River. Balakirev published it with only one ...