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  2. Music of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia was a late starter in developing a native tradition of classical music due to its geographic remoteness from Western Europe and the proscription by the Orthodox Church against secular music. [6] Beginning in the reign of Ivan IV, the Imperial Court invited Western composers and musicians to fill this void.

  3. Russian phonology - Wikipedia

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    Most descriptions of Russian describe it as having five vowel phonemes, though there is some dispute over whether a sixth vowel, / ɨ /, is separate from /i/. Russian has 34 consonants, which can be divided into two types: hard (твёрдый [ˈtvʲordɨj] ⓘ) or plain. soft (мягкий [ˈmʲæxʲkʲɪj] ⓘ) or palatalized.

  4. AIMP - Wikipedia

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    AIMP is a freeware audio player for Windows and Android, originally developed by Russian developer Artem Izmaylov (Russian: Артём Измайлов, romanized: Artyom Izmajlov). [1][3] It supports a variety of audio codecs, and includes tools to convert audio files and edit their metadata. It also has the capability of installing user-made ...

  5. Stranger in Moscow - Wikipedia

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    The video ends with Michael whipping his hair. During this scene, a soft Russian voice is heard, a reference to Moscow. [37] The music video also appears on Jackson's video albums HIStory on Film, Volume II and Michael Jackson's Vision. It was published on YouTube in October 2009. The video has amassed more than 69 million views as of November ...

  6. Music of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The music of the Soviet Union varied in many genres and epochs. The majority of it was considered to be part of the Russian culture, but other national cultures from the Republics of the Soviet Union made significant contributions as well. The Soviet state supported musical institutions, but also carried out content censorship.

  7. Sovietwave - Wikipedia

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    Sovietwave (also styled Soviet wave[1] or Soviet-wave[2]) is a subgenre of synthwave music and accompanying Internet aesthetic which originates from the former Soviet Union, primarily Russia. It is characterized by an emphasis on the technology and culture of the Soviet Union, such as the Soviet space program and retrofuturistic Soviet era ...

  8. National anthem of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The " State Anthem of the Russian Federation " [a] is the national anthem of Russia. It uses the same melody as the "State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics", composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and new lyrics by Sergey Mikhalkov, who had collaborated with Gabriel El-Registan on the original anthem. [3]

  9. Korobeiniki - Wikipedia

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    Korobeiniki. " Korobeiniki " (Russian: Коробе́йники, romanized: Korobéyniki, IPA: [kərɐˈbʲejnʲɪkʲɪ], lit. 'The Peddlers') is a nineteenth-century Russian folk song that tells the story of a meeting between a korobeinik (peddler) and a girl, describing their haggling over goods in a metaphor for seduction. Outside Russia ...