The first performance of the Ensemble took place in the Central House of the Red Army, October 12, 1928. The team consisted of 12 people: 8 singers, 2 dancers, an accordion player and a reader. The performance was a great success - and after it the decision to create the ensemble was finally approved. October 12, 1928 is considered to be the birthday of the military creative team.
On December 1, 1928, the ensemble was enrolled in the staff of the Central House of Arts and was named the Red Army Song Ensemble of the Central House of the Red Army named after M.V. Frunze .
Since November 27, 1935 it was named the Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army Song and Dance of the USSR . On this day, the Central Executive Committee of the USSR issued a resolution on awarding the team with the Honorary Revolutionary Red Banner with the Order of the Red Star attached to it . At the same time, the head of the ensemble A. V. Alexandrov was awarded the same order , and 10 participants, the head P. I. Ilyin and 2 organizers F. N. Danilovich and A. S. Gorsky became holders of the Order of the Badge of Honor introduced the day before. By December 1, 1935, the team had grown to 135 people.
One of the distinguishing features of the ensemble is the presence in the orchestra of Russian folk instruments - domra and balalaika .
Nowadays, The Alexandrov Ensemble (also known as the Red Army Choir) is an official army choir of the Russian armed forces.
The Ensemble has entertained audiences both in the Soviet Union and throughout the world, performing a range of music including folk tunes, hymns, operatic arias and popular music. The group's repertoire has included The Volga Boatmen's Song, Katyusha, Kalinka, and Ave Maria.
It is named for its first director, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883–1946). Its formal name since 1998 has been A. V. Alexandrov Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army (Russian: Академический ансамбль песни и пляски Российской Армии имени А. В. Александрова, Akademichesky ensemble pesni i plyaski Rossiyskoy Armii imeni A. V. Alexandrova), shortened to Academic Ensemble (Академический ансамбль, Akademichesky ensemble) on second reference.
On 25 December 2016, its artistic director, Valery Khalilov, and 63 other members of the Ensemble were killed in the Russian Defence Ministry aircraft crash of a 1983 Tupolev Tu-154 into the Black Sea just after takeoff from the southern resort city of Sochi, Russia. The Red Army Choir singers and dancers were en route to Syria to entertain Russian troops there for Orthodox Christmas celebrations.
At the establishment, in 1928, the choir was named Red Army Song Ensemble of the M. V. Frunze Red Army Central House (Ансамбль красноармейской песни Центрального дома Красной Армии имени М. В. Фрунзе). In 1935, it was renamed Red-Bannered Red Army Song and Dance Ensemble of the USSR (Краснознамённый ансамбль красноармейской песни и пляски СССР).
In 1949 the ensemble was officially named the A. V. Alexandrov Twice Red-bannered and Red-starred Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army (Дважды Краснознамённый ордена Красной Звезды ансамбль песни и пляски Советской Армии имени А. В. Александрова). In 1978 the word "academic" was added to the title (A. V. Alexandrov Twice Red-bannered and Red-starred Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army). After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the ensemble received its present name in 1998.
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Partisan's Song
The Red Army Choir Lyrics
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Шла дивизия вперед
Чтобы с боем взять Приморье -
Белой армии оплот
Наливалися знамена
Кумачом последних ран
Шли лихие эскадроны
Приамурских партизан
Не померкнет никогда
Партизанские отряды
Занимали города
И останутся как в сказках
Как манящие огни
Штурмовые ночи Спасска
Волочаевские дни
Разгромили атаманов
Разогнали воевод
И на Тихом океане
Свой закончили поход
The Partisan's Song is a Russian revolutionary song sung by the Red Army Choir. The song tells the story of a division marching ahead through valleys and hills to capture Primorye, the stronghold of the White Army. The flags were waving high, and the war horses were ready to take on the enemy. The song talks about the brave and daring raid by the Primorsky Partisans.
The victory of these raids is said to never fade away as they conquered the cities, defeated the army leaders and chased away the warlords. The Partisan's Song describes heroic acts of revolution and stands as a symbol of the battle against the White Army in the Far East.
Overall, the song is about the bravery, determination, and success of revolutionaries in their fight against the White Army. It highlights the importance of unity, comradery, and courage in fighting for the common good.
Line by Line Meaning
По долинам и по взгорьям
Through valleys and hills
Шла дивизия вперед
Went ahead the division
Чтобы с боем взять Приморье -
To take Primorye with a fight -
Белой армии оплот
Stronghold of the White Army
Наливалися знамена
Banners were filling up
Кумачом последних ран
With the blood of the last wounds
Шли лихие эскадроны
Swift squadrons were marching
Приамурских партизан
Amur partisans
Этих дней не смолкнет слава
Glory of these days will not die down
Не померкнет никогда
Will never fade away
Партизанские отряды
Partisan detachments
Занимали города
Occupied the cities
И останутся как в сказках
And will remain as in fairy tales
Как манящие огни
Like enticing lights
Штурмовые ночи Спасска
Assault nights in Spassk
Волочаевские дни
Volochayevsk days
Разгромили атаманов
Crushed the atamans
Разогнали воевод
Dispersed the voivodes
И на Тихом океане
And on the Pacific Ocean
Свой закончили поход
They finished their campaign
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@Jiube000
Through valleys and over hills
Went the division forward
To capture Primorye in battle
The stronghold of the White Army.
The banners were filled
With the red of the last wounds
Went the intrepid squadrons
Of the Amur partisans.
The fame of those years will never cease
It will never dim
The partisan troops
Captured cities.
And will remain as legends
Like sparkling fires
The storming nights of Spassk
The days of Volochaevka.
[We] defeated the atamans
Dispersed the vaivodes
And on the Pacific Ocean
Had ended our campaign.
@pujdo6872
my grandpa was a partisan in the yugoslavian war and he fought in bosnia which was the most brutal warzone of them all. Buildings today still wear the scars of the bombings and the war. From the old to the young generatio they all wear the scars from the war.
The land in our country is covered unexploded mines, 2.9% of it for that matter.
Yet people in my country still go on. My father served in the army and so did a lot of my family. My uncle was shot in the back and in the legs by machinegun, my uncle on my mothers side served on the front line. But most importantly my grandba who survived after being shot, and getting hit by debbre from a bomb in the mouth. He lost most of his teeth and his jaw was deformed, but he is okay apart from dementia which is something no one wants to have.
I was listening to this song on my headphones and my grandpa heard it since i was listening at full volume. I removes my headphones and let the song play. He laid back, looked at the wall and listened to the song. He even cried and told me stories of him and his comrades, how the fought, how they went nights without food, and the worst part of how his comrades fell. He explained how he liked fighting, it was so uprising he said but one thing he could not take was his comrades falling. He thought he failed them, he spent so much time with his friend not knowing it was going to be his friends last moment. And thats the horrors of the war.
To all my comrades, to all veterans listening to this song i wish you a good day and a peaceful life without any worries.
@mshaqed2538
"What's your favorite band?"
Me: "Its complicated..."
@seddam
it's The Red Army Choir!
@Norwagon
@@seddam hurrah, comrade!
@paris5410
When people ask me what my future plans are and I say I just want to join the Red Army Choir, I get:
“But you’re a soprano!”
“You sing like shit!”
“You’re anti-militarist!”
Like I know, let me dream.
@Norwagon
@@paris5410
“But the red army choir is dead!”
@paris5410
@@Norwagon I don’t care.
@petrjeborecd9468
Almost all of my family in WWII was partisans, in Czech my grandmother was partisan and my grandpa was partisan in Greece. Glory to all Soviet soldiers and partisans.
@petrczsk3086
Glory to your family for helping safe many lives from nazism
@petrjeborecd9468
@Hussein the Supporter for Anglo Slaughter I am pretty sad that in Czech Republic are almost Soldiers of Red Army and those who died for Freedom forgoten. When I was at the monument i was sad when i see that i was the only one that place who placed lilac. Glory to those who died for freedom!
@petrjeborecd9468
@Hussein the Supporter for Anglo Slaughter Socialism may fall in our Countries. But in our hearts socialism is forever.