The Soviet ensemble was created by F. N. Danilovich, director P. I. Ilyin a… Read Full Bio ↴The Soviet ensemble was created by F. N. Danilovich, director P. I. Ilyin and choirmaster A. V. Aleksandrov. The main organiser and the first musical director of the ensemble was the professor of the Moscow Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky , later People's Artist of the USSR , composer Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883-1946); he led the ensemble for 18 years.

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Choir

Souliko
The Red Army Choir Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by The Red Army Choir:

Ah Nastassia Эх, Настасья, эх, Настасья! Отворяй-ка ворота Ой люшеньки лю…
Along Peterskaia Street Эх, вдоль по Питерской, по Тверской-Ямской, Да, ох, ой, по Т…
Bella Ciao Bella ciao - Итальянский Una mattina mi son svegliato O bel…
Civil War Songs Мы - красные кавалеристы и про нас Былинники речистые ведут …
Coming Back from Berlin Yehal ya iz berlina Po doroge priyamoy Na poputni mashina Eh…
Cossack's Song Шли по степи полки казачьи с Дону Один казак лишь голову…
Dark Eyes Ochi Chyorniye Ochi chyorniye, och strastniye! Ochi Zhguchi…
Do Russians Want War ? Хотят ли русские войны? Спросите вы у тишины Над ширью пашен…
Echelon's Song Эшелонная (Песня о Ворошилове) - Echelon Song - Song for…

Farewell of Slavianka The post-WWII Version(Red Army Choir) Этот марш не смолка…
Gandzia Chy ye v sviti molodytsya, Yak ta Handzya bilolytsya? Okh, s…
Hava Naguila Hava nagila Hava nagila Hava nagila venismejá Hava neranená…
In the Central Steppes Степь да степь кругом Путь далёк лежит Степь да степь круго…
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear It came upon the midnight clear That glorious song of old Fr…
Kalinka Kalinka, kalinka, kalinka maya, f sadu yagoda malinka, mal…
Korobeiniki Ой, полна, полна коробушка, есть и ситцы и парча Пожалей, мо…
Korobelniki Korobeiniki (Коробейники) Ой, полным, полна моя коробушка Е…
La Marseillaise Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrive! C…
Little Drummer Boy Come, they told me pa-rum pum pum pum Our newborn King…
Moscow Nights Подмосковные вечера (Музыка: В. Соловьев-Седой-1957) Не слы…
My army "Армия моя" музыка Дмитрия Покрасса (1970-е гг.) Если на От…
My Country Вижу чудное приволье, Вижу нивы и поля. Это русское раздолье…
My Love Я уходил тогда в поход В суровые края Ладкном взмахнула у во…
National Anthem of the USSR Союз нерушимый республик свободных Сплотила навеки Великая …
National Anthem of USSR Allons enfants de la patrie Le jour de gloire est arrive C…
Nightingales Соловьи, соловьи, не тревожьте солдат Пусть солдаты немного …
O Come All Ye Faithful Oh, come ye O come ye to Bethlehem Come and behold him Born…
O Little Town of Bethlehem Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee…
Oh Fields My Fields Полюшко-поле (1934) Полюшко-поле, полюшко, широко поле, Eду…
On the Road В путь-дорогу Ничего нет на свете прекрасней дороги! Не жал…
Partisan's Song По долинам и по взгорьям Шла дивизия вперед Чтобы с боем взя…
Rostov's City Мы жили в этом городе Любили в этом городе Ходили в этом…
Russian National Anthem Россия – священная наша держава Россия – любимая наша страна…
Russian Song Россия — священная наша держава, Россия — любимая наша стран…
Smuglianka Смуглянка Date: 1944 Как-то летом на рассвете Заглянул в со…
The Birch Tree Vo polye byeryoza stayala, vo polye kudryavaya stayala, lyul…
The Cliff Есть на Волге утёс, диким мохом оброс Он с вершины до…
The Cossacks Red Army Choir: The Cossacks Шли по степи полки казачьи с…
The Dark Eyes Oči čёrnye, oči žgučie, Oči strastnye i prekrasnye, Kak ljub…
The Legend of Twelve Robbers Odnozvuchno gremit kolokol′chik Oh, how lonely the coach bel…
The Little Drummer Boy Come, they told me pa-rum pum pum pum Our newborn King…
The Partisan's Song По долинам и по взгорьям Шла дивизия вперёд Чтобы с бою взят…
The Path В путь-дорогу Ничего нет на свете прекрасней дороги! Не жал…
The Red Cavalery Мы - красные кавалеристы И про нас Былинники речистые Ведут …
The Roads В путь-дорогу Ничего нет на свете прекрасней дороги! Не жал…
The Russian Anthem Россия — священная наша держава, Россия — любимая наша стран…
The Sacred War Вставай, страна огромная Вставай на смертный бой С фашистско…
The Samovars The Samovars The Red Army Choir Никогда не умирала Слава ту…
The Sun Sets Behind the Mountain Солнце скрылось за горою Затуманились речные перекаты А доро…
Troika Тройка мчится, тройка скачет Вьётся пыль из-под копыт Колоко…
Troika Galop Эх, тачанка-ростовчанка, Наша гордость и краса, Конармейская…
Troika's Gallop Запрягу я тройку борзу тёмногривых лошадей И помчусь я в ноч…
Turandot Nessun Dorma Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! Tu pure, o principessa Nella tu…

Varchavianka Vikhri vrazhdebnye veiut nad nami, Temnye sily nas zlobno gn…

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@kanaserwisowy7166

4y↑103

English Lyrics:
Suliko

I was searching for my sweetheart grave,
I went everywhere;
And pouring out bitter tears, I cried:
"Where are you, my sweetheart?"

I saw in a roses' bush
Something that shone, like noon.
And so I asked emotionally:
"Is it you, my sweetheart?"

The bird chirped tenderly,
So I asked the nightingale again:
"Tell me, o sweet creature:
Are you my beloved one?"

The nightingale tilted his head,
And from his bush he chirped loudly,
As if he wanted to say:
"You found me - it's me"

@myopicthunder

9y↑273

I was looking for my sweetheart's grave,
And longing was tearing my heart.
Without love my heart felt heavy, I cried to the night -
"Where are you, my Suliko? "

Alone among the thorns of the bush
A lone rose was blooming
My heart was beating hard, I had to ask it:
"Where have you hidden Suliko?".

A nightingale hid with bated breath
In the branches of the rose thorn
Gently, then, I asked him if he was the one,
if he had any news of Suliko

The Nightingale lifted his head high
And sang a loud clear song to the stars
His eyes held a gleam, and he cocked his head
As if to tell me "Yes, yes, I know Suliko!"

for the confirmation nightingale,
ashamed and band softly down,
dew and pearl of heavenly tale,
."shed as a tear on the ground

star was illuminating us,
beams had been came out from her,
and i asked her heedlessly, fuss,
are you my Suliko mere

confirmation gave with twinkling,
spreaded beams really sad,
while in ear by whispering,
breeze identically make me glad

I listen to the nightingale's songs
I smell the perfume of that wild rose
I see the stars, and what I feel then
No words could describe!

Ah, life has meaning once more now!
Night and day, I have hope
And I have not lost you, my Suliko
I shall always return to you, I know now where you rest.

@32132187

8y↑17

Suliko (english)
Georgian song, Stalin's favorite song

In vain I sought my loved one’s grave;
Despair plunged me in deepest woe.
Scarce holding back the sobs I cried:
"O where art thou, my Suliko?"
In solitude upon a bush
A dew-decked rose swayed to and fro.
With downcast eyes I softly asked:
"Perchance ’tis thou, O Suliko?"
The flower trembled in assent
As low it bent its lovely head;
Upon its blushing cheek there shone
Dew that the morning skies had shed.
Midst rustling leaves a nightingale
Was singing to the rose below;
I hailed the bird and gently asked:
"Perchance, ’tis thou, O Suliko?"
The songster fluttered nearer to
The rose, and on it pressed a kiss,
Disburdening its soul in song
That breathed of ecstasy and bliss.
A twinkling star shed shimm’ring light
Upon me in a silver glow;
I turned to it and whispered low:
"Prechance ’tis thou, O Suliko?"
As I gazed on the star that shone
In light that glimmered bright and clear,
A passing breeze came blowing by
And stopped to whisper in my ear.
"What thou seekest is found at last;
Henceforth thy heart but calm will know;
The night will bring thee sweet repose,
And day will chase away thy woe.
"Thy Suliko was changed into
A nightingale, a star and rose;
Your souls that true love bound as one
To realms divine in heavens rose."
I seek no more my loved one’s grave,
No more do I in sorrow weep;
The world no longer hears me sigh
Nor sees me drowned in anguish deep.
None can express the joy I feel
To hear the nightingale from far,
To breathe fragrance of the rose
And gaze upon the shining star.
O happy am I once again;
No more am I oppressed by woe
I seek no tomb, for now I see
Thy dwellings three, my Suliko!"

@kommieivan1259

6y↑60

YA iskal mogilu miloy
Oboshol ya vse kraya
I rydal slezoy goryuchey:
«Gde ty, milaya moya?»

I rydal slezoy goryuchey:
«Gde ty, milaya moya?»

YA v kustakh uvidel rozu
Chto svetilas', kak zarya
I sprosil yeye s volnen'yem:
«Ty li milaya moya?»

I sprosil yeye s volnen'yem:
«Ty li milaya moya?»

Nezhno zasvistala ptashka
I sprosil ya solov'ya:
"Molvi, zvonkaya pichuzhka:
Ty zhelannaya moya? "

"Molvi, zvonkaya pichuzhka:
Ty zhelannaya moya? "

Solovey, skloniv golovku
Na kustakh svoikh svistal
Slovno laskovo otvetil:
"Ugadal ty, eto ya"

Slovno laskovo otvetil:
"Ugadal ty, eto ya"

@ciceroneandrzejzdjeciaiopi851

7y↑2

Moje tlumaczenie (august 2017):
Ale nie poetyckie tylko dosłowne, żeby brzmiało jak wersja rosyjska (pomijam gruziński oryginał):

Szukałem mogiły miłej,
obszedłem wszystkie kraje
i płakałem łzami pełnymi smutku
Gdzie jesteś, moje kochanie?

i płakałem łzami pełnymi smutku
Gdzie jesteś, moje kochanie?

W krzewie róży zobaczyłem kwiat,
który błyszczał niczym zorza,
Zapytałem ją z niepokojem
Czy to ty, kochana moja

Zapytałem ją z niepokojem
Czy to ty, kochana moja

Czule gdzieś zaśpiewał ptaszek,
zapytałem więc słowika:
powiedzże mi dźwięczna ptaszyno:
czy to ty, kochana moja

powiedzże mi dźwięczna ptaszyno:
czy to ty, kochana moja

Słowik zaś, skłoniwszy główkę,
na gałązce swojej wciąż gwizdał,
czule jakoś tak odpowiedział:
„Zgadałeś ty, bo to jestem ja”

czule jakoś tak odpowiedział:
„Zgadałeś ty, bo to jestem ja”

@gvrifiedsci7315

1y↑3

Russian/Romanization/+1

A A

Сулико

Я искал могилу милой,

обошёл я все края.

И рыдал слезой горючей:

"Где ты, милая моя?"

Я в кустах увидел розу

что светилась, как заря.

И спросил её с волненьем:

"Ты ли милая моя?"

Нежно засвистала пташка,

И спросил я соловья:

"Молвы, звонкая пичужка:

Ты желанная моя?"

Соловей склонив головку,

На кустах своих свистал,

Словно ласково ответил:

"Угадал ты - это я

All comments from YouTube:

@miguelangelmartinez.416

5y↑99

My grandfather had a 45 RPM disc of the red Army Choir ,when I was a child he used to play it loudly; He didn´t speak russian but there was something special that connected my grandpa with this incredible music ...Now, maybe, he is enjoying this music near God.

@sylvesterrambo1485

2y↑5

maybe it's a divine song

@rudytovar6951

I dont know if your grandpa was Mex, it may not matter but this song was used in old Mex movies. At least the humming part.

@charlessmedmor220

7y↑284

Very sad that so many members of the Alexandrov Chorous perished in the crash of the Tu-154. My deepest condolences to the families and friends of all those on board, as well as to the Russian people for the loss of this wonderfully talented team of musicians. I heard them inToronto in about 1965 and they were great!

@protection1391

27w

It is sad

@tomrobbins5242

24w

No accident

@jitkadvorak8976

24w

Es war Mord!

@igiljepoja413

9y↑523

I imagine myself walking down in my street during winter with heavy snowing in the background.

@splifstar85

8y↑40

+Igi Ljepoja whilst most of us Russians imagine Georgian mountains when we listen to it =)))

@Levon0Whynot

8y↑3

+splifstar85 I imagine both being an Armenian lol

@Franky250195

+splifstar85 can i ask why?

@MessiahComing

8y↑23

+Francesco Nathan Trifoglietti Because it's a Georgian song that just happened to be sung by the Red Army Choir.

@nomad5544

7y↑21

I imagine a fighter in the trenches finally giving in to death, and his burial afterwards. Am I the only one that thinks of that?

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@kanaserwisowy7166

4y↑103

@wh2960

3y↑21

not only does the music sound sad, the lyrics are sad

@agreenmountain805

2y↑5

Crying over here

@Beridze1994

3y↑127

Souliko in Georgian means ''Sweet little piece of my soul''

@GoldbergIdustries

3y↑12

👍🇷🇺❤️🇬🇪

@hotspurhema5131

2y↑3

I love this song so much, I named my rescue husky Suliko. He fits the name.

@Jorvaskrr

2y↑1

I find it very beautiful that all of this is encapsulated within one word.

@lucasrackley250

Ironic, considering Stalin most likely didn’t have a soul.

@Jorvaskrr

2y↑1

@@lucasrackley250 Oh, he did have one. After all, he secretly went to church in hopes of having his sins forgiven. It's quite difficult to do that once you had millions of people slaughtered, though.

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@myopicthunder

9y↑273

@DavosMilano

8y↑8

Nice verry sad indeed

@timothywilliamson2000

7y↑7

Will Patterson I've known Russian people who lost loved ones and loved this song. The first time I heard it was some 16 years ago in Russian Orthodox Church back home in N.Y. Blessins to You Will

@myopicthunder

6y↑5

Nika Khachidze No one said it was Russian?

@NGHDastardlyMango

5y↑12

It is sad to know it was Stalin's favorite song when he lost the love of his life when he was young.

@davidulanovsky8943

5y↑1

Vladmir Lenin Why are you called Vladimir Lenin when you feel pity for that butcher?

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@harm0ny260

4y↑38

This song is one of the most beautiful Red Army Choir songs i have ever heard. I don't care where are you from or what are your political views, I just want to enjoy this piece, not argue about some stupid shit. I know that the song is Georgian, but this version is sung in Russian. I have heard both of the pieces and I love them both.
Greetings from Slovakia. And please, be peaceful, be tolerant. We come here for the songs, not for politics.

@gregoryfilin8040

49w

It is such a sad and beautiful song. But I love it so much.

@sunnyalex84

3y↑32

Супер исполнение! Я грузинка из Грузии, но именно на это исполнение у меня слёзы на глазах.

@sunnyalex84

@@e0aa525 ნუ აი ეს სოფლელის სტანდარტული კითხვაა და არ შემიძლია რა!....

@bumble1612

1y↑3

Here I am again,5 years since passed, as beautiful now as it was then. Greetings to everyone in these troubled times.

@simaosarmento6494

27w

Yea this times are very hard but we have to resist right?

@sakagamisayaz

6y↑23

i can't stop crying where is his souliko

@erikjohansson4275

8y↑75

Feels like christmas morning...

@eduardkalmanawardze

4y↑2

Exactly, but it isn't

@britishpersonwholikesgerma908

4y↑5

Yes, it feels like Christmas morning... going for a walk to the cemetery to place a reef on your sweetheart's grave

@GoldbergIdustries

@@britishpersonwholikesgerma908 why do you like Germany?

@jeanpierrezutter587

3y↑11

Thank you for this nice performance of Suliko !!
Suliko is a love poem written by the Georgian poet Akaki Tsereteli in 1895 and Varinka (Barbara Tsereteli composed the music of this song !! The lyrics of this song have been translated in Russian,Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian,Chinese, French and German !!
R.I.P. Members of the Red Army Choir who died in the airplane crash !! Thank for all your nice songs (Kalinka,Bella Ciao, Hej Sokoly,El solar de Monimbó,etc) !!

@32132187

8y↑17

@kakhigigauri557

9y↑36

This is Georgian music, Georgian song, translated in Russian. You can find original by the name: სულიკო / Suliko.

@davidaprasidze2826

Kakhi Gigauri რას გაიგებენ :დ

@davidaprasidze2826

FYURI czego chcesz? :o

@Crypt0lamb

9y↑12

Beautiful. had the pleasure of listening to this choir in Poland a few years back.Although I did not understand the lyrics, the hair on the back of my neck just lifted

@waffle1916

4y↑12

Come back comrade we miss you

@GoldbergIdustries

I am here

@YOUTUBEFELON

6y↑6

I don't know why but this song brings a tear to my eye.

@rankoorovic7904

6y↑2

The lyrics are sad too.

@YOUTUBEFELON

Some music just touches your soul whatever the language.

@rankoorovic7904

The lyrics fit the music perfectly here.

@YOUTUBEFELON

I just looked the lyrics up... you are right. What a beautiful peice of music.

@zuzannakonior6284

10y↑40

the best choir in the whole world!

@zintrang

7y↑25

Love and respect to all members of the Choir! Rest in peace precrastnuie vi soldati!

@felixwinkler6931

5y↑42

This choir motivates me extremely to learn russian

@justgiorgik

4y↑6

If you really like this song listen to original version Suliko and you'll want to learn Georgian

@w346

4y↑7

Georgian version will make you orgasm uncontrollably. :D

@Kerosssin

3y↑2

@@w346 no, it not

@schoolispiss

8y↑266

"But it's a Georgian song"... You don't say! Where does anybody suggest this is a Russian song??? It's PERFORMED by the Red Army Choir

@jordantheman4653

8y↑49

Besides, this is soviet music and Georgia was part of the USSR so there's that. I don't know why I typed this

@spinax22

8y↑4

That's okay, Jordan. None of us know either. :|

@CottonMastah

8y↑7

We all russia. Wait for when many vodka flow

@user-ez2py3rx3x

7y↑1

странно что я понимаю слова этой грузинской песни... Языком не владею, вроде...

@zmeyuga9083

7y↑5

зачем обзываться??? и так знаем, что стихи грузинские, и песня оГрузии и Сулико.... никто этой славы не присваевает... ну а то что напели... дак тогда мы были вместе... Грузия была частью СССР у меня есть друг и он жалеет, что сейчас мы не вместе... да и я жалею... мы вместе останавливали фашистов... что было бы с Грузией если бы её захватили фашисты??? Грузии не было бы((

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@marsal7999

7y↑48

rest in peace soldiers! respect from us all

@mclaudtt

12y↑21

Georgians, kindest regards from Russia, this song in Russian translation in known all over post-Soviet territory, we love it very much! Peace to our peoples, and death to all corrupted politicians, dear friends.

@jannahm1788

10y↑71

I absolutely love this song. It's relaxing too. Also, fun fact: It's actually an old Georgian folk song, which perhaps explains Stalin's fondness for it(he was Georgian).

@TV-dc1zw

10y

Russia is an empire. so consider Russian song

@asexualsalmon2409

9y↑15

Actually it is a contestatory song against conquest of Georgia by tsarist troops. It is a very old song, whose name mean "little soul" (the little name for Georgia)
I recommend you reading Black Sea by Kethevane Davrychewy, this is how I discovered that song ^^

@TV-dc1zw

9y↑1

Vaas Sakhaline In 1601, the king of Kakheti sent another embassy to Boris Godunov , offering him to take the Russian garrison one or two cities in the Georgian land.
At the same time alliance with Russia against the Ottoman Empire asked Persia, promising to give the Russian Tsar formerly owned by the Moscow princes of Baku and Derbent - in the event that he himself takes them from the Turks .

@GiorgiGachechiladze02

9y↑4

Stalin was not for Georgia he was most strict towards Georgians

@shotashota7411

***** Вы нечего не знаите это сталин предал Грузию

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@farzanamughal5933

2y↑6

Beautiful

@joshbray7917

8y↑107

This song makes me think of Christmas Day with the snow falling onto the ground enjoying another Christmas and opening my presents. This song doesn't even invoke anything about communism but then again, some of the songs used in the Third Reich weren't about Nazism either. Yet people loved the music.

@volticpanzer8408

8y↑1

+The Green Valley lol

@sa-jh8is

8y↑6

actually almost 0 are. That's what happens when your state doesn't control the music.

@nicolasotte5985

8y↑4

how the fuck does "communist music" sound to you??

@panzerreichusholzer9239

7y↑7

Nicolas Otte Songs from Russia and the Baltic States ARE WAY BETTER THAN THE AMERICAN ONES THOUGH...

@TheHappyPyro7250

7y↑2

go listen to "johnny comes marching home" and then try again

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@kommieivan1259

6y↑60

@user-ri2io3jw2h

3y↑10

This song makes my heart bleeds and eyes cry every time I listen to it. I have a friend who’s love died and once me and my friends asked him what it’s like to feel the same as he does. He singed us this song. We couldn’t stop crying, because it’s so hard to understand that the person who you love will never be with you again.

P.S. I have kind of the same thing now, because I need to leave my homeland for a long time, and my girlfriend has no opportunity to go with me.

@vishu4712

2y↑1

All the best buddy. And take care.

@MoreTrenMoreMen69

34w

take care my friend. all the best from america

@julianv.5848

6y↑42

THE BEST CHOIR IN THE WORLD..... 🐦 🐦 🐦

@GoldbergIdustries

3y↑1

I agree

@Pete82451

So do I

@Pete82451

10w

And I in BC. Canada.

@scottferguson325

3y↑3

A sound and choir who melt my heart

@katjakrasavice5030

8y↑41

did you hear the extreme low voice in the song? 3:00 Amazing

@Riname-K

+KOJI9I Even in barbershop quartets, the bass voice is amazing

@tsarbombacrazy88tsarbomba47

Wow

@steveststst2968

Listen to Kovchek song of the Volga boatmen. That low could trigger an earthquake!

@steveststst2968

Kovcheg, song of the Volga boatmen No lower base on earth. At the end...

@camillegodfrey7511

7y↑8

RIP ... Wonderful Choir

@GoldbergIdustries

Why

@Dupawolowa44

11y↑5

TEGO CHÓRU mogę słuchać na dzień dobry, na dobranoc a gdyby w nocy obudził mnie ICH śpiew też posłucham z przyjemnością.

@SeelySassage

11y↑3

I had this playing for hours and completely forgot it was still playing. It's quite amazing.

@user-qv6hs8np8t

6y↑8

Бесподобно!!!

@wacek1956

12y↑3

Piękne,wspaniałe....To jest właśnie to,czego można słuchać i słuchać...

@darknice10

7y↑7

When I hear this music I imagine the sun rising over the steppes and seeing the silhouettes of metal and the wreckage of war after world war 2 was over. It's as if a time of peace is coming, and everyone is remembering the fallen.

@nicholaspatton5590

5y↑3

This song reminds me of Christmas and my family. Happy and sad tears, I feel.

@alainleydier8058

1y↑2

J'adore cette musique, qu'elle est belle ! L'Union Soviétique compte tant de belles mélodies !

@christinakiki75

7y↑3

beautiful song!! Lepa Pesma!
i have serbian and dutch roots and i like the soviet spirit...may it will live forever.

@bradhintz2901

9y↑2

beautiful.

@Jupiter__001_

Just like that meat.

@sl4lrodi

7y↑32

i still cant beleive this happened '(

@zawen6935

4y↑3

@Ramabirl
He is probably talking about an aircraft that crashed in 2016 when returning back from Syria.
It was a Tupolev Tu-154 All 92 passengers and crew on board, including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir of the Russian armed forces were killed.
You never know when your life can end sadly. Rest in peace.

@zawen6935

@Ramabirl
I remember it quite clearly back then and it broke my heart back then and even until now.

@whoajack4782

3y↑2

This will never not make me think of Christmas

@antunmates2509

10y↑6

amazing song

@ivanoech

13y↑1

It is a song of love, lost love, sadness. It touches my soul and heart. Listening it one can image what is about. Beatiful.

@LinuxForLife

4y↑2

This song talks to the heart.

@justgiorgik

If you really like the song consider listening to original Georgian song Suliko

@LinuxForLife

4y↑1

@@justgiorgik I already have ... But thanks anyway.

@sauloreis5427

7y↑20

R.I.P!

@robert8549

7y↑1

I love this music. Peace from America

@erwinrommel9294

6y↑24

So this was Stalin's favorite song...
I approve makes me feel sad tho. I dont know what they are saying yet i feel the emotion. Red army choir is the best

@rankoorovic7904

6y↑4

The song is basically about his life if know the lyrics.

@rankoorovic7904

@Pylo Do you know the lyrics?

@rankoorovic7904

4y↑1

@Pylo It is about his life because his first wife died young while giving birth and that is why he liked the song so much because it reminded him of her.
That is what i meant when i said it is about his life.He had a personal connection with the song.

@rankoorovic7904

@Pylo He didn't despise the song and matter off fact was played on every radio station across the SSSR when he died.The popularity off the song across the former SSSR comes from the fact then during Stalin's rule the song was often played on the radio because they knew it was his favorite.
So the song is connected to him in that way.

@rankoorovic7904

4y↑1

@Pylo He didn't despise the song,we are talking about the song not about Georgia.What does his hatred of his homeland have to do with the song?

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@strangeperson700

5y↑2

This song makes me feel so cozy on Christmas eve! :)

@davidsantiagotojo

11y↑3

Very good!! Thank you very much. The truth is that I like a lot the rythm that the Greeks use in their songs, they are very agreeable of listening. It would be nice that each one sais some songs of his own country, we would know very good songs.

@peterjackson7085

7y↑146

Comrade Stalin´s most favourite song.

@dimanetov1807

6y↑5

are you a moron?

@teruterubozo

6y↑10

He might be a ruthless dictator but his taste in music is good. fyi he's a native Georgian so

@prnicolla

5y↑7

Exactly! A georgian girl from his youth.

@charliepayne4033

5y↑4

killed 33 million people

@vmckenzie3160

BalF Where did you get 900,000 from?

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@marsal7999

7y↑23

beautiful.. may be georgian original, and performed in russian language.. dont let us be like media want us to be- lets be friends an enyoj... greetings

@GoldbergIdustries

🤮

@acidburnslondon

7y↑1

simply awesome

@elizabethallemong6951

Love this song. Love this performance!

@ciceroneandrzejzdjeciaiopi851

7y↑2

@UskoKruM2010

10y↑32

I really love Russian Music, especially this piece of art. =)

@Loup-mx7yt

7y↑2

Oscar García but its not Russian, its just played by Russian

@user-zq9ed8wr7g

Russian is Polyushko, and this is Souliko the favorite song of Jugashvili also known as Stalin

@muchi123456

Dat wel de alle Russische en klasikke leidje is mens wardieg, en heiden en verleden zit binnen in en noog steds beste klassiek muziek maak russen,

@GECoffee2020

This is Georgian not slovenian

@alexisstaedel7001

8y↑2

Très beau à écouter ! , je ne découvre ce truc qu'aujourd'hui .

@bumble1612

Oh just listen, close your eyes and imagine.....where does this beautiful music take you?

@romaniangamer1

7y↑1

Rest in Peace to the singers lost. God may accept your souls. Dumnezeu să-i odihnească :'(

@AndreiTupolev

9y↑6

This is quite lovely.

@thepcmaster7671

+AndreiTupolev This is just, ugh, its been long sense you did this comment, but fak mate this is a dead girl and a man going to her grave...

@Mattvolko

2y↑1

Im using this in our Christmas season

@MyGiorguna

4y↑5

It is Georgian song on a verse of Akaki Tsereteli (famous georgian poet) choir sang it in russian It was one of 2 Stalin's favourite songs... Also his favorite was another georgian song fly black swallow (გაფრინდი შავო მერცხალო) this song Suliko is about a man who can't find a grave of his true love... Among the tons of great Georgian folk or composed songs Russians love suliko most

@claireelizabethwhite2360

Utterly gorgeous

@armeture27

9y↑58

This song makes me sad even though I don't understand the lyrics :(

@MisterBones2910

☭Jakob Die Leninistischer☭
Look who it is. So we meet again.

@armeture27

***** Remind me who you are?

@MisterBones2910

☭Jakob Die Leninistischer☭
Nobody important, I had a discussion with you that lasted like five comments each. Just recognized your screen-name.

@armeture27

***** I recognize your name, I just don't remember where from.

@SiggiPulsa

9y↑1

☭Jakob Die Leninistischer☭

I was killed near Rzhev
In a nameless bog,
In fifth company,
On the Left flank,
In a cruel air raid

-Pitirim Sorokin

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@vasiliyhitriy772

3y↑2

МОЩЩ ! Крылья ВЫ НАШИ - ОСТАНЕТЕСЬ В НАШИХ СЕРДЦАХ ПРИЧИНОЙ ИДТИ ВПЕРЕД !

@Rexexcraft

4y↑1

This is a great music

@readerboi6154

6y↑15

This sounds like a soviet equivalent of silent night. A solemn but beautiful song.

@RobSmith2016

10y↑113

I just love russia so much. peace from Ireland

@user-kq8xs5cg6v

10y↑4

Nice!

@RobSmith2016

9y↑1

Thank you !

@danstar5481

9y↑2

Rob Smith Im russian, and trust me, its a tough place.

@RobSmith2016

9y↑1

Dan Star well if ever find difficulty you can come to Ireland

@GiorgiGachechiladze02

9y↑19

Rob Smith this is not Russian song man... it is Georgian

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@amicidikongoloonlus4560

9y↑1

Una Preghiera, una invocazione, un ricordo, un infinito di !

@Wahidfelty

7y↑4

This was Stalin's favorite song as a young man! they played it at his wedding reception in the Kremlin.

@player101player101

8y↑231

Stalin's favorite song.

@WelshTCC1

8y↑13

It was.

@WelshTCC1

8y↑43

May he rest in peace.

@sapujapu6323

8y↑63

Like the 30 million people he killed

@WelshTCC1

8y↑31

+Sapu Japu Where did you get that figure from, mate?

@sapujapu6323

That Welsh Gamer what figure

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@halloduuuu1

12y

Dieses Lied möchte ich niemals vermissen,wundervoll schön.Danke

@franko62100

8y↑7

Mein Traumlied

@spot5

Oh, this is just lovely.

@burakdurat7686

11y

So soft and relax song...

@kazimierzpierzyna6487

6y↑1

Świetny był ten Chór

@eduardkalmanawardze

Lovely song!

@PonchiK1968

2y↑1

Одна из любимых песен Сталина .

@gvrifiedsci7315

1y↑3

@cotigaandrei3181

41w

Volyn region
July 14 at 06:37 PM – 07:06 PM
28min
Volyn region
July 13 at 12:37 AM – 02:39 AM
2h 1min

@theholyvirgin9

3y↑1

want this at my funeral

@crashcan2583

6y↑2

Oh boi
It feel like some heartwarming comunism cheering under the christmas tree D:

@jacobredland1587

8y↑16

This sounds like a Christmas song.

@KatyaLishch

Religion is opium for the people. Religion is a sort of spiritual booze, in which the slaves of capital drown their human image, their demand for a life more or less worthy of man.
- Vladimir Lenin

@wh2960

@@KatyaLishch i wish people were still like lenin, now we have crazy looking westerners

@adempamuk2221

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@donoto

5y↑4

Любимая песня Сталина.... И всем народам мира!!!!

@b9l_onion758

7y↑1

this was about to make me cry

@rankoorovic7904

7y↑1

Do you know the lyrics because they alone without the music can make you cry?

@b9l_onion758

@@rankoorovic7904 not at the time but i just read them and damn they are sad

@joseaugustoaraujocosta4640

11y

Belíssima. Obrigado.

@rafaelflorentin9566

Sim, muito bonita!

@zmoss100

11y

Uwielbiam ten Chór!!!!

@Jinikiriwarrior

I will love you, no matter what!
for now and always.

@delastremike9894

Mon fils de 8 mois l adore pour dormir vive les cocos
Musique super belle vraiment merci a eux

@BekKhamidov

4y↑5

Im pretty sure this was Stalin’s favourite song

@GoldbergIdustries

Yes

@louisecarlisle6729

7y↑2

Enjoy the music, nothing else :)

@mieczyslawskowronski8462

10y↑9

Red Army Song.

@tambourchris6051

7y↑4

Das Lied klingt wie ein Weihnachtslied diese Entspannende Musik und der Klang ins gesamt aber jeder muss wissen das es ein Volkslied der Georgier

@alerommel1

11y

Thanks for the recommendations. I liked the Spanish songs you mentioned especcially "El novio de la muerte" , "Ay Carmela" and "Viva la FAI". I already knew about "When johnny comes marching home" and it's one of my favourites. I also knew "Panzerlied". Thanks a lot. Now I feel obligated to recommend some others... I am not sure you will like them, but some famous folk songs related with Greek (my country) history are: "να τανε το 21 (natane to 21)", "o thourios" and "deka palikaria".