Soviet Wartime Compositions

Updated July 16, 2009
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Fields:

  1. Title (Russian Title in translit)
  2. First String (Russian translit)
  3. Year
  4. Brief info
  5. Details (Comments, Translation, Transliterated text)
  6. Original text (Cyrillic)
  7. Downloads

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  1. "The Sacred War" ("Sviashchennaia voina")
  2. "Vstavai, strana ogromnaia, vstavai na smertnyi boi!.."
  3. Late June, 1941
  4. Simply the main song of the Great Patriotic War. Nothing more to say.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/saintwar.mp3



With English titles


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  1. "Two Maxims" ("Dva Maksima")
  2. "Na granitse shumeli beriozki. / Gde teper' prishlos' nam voevat',.."
  3. -
  4. Soviet WWII-time song
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 3901 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/2maxima.mp3

    • Georgii Vinogradov 1943– 1294 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/vinogradov-dva_maksima.mp3


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  1. "On June, 22th, exactly at 4:00 at the morning" ("Dvadtsat' vtorogo ijunia, rovno v chetyre chasa")
  2. "Dvadtsat' vtorogo ijunia, rovno v chetyre chasa..."
  3. 1941
  4. It is a famous Soviet WWII - time song.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text (Variant "B")
  7. Downloads:
    • V. Menshov, Variant "B"

    http://www.sovmusic.ru/mp3/22june.mp3

    http://www.sovmusic.ru/sam/s8746.mp3

    • Variant "A". Soundtrack from "Sudba" movie.

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/dvadtsat.mp3


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  1. "Good bye, towns and peasants" houses" ("Do svidan'ia, goroda i khaty")
  2. "Do svidan'ia, goroda i khaty, / Nas doroga dal'niaia zoviot..."
  3. June, 1941
  4. Was written in the first days of the war.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Piotr Kirichek with the Orchestra of MVS of the USSR under the management of S.A. Chernetskii (the record of 1941) – 1195 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/kirichek-do_svidanja_goroda_i_haty.mp3

    • Piotr Kirichek (the record of 1941) – 2299 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/do_svid.mp3


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  1. "A Road on Berlin" ("Doroga na Berlin")
  2. "S boem vziali my Oriol, / Gorod ves' proshli -..."
  3. 1945
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Leonid Utiosov – 3737 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/naberlin.mp3

    • Different records

    http://media.pravmir.ru/mp3/9_may/5naberlin.mp3



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  1. "The Fond Stone" ("Zavetnyi kamen'")
  2. "Kholodnye volny vzdymaet lavinoi,/ Shirokoe Chiornoe more...
  3. 1943-44
  4. Song of the Soviet sailors of the Black Sea Fleet.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Mark Reizen (record of 1942) – 4776 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/zavkamen.mp3

    • Mark Reizen with the Ensemble of a song of the All-Union Radio Committee under the management of B.A. Alexandrov (the record of 1947) – 2387 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/seaman/reizen-zavetny_kamen.mp3


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  1. "Plait" ("Kosa")
  2. "Po doroge pyl'noi, chto legla pod uklon,/ Shiol shirokoi rys'iu nash likhoi eskadron..."
  3. 1943
  4. Merry song of Cossacks' dashing cavalry with some joking context.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Leonid Utiosov (record of 1943) – 1376 Kb

    http:// retro. samnet. ru/ music/ phono/ war/ utesov_-_ kosa. mp3


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  1. "March of Moscow defenders" ("Marsh zashchitnikov Moskvy")
  2. "V ataku stal'nymi riadami / My postup'iu tverdoi idiom..."
  3. Early 1942
  4. One of the greatest Russian military marches of WWII.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:



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  1. "March of Stalin's artillery" ("Marsh Stalinskoi artillerii")
  2. "Gorit v serdtsakh u nas liubov' k zemle rodimoi, / My v smertnyi boi idiom za chest' rodnoi strany..."
  3. 1944
  4. From the movie "At 6:00 in the evening, after the war". May be considered to be a hymn of the Soviet artillery fpr some time.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 521 Kb

    http://poisk-pesni.narod.ru/Songs/Do_voini/marsh_sovetskih_artilleristov.mp3

    http://www.chamtec.com/materials/marshartilleristov.mp3

    • Mark Reizen with the Orchestra of the State Academical Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR under management of A.I. Orlov (the record of 1947) – 1057 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/rejzen-pesnja_artileristov.mp3




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  1. "Mishka from Odessa" ("Mishka-odessit")
  2. "Shirokie limany, zelionye kashtany, / Kachaetsia shalanda na reide golubom..."
  3. 1942
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Leonid Utiosov (the record of 1942) – 4941 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/mishka.mp3

    http://www.karakort.com



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  1. "My Moscow" ("Moya Moskva")
  2. "Ja po svetu nemalo khazhival, / Zhil v zemlianke, v okopakh, v taige,.."
  3. Early 1942
  4. Now this song is a hymn of Moscow, but some phrases of the modern version differs from the war-time version
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • an unknown singer

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/dormsk.mp3

  • Veronika Borisenko with the Orchestra under management of V.N. Knushevitskii (record of 1947) – 1406 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/moscow/borisenko-moja_moskva.mp3

http://www.karakort.com

  • Rare variant of 1942

http://www.karakort.com




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  1. "Song about the Dnepr" ("Pesnia o Dnepre")
  2. "U pribrezhnykh loz, u vysokikh kruch / I liubili my, i rosli..."
  3. 1941
  4. Devoted to Dnieper river.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/dnepr.mp3

    1. http://www.karakort.com
    2. http://www.karakort.com


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  1. "Song of a Front Truck Driver" ("Pesenka frontovogo shofyora")
  2. "Cherez reki, gory i doliny, / Skvoz' purgu, ogon' i chiornyi dym..."
  3. 1944-45
  4. May be called a hymn of all Soviet front drivers of WW2.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • Mark Bernes (the record of 1948) – 1229 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/bernes-pesenka_frontovogo_shofera.mp3

  • - Mark Bernes (the record of 1945) – 2799 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/schoffer.mp3


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  1. "Under Balkan stars" ("Pod zviozdami Balkanskimi")
  2. "Gde zh vy, gde zh vy, gde zh vy ochi karie,/ Gde zh ty, moi rodimyi krai?.."
  3. Late 1944
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 1575 Kb

    http://poisk-pesni.narod.ru/Songs/9_mai/pod_zvezdami_balkanskimi.mp3

    • R. Ibragimov (the record of 1945) – 1574 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/balkan.mp3





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  1. "Receive us as guests, Suomi-beauty" ("Prinimai nas, Suomi-krasavitsa")
  2. "Sosniakom po otkosam kudriavitsia,/ Pogranichnyi skupoi krugozor..."
  3. 1939
  4. Soviet song of the Finnish War of 1939-40 period (also known as "Winter War"). But it is alsmost unknown after this war.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • Georgii Vinogradov (record of 1939) – 2314 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/suomi2.mp3


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  1. "Farewell, rocky mountains" ("Proshchaite, skalistye gory")
  2. "Proshchaite, skalistye gory, / Na podvig Otchizna zoviot!.."
  3. 1944
  4. The famous Soviet WWII-time song of the seamen of the Soviet Northern Fleet.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • N. Kondratiuk 1942 ??? – 2833 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/ribachii.mp3

    • Piotr Kirichek (record of 1945) – 1431 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/seaman/kirichek-proschajte_skalistye_gory.mp3

    • Yurii Gulyajev

    http://kkre-4.narod.ru/garkovski/psg.mp3



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  1. "Military Samovars" ("Samovary-samopaly")
  2. "Nikogda ne umirala,/Slava tul'skikh kuznetsov,.."
  3. 1941-1942
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • V. Nikitin and S. Tibaev together with the A.V.Alexandrov's Ensemble holding the Order of the Red Banner of the Red Army. (record of 1941) – 1406 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/samovary-samopaly.mp3


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  1. "A Bryansk forest was severely noisy" ("Shumel surovo Brianskij les")
  2. "Shumel surovo Brianskij les, / Spuskalis' sinie tumany,.."
  3. November, 1942
  4. This song was specially written for partisans.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • an unknown singer – 4440 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/shumel.mp3

  • Georgii Abramov with the Ensemble of a song of VRK (All-Union Radio Committee) under management of B.A. Alexandrov (the record of 1948) – 1346 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/abramov-shumel_surovo_brjanskij_les.mp3



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  1. "Lizaveta" ("Lizaveta")
  2. "Ty zhdiosh', Lizaveta, /Ot druga priveta..."
  3. autumn 1942
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • soundtrack from the movie – 2360 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/lisaveta.mp3

  • Piotr Kirichek (record of 1943) – 910 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/kirichek_-_lizaveta.mp3



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  1. "By days and nights" ("Dniom i noch'iu")
  2. "Zaneslo sud'boiu / V tretii batal'on..."
  3. -
  4. It is not well known, but it is a good song with excellent music.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • Leonid Utiosov – 4194 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/dnem_i_n.mp3


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  1. "Quiet partisan song" ("Partizanskaja tikhaja")
  2. "Na tainom privale / V glukhom chernoles'e..."
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • Leonid Utiosov – 4208 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/naprival.mp3


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  1. "Our Cossacks Are Riding along Berlin" ("Edut, edut po Berlinu nashi kazaki!")
  2. "Po berlinskoi mostovoi/Koni shli na vodopoi,.."
  3. Was written in one day, at May 9th of 1945
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/shmelev-kazak_v_berline.mp3




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  1. "Baron Fon Der Pshik" ("Baron Fon Der Pshik")
  2. "Baron Fon Der Pshik / Pokushat' russkii shpik…"
  3. ~1942(?)
  4. One of the most famous wartime satiric songs
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Leonid Utiosov

    http://utesov2.narod.ru/baron_fon_der_pshik.mp3

    http://www.tonnel.ru/fonoteka/pesni/Baron.mp3


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  1. "Stole-stole" ( "Voro - voro")
  2. "Vse iz vas konechno znaiut populiarnyi fil'm , / Gde geroev triokh igraiut troe prostofil' …"
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Leonid Utiosov and Edit Utiosova

    http://utesov2.narod.ru/gitlerovskij_vor.mp3


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  1. "James Kennedy" ("Dzheims Kennedi")
  2. "Na esmintse kapitan - / "James Kennedi!.."
  3. 1944
  4. Almost forgotten song now. Devoted to allied sailors took part in lend-lease convoys to the USSR.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 5749 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/kennedy.mp3


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  1. "The Song of Military Correspondents" ("Pesnia voennykh korrespondentov")
  2. "Ot Moskvy do Bresta/ Net takogo mesta,.."
  3. 1943
  4. Can be called a hymn of military correspondents forever.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

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  1. "Dovator cossacks' song" ("Pesnia Dovatortsev")
  2. "Skvoz' lesa dremuchije,/S pesneyu vesyoloyu"
  3. 1942
  4. Very rare song
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

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  1. "Drinking song of the Volkhov Front" ("Zastol'naya Volkhovskogo fronta")
  2. "Redko druzja nam vstrechatsia prikhoditsya,/no uz kogda dovelos'"
  3. 1943
  4. Anthem of the Volkhov Front
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:


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  1. "In an earth-house" ("V zemlianke")
  2. "B'iotsia v tesnoi pechurke ogon',.."
  3. Early 1942
  4. One of the most beloved and famous songs of WW2.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • an unknown singer - 2789 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/vzemlyan.mp3



English version

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  1. "In a Front Zone Forest" ("V lesu prifrontovom")
  2. "S berioz, neslyshen, nevesom, /Sletaet zhioltyi list..."
  3. 1943
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Georgii Vinogradov (record of 1945) - 4326 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/v_lesu.mp3

    • Georgii Vinogradov withthe A.V.Alexandrov's Ensemble holding the Order of the Red Banner of the Red Army(the record of 1945) – 1418 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/vinogradov-v_lesu_prifrontovom.mp3




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  1. "Evening in the Roadstead" ("Vecher na reide")
  2. "Spoiomte, druz'ia, ved' zavtra v pokhod / Uidiom v predrassvetnyi tuman,.."
  3. The spring of 1942
  4. Very famous sailors song.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • - Vladimir Bunchikov and P. Mikhailov with the Ensemble of the All-Union Radio Committee under the management of B.A. Alexandrov (the record of 1942) – 2650 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/seaman/bunchikov_i_michailov_-_vecher_na_reide.mp3

  • Vladimir Bunchikov and Vladimir Nechaev with Ensemble of a song of All-Union Radio (the record of 1953) – 2554 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/seaman/bunchikov_i_nechaev_-_vecher_na_rejde.mp3



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  1. "Wait for me" ("Zhdi menia")
  2. "Zhdi menia, i ia vernus',.."
  3. 1941
  4. One of the most beloved texts in wartime. It won't be too much exaggeration it was daily prayer for millions of women waiting for their husbands, sons and brothers.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • an unknown singer – 4039 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/zhdi.mp3

  • Georgii Vinogradov - (record of 1942) – 1328 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/vinogradov_-_zhdi_menja.mp3

  • Hungarian version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UvWQ3bF7uE




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  1. "My beloved [Girl]" ("Moia liubimaia")
  2. "Ya ukhodil togda v pokhod,/V surovye kraia,.."
  3. Written in early 1941, before the war.
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • Sergei Lemeshev(the record of 1942) – 1473 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/lemeshev-moua_lubimaya.mp3

  • Sergei Lemeshev– 2636 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/lubimaya.mp3


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  1. "The Blue Kerchief" ("Sinii platochek")
  2. "Pomniu, kak v pamiatnyi vecher,/ Padal platochek tvoi s plech,.."
  3. April, 1942 (initial variant existed before the war)
  4. One of the most beloved songs of Soviet soldiers
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • Klavdiia Shul"zhenko(the record of 1942) – 1318 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/shulzhenko_-_sinij_platochek.mp3

  • Klavdiia Shul"zhenko- 3961 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/sinplat.mp3





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  1. "Fortuitous waltz" ("Sluchainyi val's")
  2. "Noch' korotka, / Spiat oblaka,.."
  3. February, 1943
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 2955 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/svals.mp3

    • L. Utyosov

    http://www.karakort.com



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  1. "The swarthy girl" ("Smuglianka")
  2. "Kak-to letom, na rassvete, zaglianul v sosednii sad..."
  3. 1940 (was sang since 1944)
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • song from movie "V boi idut odni stariki" ("Only experienced pilots flies to the sortie") – 3588 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/smuglyan.mp3

  • N. Ustinov and V. Nikitin with the A.V. Alexandrov's holding the Order of Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army.

    (record of 1945) – 1176 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/smuglanka.mp3




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  1. "Soldier"s waltz" ("Soldatskii val's")
  2. "Davno ty ne videl podruzhku, /Dorogu k znakomym mestam..."
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Leonid Utiosov – 3983 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/solwaltz.mp3


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  1. "Nightingales" ("Solov'i")
  2. "Solov'i, solov'i, ne trevozh'te soldat,.."
  3. March, 1944
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Georgii Vinogradov (the record of 1943) – 2785 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/solovi.mp3

    • Georgii Vinogradov with the with the A.V. Alexandrov's holding Order of Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army (the record of 1950) – 1391 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/vinogradov-solovi.mp3



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  1. "Dark night" ("Tiomnaia noch'")
  2. "Tiomnaia noch', / Tol'ko puli svistiat po stepi,.."
  3. 1942
  4. One of the most beloved songs.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
  • Mark Bernes (the record of 1943) – 1328 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/bernes_-_temnaja_noch.mp3

  • Mark Bernes (the record of 1944) – 4023 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/tnoch.mp3

  • Leonid Utiosov (the record of 1943) – 1388 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/utesov_-_temnaja_noch.mp3

  • Georgii Vinogradov with the the A.V. Alexandrov's holding Order of Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army (the record of 1945) – 1440 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/vinogradov-temnaja_noch.mp3




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  1. "On a sunny forest clearing" ("Na solnechnoi polianochke")
  2. "Na solnechnoi polianochke, / Dugoiu vygnuv brov',.."
  3. 1943
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Georgii Vinogradov (record of 1943) – 1244 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/vinogradov-na_solnechnoj_poljanochke.mp3




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  1. "What are you grieving about, comrade seaman?" ("O chiom ty toskuesh', tovarishch moriak")
  2. "O chiom ty toskuesh', tovarishch moriak? / Garmon' tvoia stonet i plachet,..."
  3. 1943
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

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  1. "Small Light" ("Ogoniok")
  2. "Na pozitsiiu devushka / Provozhala boitsa..."
  3. 1943
  4. One of the most beloved songs on frontline.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 4245 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/ogonek.mp3

    • Vladimir Nechaev with the Orchestra under management of V.N. Knushevitskii (record of 1947) – 1404 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/nechaev-ogonyok.mp3


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  1. "Rostov-City" ("Rostov-gorod")
  2. "My zhili v etom gorode, sluzhili v etom gorode, / Khodili v etom gorode guliat'…"
  3. 1942
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:


Note: This section includes also songs written just after the Victory.



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