Pre-War Songs

(between Civil war and World War II)

Updated February 20, 2006
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Cheerful


Lyrics

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. "If War Tomorrow" ("Esli zavtra voina")

  2. "Esli zavtra voina, esli vrag napadiot..."

  3. 1937

  4. -

  5. Details

  6. Original Russian text

  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 3818 Kb

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

    • an unknown singer – 1230 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/beforewar/ansambl_-_esli_zavtra_vojna_6331.mp3

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  1. "Spain Will Be Free" ("Ispanija budet svobodnoi")
  2. "Idut na Madrid generaly,/Ispanija gnevom kipit..."
  3. -
  4. Devoted to Civil war in Spain
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 649 Kb

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

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  1. "The Song of Horse Army Men" ("Konarmeiskaia pesnia")
  2. "Po voennoi doroge,/Shiol v bor'be i trevoge..."
  3. 1935
  4. The song devoted to the Red Cavalry of Civil War times
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 2141 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/18year.mp3

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  1. "The March of the Soviet Tankmen" ("Marsh Sovetskikh tankistov")
  2. "Bronia krepka, i tanki nashi bystry,/I nashi liudi muzhestva polny..."
  3. Late 1930th
  4. One of the most popular prewar songs.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Piotr Kirichek – 1404 Kb

    http://retro.leivo.ru/music/pevets/kirichek/kirichek_-_marsh_tankistov.mp3

    • an unknown singer – 638 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m32/martank.mp3

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  1. "The March from the movie "Traktoristy" ("Tractor Men")" (music of "The March of the Soviet Tankmen" + "Three Tankmen")
  2. No words
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • The Orchestra of the NKO (the People Commissariat [Ministry] of Defense) of the USSR under the management of S.A.Chernetskii (record of 1939) – 1131 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/waltz/march-traktoristy.mp3

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  1. "The March of Stalin’s Aircraft" ("Marsh Stalinskoi Aviatsii")
  2. "My rozhdeny, chtob skazku sdelat' byl'iu,.."
  3. 1931
  4. The hymn of Soviet pilots
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 2752 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/marair4.mp3

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  1. "Oh, This Field" {known in the West as "The Song of Plains" ("Poliushko pole")}
  2. "Poliushko-pole,/Poliushko - shiroko pole,.."
  3. 1935
  4. Very popular pre-war song
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Chorus of the Red Army (Chorus of Alexandrov???) – 2879 Kb

    http://militarymusiconline.com/zips/(USSR)-Song_Of_The_Plains.zip

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  1. Mixture of the march "We are Red Cavalry" (see the description of the song "We are Red Cavalry") and of some other Soviet pre-WWII melodies.
  2. No words
  3. -
  4. -
  5. -
  6. -
  7. Downloads:
    • - an unknown singer – 2310 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/redcav3.mp3

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  1. March "The Salute of Moscow" ("Saliut Moskvy ")
  2. No words
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • the Orchestra of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR – 4223 Kb

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

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  1. March "The March of Soviet Army" ("Marsh Sovetskoi Armii")
  2. No words
  3. -
  4. Mixture of some famous Soviet marches
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 7740 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/redcav2.mp3

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  1. March "The Parade March" ("Paradnyi marsh ")
  2. No words
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • the Orchestra of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR – 3218 Kb

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

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  1. March "The Ceremonial March" ("Torzhestvennyi marsh ")
  2. No words
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • the Orchestra of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR – 2196 Kb

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

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  1. Some versions of the ceremonial fanfares on the theme of some famous Soviet songs and marches
  2. No words
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 3902 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/fanfare3.mp3

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  1. "The Three Tankmen" ("Tri tankista")
  2. "Na granitse tuchi khodiat khmuro, /Krai surovyi tishinoi ob'iat..."
  3. 1938
  4. The song-symbol of pre-war times.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads :
    • Leonid Utiosov (Nikolai Kriuchkov???) – 2791 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/3tankis4.mp3

    • an unknown singer – 3399 Kb

    http://music.nonymous777.com/files/tri_tankista.mp3

    • an unknown singer – 4884 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/3tankist.mp3

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  1. "Katyusha" ("Kat'yusha")
  2. "Rastsvetali yabloni i grushi, / Poplyli tumany nad rekoi..."
  3. 1937
  4. The song, which is one of the symbols of Russia abroad...
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
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  1. "May’s Moscow" ("Moskva maiskaia")
  2. "Utro krasit nezhnym svetom,/Steny drevnego Kremlia..."
  3. 1937
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer – 3394 Kb

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

    • N. Khromchenko with the Orchestra of the State Academical Large Theatre of USSR (the record of 1937) – 1452 Kb

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/moscow/hromchenko_-_moskva-majskaja.mp3

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  1. "And Who Does Know" ("I kto ego znaet")
  2. "Na zakate khodit paren',/ Vozle doma moego..."
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Chorus of the name of Piatnitskii – 2440 Kb

    http://music70-80.narod.ru/mp/Retro/i_kto_ego_znaet.mp3
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