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On 15 September, the song was uploaded to YouTube, [6] and it quickly became an internet meme related to Slavs. Most prominently, the meme was circulated on the image macro site YTMND, accompanied by the song's chorus or variations of it. The song was also played at the opening at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia for Semi-Final 2.
In 2009, a 1976 video of Eduard Khil singing a non-lexical vocable version of the song "I Am So Glad I'm Finally Returning Back Home" (Russian: Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой) was uploaded to YouTube [19] and became known as "Trololol" or "Trololo". [20]
Blatnaya pesnya (Russian: блатная песня, IPA: [blɐtˈnajə ˈpʲesʲnʲə], "criminals' song") or blatnyak (Russian: блатняк, IPA: [blɐtʲˈnʲak]) is a genre of Russian song characterized by depictions of criminal subculture and the urban underworld which are often romanticized and have criminally-perverted humor in nature.
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To serve Russia is our destiny for you and me, To serve Russia, this incredible country Where the new sun rises in the blue sky Shoulder to shoulder the Russian troops march And even if the military road isn't easy, We'll go with faith and truth to serve Russia No fearless in battle We have saved the Russian flag And our birthplace and our songs
The song has been used during many Eastern European political campaigns and movements. Its success is partly because the lyrics can be applied to numerous causes. [2] The song was played from speakers at a barricade by civilians opposing the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt by hard-line communists; it was also played at protests during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis. [3]
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