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The phrase "Lyubo, bratsy, zhit'" (Russian: Любо, братцы, жить) appeared in a soldier song published in Biblioteka Dlya Chteniya, 1837. [2] [3] According to several authors, the song is dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War (1917 – 1922). [4] [5] Other sources mention it as a piece of Cossack folklore. [6] [7]
Many societies have traditions which involve kissing. Kissing can indicate joy or be used as part of a greeting. Kissing involves the touching of one's lips to the lips or other body part, such as the cheek, head or hand of another person. Sometimes people often kiss their friends as a way of giving luck or even showing feelings.
Russian romance (Russian: рома́нс románs) is a type of sentimental art song with hints of Romani influence that was developed in Imperial Russia by such composers as Nikolai Titov (1800-1875), Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851), Alexander Varlamov (1801–48), and Alexander Gurilyov (1803–58).
Russian chanson (Russian: русский шансон, romanized: russkiy shanson; from French "chanson") is a neologism for a musical genre covering a range of Russian songs, including city romance songs, author song performed by singer-songwriters, and blatnaya pesnya or "criminals' songs" that are based on the themes of the urban underclass and the criminal underworld.
Pages in category "English-language Russian songs" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
"Moscow Nights", [a] originally titled "Leningrad Nights", [b] is a Soviet Russian patriotic song written by Mikhail Matusovsky and composed by Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy. It was later covered as " Midnight in Moscow " by Kenny Ball .
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The word bylina derives from the past tense of the verb to be (Russian: был, romanized: byl) and implies 'something that was'. [4] The term most likely originated from scholars of Russian folklore (folklorists); in 1839, Ivan Sakharov, a Russian folklorist, published an anthology of Russian folklore, a section of which he titled "Byliny of the Russian People", causing the popularization of ...