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"Katyusha" (Russian: Катюша [kɐˈtʲuʂə] ⓘ; a diminutive form of Екатерина, Yekaterina, 'Katherine') is a Soviet-era folk-based song and military march composed by Matvey Blanter in 1938, with lyrics in Russian written by the Soviet poet Mikhail Isakovsky.
The Katyusha (Russian: Катю́ша, IPA: [kɐˈtʲuʂə] ⓘ) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area more intensively than conventional artillery, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload.
Katyusha (Russian: Катю́ша) is a diminutive of the Russian name Ekaterina or Yekaterina, the Russian form of Katherine or Catherine. Katyusha or Katusha may refer to: Military use
A battery of Katyusha launchers fires at German forces during the Battle of Stalingrad, 6 October 1942. The Katyusha rocket launchers were top secret in the beginning of World War II, however only forty launchers had been built. [32] A special unit of the NKVD troops was raised to operate them. [33]
Popular music during the early years of the Soviet period was essentially Russian music. One of the most well-known songs "Katyusha" by Matvei Blanter is close to the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic structures of Russian romantic songs of the 19th century. [36] It was an adaptation of folk motifs to the theme of soldiers during wartime. [37]
In it, Blanter combined elements of the heroic, upbeat battle song and of a peasant song representing a woman's lamentation for an absent lover. Standing on a high riverbank, a young woman, Katyusha, sings of her beloved (compared to "a gray eagle of the steppes"), who is far away serving on the Soviet border.
Ekaterina is a Russian feminine given name, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian Yekaterina. [1] Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Its Western counterpart is Catherine (Katherine) .
In tankery, Nonna is a very accurate sniper who hardly ever misses. She speaks fluent Russian and habitually communicates with Klara in Russian, which prompts a scolding from Katyusha. (Sumire Uesaka, the voice actress who played Nonna in the Japanese version, majored in Russian language.) Nina (ニーナ, Nina)