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An instrumental variant of the song was featured in the 2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade, celebrating the triumph of Russia over Nazi Germany. [3] In each parade, the song has been played during the infantry column precession. [4] "
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [t] (USSR), [u] commonly known as the Soviet Union, [v] was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area , extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries , and the third-most populous country .
Classical music of the Soviet Union developed from the music of the Russian Empire. It gradually evolved from the experiments of the revolutionary era, such as orchestras with no conductors, towards classicism favored under Joseph Stalin's office. The music patriarchs of the era were Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich and Aram Khachaturian.
The Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians or RAPM (Russian: Российская Ассоциация Пролетарских Музыкантов, РАПМ) was a musicians' creative union of the early Soviet period. It was founded in June 1923, by Lev Shul'gin, Aleksei Sergeev, and David Chernomoridikov. [1]
A typical 1970s Soviet VIA Tsvety, in the hippie-inspired dress of the era VIA Zemlyane, c. 1984. The term VIA appeared in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and represented a model under which the Soviet government was willing to permit domestic rock and pop music acts to develop. To break through to the state-owned Soviet media, a band needed to ...
"The Sacred War", [a] also known as "Arise, Great Country!", [b] [citation needed] is one of the most famous Soviet songs of World War II. The music is by Alexander Alexandrov, founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble and the musical composer of the State Anthem of the Soviet Union. The lyrics are by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. [1]
Sovietwave is based on modern electronic music trends such as lo-fi, ambient and synth-pop, as well as the electronic music of the late Soviet Union. [20] Despite Sovietwave's widespread use of sampling from radio programs and speeches, the genre is not overtly political. [ 20 ]
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