Red Army Choir: In the Central Steppes.

[@mikkicarr5717]

This song is so beautiful. It invokes a feeling of sadness and longing, but also a feeling of peace.

[@Lowco5]

Those aren't the lyrics to this song, don't know where those lyrics came from but i0ve seen them used as a translation for many russian soviet songs and it never was correct, i really don't know what's up with that

[@schoolispiss]

Rather a depressing song. About the dying wishes of a comrade as he lays in the steppe.

[@dianochka5432]

This is the very recognizable voice of the legendary Evgeny Belyaev, one of the greatest lyric tenors of the 20th century and the Alexandrov Ensemble's brightest star. I think, judging by the sound of it, that the recording dates to the 1970s. There are many Belyaev videos on KZbin, His name in Russian is Евгений Беляев

[@carlosgalvez612]

well thnx for the info I gotta say he has a magnificent voice

[@Yos3fTV]

@@carlosgalvez612 he and Leonid Kharitonov are great

[@militaruandrei8086]

I also found fascinating the fact that these remasters sound so good. No doubt they have been recorded in the 60-70's and they ve been remastered recently. Its unbelievable what they have done to these songs

[@daqiangustafson2593]

Likely my favorite. It's about the dying of a coachman on the high road. Should hear it every Christmas to remember these true musical professionals lost today over the Black Sea. 12/25/2016. (What a joyous year what drama ending in such sorrow...)

[@juliat9490]

Wilderness around, Long way lay ahead. In this big wild steppe Postilion's going dead. Gathering all strength, Feeling bitter end, He told to a lad, To his best comrade: You, my old friend, Please forget all bad - In this big wild steppe Bury body dead. Bring my horse to dad, Thanks for doing that! Tell my mommy please I'm sending her a kiss. Tell my pretty wife My last words in life. Could you also bring Golden marriage ring? Tell my wife: "Don't cry!" Bring these word of mine: "Crown with good men Till your life is end." Tell: "He's frozen dead In this big wild steppe And he brought your love To the world above."

[@kanaserwisowy7166]

English Lyrics: In the Central Steppes, A long road lay ahead. In those Central Steppes, A coachman was freezing to death. He gathered his strength, Muttering all he can, He grabbed his friend, He pleaded him to follow his mandate: You, my friend! Don’t worry and keep calm. In these Central Steppes, Bury my dead body. Bring these horses, To my loving father Send my mother A bow and a kiss Tell my pretty wife My last words, Bring her This golden engagement ring. Tell her to not cry Don’t grieve, Marry and crown With good men Until your life is at halt. Tell her, Your beloved has frozen In the Central Steppes And that I will love her Even in the heavens above Transliteration: Stepʹ da stepʹ krugom, putʹ dalyok lezhit. V toy stepi glukhoy Umiral yamshchik. I nabravshisʹ sil, chuya smertnyy chas, on tovarishchu Otdaval nakaz. Ty, tovarishch moy, ne popomni zla. V toy stepi glukhoy, skhoroni menya. Ty loshadushek svedi k batyushke. Pereday poklon Rodnoy matushke. A zhene skazhi slovo proshchalʹnoye, pereday kolʹtso obruchalʹnoye. A skazhi ty yey: pustʹ ne pechalit·sya, pustʹ s drugim ona obvenchayet·sya. A pro menya skazhi, chto v stepi zamyorz. A lyubovʹ yeyo Ya s soboy unes

[@nyet-qr4763]

danke, Genosse.

[@emilianyoman8535]

The thing that makes this better than the current music, is that this tells an actual story.

[@YM-zm9vz]

Emil Stumpf Yeah. I don't listen current music. I listen patriotic songs most of the time.

[@olgabojkova875]

Mandilski i lmao same

[@vincentpalermo3452]

You obviously can't be bothered to look for good music that is coming out now

[@kazako749]

@@vincentpalermo3452 you obviously can't be bothered to look for good music from the past BUT WAIT, YOU'RE HERE, WHICH MEANS I'M WRONG! Which leaves you in the right, good lad.

[@dafnefeelslikeh3210]

@@vincentpalermo3452 kinda hard to find it, suggestions?

[@joseandres1384]

This always reminds me of Christmas time, although I know it's not about Christmas. I love listening to The Red Army Choir. Proud of the URSS.

[@vincewilson1]

URSS? Ahh, University of Russa State?

[@th3kgbdog385]

@@vincewilson1 he probably doesn't speak english as his first language, here in Italy for example USSR (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) is translated into URSS (Unione delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche), he is probably european or speaks a neo-latin language

[@joseandres1384]

@@vincewilson1 lol Spanish is my native tongue and abbreviation for USSR is URSS in Spanish, so that's why.

[@joseandres1384]

@@th3kgbdog385 yep, specifically Spanish but it also worked in French, Portuguese, Italian, etc, basically any Romance language.

[@th3kgbdog385]

@@joseandres1384 after one year, but yay!

[@fintandavies1977]

This song always almost puts a tear or two into my eyes

[@nationeer]

Was playing Soviet Republic and this starts playing just as the first snow of the year came down on my little town, it's beautiful...

[@Capel289]

Workers and resources?

[@Sean5330]

Russian music is intensely powerful, it worms its way into my soul and never lets go

[@YM-zm9vz]

Dreadnaught VCN To me it looks like it's just coincidence.

[@wildcorn5443]

That's what she said.

[@Yos3fTV]

I agree, it gives the feeling of looking over a cliff, to see Moscow's lights glister in the dark void surrounding it.

[@SCP_O5_7]

The lyrics to this song are very meaningful...

[@Hasio-Maszkietnik]

And beautiful

[@kylejohn44]

Listening to this music makes me want to learn Russian

[@nicosimo2504]

i'm agree !)

[@williaminus6545]

You definitely should. Imagine enjoying this music 100X more and then singing it yourself. This will bring tears of joy to real Russians who you sing for. You will feel connected to this rich and wonderful tradition in ways you cannot imagine now not knowing the language. Do it. You'll never look back.

[@boonthegoon4549]

Already on it lads XD (only problem is its a bitch to learn on top of french and spanish)

[@Ypog_UA]

why not? it is very easy i learned it at a young age (native ukrainia)

[@khorps4756]

Russian is probably alot easier to learn starting from Ukrainian with the languages sharing an alphabet and being related

[@JohnDoe-of1tu]

This invokes the feeling of the old Russian wilderness before the Russian empire, before the mongols, when people lived in small villages and tribes, where culture was plenty as the natural beauty. This song is a masterpiece.

[@onikiamada23]

" It's very sad, about a driver dying and telling his friend to bury him in the steppe, and telling his friend to tell her wife not to be sad about him and that she can marry again, but not to forget about his love for her frozen in the steppe , It's poetic so it's hard to translate " OmnistarEast yt said

[@vik5592]

Yeap. I am the person that asked this question.

[@onikiamada23]

​@@vik5592 i was banned in his discord sever. May i have permission to unbanned ?

[@ghostwriter5383]

I absolutely love this one.

[@friendlytravelagent7784]

If the Soviets were tasked to make Hula music, this would be the result. This beats any pop song hands down.

[@kommieivan1259]

You guys arguing in the comments about what the song is about Just act American, not understanding a single word yet the vowels are very clear That’s how you enjoy music

[@MargaretOnTheGuillotine]

I APPROVE!

[@andrew-sn5vv]

Степь да степь кругом, Путь далек лежит, В той степи глухой Умирал ямщик. И, набравшись сил, Чуя смертный час, Он товарищу Отдавал наказ: "Ты, товарищ мой, Не попомни зла - В той степи глухой Схорони меня. Ты лошадушек Сведи к батюшке, Передай поклон Родной матушке. А жене скажи Слово прощальное, Передай кольцо Обручальное. Да скажи ты ей - Пусть не печалится, Пусть с другим она Обвенчается. Про меня скажи, Что в степи замерз, А любовь её Я с собой унес".

[@joesmith1395]

Спасибо брат

[@sashkakakashka3407]

Большое спасибо

[@vitorinogarrido6249]

yes

[@2b2tcitizen92]

Wtf?

[@Aaron.T2005]

Wrong lyrics. Some phrases.

[@anxietywave8735]

Gorgeous

[@blazejames47]

Fuck Christmas music, I'll be listening to this

[@P42G1997]

Jakov ya～baby~

[@СрбскиВук]

da zdravstvuje Ruskaja zemlja Rodina ....pozdravljaet vas odin Sjerb-Marko ot Sjerbija

[@jeanadrianguzmanvasquez1661]

Beautiful!!! 😪😭😭

[@WedgeBob]

Yep, got this CD and two more from Amazon's website with songs that weren't on here that I like, namely Katyusha and Farewell of Slavianka. Why those two songs didn't make it on this collection are beyond me. Those were REAL classics!

[@SelfRaisingWheat]

For those wondering, this song has nothing to do with Stalin as implied by a troll in these comments.

[@Mayonezboi]

Keegan Wells What kind of person associates this music with Stalin (In all respect for him)

[@dango6266]

It would actually make sense that this could've been Stalin's actual favorite song (to sing, listen to, etc) since it was and is a famous Georgian folk song, and Stalin was Georgian.

[@SS-qo3nt]

He must have been on the road to the 17th century Krasnoyarsk Krai.

[@KaiserTimon]

Das ist einfach ein fking Weihnachtslied, ich liebe es!

[@jimmyxx3]

This deserves more views, this is just beautiful!!!

[@Krobkrua]

Man, this is too beautiful and powerful.

[@DeLorean4]

This song is so achingly beautiful

[@Sihengli]

I fall asleep to this every night. I think of tomorrow, and the bright red future ahead.

[@JohnDoe-zn4bg]

What kind of sorcery did the Soviets use to make this kind of beautiful music ?!

[@mikkicarr5717]

Black magic. Or, maybe red magic?

[@beardedmarxist6501]

Nathan Antaran It was communism, that is the answer to all your questions.

[@JohnDoe-zn4bg]

Demo Tico So.... As long as it's Communist, music is good, or am I just misinterpreting what you're saying ?

[@elseraga6446]

Nathan Antaran Not only the Red Army. Communist DPRK makes beautiful music too. Check out their Moranbong band - it's awesome.

[@AsyaVV]

Nathan Antaran The sorcery is called folklore :) It's a Russian folk song of XIX century about a coachman who got frozen to death in the middle of vast snowy steppe. There are many old folk songs in the Red Army Choir's program such as Kalinka, Korobeiniki, Farewel of Slavianka, Polushko polye, The roads, Cossack's song etc

[@TheAmericanPrometheus]

Great song!

[@HeySergeantJones]

I like your Picture - the fact you are here is Ironic. XD

[@GamingRelaxation2044]

so beatiful

[@crusaderonabike8164]

I'd make a joke but god damn this is just good

[@ComradeBornath]

Thank you, friend.

[@civilianaesthetics8981]

I don't know why, but I feel the atmosphere of Christmas listening to it xd

[@commisar44]

Amazing. I am proud to be a Russian along with my slavic brothers and sisters. URA!

[@davforster427]

positively lovely

[@cotigaandrei3181]

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[@Sean12248]

Anyone have the actual lyrics?

[@fischerandreas3550]

Immerwieder schön Всегда приятно

[@ComradeBornath]

I wish I knew the lyrics to this

[@Sean12248]

lol! Hazard Tennessee? I live in Tennessee!

[@anlanl4055]

Her yerde bozkır ve bozkır yol uzak Her yerde bozkır ve bozkır yol uzak O bozkırda sağır Arabacı ölüyordu Her yerde bozkır ve bozkır Ve güç kazanmak Ölüm saatini hissetmek o bir arkadaş emir verdi o bir arkadaş emir verdi Sen, arkadaşım Kötülüğü hatırla O bozkırda sağır Beni göm O bozkırda sağır Beni göm Ve yerli atlar babana ver Saygılarımı sun yerli anne ve eşine söyle veda sözü yüzüğü geçmek nişanlanmak evet söyle ona üzülmeyelim Bırak onu başkasıyla evlenmek bana benden bahset Bozkırda donmuş olan nedir ve onun aşkı yanıma aldım ve onun aşkı yanıma aldım

[@WedgeBob]

Я любил а добро Русская Опера! Спасибо тобой мой Товарищи к Красная Армия Хор!

[@Ypog_UA]

степь да степь кругом...

[@WedgeBob]

Доброе мелодия!

[@ahmedeox]

part 2. We howled into Berlin Tore the smoking buildings down Raised the red flag high Burnt the reichstag brown I saw my first American And he looked a lot like me He had the same kinda farmer's face Said he'd come from some place called Hazard, Tennessee Then the war was over My discharge papers came Me and twenty hundred others Went to Stettiner for the train Kiev, said the commissar There your own way home I never got to Kiev We never came by home

[@reijolaaksonen2947]

Ajomies!

[@kuzmakrasko6884]

Those aren't the right ones. He's just a troller I think

[@vincentshelton5318]

Is there somewhere where I can find the instrumental version of this?

[@arowiki]

Perhaps a prayer.xx

[@fischerandreas3550]

Я люблю эта песня

[@saintpoutinelhumanisteorth8831]

so beautiful... Glory to Russia, Glory to URSS 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@kuzmakrasko6884]

New Rhodesia.

[@Sean12248]

I've been looking for the lyrics..that's all I get. What are the real lyrics please. Thanks.

[@luccaassuncao9676]

Instead of "in the central steppes" search for "step da step krugom"

[@noe-5903]

Vou assistir a queda do império yankee ouvindo essa música.

[@connorveilleux2261]

I don't know why but I feel uneasy listening to this song maybe its the picture lol

[@raphaeldaar]

make a music video and go GLOBAL already !!!!! DX

[@daqiangustafson2593]

Anyone knows the English translation?

[@garrettmccloskey274]

0:24

[@emonarefin4878]

You Tube Channel : Arefin Badal's TV DRAMA : Valobasar Ghor Gerosti

[@ProfJonah]

dont give the locals power

[@sosoc8236]

GO RUSSIA

[@sillyname6808]

I love Russia 🇷🇺

[@HometownTicketing]

🇷🇺

[@ahmedeox]

When I left my home and my family My mother said to me "Son, it's not how many Germans you kill that counts It's how many people you set free" So I packed my bags, brushed my cap Walked out into the world Seventeen years old Never kissed a girl Took the train to Voronezh That was as far as it would go Changed my sacks for a uniform Bit my lip against the snow I prayed for mother Russia In the summer of '43 And as we drove the Germans back I really believed that God was listening to me

[@우찬호]

What is the original name of this song?

[@umenja6312]

Chan Ho Woo Степь да степь кругом (Styep’ da styep’ krugom)

[@hirocashi2]

ura!! :D

[@jonathan-yn9lf]

me shitting

[@ahmedeox]

part3 Train went north to the Taiga We were stripped and marched in file Up the great Siberian road For miles and miles and miles and miles Dressed in stripes and tatters In a gulag left to die All because Comrade Stalin was scared that We'd become too westernized Used to love my country Used to be so young Used to believe that life was The best song ever sung I would have died for my country In 1945 But now only one thing remains bis The brute will to survive

[@nicolasII1]

Зависти, Дарья у меня есть все даже могущественный MI Руда Contal VIE БУДЕТ РОССИЯ ИЛИ ДАЙТЕ МОЩНЫЙ РОССИЯ себе ЧЕСТЬ и получить жизнь Allena РОССИЯ ГРАЖДАНСТВА

[@jonathan-wq9uz]

When I left my home and my family My mother said to me "Son, it's not how many Germans you kill that counts It's how many people you set free" So I packed my bags, brushed my cap Walked out into the world Seventeen years old Never kissed a girl Took the train to Voronezh That was as far as it would go Changed my sacks for a uniform Bit my lip against the snow I prayed for mother Russia In the summer of '43 And as we drove the Germans back

[@WelloBello]

jonathan macaraig No, not at all.

[@jonathan-wq9uz]

i didn't do it im getting hacked

[@TheAchilleas1981]

man I would love to meet you in person. Respect brother and comrade, I cry when I write these words..

[@umenja6312]

actual lyrics: Wilderness around, Long way lay ahead. In this big wild steppe Postilion's going dead. Gathering all strength, Feeling bitter end, He told to a lad, To his best comrade: You, my old friend, Please forget all bad - In this big wild steppe Bury body dead. Bring my horse to dad, Thanks for doing that! Tell my mommy please I'm sending her a kiss. Tell my pretty wife My last words in life. Could you also bring Golden marriage ring? Tell my wife: "Don't cry!" Bring these word of mine: "Crown with good men Till your life is end." Tell: "He's frozen dead In this big wild steppe And he brought your love To the world above."

[@kuzmakrasko6884]

Stalin isn't even mentioned in here.... Wrong lyrics.... Voronezh isn't mentioned, or berlin, or any of that LOL! You are a fraud.

[@ahmedeox]

look for the lyrics. in reality, this is an anti-stalinist song about ww2 soviet soldiers that were sent to the gulags, by stalin, because he thought they had become "westernized".

[@DmitryTheSovietDuck]

ahmedeox Nice imagination

[@olgabojkova875]

Yup, i know russian, this is pure bullshit you're saying

[@dango6266]

What is it really then?

[@umenja6312]

Awesomeman and pinkcop Wilderness around, Long way lay ahead. In this big wild steppe Postilion's going dead. Gathering all strength, Feeling bitter end, He told to a lad, To his best comrade: You, my old friend, Please forget all bad - In this big wild steppe Bury body dead. Bring my horse to dad, Thanks for doing that! Tell my mommy please I'm sending her a kiss. Tell my pretty wife My last words in life. Could you also bring Golden marriage ring? Tell my wife: "Don't cry!" Bring these word of mine: "Crown with good men Till your life is end." Tell: "He's frozen dead In this big wild steppe And he brought your love To the world above."

[@DameiusLameocrates]

The story is so sad, Stalin ruined Russia.

[@cxkelo8148]

Stalin made the Soviet Union strong.

[@DameiusLameocrates]

Strong and good aren't the same thing.

[@cxkelo8148]

Ellie Robinson You are right Stalin made the Soviet Union Strong and Good

[@DameiusLameocrates]

MasterOfChiefs Whatever helps you sleep at night kiddo.

[@cxkelo8148]

Ellie Robinson First of all where are you from?