The Mokshansky 214th Infantry Regiment was originally formed in 1878 on the basis of the Ryazan local battalion. In 1891, it received the name of the Mokshansky (214th) reserve infantry battalion in the district town of Mokshansk, Penza province. In December 1901 he was transferred from Penza to Zlatoust. In May 1904, he was deployed to the 214th Mokshansky Infantry Regiment. From August 14, 1904, the regiment took part in the Russian-Japanese War as part of the 5th Siberian Corps (battles near Liaoliang, attack on Bensiha).
The 214th Moksha Regiment included: 6 staff officers, 43 chief officers, 404 non-commissioned officers, 3548 privates, 11 mounted orderlies and 61 musicians.
One of the bloody battles took place near Mukden and Liaoyang. The battle for Mukden lasted more than 10 days, and the regiment was constantly in battle. On February 25, 1905, the regiment became part of the rearguard, covering the retreat of our troops from the city. On the 27th, already during the retreat, the commander of the 214th regiment, Colonel P. P. Pobyvanets (01/14/1848 - 03/1/1905), was mortally wounded in the thigh by a shimosa shrapnel, whose heroism even during the Russian-Turkish war was noted by military orders and gold weapons.
The Mokshans did not leave the battles for eleven days, holding their positions. On the twelfth day, the Japanese surrounded the regiment. The defenders were running out of strength and ammunition was running out.
At this critical moment, in the rear of the Russians, the regimental orchestra began to play, conducted by bandmaster Ilya Alekseevich Shatrov. Marches replaced each other. The music gave the soldiers strength, and the encirclement was broken.
For this battle, seven orchestra members were awarded the St. George Cross, and the bandmaster himself was awarded the Order of Stanislav, 3rd class. with swords.
By September 18, 1906, the regiment was transferred to Samara, where the bandmaster of the Moksha regiment, I.A. Shatrov, published the world-famous waltz “The Moksha Regiment on the Hills of Manchuria.”
Due to its wide distribution, some couplets were modified during oral transmission, so that slightly different variants can be found. In this video, Yulia Zapolskaya performs a pre-war version of the waltz.
The popularity of the waltz was unusually high. In the first three years after it was written, the waltz was reprinted 82 times. Gramophone records with music written by Shatrov were produced in huge quantities. Abroad, this waltz was even called the “national Russian waltz.” Only in the pre-revolutionary years were several versions of the text written to a popular melody. The most widely used words were those written by Stepan Skitalets.
ON THE HILLS OF MANCHURI
(pre-revolutionary version)
Music I.Shatrov, lyrics. St. Skitalets
Kaoliang is sleeping,
The hills are covered with darkness...
Warriors sleep on the hills of Manchuria,
And no tears are heard from the Russians...
It's scary around
Only the wind is crying on the hills
Sometimes the moon comes out from behind the clouds,
The soldiers' graves are illuminated.
The crosses are turning white
Distant and beautiful heroes.
And the shadows of the past swirl around,
They tell us about the sacrifices in vain.
In the midst of everyday darkness,
Everyday everyday prose,
We still cannot forget the war,
And burning tears flow.
Heroes of the body
They have long since decayed in their graves,
And we didn’t pay them the last debt
And they did not sing eternal memory.
So sleep, sons,
You died for Rus', for the Fatherland.
But believe me, we will avenge you
And we will celebrate a bloody funeral.
My dear mother is crying, crying
The young wife is crying
All Rus' is crying like one person
Evil rock and fate cursing...
On the hills of Manchuria.
To the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Mukden
The burning cruiser "Varyag" in Chemulpo harbor
Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 was a tragic event in our history. The war consisted of a series of major defeats of the Russian army, which alternated with its smaller defeats. Yes, as bitter as it may be to admit, the war consisted of continuous defeats of the Russian army. And the hero must not only die heroically, he, first of all, must win or, having died, ensure victory for his comrades.
The death of the cruiser "Varyag" was the prologue to a tragic war. Then - the death of two Pacific squadrons (Port Arthur and Tsushima), the fall of Port Arthur, unsuccessful battles near Liaoyang and Mukden.
Russian infantry marching through Liaoyang
Departure of the Siberian military echelon to Manchuria
In the memory of descendants, at least my age, a few songs about that war remain: “Varyag”, “On the hills of Manchuria”, “The sea spreads wide”, and even the monument to the “Guardian” in Leningrad. By the way, March 10 marks the next anniversary of the heroic death of the crew of the destroyer Steregushchy.
The basis for the creation of the waltz song “On the Hills of Manchuria” was a real episode of battles. During the war, the Mokshansky regiment suffered significant losses. The regiment took part in the bloody battles of Mukden and Liaoyang. You can see what the battlefields near Mukden, literally littered with the corpses of Russian soldiers, looked like on the Internet. The Mokshans did not leave the battles for eleven days, holding their positions. On the twelfth day, the Japanese surrounded the regiment. The defenders were running out of strength and ammunition was running out. At this critical moment, in the rear of the Russians, the regimental orchestra began to play, conducted by bandmaster Ilya Alekseevich Shatrov. The music gave the soldiers strength, and the encirclement was broken. For this battle, seven orchestra members were awarded the St. George Cross, and the bandmaster himself was awarded the Order of Stanislav, 3rd class. with swords. In 1906, the Moksha Regiment returned to its place of deployment, where Shatrov created the first version of the waltz, which was called “The Moksha Regiment on the Hills of Manchuria.” The waltz was dedicated to lost friends.
The best monument to the heroes of the war with Japan is this waltz. It sounded for almost a hundred years. We present it in one of the original versions.
On the hills of Manchuria
Music by I. Shatrov
Words by S. Skitalets
Kaoliang is sleeping,
The hills are covered with darkness...
Warriors sleep on the hills of Manchuria,
And no tears are heard from the Russians...
It's scary around
Only the wind is crying on the hills.
Sometimes the moon comes out from behind the clouds,
The soldiers' graves are illuminated.
The crosses are turning white
Distant and beautiful heroes.
And the shadows of the past swirl around,
They tell us about the sacrifices in vain.
In the midst of everyday darkness,
Everyday everyday prose,
We still cannot forget the war,
And burning tears flow.
Heroes of the body
They have long since decayed in their graves.
And we didn’t pay them the last debt
And they did not sing eternal memory.
So sleep, sons,
You died for Rus', for the Fatherland.
But believe me, we will avenge you
And we will celebrate a bloody funeral.
My dear mother is crying, crying,
The young wife is crying
All Rus' is crying like one person.
About the bloody funeral feast. During the entire period of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian army, which reached a million strength by the end of the war, was unable to destroy or capture even a regiment of Japanese. Apparently, the idea of impunity determined the cruel attitude of the Japanese occupation forces in the Far East towards local residents and prisoners during the “Civil” War. The Japanese occupiers' corps of two hundred thousand burned not only * - hundreds of villages were burned to the ground, thousands of civilians were killed. Kolchak himself cited the effective cruelty of the Japanese as an example to his accomplices.
For the first time, the Red Amur partisans gave a worthy rebuff to the Japanese invaders. Their operation against the Japanese invaders (the so-called “Nicholas Incident of 1920”) received a wide international response: the issue was included several times on the agenda of three international conferences: Washington 1921-22, Dairen 1921-1922 and Changchun 1922. The point is this. A group of red partisans, having defeated the Kolchak garrison at the end of February 1920, captured the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. Later, the Japanese garrison located in the city attempted to destroy the partisans with a surprise attack. During a stubborn battle on March 12-14, 1920, the partisans completely destroyed the Japanese garrison. The Japanese occupiers' habit led to impunity.
The international resonance is explained by the fact that a detachment of partisans for the first time did what the regular Russian army had not been able to do before during the entire Russo-Japanese War: encircle, and then destroy or capture at least a regiment of Japanese.
In 1939, the Red Army, helping the friendly Mongolian People's Republic, destroyed a 30,000-strong group of Japanese troops on the river ** and surpassed the achievements of the Amur partisans.
It was not in vain that the Red Army soldiers died in the steppes of Mongolia,
it was not for nothing that the first tank rams in the Red Army were carried out then,
in vain, having ordered the navigator and radio operator to leave the plane, battalion commissar Mikhail Anisimovich Yuyukin sent a burning bomber into a concentration of Japanese troops (the first ramming of a ground target in aviation. Among the cadets trained by Mikhail Anisimovich was ... Gastello.): the Japanese invaders learned well what they had received lesson and remembered it in 1941-1945.
Pokazeev K.V.
* Note Editor-in-Chief. 90 years ago, on January 31, 1920, Sergei Lazo spoke at the school of ensigns (white and fluffy) on Russky Island (Vladivostok): “Who are you for, Russian people, Russian youth? Who are you for?! So I came to you alone, unarmed, you can take me hostage... you can kill me... This wonderful Russian city is the last one on your road! You have nowhere to retreat: then a foreign country... a foreign land... and a foreign sun... No, we did not sell the Russian soul in foreign taverns, we did not exchange it for overseas gold and guns... We are not hired, we defend our land with our own hands, we defend our land with our own breasts , we will fight with our lives for our homeland against foreign invasion! We will die for this Russian land on which I now stand, but we will not give it to anyone!”
** Note Editor-in-Chief. Let us explain why the Red Army fought with Japan back in 1939. Below is a map of the Mongolian-Manchurian section of the border in the area of the river. Khalkin-Gol in 1939
The Japanese railway had already reached Halun-Arshan and it was planned to continue it to Ganchzhur.
At that time, the leaders of the USSR understood the strategic importance of such a road (now it must be said that they had geopolitical thinking): access to Chita, the TransSib was cut, the occupation of Eastern Siberia and the Far East. Just like in 1918...
And a worthy rebuff sent the Japanese to Southeast Asia for natural resources!
And one more quote: “The usual view of 1939 is that it is the year the Second World War began, and it began on September 1, when Germany attacked Poland. By and large, the Soviet leadership didn’t care what was announced there, because... already in 1938 it believed that a world war was underway. He had a specific task - because. The USSR is a potential object of aggression by everyone who can, it is necessary to avoid this aggression at a minimum, and at a maximum - to acquire potential allies for ourselves in order to be not an object, but one of the parties in a world war.
Dangerous events on Khalkhin Gol begin with Manchu provocations on May 11 and 14; by August, Japanese troops occupied almost the entire territory east of the river. Khalkhin Gol.
On July 22, an agreement was signed between England and Japan, according to which England recognized Japan's seizures in China and pledged not to provide military assistance to China.
August 20 - the offensive of the Soviet-Mongolian troops on Khalkhin Gol began.
August 23 - a non-aggression pact was signed in Moscow between the USSR and Germany.
August 28 - The Japanese government resigned.
On September 1, Germany attacked Poland.
September 3 - France and England declared war on Germany.
On September 5, the United States declared neutrality.
September 16 - at the request of the Japanese side, a truce was concluded at Khalkhin Gol.
September 17 - The USSR began a liberation campaign in Western Ukraine and Western Belarus (and it was just a campaign, not a war!).
September 19 - a mixed commission was created to clarify the border between Mongolia and Manchukuo.
Thus, from the end of 1938 to the end of 1939, the situation in the world changed dramatically: the USSR was not drawn into the world war, but England and France were drawn into it, thereby becoming our potential allies. And the USSR showed Japan that it would defend its interests in the East at any cost, showed that it was stronger.
And since Japan’s policy is determined not by the Japanese General Staff, but by the export-import nature of the economy, it forces it to continue searching for sources of raw materials. Option 1 failed, which means Option 2 should succeed - we need to go to Southeast Asia for resources, and supporters of this option come to power in Tokyo. And this means that Japan will primarily produce not field artillery, but naval artillery, build not tanks, but aircraft carriers, in other words, rebuild the structure of the military industry and armed forces for war at sea.
Southeast Asia is a long-standing sphere of interest for England, there will be a conflict. To move there, Japan will need bases and communications in the Pacific Ocean - there they will collide with the United States. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Here are more potential allies of the USSR. It's already easier.
Yes, Japan is strong and dangerous. Yes, there is a million-strong Kwantung Army in the Far East. Yes, the most serious attention is needed. But - in 1939, the USSR did not enter the world war, and the significance of the battles on Lake Khasan and the Khalkhin Gol River here is extremely great!
And the following year, 1940, the USSR also did not enter the world war.
And Japan occupied Northern Indochina in June 1940. A year later, in July 1941, it occupied the whole of it. On December 7, 1941, it attacked the USA and England, starting military operations in the Pacific Ocean. In February 1942, it completed the occupation of Malaya, and in May - Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines.
How much imagination is needed to imagine all this powerful, well-trained, ideologically organized force not in the Pacific Ocean, but in the steppe and taiga expanses of the Far East? And this: the creation by Japan of a powerful bridgehead in Manchuria - the war against the USSR - the capture and occupation of Siberia. We will have to forget about the USA and England as our allies, even potential ones. On the contrary, they will promptly land on the Far Eastern and other Soviet shores with a completely understandable goal - to grab some goodies for themselves. And they will be able to come to an agreement with Japan, just like during the intervention. Germany, England and France will also make peace. And everyone will go to the USSR together. Just like in 1918.
Soviet leaders had imagination. In addition, they had a good knowledge of geography, and they understood the practical value of the territory. What kind of blood is it paid for and how many lives does it save for the future when its value is determined correctly and conclusions are drawn accordingly.” http://duel.ru/200930/?10_5_1
Background
Story
After the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the Moksha Regiment remained in Manchuria for another whole year, where Ilya Alekseevich, once on the orders of the new regiment commander in the guardhouse, began writing the waltz “Moksha Regiment on the Hills of Manchuria,” dedicated to his fallen comrades.
On April 24, 2013, in Samara’s Strukovsky Park, on the initiative of local deputies, the municipal brass band celebrated the 105th anniversary of the first performance of the waltz “On the Hills of Manchuria” with a concert here, announcing the start of the project of an annual brass band festival in the Strukovsky Garden, dedicated to the waltz’s birthday. The Samara Municipal Orchestra was conducted by Mark Kogan and Georgy Tsvetkov sang. The lyrics of the song were announced as text by Stepan Skitalets (first version), in fact Georgy Tsvetkov performed version No. 3 of the text (by Mashistov).
In cinema and books
The song goes:
- In the film “The Lost Expedition” in episode 1 at 16 minutes (dir. Veniamin Dorman, 1975).
- In the film "".
- In the film “Urga - Territory of Love” by Nikita Mikhalkov, the musicians played a waltz according to the notes pinned on the back of the hero Vladimir Gostyukhin.
- In the TV movie “The meeting place cannot be changed,” in episode 1, when operatives are waiting for a bandit on Chistoprudny Boulevard.
- In the film “Prisoner of the Caucasus” by Sergei Bodrov.
- In the television series "Saboteur".
- In the television series by Sergei Ursulyak “Isaev”.
- In the television series “Doll” by Ryszard Behr (anachronism: the action of the television series takes place in the 70s of the 19th century).
- The melody of the waltz is used in the scenes of the ball in the Larin family in honor of Olga’s name day in the film “Onegin” by Martha Fiennes (anachronism, which is a specially conceived artistic device of the authors: the film takes place in the 1820s).
- The melody was used in the series “Eternal Call”, in the 1st episode, in the scene of soldiers returning from the Russo-Japanese War
- Sounds in full version with words in the second episode of the series “Peter Leshchenko. Everything that happened."
- In the film “Office Romance” by Eldar Ryazanov, Andrei Myagkov’s hero sings parody couplets to the tune of a pre-war version of the waltz: “It’s quiet around, but the badger is not sleeping ....”
- In the series “Heavy Sand”
- In the film "Brest Fortress"
- In the television film “The Spiral Staircase” performed by the heroine Inna Churikova - Olga Mikhailovna Gorchakova
- In Alexei Balabanov’s film “Trofim” (performed by Sergei Chigrakov), the scene is in a tavern.
- In Victor Sergeev’s film “Strange men of Ekaterina Semyonova.”
- Mentioned in Valentina Oseeva’s book “Dinka Says Goodbye to Childhood.”
- Used as musical inserts in Alexander Galich’s song “On the hills of Manchuria (in memory of Zoshchenko).”
- In the film "Cross of Love" (Finnish) Russian the melody of the song was used.
- In the film "Son of the Regiment", performed on the accordion in the second episode.
- The melody of the song was used in the film Mission to Kabul.
- “On the Hills of Manchuria” is a two-volume novel by Soviet writer Pavel Daletsky, published in 1952, dedicated to the events of the Russian-Japanese War of 1905.
Text
Due to its wide distribution, some couplets were modified during oral transmission, so that slightly different variants can be found.
| 1906 version Stepan Petrov (Wanderer) (first) |
Pre-revolutionary option execution |
Option Alexey Mashistov (post-revolutionary) |
Pre-war option waltz |
Option Pavel Shubin (1945) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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It's scary around The crosses are turning white In the midst of everyday darkness, Father is crying This is how tears flow Heroes of the body Peace to your soul! |
We will never forget In Chinese (var.) Japanese land Why why? And now in my heart We survived Fathers are crying Peace to your soul, |
The night has come Here, underground It wasn’t a volley that flew from the fields - Sleep, warriors, May you die in battles with enemies, We will go towards a new life, Sleep, fighters, Night. Silence. |
It's quiet around. The crosses turn white - Quiet around My dear mother is crying, crying, Let gaoliang You fell for Rus', |
The fire is fading, In tune with the music Where they are waiting for us today, Shy date nights We saved But also in battle, Far, oh, far Into the dark space Leaving the gloomy land, The fire is fading, |
On the Hills of Manchuria (originally, the Moksha Regiment on the Hills of Manchuria) is a Russian waltz of the early 20th century, dedicated to the soldiers of the 214th reserve Moksha Infantry Regiment who died in the Russo-Japanese War. The author is the military bandmaster of the regiment Ilya Alekseevich Shatrov. Due to its wide distribution, some couplets were modified during oral transmission, so that slightly different variants can be found. In this version, Yulia Zapolskaya performs the Pre-War version of the waltz.
It's quiet around. The hills are covered with haze.
The moon flashed from behind the clouds, The graves are in peace.
The crosses turn white - These are the heroes sleeping.
The shadows of the past are circling again, They are talking about the victims of battles.
It's quiet all around, the wind has carried away the fog,
The warriors sleep on the Manchurian hills and the Russians do not hear tears.
The dear mother is crying, the dear mother is crying, the young wife is crying,
Everyone is crying as one person, cursing evil fate and fate.
May Kaoliang bring you dreams,
Sleep, heroes of the Russian land, native sons of the Fatherland.
You fell for Rus', You died for the Fatherland.
But believe me, we will avenge you and we will celebrate a glorious funeral feast.
YULIA ALEXANDROVNA ZAPOLSKAYA (WHITNEY) (1919-08/13/1965) - Soviet film actress and singer, composer born in Moscow. Father - Alexander Zapolsky (economist), mother - Estella Khokhlovkina. The parents met at the University of Liege, and around 1914 they returned to Moscow, where Julia was born. She graduated from the Gnessin School, majoring in vocals. During the war, Zapolskaya was part of the pop group of Konstantin Smirnov-Sokolsky. She sang her songs there to the accordion. In the late 1940s, Yulia sang at the “Repeat Film Cinema” at the Nikitsky Gate, then it was customary to invite artists to perform before screenings. She also had several performances after the war with the Utyosovsky Orchestra. Later, Yulia Zapolskaya met US citizen journalist Thomas Whitney and emigrated from the USSR in 1953. They got married in 1959 in Finland. Thomas Whitney helped her record a series of discs for the famous American company Monitor, which produced what is called “world music.” Her first disc was called “Moscow After Dark” (“Midnight Moscow”), it was released by the DECCA studio, and the disc achieved widespread success. In total, the singer recorded and released 10 vinyl discs. She also wrote a book of children's fairy tales. Yulia Zapolskaya's first official disc in Russia was released in 2002. She died and was buried in New York. In the early 1990s and in 2007, the entire series of Yulia Zapolskaya’s records was reissued in the United States.
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Sheet music for piano can be found here
On the hills of Manchuria
Performed by the choir of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery a cappella, artistic director and conductor - Nikon Zhila. Concert dedicated to the Day of St. George the Victorious (May 6, 2009).
Music - I. Shatrov, words - A. Mashistov.
Soloist - D. Beloselsky.
Now I’ll actually lay out several versions of the words of the waltz itself.
Even before the revolution, several versions of poems were set to the music of the waltz “Moksha Regiment on the Hills of Manchuria”. The most widespread words were those that belonged to the famous Russian poet and writer Stepan Gavrilovich Petrov (better known under the pseudonym Skitalets). This is exactly the version (with some minor changes) performed by the famous singer Ivan Semenovich Kozlovsky.
"Moksha Regiment on the Hills of Manchuria"
poet Stepan Gavrilovich Petrov (Wanderer)
It's quiet all around, the hills are covered in darkness,
The moon flashed from behind the clouds,
The graves keep peace.
The crosses turn white - these are the heroes sleeping.
The shadows of the past have been circling for a long time,
They talk about the victims of battles.
It's quiet all around, the wind has carried away the fog,
Warriors sleep on the hills of Manchuria
And Russians don’t hear tears.
My dear mother is crying, crying,
The young wife is crying
Everyone is crying as one person
Evil fate and curse fate!...
May Kaoliang bring you dreams,
Sleep, heroes of the Russian land,
Native sons of the fatherland.
You fell for Rus', you died for the Fatherland,
Believe me, we will avenge you
And we will celebrate a bloody funeral.
Here is another pre-revolutionary option.
"On the hills of Manchuria"
Kaoliang is sleeping,
The hills are covered with darkness...
Warriors sleep on the hills of Manchuria,
And no tears are heard from the Russians...
It's scary around
Only the wind is crying on the hills
Sometimes the moon comes out from behind the clouds,
The soldiers' graves are illuminated.
The crosses are turning white
Distant and beautiful heroes.
And the shadows of the past swirl around,
They tell us about the sacrifices in vain.
In the midst of everyday darkness,
Everyday everyday prose,
We still cannot forget the war,
And burning tears flow.
Heroes of the body
They have long since decayed in their graves,
And we didn’t pay them the last debt
And they did not sing eternal memory.
So sleep, sons,
You died for Rus', for the Fatherland.
But believe me, we will avenge you
And we will celebrate a bloody funeral.
My dear mother is crying, crying
The young wife is crying
All Rus' is crying like one person
Evil rock and fate cursing...
Quoted from the album “Mitkovsky Songs”.
This version of the words is best known today. This version was sung by K.I. Shulzhenko, and today D. Hvorostovsky sings.
"On the hills of Manchuria"
poet Alexey Ivanovich Mashistov
The night has come
Dusk fell on the ground,
Desert hills are drowning in darkness,
The east is covered by a cloud.
Here, underground,
Our heroes are sleeping
The wind sings a song above them and
The stars are looking down from the sky.
It wasn’t a volley that came from the fields -
It was thunder in the distance.
And again everything around is so calm,
Everything is silent in the silence of the night.
Sleep, fighters,
Sleep peacefully,
May you dream of your native fields,
Father's distant home.
May you die in battles with enemies,
Your feat calls us to fight,
A banner washed in the blood of the people
We will carry forward.
We will go towards a new life,
Let's throw off the burden of slave shackles.
And the people and the fatherland will not forget
The valor of your sons.
Sleep, fighters,
Glory to you forever!
Our fatherland, our native land
Don't conquer your enemies!
Night, silence,
Only the kaoliang is noisy.
Sleep, heroes, your memory
The Motherland protects!
Quoted from the book: “Old waltzes, romances and songs. Songbook" - Compiled by E. B. Sirotkin. L., “Soviet Composer”, 1987.
In 1945, the front-line poet Pavel Nikolaevich Shubin (1914-1951) wrote another poetic test to the music of Ilya Shatrov. The idea for the text was inspired by the battles of the Red Army with the troops of militaristic Japan. A new poetic version of “On the Hills of Manchuria,” composed by Pavel Shubin, was published by the newspaper “Stalin’s Warrior” of the 1st Far Eastern Front and was immediately picked up by the soldiers, who sang it to a familiar tune. This song was performed by front-line and army ensembles. This text, well known after the Great Patriotic War, can be considered the least known today. In 2007, this recording, previously unknown to researchers, was made by Konstantin Vershinin from the Artel “Plastmass” record number 1891. The song was recorded by P.T. Kirichek dates back to 1958.
"On the hills of Manchuria"
Poet P. Shubin
The fire is fading,
The hills were covered with fog.
Light sounds of the old waltz
The button accordion plays quietly.
In tune with the music
Remembered the hero-soldier
Dew, birch trees, light brown braids,
Girlish cute look.
Where they are waiting for us today,
In the meadow in the evening,
With the strictest untouchable
We danced this waltz.
Shy date nights
They have long passed and disappeared into the darkness...
The Manchurian hills sleep under the moon
In the powder smoke.
We saved
The glory of my native land.
In fierce battles we are in the East,
Hundreds of roads have been passed.
But also in battle,
In a distant foreign land,
We remember in light sadness
Your motherland.
Far, oh, far
At this moment from the light.
In the gloomy nights from Manchuria
Clouds float towards her.
Into the dark space
Past the night lakes
Lighter than birds, higher than the border
Higher than the Siberian mountains.
Leaving the gloomy land,
May they fly after us in joyful
All our brightest thoughts,
Our love and sadness.
The fire is fading,
The hills were covered with fog.
Light sounds of the old waltz
The button accordion plays quietly.
Quoted from the recording on Artel's record "Plastmass" No. 1891
And here is a modern version of the words in Ukrainian.
“We remember”
Poet M. Rokhlenko
Tsvintar is old,
There are rows of graves.
The remaining corner of the glorious blues
Why didn't you waste your strength?
To the far edge,
Here's to our best days.
The sun shines tenderly from the heavens,
I gild the ridge.
And burn the gold,
Those are not medals - Vartov.
Calmly take care of the warriors,
Why should I lie on the gray earth?
Not to the enemies.
Cry, cry dear mother,
The young squad of little tears is lle.
The whole Batkivshchyna is in sorrow for you,
I give it to you.
Souls of fighters
Calm our harrowing.
Choti y roi - on the last parade
The holy army has arrived.
Your lives are not given in vain.
We have not forgotten the heroes of the war
The memory of you is alive!
And burn the gold,
Those are not medals - Vartov.
Calmly take care of the warriors,
Why should I lie on the gray earth?
Sing, warriors, glory to you forever!
Our Homeland, our native land,
Not to the enemies.