Military marches and songs
Last updated on 19.07.2009, total number of songs: 612, shown are 53 best songs

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  All for Motherland
"For Stalin, to the battle, forward, forward!"
Cheerful soldier song of early WW2 period
Music: T. Khrennikov Lyrics: V. Gusev 1942. Singer: Ansambl p/u Aleksandrova Performed in 1942г.
Comments: 7 Downloads: 58599

  Arise, people
Very rare variant of pre-war famous song "If tomorrow brings war". Now, in 1941 song urges to fight the fascists
Music: Dm. i Dan. Pokrass Lyrics: V.Lebedev -Kumach 1941. Singer: Ans. p/u Aleksandrova Performed in 1941г.
Comments: 3 Downloads: 40081

  Battle Stalinists'
"Wo go from one victory to another one and will never lose..."
A cheerful song that promises to repulse any foe
Music: A. Tonin Lyrics: G. Bikov 1938. Singer: I. Mishenko, G. Sochevko, A. Simonov, S. Khomochkin i Krasnoarm. balalaechn. ork. TsDKA p/u A. F. Tonina Performed in 1938г.
Comments: 5 Downloads: 51351

  Cavalry Budenniy's song
Rare song from early 30s
Music: A. Davidenko Lyrics: N. Aseev 1925. Singer: Ansambl p/u A. V. Aleksandrova. Performed in 1935г.
Comments: 0 Downloads: 37089

  Edut po Berlinu nashi kazaki
Music: Dm. i Dan. Pokrass Lyrics: Tsezar Solodar 1945. Singer: Ivan Shmelev. Performed in 1946г.
Comments: 6 Downloads: 46483

  Entire Country is singing with us
"March forward, sons of the Red Army..."
Cheerful "mobilizing" march of the pre-WW2 Red Army
Music: Matvey Blanter Lyrics: Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach 1936. Singer: Evgeniy Tolstov i khor VR Performed in 1938г.
Comments: 0 Downloads: 34802

  Forward, Red Marines
"The world storm will thunder - the last battle against the enemy..."
A good pre-WWII song. "World Revolution is near!"
Music: K.Korchmarev Lyrics: A.Bezimenskiy 1926. Singer: Khor mosk. gos. filarmonii
Comments: 10 Downloads: 47329

  Good bye, cities and towns
"We'll come back with victory!"
Red Army marching song
Music: M. Blanter Lyrics: M. Isakovskiy 1941. Singer: P. Kirichek
Comments: 2 Downloads: 44121

  Greet us, beautiful Suomi
"...Tanks are cracking the trees, planes are seen on the sky..."
Song about Soviet-Finnish "Winter" war in 1939-40, sounds like "We are helping you to throw off capitalist yoke"
Music: br. Pokrass Lyrics: A. D'Aktil 1940. Singer: APP LVO p/r A. Anisimova, sol. N. Kotov Performed in 1940г.
Comments: 179 Downloads: 65249

  If war will be tomorrow
"We will defeat enemy on his own land, with a small blood..."
The most famous pre-WWII military march, HAS ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Music: br. Pokrass Lyrics: V. Lebedev-Kumach 1938. Singer: Krasnoznamenniy Ansambl p/u A. V. Aleksandrova. Performed in 1938г.
Comments: 40 Downloads: 95623

  Infantry song
"Let us sing a stalinists' song about infantry, about glorious Soviet baginets..."
An early WW2 infantry song
Music: S. Chernetskiy Lyrics: V. Lebedev-Kumach 1941. Singer: Pyotr Kirichek, khor p/r A.S.Krinkina i orkestr NKO p/u S.A.Chernetskogo. Performed in 1941г.
Comments: 6 Downloads: 63783

  Invincible and legendary
"Comrade Stalin leads us to the battle, our tanks are defeating faschists..."
A great march of the Red Army
Music: A. Aleksandrov Lyrics: O. Kolichev 1943. Singer: Ans. p/u A. V. Aleksandrova Performed in 1945г.
Comments: 5 Downloads: 64697

  Jubilee march
This march was always played during parades in Moscow from 60-s up to 80s
Music: S.A.Chernetskiy Singer: Otd.pokaz.orkestr MO SSSR
Comments: 2 Downloads: 54106

  March "Moscow Salute"
Always played during the parades on the Red Square
Music: S. Chernetskiy Singer: Orkestr MO SSSR
Comments: 0 Downloads: 44338

  March "Thoughts about Motherland"
Once this march was as popular, as "Slavanka"
Music: A. Trofimov
Comments: 7 Downloads: 66655

  March of Stalin's Air Force
"We were born to make a dream come true..."
One of the best russian marches often used on air salons and parades
Music: Yu.Khayta Lyrics: P.German 1921. Singer: Leonid Smetannikov
Comments: 27 Downloads: 96924

  March of Stalin's artillery
"Artillerists, Stalin has given гы order..."
Impressive artillery march
Music: T. Khrennikov Lyrics: V. Gusev 1943. Singer: Mark Reyzen. Orkestr GABT p/u K. Kondrashina. Performed in 1947г.
Comments: 24 Downloads: 131831

  March of the defenders of Moscow
"With a strong defence we will defeat and destroy the enemy!"
This march was introduces in the hardest times of the USSR in 1941, when faschists were storming Moscow. A very good song in good quality
Music: B. Mokrousov Lyrics: A. Surkov 1942. Singer: Ans. im. Aleksandrova
Comments: 16 Downloads: 73601

  March of the Preobrazhenskiy Regiment
This is not a soviet march, but the first russian march of the Peter I era (XVIII cent.) Often played on the parades on the Red Square
Comments: 9 Downloads: 78019

  March of the Rocket Forces
"In any corner of our big planet the enemy will be repulsed!..."
March of the Soviet Rocket Forces of Strategic Importance (Strategic nuclear missiles)
Music: A. Novikov Lyrics: M. Vershinin
Comments: 10 Downloads: 38870

  March of the Soviet Tankists
"When we'll be given order by Comrade Stalin and Voroshilov will lead us to battle..."
A very famous march of RKKA (Red Army of Workers and Peasants)
Music: Dm. i Dan. Pokrass Lyrics: B. Laskin 1939. Singer: Pyotr Kirichek Performed in 1939г.
Comments: 33 Downloads: 116049

  Marsh Budennogo
Music: br. Pokrass Lyrics: A. D'Aktil Singer: Ansambl pesni Vsesoyuznogo Radio p/u V.V.Tselikovskogo Performed in 1953г.
Comments: 4 Downloads: 48728

  Na vraga, za Rodinu vperyod!
Music: I. Dunaevskiy Lyrics: V. Lebedev-Kumach 1941. Singer: Ansambl TsDKZh p/u I. Dunaevskogo Performed in 1941г.
Comments: 50 Downloads: 36413

  Nas ne trogay
Music: Yu. Milyutin Lyrics: V. Lebedev-Kumach 1939. Singer: Ansambl p/u A. V. Aleksandrova Performed in 1939г.
Comments: 4 Downloads: 36145

  Our tour of duty is going well
"We are marching on the field..."
Traditional russian marching song
Music: P. Akulenko Lyrics: Ya. Shvedov 1949. Singer: APP RVSN Krasnaya Zvezda, Solisti : Vyacheslav Yaponchik & Vladimir Deshko
Comments: 1 Downloads: 34227

  Peacekeepers' march
A parade march by military orchestra
Music: V. Vishnevetskiy 1949. Singer: Orkestr MO SSSR Performed in 1980г.
Comments: 1 Downloads: 42105

  Pesnya krasnikh polkov
"Belorussiya rodnaya, Ukraina zolotaya, vashi svetlie granitsi mi shtikami, shtikami ogradim!.."
Music: P. Akulenko Lyrics: E. Dolmatovskiy i V. Lugovskoy 1939. Singer: Sergey Streltsov. Khor i ork. p/u V.S.Smirnova, khorm. I.M.Kuvikin. Performed in 1939г.
Comments: 8 Downloads: 33712

  Pesnya smelikh
"S bandoy fashistov srazitsya Stalin otvazhnikh zovet..."
Music: V.Beliy Lyrics: A.Surkov 1941. Singer: D.Gamrekeli, simf. orkestr p/u L.Yureva. Performed in 1947г.
Comments: 24 Downloads: 30324

  Polyushko-pole
Very rare, pre-WW2 version
Music: L. Knipper Lyrics: V. Gusev 1934. Singer: Ans. Aleksandrova Performed in 1937г.
Comments: 7 Downloads: 47897

  Proshanie slavyanki
"Nastupaet minuta proshaniya..."
Music: Vasiliy Agapkin Lyrics: Vladimir Lazarev 1912. Singer: Neizvestniy khor Performed in 1970г.
Comments: 7 Downloads: 57426

  Proshaniye Slavyanki
One of the greatest russian marches was first played during WW I
Music: V.I. Agapkin 1912. Singer: voenniy orkestr Performed in 1970г.
Comments: 173 Downloads: 165401

  Red cavalry song
"If the new wars will came to our country? with a massive machine-gun fire..."
Once well-known march of the Budenniy's Cavalry
Music: Dm. i Dan. Pokrass Lyrics: A. Surkov 1936. Singer: Art. VRK Daniil Demyanov, ork. GABT SSSR i khor p.u. Dm. Pokrass. Performed in 1937г.
Comments: 8 Downloads: 50046

  Red Commanders College
"We're educating Red Commander to fight for Soviets against capitalism..."
Famous revolutionary march
Music: obr. S.Babloeva Lyrics: Demyan Bedniy Singer: Ansambl Mosk.VO
Comments: 1 Downloads: 36961

  Rozpryagaite hloptsi konei
The most famous Ukrainian soldiers' song
Comments: 22 Downloads: 32223

  Song about Voroshilov
In pre-WW2 years Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov was a People's commissaire (Minister) of defence
Music: I. Dunaevskiy Lyrics: V. Lebedev-Kumach 1938. Singer: G. Sochevko i I. Kuznetsov, balalaechniy orkestr TsDKA p/u A. Tonina. Performed in 1938г.
Comments: 7 Downloads: 34086

  Song of 1st Red Banner Tank Brigade
"We stand like steel wall, the first of them, and protect city of Lenin from them fascists"
Marching song of the soviet tankists
Music: Yuriy Kochurov Lyrics: Elena Rivina 1941. Singer: Ivan Alekseev i Mikhail Dovenman. APP Politupravleniya Lenfronta p/u A. Anisimova. Performed in 1942г.
Comments: 16 Downloads: 32766

  Song of the Brave
"Motherland calls for the brave to fight the fascists"
RElatively late record of the WW2 song
Music: V. Beliy Lyrics: A. Surkov 1941. Singer: Andrey Bezverkhiy i Vladimir Troshinskiy Performed in 1970г.
Comments: 0 Downloads: 34931

  Song of the Don cossacks
"Lead us to the battle, comrade Voroshilov..."
Pre-WW2, aggressive cavalry song
Music: I. Dzerzhinskiy Lyrics: A. Churkin 1937. Singer: P. Kirichek, P. Belinnik Performed in 1937г.
Comments: 14 Downloads: 40060

  Song of the Don cossacks
"Once comrade Budeniy came to the homeland..."
A very optimistic song of the WWII
Music: V. Solovev-Sedoy Lyrics: A.Churkin 1941. Singer: Khor malchikov gos. khor. uch-sha p/u A. Sveshnikova i sekstet domr p/u A. Semyonova, zapev. V. Leonov Performed in 1946г.
Comments: 7 Downloads: 37098

  Song of the Far East Army
"Far East is repulsing the foe!"
Song about border conflict between USSR and Japan at lake Hasan and river Khalkhin-Gol, a good work
Music: B. Shikhov Lyrics: A. Pomorskiy 1929. Singer: Bolshoy khor VRiT. Performed in 1970г.
Comments: 16 Downloads: 43150

  Stalnaya eskadrilya
Lyrics: B.Kovinev 1927. Singer: V. Selivanov , V. Tsarskiy
Comments: 7 Downloads: 43914

  Sun set over mountain
Song about soviet soldiers returning home
Music: M. Blanter Lyrics: A. Kovalenkov 1948. Singer: Vladimir Bunchikov i Vladimir Nechaev. Performed in 1948г.
Comments: 1 Downloads: 56475

  Tachanka
Music: K. Listov Lyrics: M. Ruderman 1936. Singer: Krasnoznamenniy ansambl Performed in 1954г.
Comments: 5 Downloads: 41743

  Tanki bistrokhodnie
Music: M. Blanter Lyrics: Ya. Khelemskiy Singer: Krasnoznamenniy ansambl
Comments: 5 Downloads: 31041

  The Saint War
"Arise, great country! Arise to deadly fight!"
This song appeared when Hitler attacked USSR in 1941 and became a symbol of Great Patriotic War (WW II) HAS ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Music: A. Aleksandrov Lyrics: V.Lebedev-Kumach 1941.
Comments: 162 Downloads: 158062

  Three tankists
"And the samurai were thrown down with our fire and steel..."
Song about a conflict between USSR and Japan
Music: br. Pokrass Lyrics: B.Laskin 1938. Singer: Yuriy Bogatikov
Comments: 21 Downloads: 93164

  Triumphal march
Music: S. Chernetskiy Singer: Orkestr MO SSSR
Comments: 2 Downloads: 46050

  V put
Music: Vasiliy Solovev-Sedoy Lyrics: Mikhail Dudin 1954. Singer: iz k/f Maksim Perepelitsa Performed in 1954г.
Comments: 9 Downloads: 58961

  Varyag
Instumental version by military orchestra
Music: N.P. Ivanov-Radkevich Lyrics: Rudolf Greynts perE.Studenskaya 1904. Singer: ork. VMFSSSR, dir.E.Doktorov Performed in 1943г.
Comments: 22 Downloads: 48278

  Vintovka
Music: Dm. i Dan. Pokrass Lyrics: A. Lugin 1939. Singer: Ans. p/u A. V. Aleksandrova Performed in 1939г.
Comments: 0 Downloads: 43038

  We are army of the People
One of the best russian marches
Music: G. Movsesyan Lyrics: R. Rozhdestvenskiy 1982. Singer: Ans. MVO MO SSSR
Comments: 5 Downloads: 83564

  White Army, Black Baron
"From wild forest to the British seas - Red Army is the best!"
One of the famous revolutionary marches of the Civil War
Music: Samuil Pokrass Lyrics: P. Grigorev 1920.
Comments: 80 Downloads: 115696

  You won't kill us with a sharp sword
"We deafeated enemy and will do that again and again!"
A common song of the WW II
Music: Dm. i Dan. Pokrass Lyrics: V. Lebedev-Kumach 1937. Singer: Profsoyuzniy APP pri VTsSPS p/u I. G. Litsvenko. Solisti: A. Kusleev i N. Shaydamov Performed in 1941г.
Comments: 1 Downloads: 31171

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