Red Army Choir - Along Тhe Peterskaya Road

[grandslam1998]

Bravo Bravo. Sheer delight.

[TheOldSalts]

The six dislikes must be filthy nazis !

[donaldlangdon]

@TheOldSalts or dirty jews!

[MyraiTrunks]

@TheOldSalts I am "nazi" and love this song

[gomongio]

who's the lead singer?

[staplerpit1]

@gomongio Alexey Sergeev

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44 Get a life Troll. You really are a bore. Russian music is fantastic liston to it and you may cool down and stop Trolling.

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44  Still Trolling. You can get help you know!

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44  You are just an internet Troll. Get a life! Have nice life!

[nagainavyborg]

@LoadMySTG44 Excuse me, please. I don't understand you, sir.

[grandslam1998]

@nagainavyborg LoadMySTG44 is just Trolling again. He is such a twit.

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44 Am I? My mother loves me. Do not look for the speck of dust in my eye look for the plank of wood in your own. Have a nice day.

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44 YOU ARE A CASE OF TRAGIC IRONY. I DOWN CAPITALISM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT IS REACTIONARY. Comfortably is relative! Internnet access in the UK is open free at your local library.

[nagainavyborg]

I'm tired of western people telling, me how bad was life in the USSR.

They think they know about it better, than me and my family! LOL

[mynameisdivel]

@LoadMySTG44 In soviet time we really listened and loved this! And now under Capitalism we do not listen this things anymore, it is not popularly now. Today we listen only Western standard of pop music. Sadly but step by step Russia loses itself individuality that is not only in music we loses "Russian soul". that means Capitalism lead any to likeness of you, be like you, think like you, music like you...

[dimonchik1974]

Эх гуляй рванина от рубля и ВЫШЕ))

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44 What is this moving up the ladder? Kissing the arse of the person in front and stamping on the one behind. Do you have Reds under your bed? True communism is based on - each according to their abilty each according to their needs. In the new society people will be working for the social benifit of society and not for self. There may be people who want more but they will not be given it. The so called Communist countries of the past were just "State Capitalism."

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44 I'm not getting mad. I am retired from paid work. I'm no wage slave now!

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44. You do sound petulant. I never said you should read Animal Farm. You only do what the capitistist society say you can do! Under true Communism you will be truely free. Free from wage slavery.Ugly is a subjective term. My mum thinks I'm beautiful.

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44 Have you been reading Animal Farm again? Do you think for yourself? I may be fat and ugly but you will always be a pifflling twit!

Nice song. Great choir. Bravo Bravo

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44 Talk tidy will you. People who swear usually are losing the arguement. A broken record is better than a foul mouthed twit. There are many British Communists because we believe in a fairer society and want a better future for all and not for the greedy few. Capitalism will fail and and Communism will prevail. Thank you for calling me Comrade.

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44 No way were they going to be invaded agian from the West again Napoleon and Hiter tried and failed. After the Great Patriotic War the Soviets built a buffer zone around them of many countries. This kept the the peace for many decades.

What is all this tosh about not being allowed to wear jeans. You should stop reading so many comics and travel more. You have been fed a lot of misinformation, you are not alone!

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44 You don't forget anything. A bold claim. I do not think so! I have been to Eastern Europe many times and talked to many people on this subject. Yes life was hard during Soviet times and many people died but as a pole told me once he would rather have been in a Gulag than a Consentration camp. The Germans wanted " living space" in the East that is why they invaded Poland and then other nations. The Red Army at great cost defeated them.

[grandslam1998]

@LoadMySTG44 If it was not for our Russian friends we would have been under the heal of Hiter and the Germans. The Russians/Sov took on and defeated 80% of German Military might. lest we forget!

[grandslam1998]

Mother Russia we in the West owe you our freedom! 

[SovietIlyich]

Кто солист-то?! Такой голосина!!!

[kenstarr2009]

True Russian spirit! (not alco ;-))

[TheCptprice]

Guys, just forget all the bad things happend in WW2 etc, just enjoy the song and not discuss about things you can't change.

[Richierua]

lads... lets enjoy the song without acting like 5 year olds throwing a hissy fit.

[BroughamConspiracy]

@0darkwizard0 Yes!  And your sister is best prostitute in entire willage! Let us toast with wodka that another Stalin will come along to kill 30 million more of his own people! Ignoramus. Just sad. So long gangster Russia. We hardly knew ya.

[fikamar27]

eeeh what is this song about? I'm confused... between the translation, the music and the lyrics... even this song is great

[AdorableKoji]

Great song!!! The old uniforms, I still have all their records. I think the singer was Evgheni Beljaeev, but I am not sure. SUPER!!

[AdorableKoji]

@AdorableKoji Nope I ckecked, it is Alexei Sergiev :-)

[fikamar27]

@AdorableKoji whoops I just think about someone named Alexei :p

[fleuschi]

In jedem russischem Volkslied hört man die russische Seele! Voller Gefühl und voller Leidenschaft.!

RESPEKT!!!!

[conser]

Is there any Russian who could translate the lyrics into English? Google Translate produces gibberish in this case.

[y3623951]

@conser

i hope it will help:

kaikracht.de/balalaika/english­/songs/pite_mel.htm

[conser]

@y3623951

You linked alternative version of this song (I guess; in fact, I never heard that version). Lyrics of all versions that I listened to in the internet are here: a-pesni.golosa.info/popular20/­vdolpopiter.htm - do you know if there is an English translation? I haven't found it.

[renbuzhi]

This is the text in Russian:

Эх, вдоль по Питерской, по Тверской-Ямской,

ох, по Тверской-Ямской, да с колокольчиком

едет миленький сам на троечке, да ох,

едет лапушка по просёлочкам.

Ох, во пиру я была, во беседушке,

ох, я ли мёд пила, сладку водочку,

сладку водочку, да наливочку, ох,

я пила молода из полуведра!

[renbuzhi]

Ох, не лёд трещит, не комар пищит,

это кум да куме судака тащит.

Ох, кумушка, ты голубушка,

свари куму судака, чтобы ушка была,

ой, ушечка да с петрушечкой,

поцелуй ты меня, кума душечка,

ох, поцелуй, кума душечка!

[renbuzhi]

Eh, along the Peterskaya street, along Tverskaya-Yamskaya,

oh, along Tverskaya-Yamskaya street with little bell

my dear is coming on troika (three horse team), oh,

my beloved is coming along by-roads.

Oh, I was at a feast, at a joyous party,

oh, I was drinking hydromel and sweet vodka,

sweet vodka and sweet liqueur, oh,

I was drinking it from a half-bucket bowl!



[renbuzhi]

Oh, that is not ice cracking, not a mosquito is squeaking,

that is godfather carrying a pike-perch to godmother.

Oh, oh, godmother, you my dearest one,

cook this pike-perch for your godfather, cook a fish broth,

oh, fish broth with parsley,

and then kiss me, my dear soul-mate godmother,

oh, oh, oh, kiss me, soul-mate godmother!

[raysondetra]

@renbuzhi Thank you for your translation-Ive loved this song since I was 14 [1978] now i know the words.. thank you so much. x

[Honour42GB]

@renbuzhi ......Excellent. I wish I could translate English to Russian so well......I like the Valaam Ensembles version of this song but cannot find it on You Tube or any other website......can you or anyone else help?

[renbuzhi]

@conser

Well, the text itself is a bit too much humorous, with nonsense lyrics, which makes it really hard to translate. But anyway, I tried to do that as literally as I could. Don't judge me too strong, for English is not my native tongue, and my translation must sound to English speaking persons twice as gibberish :)

[conser]

@renbuzhi

Thank you a lot, you did a great work. Now I understand it. And, as always when I read a Slavic text with translation, I'm asking myself how could I not understand it earlier - it sounds so obvious now.

[Gargantupimp]

Russians are obviously geniuses when it comes from new original ways to employ a ensemble.

[BH206L3]

One of the great things about You tube is that you get to see really good stuff, like this .

[stormywindmill]

What a lovely little film,The horses are magnificent ,a portrayal of Heroic, Dash and Elan , Thank you

[Vedaman1]

Я счастлив, что я русский!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[citizen112ify]

Russia always win!!!

[sirop1960]

This song and the amazing record that it was on bring back so many memories. This is truly good music. Thanks for posting!

[Heizkosten]

Holy Russia never dies !

[Supertomiman]

@Heizkosten

do you mean holy as in protected by God? if so then, excelent, great to hear that they are recovering their faith over there.

[Heizkosten]

@Supertomiman Oh yes - the next battlefiled is Russia/SowjetUnion - The Virgin Maria is urging us to pray for this special country . I would really know , what Wladimir P is feeling in his innerst heart .

[Communismcomrade]

@Heizkosten Take a step back, mate. I think it's pretty damn certain Holy Russia died in 1923.

[Heizkosten]

@Communismcomrade - Gospodi pomilui Communismuscomrade ,

indeed , the Holy Russia and its deep , sad , mysterious soul/heart has never died - but some people stopped loving the Russian people from 1923 on .

When I watch news from Russia on tv , ohhh . . .

- When the Russian soul is crying , you can´t see any tears - because the russian soul cries with its heart -

IxI

[pedroissler]

@Heizkosten you're right, it never dies

its citizens, on the other hand, die by the dozens of millions

[mayatatyana1]

Glorious voices! Thank you.

[HereticElitesUnite]

I adore this song. Does anyone know the lyrics? I'd like to learn it 8)

[hillsher]

I've been listening to this song for many years, since my childhood, and have especially loved the sound of the balalaikas. But here in this video, the images of the horse-drawn troika really bring the song to life.

[RudikRus1]

can anyone tell which part of Russia the singer is from?

[riverhouse2007]

Alexei Sergeev was born 1919 in Gerasimovka in the Tambov region of Russia.

[TrueCommunist]

I must note one inconsistency. There is no such thing as RUSSIAN Red Army Choir. This was official military Choir of the Soviet Union military.

It sang mostly Soviet revolutionary songs and military marches. As well as other popular non-military songs when need arose.

This video was Recorded (performed) in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, not in 'Russia'.

[MaoiMeowi]

Well, I must admit, I never would have expected to find someone who finds it irritating when people confuse the Russian Federation with the Soviet Union.

I'm not the only one who thinks like that anymore!

[TarEldamir]

I hate that too.

[Swordman85]

Thanks!

[RADAMES1983]

The song is Russian old folk song.

The way of singing - is Russian.

The singers- are Russian.

And during the soviet time we were still calling ourselves - Russians!

Russia exists more than 1000 years, the USSR existed only 70... :)

[TrueCommunist]

Way of singing reminds more of Kazakhs.

The singers are not only Russian, but from almost all 'nationalities'... (Alexandrov's Red Army Choir when this was recorded)

And during 'Soviet Times', all nationalities outside their motherland called themselves Soviets!

Existence of USSR for those 70 years outclassed more then 1000 years of existence of Russia in almost every aspect...

[gorthorki]

communism sucks...

[linkchrono1955]

Thank you "TrueCommunist," your words are absolute truth, and I am happy to hear someone speak the very words that I live my life by. All nationalities, all ethnicities - all Soviets. =]

[apfilate]

long live great RUSSIA

[mioloprode]

just two words: HONOR, RESPECT!

[republicain85]

WONDERFUL!

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[riverhouse2007]

Beautiful. But who is the soloist?

[lisabraun52]

The soloist is Alexey Sergeyev

[riverhouse2007]

Thanks, lisabraun52.

[LEOPARDTWO]

After the death of millions of Russians and Ukrainians in WWII, yet the Slavic spirit lives, and the human spirit still lives.... Amazing.

[visiblechunk]

@LEOPARDTWO Ukrainians were trators of the soviet union they praised the nazi for invading and when nazi started treating them like shit thats when the uks decided to fight the russians and nazi lol they got owned.

[Schmidtah]

@LEOPARDTWO: Thank god those are two separate things.

[PeterPKG]

Brawo Rosja! Najlepszą muzykę.

[Jihadko]

Jedna z najkrajších ruských piesni !!!! Pozdravujem zo Slovenska

[klkolko]

aj mne sa paci :) k pozdravu sa pridavam aj ja :)

[trainormatt]

Stravinsky used this song in Petruska, mashed-up with "My Little Doorstep;" available on Youtube under "Voyna i Mir - The Senny Song"

[Kalinin1917]

Awesome!