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@Rykanable I don't think it's completely nuts to compare the fate of the American South to the Eastern Front, at least in relative terms. About 30% of men of military age in the American South were killed, and an unknown number of women and children. Most cities were destroyed. In Russia, perhaps...

@jimmyxx3 Sigh. Whatever. You're just digging yourself in deeper - and we weren't even discussing politics or history, or even the video, just how one learns a new language. Free speech doesn't mean that you won't get ridiculed for saying stupid things.

I think I managed to answer my own question - it helps if I have the written words. The last verse he sings is:

Пойдем ломить всей силою

Всем сердцем, всей душой

За землю нашу милую

За наш Союз большой

@Joanlitman, I think I'd have to agree to some extent - I certainly don't think the bumper sticker at the end is untrue, but in the context of the video it's a bit jarring and probably another icon or church scene would have been better. But on the other hand perhaps some people need to be jarre...

@Jakeston9614, the words they're singing translate roughly "Before Thy Cross, We bow down in worship, O Master, And Thy holy Resurrection We glorify." Usually sung 3 times. In the Orthodox Church it's used a lot during Holy Week as well as certain other times during the year such as the feast o...

This is one of the gems of Russian hymnography; in Orthodox churches it is always sung at the end of the midnight Liturgy on Pascha (Easter). If you search for "Pascha Stichera" you should be able to find it.

Христос воскресе (Christos Voskrese) means Christ is Risen (abbreviated X B). The fi...