Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Chorus of the Soldiers from the "Decembrists" opera performed by the Alexandrov Red Army Choir (with English and Russian subtitles).
Music by Yuri Shaporin, lyrics by A. Tolstoy.
Conductor - Boris Alexandrov.

This performance is a clip from the Gala Concert of the "Russian Winter" Arts Festival at the State Kremlin Palace of Congresses in Moscow. USSR, Central Television, 1965.

NOTE! This is the rare footage where you can see L.M. Kharitonov singing in the choir (marked with a circle).

Here's the playlist of this concert - goo.gl/nG9WNA

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ORIGINAL LYRICS:

За Дунаем, за Дунаем, за Дунаем за рекой
Шли походом, шли походом на турецкие войска.
Эх, во садочке, во зеленом во саду
Все тоскует, все тоскует раскрасавица жена.
Эх, во садочке, во зеленом во саду
Все тоскует, все тоскует раскрасавица жена.

За Дунаем, за Дунаем, за Дунаем за рекой
Сабли востры, сабли востры, сабли вострые блестят
Эх, покатилась с парня буйна голова
Как узнала - зарыдала раскрасавица жена.
Эх, покатилась с парня буйна голова
Как узнала - зарыдала раскрасавица жена.

Ребятушки, стойте крепко за правду, правду народную!

За Дунаем, за Дунаем, за Дунаем за рекой
Шли походом, шли походом на турецкие войска.
Эх, во садочке, во зеленом во саду
Все тоскует, все тоскует раскрасавица жена.
Эх, во садочке, во зеленом во саду
Все тоскует, все тоскует раскрасавица жена.

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LYRICS TRANSLATION:

Behind the Danube, behind the Danube, behind the Danube river
We marched, we marched on the Turkish troops.
Oh, in the garden, in the green garden
Yearning all the time, a beautiful wife's yearning all the time.
Oh, in the garden, in the green garden
Yearning all the time, a beautiful wife's yearning all the time.

Behind the Danube, behind the Danube, behind the Danube river!
The sabers are sharp, the sabers are sharp, the sharp sabers are shining
Ah, the boy's violent head rolled down!
The beautiful wife cried when she found out about it.
Ah, the boy's violent head rolled down!
The beautiful wife cried when she found out about it.

Guys, stand fast for the truth, the truth of the people!

Behind the Danube, behind the Danube, behind the Danube river
We marched, we marched on the Turkish troops.
Oh, in the garden, in the green garden
Yearning all the time, a beautiful wife's yearning all the time.
Oh, in the garden, in the green garden
Yearning all the time, a beautiful wife's yearning all the time.



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