Uploaded December 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Alexandrov Red Army Choir - "The Gray Cuckoo"
Ukrainian Cossack folk song.
Music & lyrics by P. Nishinsky
The soloist - Nikolay Gres
The conductor - Boris Alexandrov

This is a clip from a 1965 musical film. You can waych other clips of the Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble performances here -
goo.gl/cBTKOt

The shooting of this clip was made in Kurkino, near Moscow in 1965 by a German operator, former operator of Hitler.

Folk music of the Soviet Union the Soviet Army, Chorus, Band and Dance Ensemble performs a wide variety of Russian dances and songs.

This rare and historic program was filmed on location in the former Soviet Union The brilliant ensemble consisted of about 200 entertainers including a choir and choreographic troupe, who traveled the front lines, entertaining Soviet troops by performing more than 1500 concerts during World War II.

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Please watch: ""Here's the Postal Troika Rushing" - Leonid Kharitonov (1987)"
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