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"Do The Russians Want War?" Anti-war song by Mark Bernes Released 1964 Recorded 1961 Language Russian Length 02:47 Label Melodiya Writer Yevgeny Yevtushenko Composer Eduard Kolmanovsky Cover versions Muslim Magomayev, Arthur Eisen, Georg Ots, Dmitry Hvorostovsky, Boris Gmyrya, Yuri Gulyayev, Joseph Kobzon, Mikhail Zadornov, Vladimir Troshin, Alexandrov Ensemble, et al. Chronology "Do The Russians Want War?"
(1)The River Volga Flows
(2)Music sample Original theme intro, performed by Mark BernesDo The Russians Want War? (Russian: «Хотят ли русские войны?») is a ‘1961 peace song written by Yevgeny Yevtushenko.[1][2][3][4].
Russian postage stamp issued in 1999 to commemorate the song and its first performer, Mark Bernes.
References
- ^ Bernes-Bodrova, Lilia; Smirnova, Natalia (1980) (in Russian) Марк Бернес: статьи, воспоминания о М. Н. Бернесе [Mark Bernes : In Memory of] Moscow: Iskusstvo p. 151 OCLC 8033086
- ^ Biryukov (May 8, 2009) "История создания песни "Хотят ли русские войны" ["Do The Russians Want War?"; The history of song creation]" (in Russian) Muzruk_Info http://muzruk.info/?p=892
- ^ Smith, Gerald Stanton (1984) Songs to seven strings: Russian guitar poetry and Soviet "mass song" (State or province government publication) Soviet history, politics, society, and thought Bloomington: Indiana University Press pp. 29–30 ISBN 978-0-253-35391-7 OCLC 10483923
- ^ Dudney, Robert S. (1983) World in focus "Is the US really running second in the arms race?" The Bulletin (Sydney, N.S.W.: J. Haynes and J. F. Archibald) 103 ISSN 0007-4039 OCLC 2258709
Soviet involvement in Vietnam War People involved MilitarymenYuri Trushechkin • Fyodor Konyukhov • Vladimir ZharikovCiviliansYevgeniy Dolmatovsky • Yevgeny Yevtushenko • Leonid Sobolev
Feature films Coordinates Of Death (1985)Labeled music “Song About The Vietnamese Friend” (1957) • “Do The Russians Want War?” (1961) • “Kentucky Kid” (1965) • “Hands Off Vietnam!” (1968) • “Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh” (1982)Creativity Formal“Wandering The Swamps Of Vietnam”Informal“Phantom” • “In The Name Of John”Dubious“The Road Of Life” • “Wartime Friendship”Italics indicate songs and poetry created by Soviet servicemen, deployed to Vietnam Categories:- Songs of the Vietnam War
- Soviet songs
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