Talk:Those Were the Days (song)

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1. Why do we say "possibly of Russian origin". It is definitely of Russian origin. It is a folk song called Дорогой длинною ("Dorogoi dlinnoyu"), and all Russians older than 45 would know it off by heart.

After a little digging I find I'm wrong. But only about it being a folk song. It's definitely Russian, but the composer is known. It was written by Boris Fomin (1900-1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. I'll make the necessary update to the article. JackofOz 13:18, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

2. The link to the detailed history of the song does not work. JackofOz 13:02, 19 December 2005 (UTC)