V Put
The Alexandrov Ensemble is the most famous performer of the song
"V Put'" (Russian: В путь, English: Onwards, En route, Let's go) is a song written in 1954 by Soviet composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and poet Mikhail Dudin. It was originally written for the film Maxim Perepelitsa starring Leonid Bykov. The movie itself was released in 1955, and the song has achieved fame and popularity independently of it ever since. To this day it is still used as a so-called drill song (somewhat similar to a cadence call in the US Army). In 1959, Vasili Solovyov-Sedoy received the Lenin Prize for this song.[1][2]
V Put' is performed on Victory Day as well as on other military holidays in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other former Soviet republics.
References
- ↑ Creation of the song (in Russian)
- ↑ Solovyov-Sedoi's biography (in Russian)
External links
- The original version from the Maxim Perepelitsa movie (1955) on YouTube
- V Put' performed by Alexandrov Ensemble on YouTube
- The song converted to military march during 2005 Victory parade in Moscow on YouTube
- A Chinese rendition with translated lyrics performed by the Male Choir of the People's Armed Police on YouTube
- Instrumental-only version on YouTube
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