Post-War Songs

(after 1945)

Updated July 15, 2009
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In this category we collected songs written after WW2, but devoted to this subject

Fields:

  1. Title (Russian Title in translit)
  2. First String (Russian translit)
  3. Year
  4. Brief info
  5. Details (Comments, Translation, Transliterated text)
  6. Original text (Cyrillic)
  7. Downloads

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  1. "Victory Day" ("Den' Pobedy")
  2. "Den' Pobedy, kak on byl ot nas daliok,.."
  3. 1970s
  4. It is a very famous post-war song. This song is a symbol of that Victory. Every year on May 9th this song is playing on TV stations, radio station and so on.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

    http://tssi.ru/mp3/DenPobedy.mp3


 

  1. "Adzhimushkai" ("Adzhimushkai")
  2. "Ot kanonad, Ot kanonad..."
  3. ~1970s
  4. The post-war song about the feat of Soviet soldiers in Adzhimushkai during WWII.

    It is not very famous song but it is a great song.

  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Sergei Zakharov

    http://www.muzgruz.ru/music/412219/

    http://karakort.com/...

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  1. "The Ballade about a soldier" ("Ballada o soldate")
  2. "Polem, vdol' berega krutogo/ Mimo khat..."
  3. -
  4. Very good post-war song about Soviet soldiers of WWII.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Eduard Khil’

    http://karakort.com/...

    http://nostalgie.504.com1.ru/war/ballada_o_soldate.mp3

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  1. "Take your greatcoat" ("Beri shinel'")
  2. "A my s toboi, brat, iz pekhoty,/ A letom luchshe, chem zimoi..."
  3. -
  4. Song from the movie "One-two-three, soldiers were going..."
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

    http://www.chamtec.com/materials/beryshinel.mp3

    • E. Khil

    http://kkre-5.narod.ru/levashov/bsh.mp3

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  1. "Tell me, what's your name" ("Kak, skazhi, tebia zovut")
  2. "Bylo mnogo trudnykh dnei, Budet mnogo trudnykh dnei,.."
  3. ~1970s
  4. The post-war song from the movie "Front beyond frontline" (about partisans).
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Eduard Khil’

    http://www.karakort.com

    http://basner.narod.ru/kstz.mp3

    • Lev Leshchenko

    http://basner.narod.ru/kstz4.mp3


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  1. "Let's go" ("V put'")
  2. "Put' daliok u nas s toboiu,/ Veselei, soldat, gliadi!.."
  3. 1954
  4. Famous post-war song from the movie "Maxim Perepelitsa"
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads (one of them is from movie's soundtrack):

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  1. "I Was Returning from Berlin" ("Yekhal ia iz Berlina")
  2. "Yekhal ia iz Berlina/Po doroge priamoi,.."
  3. 1945
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/ansambl_pesni_-_ehal_ja_iz_berlina.mp3

  • 1945

http://www.karakort.com

  • an unknown singer (record of 1945) – 2191 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/izberlin.mp3

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  1. "May"s Waltz" ("Maiskii val's")
  2. "Vesna sorok piatogo goda -/Kak zhdal tebia sinii Dunai..."
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads :
  • Iosif Kobzon – 3600 Kb

 

  • Yaroslav Evdokimov – 3624 Kb

http://music70-80.narod.ru/mp/war/majskij_vals.mp3

http://files.pobeda.ru/music/60_let_pobedi/21_60_let_pobedi.mp3

  • Iosif Kobzon – 3600 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/maywaltz.mp3

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  1. "The Flagship March" ("Flagmanskii marsh")
  2. "U nezhnoi tonkoi ruki / Ukral platok sve zh ii veter …"
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Alexander Rozenbaum

    http://zaycevs.net

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  1. "The Last Combat" ("Poslednii boi")
  2. "My tak davno, my tak davno ne otdykhali, / Nam bylo prosto ne do otdykha s toboi…"
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Nikolai Nozhkin

    http://music70-80.narod.ru/mp/war/Poslednij_boj.mp3

    http://www.chamtec.com/materials/posledniyboy.mp3


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  1. "Marusia" ( "Marusia")
  2. "Zelionoiu vesnoi, pod staroiu sosnoi / S liubimoiu Vaniusha proshchaetsia…"
  3. ~1970s
  4. A nice song. Stylization under old military song. Often is used as ceremonial march in modern Russian army
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Unknown data
    1. http://dl.256kbps.ru
    2. http://www.karakort.com
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  1. "The Sun Hide Itself behind a Mountain" ( "Solntse skrylos' za goroju")
  2. "Solntse skrylos' za goroju,/ Zatumanilis' rechnye perekaty …"
  3. -
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Vladimir Bunchikov and Vladimir Nechaev (the record of 1948) – 1412 kB

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/bunchikov_i_nechaev-solnce_skrylos_za_goroju.mp3

    • Awarded by the Order of a Red Banner Ensemble of a sing and a song of the Soviet Army of the name of A.V.Alexandrov under the management of B.A.Alexandrov (the record of 1950) – 1194 kB

    http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/ansambl_pesni-solnce_skrylos_za_goroju.mp3


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  1. "I am a Yak-fighter plane" ( "Ia - Yak-istrebitel'")
  2. "Ya - Yak-istrebitel', motor moi zvenit, / Nebo – moja obitel'!.."
  3. 1972
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Vladimir Vysotsky
    1. http://www.karakort.com
    2. http://www.karakort.com
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  1. "Volunteers - Komsomol members" ("Komsomoltsy-dobrovoltsy")
  2. "Khorosho nad Moskvoyu-rekoyu,/Solov'ya uslykhat' na rassvete"
  3. 1950s?
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

    http://www.karakort.com/

    • Sound track from the movie

    http://www.leonid-bykov.ru/film/komsom_kf.mp3

    http://www.leonid-bykov.ru/film/komsom.mp3


  1. "Let's swap without looking" ("Makhnem ne gliadya")
  2. Prozhektor sharit po prigorku ostorozhno,/ I noch' ot etogo nam kazhetsia temnei.
  3. ?
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Misc. versions
    1. http://www.karakort.com
    2. http://basner.narod.ru/mng4.mp3 (V. Kopylov)
    3. http://basner.narod.ru/mng.mp3 (P. Kravetskiy)
    4. http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/mahnem.mp3
    5. http://kinopesni.narod.ru/prozhektor.mp3
    • Soundtrack from "Shchit i mech" movie
    1. http://www.karakort.com
    2. http://basner.narod.ru/mng3.mp3

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  1. "Enemies Burnt Home House" ("Vragi sozhgli rodnuiu khatu")
  2. "Vragi sozhgli rodnuiu khatu,..."
  3. ~1945
  4. Famous as the last song of WW2. Was forbidden by Soviet officials, but very much beloved by common people. One of the greatest songs about the war.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads
  • Mark Bernes – 723 Kb

http://poisk-pesni.narod.ru/Songs/Mark_Bernes/vragi_sozgli.mp3

http://www.karakort.com/

  • Mark Bernes (record of 1945) – 3122 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/sozhgli.mp3

  • I. Kobzon

http://www.karakort.com


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  1. "Eh, Roads" ("Ekh, dorogi")
  2. "Ekh, dorogi - /Pyl' da tuman,.."
  3. November of 1945
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads
 
  • Georgii Abramov with three bayan-players (record of 1946) – 1481 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/abramov-dorogi.mp3

  • Georgii Abramov (record of 1945) – 4653 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/dorogi.mp3

  • Georgii Vinogradov with the awarded by the Order of a Red Banner Ensemble of a sing and a song of the Soviet Army of the name of A.V.Alexandrov (record of 1950) – 1453 Kb

http://retro.samnet.ru/music/phono/war/vinogradov-dorogi.mp3

  • Georgii Vinogradov (record of 1950) – 2909 Kb

http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/dorogi2.mp3

 

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  1. "Alyosha" ("Alyosha")
  2. "Beleet li v pole porosha, /Porosha, porosha,.."
  3. ~1970s
  4. It is a sad after-war song.
    It is about the monument to a Soviet warrior-liberator in Bulgaria. Bulgarians gives the name Aliosha to the soldier which is showed in this monument.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

    http://music70-80.narod.ru/mp/war/Alesha.mp3

    • Alla Joshpe and Stakhan Rakhimov

    http://nostalgie.504.com1.ru/war/alyosha.mp3

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  1. "If not the War..." ("Esli b ne bylo voiny")
  2. "Eshchio do vstrechi vyshla nam razluka,/ I vsio zhe o tebe ia vizhu sny...
  3. 1970s
  4. Song from post-war movie "Prikaz: Ogon' ne otkryvat'" ("The order is "Don't open fire")
    About the soldiers who were in the Far East during WWII and protected the country from possible Japanese invasion
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Valentina Tolkunova – 3055 Kb

    http://poisk-pesni.narod.ru/Songs/9_mai/esli_b_ne_bilo_voini.mp3

    http://mistereo.10gb.ru/minus/tolkunova_valentina-esli_b_ne_bilo_vojni.mp3

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  1. "Cranes" ("Zhuravli")
  2. "Mne kazhetsia poroiu, chto soldaty,/ S krovavykh ne prishedshie polei,.."
  3. -
  4. It is simply one of the greatest post-war songs.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
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  1. "On a Nameless hill" ("Na bezymiannoi vysote")
  2. "Dymilas' roshcha pod goroiu,/ I vmeste s nei gorel zakat..."
  3. 1970s
  4. Song from the movie "Tishina" ("Silence")
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

    http://music70-80.narod.ru/mp/war/Na_bezymjannoj_vysote.mp3

    • Yurii Bagatikov – 5424 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/navisote.mp3

    • Yurij Gulyaev

    http://vale-patrushev.narod.ru/Retro/na-bez-visote.mp3

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  1. "Tanks were rumbling on a field" ("Na pole tanki grokhotali")
  2. "...Nas izvlekut iz pod oblomkov, / Podnimut na ruki karkas,.."
  3. ~Late 1960s
  4. It is a song from post-war movie "At the war is at the war" about some days of the crew of an anti-tank self-propelled gun during an offensive in the summer of 1943. This .mp3 record is made directly from the movie.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • group of actors, soundtrack from the movie

    http://www.chamtec.com/materials/tankigrohotali.mp3

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/bolvanka.mp3


    English version:

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  1. "Heroes of bygone days" ("Ot geroev bylykh vremion")
  2. "Ot geroev bylykh vremion / Ne ostalos' poroi imion..."
  3. ~1960-70s
  4. Song from the movie "Ofitsery" ("Officers"))
    This movie "Officers" is a symbol of the Soviet officers, it describes some generations of Soviet officers from the Civil war to 70th years. And it is one of the greatest military songs.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • soundtrack from the movie

    http://van-barsik.narod.ru/V/Voennie_pesni_oficeri.mp3

    http://www.chamtec.com/materials/ofitsery.mp3

    • an unknown singer

    http://files.realmusic.ru/download/592380/vocalmuza_-_ot_geroev_bylyh_vremen.mp3

    • an unknown singer – 1342 Kb

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/officers.mp3


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  1. "What Motherland is starting with" ("S chego nachinaetsia Rodina?")
  2. "S chego nachinaetsia Rodina?/S kartinki v tvoiom bukvare..."
  3. 1960s
  4. It is the very good famous after-war song from the mini TV-series "Shchit i mech" ("A shield and a sword"). This movie was about an agent of the Soviet intelligence in the Third Reich during WWII.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

     

    • Mark Bernes

    http://music70-80.narod.ru/mp/school/S_chego_nachinaetsy_rodina.mp3

    http://download.muzoff.ru/m3_files/57/5721/mark_bernes_-_s_chego_nachinaetsya_rodina.mp3

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/nachrod.mp3

     


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  1. "Seriozhka from the Malaia Bronnaia Street" ("Seriozhka s Maloi Bronnoi"). also is known as "Moskvichi" ("Moscovites")
  2. "V poliakh za Visloi sonnoi/Lezhat v zemle syroi..."
  3. -
  4. Very sad post-war song. Famous Mark Bernes (the actor, who had sang the "Dark night" song in the movie "Two soldiers" in 1942) sang it.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/serezhka.mp3

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  1. "The fog" ("Tuman")
  2. "Tuman, tuman -/ Slepaia pelena..."
  3. ~1960s
  4. Song from the movie "The chronicle of diving bomber" about life of the crew of Pe-2 diving bomber.
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • an unknown singer (Pozhlakov?)

    http://muzchaplin.narod.ru/hronika/tuman.mp3

    http://patefon.knet.ru/music/patephon/chinema/Poglakov_-_Tuman.mp3
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  1. "Four tankmen and the dog" ("Czterej pancerni i pies")
  2. "...Deszcze niespokojne, / Potargaly swiat..." (in Polish)
  3. Late 1960s
  4. Song from the Polish mini TV-series which was very popular in USSR. Practically the every man, who was a Soviet boy in 70th-80th, remembers this movie, it was the favorite movie of all the Soviet boys of that time
  5. Details
  6. Original text
  7. Downloads:
    • soundtrack from the movie "Four Tankmen and the Dog" - 1622 Kb

    http://filmspetsnaz.narod.ru/pesni/4tankista.mp3

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  1. "The war took away the soldiers" ("Uvela soldat voina")
  2. Polia izrytye lezhat,/Osirotelo smotriat v nebo.
  3. ?
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • the record, made directly from the movie “Na voine kak na voine”- 1380 kB

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/pola_izr.mp3

     

    1. http://www.karakort.com
    2. http://www.karakort.com
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  1. "Long-range guns are silent" ("Pushki molchat dal'noboynyje")
  2. "Pushki molchat dal'novojnyje,/Zalpy davno ne slyshny"
  3. ?
  4. -
  5. Details
  6. Original Russian text
  7. Downloads:
    • Yurij Gulyayev

    http://download.sovmusic.ru/m/nashamol.mp3
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