Folk musicians were forced to do their jobs by the circumstances of life in the Soviet Union. Despite the fact that they hated it wholeheartedly, they were playing folk songs and wearing folk-like ...

Russian folk songs, like all folk songs, were never new and never get old. Their origins are unknown, and yet their words are familiar to everyone. Their varying motifs reflect the wide, multi-ethnic ...

There are rarest of rare occasions when people see their favourite politicians in public gatherings shaking a leg especially when the moment indulges two most powerful leaders of the world. Well one ...

Vol. 2 is MCD 71561. Program notes ([2] p.) inserted in container. 101. Snow Flurries. Sergei Lemeshev, soloist. Osipov Balalaika Orchestra. Russian folk song. Vdol Po Ulitsa Metilitsa / 00:02:53 102.