Legendary Sevastopol

Legendary Sevastopol Music: Vano Muradeli Text: Petr Gragov Written: 1954 Ratified as the official anthem of Sevastopol on The song was first performed on the 17th of October 1954 at the Navy stadium by a joint 5000-strong choir of sailors, the residents of Sevastopol, members of amateur artistic collectives, to the accompaniment of the joint military orchestra. Fly winged wind. Over seas, over land, Tell the whole world, About my beloved city. Tell to the whole world, How on the Crimean shores, Our grandfathers fought, And glorified in battle. [Chorus:] Legendary Sevastopol, Impregnable to enemies. Sevastopol, Sevastopol – The pride of Russian sailors! Here we went to the rightful and holy battles, For our Motherland, And your previous glory, Have we multiplied. Having shrugged of black sailor overcoats, The Black Sea sailors, during the days of War, Went against tanks with only handgrenades, Your sons went to their deaths, [Chorus] If across the sea enemies should... Source: Beorn and The Shieldmaiden