“The Song of the Plains“ - The Alexandrov Red Army Choir (1965)

The famous Soviet song “Polyushko-pole“ (or “The Song of the Plains“, or “Meadowland“) performed by the Red Banner Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army named after A.V. Alexandrov (The Alexandrov Red Army Choir), which, due to its wide popularity, is considered to be a folk song. Music by L. Knipper, lyrics by V. Gusev (1934) Subtitles - English, Russian and Transliteration (Russian Latin). This is a clip from a 1965 musical film “Soviet Army Chorus, Band and Dance Ensemble“ (Germany-USSR). You can watch other clips of this film here - The shooting of this clip was made in Kurkino, near Moscow by a German operator, former operator of Hitler. Folk music of the Soviet Union the Soviet Army, Chorus, Band and Dance Ensemble performs a wide variety of Russian dances and songs. This rare and historic program was filmed on location in the former Soviet Union The brilliant ensemble consisted of about 200 entertai