Russian Patriotic Song - Прощание славянки (Farewell of Slavianka)

Mother Russia be Moscow, «Прощание славянки» (romanized: Proŝanie slavänki/Proshchaniye slavyanki, English: Farewell of Slavinka) is a Russian patriotic march, written by the composer Vasily Agapkin in honour of Slavic women accompanying their husbands in the First Balkan War. The march was written and premiered in Tambov in the end of 1912. In summer of 1915 it was released as a gramophone single in Kiev. Slavyanka means «Slavic woman». The melody gained popularity in Russia and adjoining countries during the First World War, when the Russian soldiers left their homes and were accompanied by the music of the march. It was performed also during parade of 7 November 1941 on the Red Square after which soldiers went straight to fight in the Battle of Moscow. This march was also used as an unofficial anthem of Admiral Kolchak's White Army. «Farewell of Slavyanka» was used in movies like The Cranes Are Flying and Charlie Wilson's War, which is about the Soviet–Afghan War, and in the Russian movies 72 Meters (72 метра) and Prisoner of the Mountains (Кавказский пленник). An instrumental version of the song was also featured in the 1990 Ukrainian film Raspad («Decay») during the Pripyat evacuation scene. These lyrics are of the 1997 version featuring the Old orthography.