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At the beginning of operation Barbarossa, when the war arrived on the Russian soil, a song quickly became very popular. The song is about a summer in the Russian steppes, when a young lady named Katyusha thinks about her heroe who left the village to fight at the far away border.
Here's a full translation of this song lyrics.
I'm particularly moved about that song as it expresses well the sacrifice of a Nation which has left millions of its sons in a fight against a merciless enemy. A fight which ultimately became the one of a whole people. This video expresses it very well to me.
Link to video.
When an intensive rocket launcher arrived on the front, the red army soldiers quickly knicknamed it "Katyusha", in honor of that song. Proving how popular it was in its ranks.
From the other side of the front, the same rocket launcher was knicknamed "Stalinorgel" (Stalin's organ). A knickname which is perfectly understandable considering its horrific sound of death. When I first heard its noise, I thought it was the howling of the personification of death, carrying its scythe.
Link to video.
Nowadays, Katyusha is part of Russian folklore. However, the meaning of the song remained from generations to generations. Stalin and Soviet Union are gone, but that song will always remain. And when Russians are smiling in hearing two sisters singing it on TV, it's because it represents the sacrifice of these millions of sons for the people... for Katyusha.
Link to video.
Here's a full translation of this song lyrics.
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I'm particularly moved about that song as it expresses well the sacrifice of a Nation which has left millions of its sons in a fight against a merciless enemy. A fight which ultimately became the one of a whole people. This video expresses it very well to me.
Link to video.
When an intensive rocket launcher arrived on the front, the red army soldiers quickly knicknamed it "Katyusha", in honor of that song. Proving how popular it was in its ranks.
From the other side of the front, the same rocket launcher was knicknamed "Stalinorgel" (Stalin's organ). A knickname which is perfectly understandable considering its horrific sound of death. When I first heard its noise, I thought it was the howling of the personification of death, carrying its scythe.
Link to video.
Nowadays, Katyusha is part of Russian folklore. However, the meaning of the song remained from generations to generations. Stalin and Soviet Union are gone, but that song will always remain. And when Russians are smiling in hearing two sisters singing it on TV, it's because it represents the sacrifice of these millions of sons for the people... for Katyusha.
Link to video.
