“Glorious Sea, Sacred Baikal“ - Leonid Kharitonov (1991, Full HD)

The famous Russian singer Leonid Kharitonov (bass baritone) performs the popular Russian folk song “Glorious Sea, Sacred Baikal“ (with English subtitles) accompanied by the State Academic Orchestra of the Russian Folk Instruments under N. Osipov. Music by unknown author, lyrics by D. Davydov. The conductor is Nikolay Kalinin. The concert of the Russian operatic singer Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov which was held at the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow on July 2, 1991. The Central Television of the USSR. This video was restored, digitally remastered and upscaled by our channel. The result of the improvement of this video in comparison with the initial one can be seen here - More information about this song can be found here - The full concert show is here - PLEASE, SHARE YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE! Dear fans, please, support our work and join the Leonid Kharitonov’s Fan Club on ! We have lots of exclusive content from the artist’s personal archive waiting for you there! - You can make just one-time donation here - We will much appreciate your help and support of our channel! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *TRANSLATION OF THE LYRICS:* Glorious sea, sacred Lake of Baikal* Glorious ship, omul* fish salting barrel. Hey Bargouzeen* stir the waves helping me I’m sailing not far, I’m a brave man. Long as I wore my unbearable chains, Long as I wandered the Akatui* hillsides, My old friend had helped me to flee from the jail, And I came to life feeling freedom. Shilka* and Nerchinsk* don’t frighten me now, Mountain guards couldn’t manage to catch me, Ravenous predators never touched me in woods, A bullet from guards never hit me. I walked at night and amid the bright daylight, Passed by the towns looking tensely around. Rural women have offered me bred, Lads shared me some makhorka*. Glorious sea, sacred Lake of Baikal, Glorious sail, my caftan* full of holes. Hey Bargouzeen* stir the waves helping me, I hear the thunderstorm’s coming. I hear the thunderstorm’s coming. ___________________________________________ * Baikal - a large and deep lake in Siberia that is famous for its chrystal clear water. * Omul fish – a type of fish endemic to Baikal. * Bargouzeen – a type of strong Baikal wind. * Akatui – a settlement in Baikal region where there was a most dreadful hard labor jail in Tsarist Russia. * Shilka – a river in Baikal region and one of two rivers that give birth to large Amur river by their confluence (the second river is Argun); also a settlement under the same name. * Nerchinsk – a town in Baikal region where silver mining industry was developed. The town was a place of exile and a hard labor jail. * Makhorka – cheap backyard grown Russian tobacco surrogate. * Caftan - a type of old Russian simple garment like a long shirt or robe, often with a girdle. *ORIGINAL RUSSIAN LYRICS:* Славное море - священный Байкал! Славный корабль - омулёвая бочка! Эй, баргузин, пошевеливай вал, - Молодцу плыть недалечко. Долго я тяжкие цепи носил, Долго бродил я в горах Акатуя. Старый товарищ бежать подсобил, Ожил я, волю почуя. Шилка и Нерчинск не страшны теперь, Горная стража меня не поймала, В дебрях не тронул прожорливый зверь, Пуля стрелка миновала. Шел я и вночь, и средь белого дня, Близ городов, озираяся зорко, Хлебом кормили крестьянки меня, Парни снабжали махоркой. Славное море - священный Байкал! Славный мой парус - кафтан дыроватый! Эй, баргузин, пошевеливай вал, Слышатся грома раскаты. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the official video channel of the Russian operatic singer Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov (bass-baritone). Please, see “About“ section for more info. Official web site of the artist - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #LeonidKharitonov #OsipovOrchestra #russiansongs #folksongs #baikal -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “The Song About The Dnieper River“ - Leonid Kharitonov & The Alexandrov Red Army choir (1993, Full HD) - -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-