“Lovely’ brothers, lovely!“ (Traditional Cossack Song) — English subs and translation

Russian Empire, after 1837 One of the most famous folk songs of the Russian Cossacks, telling about the death of the lyrical hero of the song in the battle on the bank of the Black channel (in the Terek Cossack Host it happened on the bank of “formidable Terek“). This song in an amazing way combines major and minor motives, tragedy and a daring bravery, at its best conveying the special image of the Cossack soul. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of different versions of the text telling about different w