Утес [There is a cliff on the Volga (1965)] - Red Army Choir

95th anniversary of Lenin Kremlin Palace of Congresses on April 22, 1965 Солист: Леонид Михайлович Харитонов Soloist: Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov History of the song: This song is about the fate of the 17th century Russian rebel, Stepan Razin. The lyrics were written in 1864 by novelist Alexander Alexandrovich Navrotsky who was also a member of Narodnaya Volya (Russian: Народная Воля), a secret revolutionary organization perhaps best known for assassinating Tsar Alexander II on March 13, 1881. The song was an anthem for revolutionaries of the late 19th and early 20th century in Russia; Lenin often sang it with his comrades-in-arms. Brezshnev wept at Kharitonov’s performance and Marshal Voroshilov told Kharitonov, that the late Stalin considered this his favorite song. текст: Есть на Волге утёс, диким мохом оброс Он с вершины до самого края. И стоит сотни лет, только мохом одет, Ни нужд