"Do the Russians Want War?" («Хотят ли русские войны?») is a 1961 Russian anti-war song written by Eugene Eutushenko and composed by Eduard Colmanoffsky. The song was first performed by Mark Bernes.[1][2][3][4]
The English lyrics were written by Olga Moisseyenko, and it was later performed by the Red Army Choir in the 1970s.[5]
Right before the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned this poem/song addressing the Russian people.[6]
External links[]
- Хотят ли русские войны – Русская Википедия
References[]
- ↑ История создания песни "Хотят ли русские войны (2009-05-08). Biryukov, Yu. E. Muzruk.info.
- ↑ Bernes-Bodrova, Lilia; Smirnova, Natalia (1980). Марк Бернес: статьи, воспоминания о М. Н. Бернесе. [Mark Bernes : In Memoriam]. Iskusstvo.
- ↑ Smith, Gerald Stanton (1984). Songs to seven strings: Russian guitar poetry and Soviet "mass song" (State or province government publication). Soviet history, politics, society, and thought. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-253-35391-7. OCLC 10483923.
- ↑ Dudney, Robert S. (1983). "Is the US really running second in the arms race?". World in focus. The Bulletin. Sydney, N.S.W.: J. Haynes and J. F. Archibald. 103. ISSN 0007-4039. OCLC 2258709.
- ↑ Do Russian People Stand For War? (Хотят ли Русские Войны?) [English] (2022-01-15). GETchan via YouTube.
- ↑ Russia's Putin justifies war in menacing speech as Ukraine's Zelensky appeals for peace. Seddon, Max (24 February 2022). Financial Times. (PAYWALL WARNING)