I can't comprehend how Hitler didn't learn by Napoleon's experience? However poor Russia may be, there's always a core of something that makes our country Russia. Power, hearfulness, patriotism, famous Russian soul. This core makes me, my relatives and friends be Russian, this core will characterize us from all people around the world. Even though I and people around me blame our miserable Motherland, at least we can hold for our unbreakable history. Here the words of the outstanding Russian poet are very appropriate:
Comrade, believe: it will arise,
The star of captivating bliss,
Russia will rise herself from sleep,
And on the ruins of despotism
Our names will be inscribed!
Alexander Pushkin, "To Chaadaev"
What about me, so I'm pretty unlucky today: inspite of the bad weather, we've had a concert, but I must admit the veterans we've been performing to have been full of energy, it's pleasent.
Just now I've been looking for a song which was written during the World War II, and I've found a nice a cappella American patriotic song written in 1943 called "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'". Later in 1980 Robert Wyatt covered the song, also in the a capella technique. The song praises the efforts of Joseph Stalin and all Soviet Army, and it's so cute and easy, not like most war songs.
Stalin wasn't stallin'
When he to1d the beast of Berlin
That they'd never rest contented
Til they had driven him from the land
So he called the Yanks and English
And proceeded to extinguish
The Fuhrer and his vermin
This is how it all began
Now the Devil he was reading
In the good book one day
How the lord created Adam
To walk the righteous way
And it made the Devil jealous
He turned green up to his horns
And he swore by things unholy
That he'd make one of his own
So he packed two suitcases
Full of grief and misery
And he caught the midnight special
Going down to Germany
Then he mixed his lies and hatred
With fire and brimstone
Then the devil sat upon it
That's how Adolf was born
Now Adolf got the notion
That he was the master race
And he swore he'd bring new order
And put mankind in it,s place!
So he set his scheme in motion
And he was winning everywhere
Until he up and got the notion
For to kick that Russian bear
Yes he kicked that noble Russian
But it wasn't very long
Before Adolf got suspicious
The he had done something wrong
Cause that bear grabbed the Fuhrer
And gave him an awful fright
Seventeen months he scrapped the Fuhrer
Tooth and claw, day and night
Then that bear smacked the Fuhrer
With a mighty armored paw
And Adolf broke all records
Running backward towards Krakaw
The Goebbels sent a message
To the people everywhere
That if they couldn't hit the Fuhrer
Go down hit that Russian bear
And Robert's version
I guess, almost everybody around the world knows and likes Russian war song "Katyusha". But to tell the truth, this song had been written even before the War. The lyrics was changed many times and still people create new variations of it. Our choir sings "Katyusha" at the concerts too, and my friend and I sang it when we were in Japan.
Well, what can I say? The War may be said to have united people of all the world, but it hurt too much. This shouldn't be repeated.
Be brave, don't spark a war.
