Farewell Slavianka / Slavic Woman's Farewell(Vasiliy Agapkin)

Slavic Woman's Farewell" (Farewell Slavianka)

Farewell of Slavianka - Dina Garipova & Alexandrov Ensemble (2013)

Central Military Band (Conductor - Valery Khalilov)

RIP Valery Khalilov......

Alexanrdov Red Army Choir (2016)

Farewell of Slavianka 전승절 퍼레이드

Behind the "Farewell Slavianka" (by win081, 11.2013)
The music was composed in 1912 by Vasily Agapkin who was inspired by the Bulgarian women who sending their loved ones to fight the First Balkan War against the Ottoman Turks. Vasily Agapkin was a trumpet-major in the marching band of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in Tambov, he was also invoved with the class of brass insruments in the Tambov Music School.

It was Yakov Bogorad, a music publisher in Simferopol, who came up with the name "Farewell Slavianka" when he published the scores in 1912. The march was first performed by the marching band of the 7th Cavalry Regiment (where Vasily Agapkin was with) in the autumn of 1912. The first gramophone record was released by Ekstrafon Kiev in the summer of 1915 and it immediately gained wide popularity in Russia and adjoining countries.

The most well-known version probably still is the one at the time for the First Balkan War against the Ottoman Turks:

"Arise, Russia Fatherland, defend your Faith, ... Russian Holiness is waiting for victory, Take action Orthodox men, ... Rise your battle flag for Faith, Love and Righteousness".

This lyric was not just promoting the patriotism, it was also defending the faith of Orthodox Christianity against the Ottoman Islam. 

After the WWII the Red Army Choir had a version with the deep pride of the victory of the Great Patriotic War ("..., They defended Moscow in '41, They marched in Berlin in '45, ...") and it has been always performed by the military band when they are leaving the Red Square at the end of the military parade in former Soviet and in Russia today.

Mission San Jose HS - A Slavic Farewell

Pleasanton, CA on Saturday, October 23rd 2010

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