You Fell Victims

You Fell As Victims/Вы жертвою пали. Lyrics: A. Arkhangel'ii (Anton Amosov). Musical Arrangement: Nikolai Ikonnikov

Description: This is "Вы жертвою пали" (You Fell as Victims), one of the most important Russian revolutionary funeral hymns, dating to the 1870s. It was sung at the mass burial of victims of the February Revolution on the Field of Mars in March 1917. The song remained a standard at Soviet state funerals throughout the Soviet period.

1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth